Florida. Florence. Maui

Hi Hi HI!!

Where on earth have I been?!?! I know I know....its been a few days and way too long since I have had time to post. This last week has been nothing but F U N.

SYNC was fantastic and I learned SO much, met great photographers, and made new  friends. 

I also got to spend the night with my Bestest, Francelina Mae Mae for a night. Catch up on life and telly with her. Gah I miss her!

 I also Got to have lunch with Harry in downtown Montgomery at Central. It was an awesome restaraunt. The decor was completely 100% my style and taste. If you're ever in DT Mont. Definitely stop by!!

I got to see Julie, along with the sweet pups Ollie Wolly & Bootsie

I also got to spend an entire day in Florence <3 See Mary Mac, Trueman, Katie Bug & Harpie!

Thursday morning, I left ALABAMA for M A U I 

Harry is a sweetie and drove 3 hours just to see me before I left. I am going to be gone for a whole month so I of course was okay with it.

All of our flights were good and I honestly couldnt get to Maui fast enough. I just was SO excited to see my bud and paradise all at the same time. 

Gyp Gyp was SO excited when she saw us. 

It was awesome!!!

So here are a few photos from DAY ONE on the stunning Island of MAUI

Day one couldnt have been better!!! I saw whales, I met tons of people on the beach, had awesome fantastic delicious food, played with Gypsy, visited art galleries, FINALLY got to go to Island Cream Co. {Stop by their site!}

I will share more about Island Cream Co. in a post all on its own.

So here's to day TWO and absorbing every single moment of today!

P.S. I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE THIS PLACE....EVER.

bB***

SYNC {Part II}

Hi There! Just an update...I am still in gorgeous Florida!

As you can see, it has been gorgeous. The temperature has felt like fall.

So basically, it's been perfect. 

This trip has been so much fun. I have learned so so much not necessarily from a photography standpoint but just from a creative standpoint.

I said it in a previous post, but there is just something about being surrounded by creatives that really put a fire under your tail. It gets your brain going a million miles per hour. Some people hate that feeling but I L I V E for that feeling. 

Yesterday I felt like was planned specifically for me. 

Stay tuned for details about that in a later post!

I'm off to get ready for our last day!!

Bye for now

bB***

Top Two and HAWAII

Hey there!!

It's already January 6th? Where is January going?

Its' the first TOP TWO of 2015

and this week its all about GOALS for this year

So here you go... TOP TWO TIME!

NUMBER ONE

 Worry Less. Smile More. Don't Regret. Just Learn. And GROW.

I know I have a really awesome and blessed life but sometimes we are all guilty of taking the life we have for Granted. I want to make the most out of what I have been given. I want to dive into ever single opportunity head first without questioning, without over thinking, and without freaking doubting myself. 

NUMBER TWO

Be a complete SPONGE the entire year. 

I want to learn. I want to grow. I want to become a better me. I want to go places. I want to move places. I want to BE the person that God has called me to be. 

I want to BE where God wants me to be. 

So with that I come to this....

I leave in NINE days on the 15th of January for a month long adventure. Its an opportunity that if God wouldnt have been there to open doors, I wouldnt have the opportunity to see the things I am going to see. 

I will be in both Maui and Oahu for both fun as well as business. 

I am SO thankful to be able to go. However, I am concerned though because I as well as my whole family have always known that God gave me the heart to GO. He didnt create me with the desire to be a hometown girl who is comfortable with staying in the same town that she grew up in. He gave me an adventurous heart and I am so glad that he did. With that being said, I am worried that going to Hawaii will change my whole life. You know what drives me crazy about life....the NOT knowing. I like to know whats ahead, I like to have a plan, I like to stick to the plan. But I have always known and said that God's plan is always far better than our own and is usually a plan that we cant even comprehend. While I am in hawaii, I want to figure out and know exactly the reason that God has me there for a month. I want him to use me for exactly that reason. I hope my talents are used. I hope he uses me to take a stressful load off of someone. I just don't want to be there to be there....I want to be there to make a difference for someone, whatever that difference is. 

I want this trip to completely transform my life because its a once in a lifetime chance for me. AHHH I can't wait!

Happy Tuesday friends!

I hope its a beautiful one.

bB***

The Start to 2 0 1 5

Hi! I know I know....I've totally been out of the little blog world for nearly a week.

So, as I told you in the last post, Harry surprised me and came to Birmingham early which was super awesome!

On New Years Eve we went to Frannie & Brent's house. F I N A L L Y my best friend got to meet Harry. Good lordy, I can't believe she is just now meeting him!!! And like most people....I think both her and Brent loved him!

So here are photos from the start of the NEW YEAR. And it's off to a wonderful start and I know it will only get better with every single day.

Here's a recap of the last week....

Wednesday night we welcomed in 2015 with the bestie and some other fun couples. 

