Hey there, old friends! The winter months have settled in and things have been a bit slower over here. The holidays are always so crazy for us with all of our holiday markets with Citizen Home Decor and the festive holidays, of course, but now it’s time to slow down and savor the short days.
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Kicking back to the old school days with a good ol’ list — just the way to get the creative juices flowing!
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Hey There! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? The past few months seem to go by in a blur and I haven’t held much space for this place of mine on the interwebs. While you haven’t been far from my mind, my fingertips just haven’t seem to want to do the typing. I have been throwing ceramics, chasing my little boy around, traveling and photographing it all along the way. I’m planning on being here more and updating you on our daily life, just like the old days, but for now — here’s a recent photo by the amazing Kelsey Cowley in September 2021 with our nearly three-year-old little boy!
-Chels xo
When I wrote my first blog post on my postpartum wardrobe, I was still in the thick of those postpartum days and feeling the frustrations that came along with still not feeling and looking like myself. I know I’ve shared this before, but the postpartum path was immensely hard on me, especially in terms of losing the weight I had gained during my pregnancy. I struggled to understand why the weight wasn’t coming off, while also simultaneously trying to learn to dress in a new size and be in a body that didn’t feel quite my own. Those words are actually very had to say and looking back, I wish I could give that new momma a huge hug and tell her this process takes time and yours will come. SO here I am, talking about my journey two years postpartum in hope it will help someone else who was in the space I was during those early months and even a year into my journey.
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It has been quite awhile since I’ve pulled together one of these posts, in fact – it’s been nearly three years! That’s what busy days and busy babies will do to ya, though, but I’m happy to be back to sharing peeks around our home. With the past few months we’ve made a few minor changes to our furniture and decor, leaving our place feeling even brighter and fresh for the spring months to come. I’m still dreaming of a new couch and perhaps a few new chairs, but I’m waiting until just right pieces fall int our laps. Funny how things happen like that, right? Anyways, ready for a few recent peeks into our home + thoughts during the month past month? Without further ado —
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The weather may be throwing us for a bit of a loop (80 one day and 60 the next), but that’s not stopping me from pulling out my dresses a little bit early. Very early on during the quarantine last year I bought quite a few springy dresses (I was very much in that mindset of being comfy ALL the time) that I’m getting excited about pulling out again. I was very into the long nightgown style then, but have found myself recently being pulled toward shorter dresses with baby doll style silhouettes. Knowing it’s easier to wear a longer dress while chasing around a two year old, I’ve been switching between dress lengths (long and short) and my go-to outfit of jeans and t for these spring like days at home.
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As the days are getting longer and the chilly desert days in Arizona are winding down, I’ve been feeling the pull toward wanting to share my daily outfits again you with you guys. For those of you who have been here awhile, you know that sharing my personal style and daily outfits was my go-to for years and years, and then when I had Ace — things slowed down a bit. I’m working another post about my style two years postpartum, but I do want to say that I’ve been really enjoying dressing up lately (even if I’m not going anywhere) and just really want to share with you guys my outfits that have been seeing me through working from home, raising a toddler and running a small business!.
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Although 2020 was an incredibly hard year for so many, it still holds some sweet memories for our family. More time together comes in at the very top of the list — this was something that I was yearning for, for so many years and even more so once our sweet boy was born. Those sweet days, weeks and months of being home every day will never, ever be something I take for granted, as it truly was the greatest gift during an immensely hard and unknown time. From being home together each and every day, our family grew and bonded even more as our little boy went from a newly one year old to a walking, talking one and a half year old, to a wild two year old and the even more wild and beautiful boy we’re seeing now that he’s 27 months.
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With any new art medium, there is always going to be a learning curve. Other than my recent fling with my Canon AE-1 (35mm film), polaroids and Instax minis, I haven’t spent much time shooting film since high school. I, like so many other students, took photography in high school so I could learn about the dark room and so something creative during school hours (I was terrible at painting and not into sports). Since my high school photography classed wrapped in — err — 2004? I’ve continued to shoot photos almost every single day since, only this time via a digital format. I wouldn’t call myself a photographer, but I’ve dabbled in different camera brands, shot with different lenses and only used my camera in manual for man years. Digital photography feels comfortable to me and film was something that felt oh so out of my comfort zone, which is why I decided to do it!
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