I am inspired by

My family...a beautiful, chaotic, hilarious, energetic, never a dull moment family it is.  We have a spread in children so we are non stop. In the nonstop I find solace, peace, inspiration, more love than I thought possible, exhaustion, and so much more.  Without my family I would not be where I am today.  

my family

Oh my husband! Where do I start.  He is my rock, my best friend, my strength when I feel like I cannot go on, my biggest cheerleader, and the list can go on.  He works so hard for us and I cannot thank him enough. Travis and I meet when we were in college and our love story was in hyper-speed. :) We recently celebrated 21 years of marriage! That flew by! We have done so much together, including accepting Christ as our Savior in 2012. There is not anyone else I would want to be on this crazy life journey with. 

my husband

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I am inspired by

There are so many things that inspire me.  However, I would have none of it without God. Over the last few years I have really embraced learning about God, praying all the time, and being in the word. My journey has been a rollercoaster but no matter what I know I can open my bible and find peace and inspiration. Before every session I always refocus and remember I get to share my gift with others because of God. 
If you ever want to hear my story or want to share your's, let's meet for coffee.

knowing God

Whether it is a sunrise or a sunset, they give me a sense of peace, rejuvenation of my soul, and focus. I used to get up super early to walk with a very dear friend and we would see some amazing desert sunrises. It was such a wonderful way to start the day. Now that the kids are older getting up for sunrise just doesn't happen. Now I enjoy more sunsets, even if just for a brief moment. It is in that moment I reflect, plan, appreciate, breathe, and sit in amazement over God's beautiful painting.

beautiful sunsets

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I am inspired by

There is nothing like capturing moments with a film camera.  You have to know your light and trust in your intuitions. Then you enter a darkroom to develop your film and blindly load and process moments.  The smell of fixer is oddly comforting and the moment you see your image appear on the paper amongst the chemicals is magical! I love the slowness of capturing on film as opposed to digital.

Film photography

My soul is at peace when in nature. Surrounded by green, the sounds of wind blowing through the trees and meadows, rushing rivers and streams, the smell of pine trees, and the moist air. One of my favorite things to do is just to sit on a rock and take in everything with every one of my senses. For me creativity is at its highest when I am still and taking it all in. I never knew just how much I needed the mountains until we moved to the desert. While truly beautiful in its own way my soul needed the lushness of the forest. However, the desert light is absolutely dreamy and so very different from the foothills. 

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Dragonfly

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Dragonflies are one of my obsessions. They have a special meaning to me. they remind me of the first baby we miscarried in 2008 and the moving forward from such a heartbreak. They signify  hope, change, and love. They personify free spirit and an open heart. I believe when a dragonfly crosses my path it is God's way of telling me our now 6 angel babies are happy and are with me. 

When I created my very first logo I was up in the middle of the night caring for my rainbow baby who was very sick and it just happened. I was sitting there doodling and playing with ideas in Photoshop when I created the first logo. The dragonfly felt perfect. So it stuck. Up until this new logo, the dragonfly was the same one from day one just tweaked.

Logo progression