We stayed in Madison at the Ledgewoods {I just love writing that..."The Ledgewoods} and basically slept almost the whole day. 

I think Harry and I finally left their house around 1ish or so and we were starvinggggg SO the first order of business was F O O D and someone {not me} wanted Pizza. 

We had lunch at Pie in the Sky and I have to say, I dont know if I was just super hungry or if it really was just great food. Either way it was good and our server was a sweet girl. After food, we went to Bridgestreet to the Monaco and saw Horrible Bosses 2. Ummmm I laughed pretty hard through the whole movie. I have been to the Monaco before but our movie was only showing in the Prive Theater. 21 and up+Alcohol {if you'd like}+leather reclining seats = Prive. So basically this theater was the bomb and I loved it! haha :) After the movie, we slowly made our way back to Birmingham. 

Friday, I worked....S L O W L Y. I just got new internet and guess what, I am already ready to cancel it! BLAH!  So my whole work day was spent trying to get T H R E E....yes, you read that right, three files to send! Gosh I was so frustrated. Oh I dont mean I only worked until 5. I was at it until about 9:45. Gosh I was so irritated. Thank God Harry was there to keep me sane and he is smart and understands all of that internet techy stuff which I don't at all! haha so YAY for that :) I probably would have completely pulled my hair out if he wasnt there to help. Despite the crap internet, our Arby's Dinner completely made up for the entire crappy work day. Let's just say that this was the first time that Harry saw me cry. BUT It was a good cry! It was from laughing so hard. hahaha! Oh my gosh, BEST DINNER EVER! and who can say the best dinner of their life was at Arby's. I will never forget it....ever.

Saturday was A M A Z I N G. Finally, Harry got to have his Christmas Gift. So, I got him tickets to tour all of the spots in Atlanta where the Walking Dead {and catching fire, and  Zombieland and other movies/shows} is/was filmed! Our tour guide, Patrick, has been a Walker on several episodes. Really, if you love TWD you definitely need to go on this tour! There are two of them. We went on the first one to make sure that it was good. Well it was FANTASTIC and we cant wait to go on the second one! really....I can't wait!

Just to name a few things we got to see on Tour 1.... We got to see the Hospital where Rick wakes up at the beginning of the show, the police station, and my FAVORITE...TERMINUS!!!!! oh my gosh I was flipping out. The train car and everything was there. It was WAY cool to see it!!!! Those are only a few places that we saw. The tour is three hours long so you get to see a whole whole lot!!! I can't wait to go back!!

After TWD Tour, we went to the World of Coke. I have been before but it was Harry's first time. He is a HUGE coke drinker. I think he liked it!! It's a fun place to see and you get to taste all of these kinds of Cokes from all over the World. We also got to try a limited edition Coke which was Gingerbread Coke! It was soooo delicious. It was a good time. We took some fun photos. Im pretty sad though because yesterday I realized that I didn't get one polaroid while we were in Atlanta. 

We stayed in Atlanta until sunday afternoon. I honestly wasn't ready to leave because I love a city hahaha! BUT I have serious work to get back to!

So, as you see, my first week of 2015 has been Fantastic. Unfortunately, Harry goes back to Montgomery today and that my friends makes me sad. I hate seeing him leave. Thank God I am a pretty independent gal and know how to keep my mind off of it. But, I am not for a second going to say that long distance relationships are easy, because they aren't at. all. Oh gee, but thats a whole other post all in itself. 

Well friends, I hope your new year start has been as fun as mine has!!

Remember this is only the beginning. Make 2015 your year!!

Bye for now, 

B's

Merry Christmas 2014

Good Morning Friends.

I just wanted to wish all of you a very Happy and Merry Christmas. 

Remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas!!

I am SO THANKFUL the God sent his son to this earth to die for my sins.

I hope your day is full of Love, Laughs, Family, Great Food, Traditions, and many fun memories. 

Bye now

bB***

Weekend Post!

Helllloooooo

^^^^^^ WHOA^^^^^^

He's good looking

and Im awesome at catching good looking moments ;)

I wanted to tell you about my weekend!

So, Friday I went to Montgomery to see Harry. 

It was my First time to go there and see him. He always drives to Birmingham to see me!

Which is so sweet. So, I went there. I have been wanting to for a while now.

It was such a fun FUN day!!

We did so much in a few hours. 

I met his family. We had a great lunch. We went to see a movie. We got Starbucks. And THEN he took me downtown. I love cities so much. I love their lights. I love the people. I just love the whole ora. So, He had a surprise for me. Harry kept asking me if I had figured out the surprise yet as we were walking. Of course I hadn't because I've never been to Downtown Montgomery. I didn't know what there was to do! 

So we are walking and we walk through this fun light tunnel and then there is a BOAT with pretty Christmas lights!

We went on a Riverboat ride and oh my goodness. It was soooo much fun. 

