Today the skies were stormy, waves were crashing, and the wind was blowing. In other words today was a beautiful day. I got in a car with Lauren (the lovely model in this image) and we drove for miles and miles on a quest to find a Chick-fil-A. We talked about dreams and passions, love […]

candlelight

The other day I was eating dinner with my boyfriend’s family at Outback and his Grandpa turned to me and asked if I liked to dance. My eyes lit up and I responded eagerly, “Yes! I love to dance”. It’s true I love it, I’m actually an awful dancer. I’m very awkward and I mostly […]

dance.dance

              I spent many frustrated hours as a child in my grandma’s art studio with a sketchbook covered in eraser shavings left over from mistakes made. I wanted so badly to be able to create the visions which were so vivid in my mind. I would gaze in agonized wonder at my Grandma and […]

heart and eyes: an artist manifesto

A little over a year ago a girl with big eyes, bigger dreams, a naive soul, and an open heart flew into the Santa Barbara airport on a little Horizon airplane. That girl is portrayed in the picture above. She is a child thrust into the big world of reality. A girl forced into a […]

a year

I have always been quite jealous of ballerinas. For me, ballet means grace, beauty, romance, and etherial dreaminess. I know that in reality it is a brutally hard sport requireing every ounce of strength and flexibility the dancer has but since I’m not a dancer I don’t think about that part. For my final six […]

ballerina, ballerina

You know that qoute that goes something like the things that scare you are usually the most worthwhile? For me this means skydiving, space travel, and photographing people I don’t know. haha. But seriously folks, one of the most frustrating things about myself is how I let situations and people intimidate me into not living […]

KTYD

 I am proud of my mama who is probably going to open another location of her magical childrens store. I’m proud of my grandma who just got the cover of her soon to be published novel finished. I’m proud of my boyfriend who has the most amazing photographs. Im proud of my dad for being […]

pride

For those of you who don’t already know, I’m doing a fun little project on my facebook page. Every day (I’m on day three today) I am uploading an image I took and writing a sentence or two that represents my day. Become a fan or just check in every once in a while to follow my year =) […]

a year in photos

Denis Waitley’s definition of happiness was  “Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is a spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”   This qoute made me think about how I define happiness, what makes my heart feel joy, and my lips curl into a smile. I […]

it’s the little things

Model: Miss Erica DiGiovanni aka the most glamorous diva around. =)

hollywood glamour dahling

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