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the best places to buy 35Mm film cameras!

07.15.22

I’m just going to go ahead and say it – film is HOT these days! One quick scroll on Instagram and you’re bond to see filmy photo, #portra400 (guilty!) or story of the latest film camera someone is trying out. As someone who has always loved photography, especially film photographer (80’s baby), it’s been so fun to see this resurgence of individuals excited about shooting film again and getting away from the instant gratification of a digital camera. Throughout high school and in my early twenties, I carried around all sorts of film cameras – Polaroids, Holgas, Instax, disposals, film cameras we found at the thrift store and more, but for the past few years I’ve been sticking pretty much one that’s my tried and true – the Contax T2 aka the camera that Kendall Jenner single-handedly made twice as expensive by mentioning it on a late night show.

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The Love Bells collection

02.01.22

The Love Bells Collection— coming February 1s at 6pm MST to my Instagram Stories! A 13 piece collection of bells to gift to the loves in your life! Bells have always been very special to me and are thought to be reminders for those who are near and far away — a little ring to make you remember somewhere, someone is thinking of you. And don’t think we’ve forgotten about self-love — truly the most important type of love you can have. Those little rings are for you and a nod to all that you’ve done to focus on yourself and caring for you as you do onto others.

I am immensely proud to share this collection with you and it’s been such a joy to see it come to fruition. From conceptualizing the collection of bells to picking out the clay and gazes, throwing them on the wheel, trimming – caring and see them into the bisque fire – glazing and see them on their final journey through the fire – to building them by hand to be just what they’re going to be when they go out into the world to you, what a beautiful journey it has been. I hope these bells of love speak to you like they do to me – full of charm and a little of magic – made to add something special to your everyday.

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My January Loves

01.24.22

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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Oh, Hello!

10.03.21

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

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My PostPartum Wardrobe & Journey: Two Years Later

04.12.21

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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Around Our Home — 21

04.03.21

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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What I’ve Been Wearing V.2

03.07.21

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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What I’ve Been Wearing V.1

02.28.21

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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