There was live and very entertaining music on it. We had a great dinner and great conversation.  It was so fantastic and such a great surprise. I can't get over how sweet he is. And he makes me laugh non-stop.

Here are a few photos from the Riverboat!

SO so much fun!

We came back to Birmingham and the rest of the weekend was wonderful.

We conquered a family Christmas Party which involved Dirty Santa!

Yesterday we had such a great Christmas Service at Church. First of all, we got to see Raeghan all the way from Romania. We also got to see all of the sweet smiling childrens faces. Raeghans smile was so pretty. I really have never seen anyone with such a heart for something. It just makes me cry haha. Im so proud of her!

After we Facetimed with Rae, we had communion and had a candlelight service. 

It was so pretty.

Its been a really really great weekend. Thats really an understatement. 

ITS ALMOST CHRISTMAS.

I can't believe it.

Which means, This week is SUPER short and I have  a lot of work to conquer in two days.  

Bye for now friends. 

Thanks for reading.

bB***

HALLOWEEN!

Hey Hey!!!

We are wrapping up Shoot FOURTEEN. Holy Heaven its been a whirlwind. But it sure has been fun a fun one. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN. 

The images above are a ONE WOMAN show. Amanda Chapman Photography. Amanda is clearly clearly talented.

Stoop by her site and her instagram to see her 31 Days of Halloween. 

Seriously the Shoals has some crazy talent!!

I haven't even had a chance to think about Halloween. So, no I will not be dressing up, and I also plan on going to see Katie Bug and Harper tonight HOPEFULLY and thats about it other than cleaning my apartment. The life of a mid-twenties gal who lives alone with no one to help clean :) haha PLUS I am expecting company in the morning, otherwise I would be out having fun tonight rather than cleaning!

Ooohhh, but my cleaning night is totally worth it because its all for my man who I finally finally finally get to see tomorrow.

FINALLY.

and I can NOT wait. Its seriously been a MONTH since I have seen him.

YAY!

I'm off to tackle the day!

Bye now 

Bs

FGG!

Sooo...I will be starting THIS tomorrow!!

Should be fun and pretty challenging.

How has your weekend been??

Mine has been pretty good! 

I'm ready to tackle this week and get it over with because I am ready ready ready for this coming up weekend. Harry will be here in Florence AND I am getting to go watch some good ole Hockey!

F U N

Bye for now, 

B's

Friday's List

Every single week, I spend hours....HOURS of my life online. I think we all do, whether we want to admit it or not. But as I was browsing online the other day I started thinking about all of the things I come across each week; just random things, but things that really either make me think or rethink things, or things that just simply make me smile. 

So, I decided, I will put a list together each week of the things that I have rambled across each week, just to share a little bit of online happiness. 

Enjoy!!

1. To have a warm smile come across your face simply from the beauty, look here!

2. A Pencil Box Full of Breath Taking Views.

3. Always...A New York Times Article; The Food Issue

4. Are you a Ghost?? Possibly??

5. A Little Room For Thought, from the Thought Catalog

6. I want the life of Photography & the Bartering System; See an adventure Pixel Trade

7. The constant prowl through Men's Fashion...Dont Ask

{Even I don't understand}

8. A Shop By Color Option, always makes me in the shopping mood!

9. Some People don't mind at all to be alone

10. Curioos Digital Art is some Fun Stuff!

So these are TEN of the many many fun and happy things I saw throughout the week!

I hope you enjoyed this new addition to the blog. 

Please stop by the links and check them out and let me know what you think about them.

HAPPY FRIDAY FRIENDS!!

B's

Fun & Experimenting

The start of some new Illustration Fun & Experimenting. 

What are your thoughts?? 

If you have a cute kiddo that you would like for me to illustrate, feel free to contact me via email, Facebook, or just leave a comment with your email address and I will get back with you!!

More coming soon!!

Bye now 

B's

Dinner. Fair. and an Infectious Smile.

Hey hey!!

My weekend was super incredible. It was full of fun, great surprises, constant laughing, good convos, and a whole lot of memories.

It all started at Highlands Bar & Grill downtown. 

You know a great guy when he actually ask you on a D A T E that he has thoughtfully planned out rather than asking you if you want to meet up for a drink {and conveniently for them, they are already at the place they asked you to meet them at. Ha! You're all a joke}!! 

Here are some photos from the entire weekend!

{The Fair}

{O'Henry's Coffee}

{yall...he surprised me with a Boston Bruins hat. Seriously!!!!}

{Hops City 2nd Birthday!}

{California Pizza Kitchen & the Equalizer}

{O'Henry's Again!}

The wonderful weekend ended with church.

Really it was such a Fun Fun F U N weekend with someone who is incredibly thoughtful with a smile that is infectious and lights up every room. 

I hope you enjoyed our photos!!!

That's all for now

B's