I was standing in my brand new closet, puzzling over the clothing rack in front of me. In just a few days I’d be getting married and moving in, so I’d just unloaded a carload of trash bags containing my entire wardrobe. I’d been so excited. I was ready to start up my new life, […]

February 27, 2023

3 Apps that Helped Me Simplify My Closet

Welcome back to the Europe scrapbook series! Part 7 covers our weekend trip to Paris. (Calling it a “weekend trip to Paris” makes it sound super boujee, but in reality it was just five broke college girls taking a train into the city for 24 hours and crossing our fingers that we wouldn’t be sharing […]

February 6, 2023

Weekend in Paris – Europe Scrapbook Part 7

I’ve had this vision bubbling up in the back of my mind for a while now: a vision of collages that blend the ordinary with the fantastical. After digging up some old magazine clippings and a sketchbook, I decided to make this floral self-portrait my very first art journal page!

September 26, 2022

Easy DIY Self-Portrait Collage

We had just moved in to our first home together, and I was looking at this shelf thinking, “What on earth am I going to do this?” But when I started decorating them with little pieces of our family history, it became something really special.

September 19, 2022

A Shelf of Family Memories

I had quite the collection of stuffed animals growing up, but a special piece of my heart was reserved for Rosie. Rosie was a little pink poodle with polyester curls and plastic beads in her paws. She came with me everywhere I went.

September 12, 2022

On Pink Poodles and Being Irreplaceable

I’m really excited to share the memory keeping project I’ve been working on lately. This is a scrapbook of the once-in-a-lifetime college study trip to Europe I got to take in 2017.

September 5, 2022

London and Bath – Europe Scrapbook Part 8