Beauty is only skin deep....

So lets talk about it.

I mean ....

skin.

Maybe it has something to do with my new "diet". 

Maybe it has something to do with stress.

Maybe it has something to do with all of this new exercise.

But as of lately, my skin is so oily! 

I've always been the one with the dry skin.

Flakey here,

Flakey there.

But now....

It's like before I even hit lunch time.

BAM!

Oily skin! 

I really can't stand it to be honest and I want to make it go away.

So what do you do when you feel like you could fry an egg on your face? 

As for WW....I've already lost 6lbs since last Wednesday. 

And that was when I looked last night. 

I was all gung ho about dieting last week until the weekend came. 

On this diet, I'm not supposed to have more than ONE alcoholic drink per day and at that point, what's the purpose of even having just one!? To tease me, I'm sure. 

Granted, that's the only thing I'm very limited on. I can still eat fast food when needed. I can still have my constant Diet Coke indulgences....

But I need beer in my life.

Maybe that's why my skin is oily?! Ah! 

Solution?!

Doubt it! 

Enough of my ramblings.

I know you feel like you've just wasted 10 minutes of your life or so reading all of that! 

If you don't mind, share your secrets of the skin!

Xoxo 

New Years Resolution in July.

guess I'm starting my New Year's resolution a little late.

You know which one I'm talking about...

The obvious, "hey, I want to lose weight!" resolution. 

Bleh.

You see, I've never been the skinniest of girls, and it used to really bother me when I was younger but I never had the motivation to do anything about it. I was athletic in high school and I just thought I'd always live my whole life with my thighs touching because that's how it's always been. 

Here lately, I've gotten very comfortable in my skin. I was even starting to think, bigger is fine. Bigger is even possibly bigger. And I was okay with that.

Until....

The other night I was bored and shoving cookies in my mouth while pinning....(you know, pinterest! my new obsession)....and there were so many motivational things about losing weight. 

I dropped the cookie and got on the treadmill. I have been having troubles sleeping...like staying up until 3 am and having to wake up at 7 to go to work. Not good, right? A little thought came to mind...what if I run a little bit, I'm sure I'll get sleepy!

So yeah....treadmill. I ran/walked for 30 minutes. It felt good. It wasn't overwhelming at all. 

I got off and "oh what the hell, I'm going to get on the scale." 

Whoa!

How did this happen?!

Granted, I haven't been on a scale since high school and I'm now a senior in college! (well, I'm graduating in 3 years instead of 4, but STILL!) 

Needless to say, I'm embarrassed about this number I saw. It was definitely not a good number. And I'm still in shock.

And I've been on the treadmill every day since. 

But, with my lifestyle I didn't think that was enough.

So today I've decided to take another step. 

This is so totally out of my element, so I understand if you stopped reading way back at the beginning lol! 

But anyways, I joined Weight Watchers. 

I don't really understand it. It's a lot of points this points that. But I think it will make sense once I start eating. 

I just know, that I don't want to be chubby faced anymore and maybe one day, my thighs won't touch. 

I can't even imagine them not touching to be honest. 

Cheers to sticking with it?! 

And if you never hear anything about this again, it will probably because I failed miserably lol! But if it goes well, I'm sure you'll know! 

Happy running! 

'Cause Baby You're a Firework!

"...c'mon let your colors burstttt!!!!!!"

In advanced, I'd like to tell you "you're welcome" because I know that song is probably now stuck in your head! 

And you already know what this post is about! 

Yes, fireworks. 

Tonight my sister and I did something very out of the ordinary for us on the 4th of July. We normally spend the afternoon cooking out and playing with sparklers...but today I had to work at Brays. While I was in the office, I got a text from Andrea. "What are you doing tonight?" Justin is working...so nothing I guess, right?! "Nothing" I replied. "Let's go watch the fireworks!" 

We never watch fireworks anywhere really. So I figured it would be fun! Little did I know, that it was a bring some food and a place to sit sort of fireworks! She packed us a great dinner and blankets! We were off! 

Have you ever heard of Parris Island? Its one of the fine places where the military goes for bootcamp. 

We had a fantastic time! I finally understand the big to-do about fireworks! 

Check it out :)

So cute. Little boy with army hat and bookbag.

Right out of my Grandpa's garden. Delish.

And right from Bi-Low lol. But still, delish! 

Left, left, left, right, left. 

Sisters!

So cute.

Red Velvet cookie, only fitting for the 4th! 

Cupcake with a cupcake! 

Sisters! again! 

Babyyyyy you're a fireeeework! ;)

And the grand finale! 

I really enjoyed playing around with different functions of my camera. It really reminded me of the fact that I do know how to use it. It was fun turning knobs and trying new things without having to really worry about the end result. 

I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th! And that we all remember daily what it's all about. 

Xoxo! 

Let's Get Down To Business

So I've kind of figured out where the view of this blog is from.
Its the story of a 20 year old girl that has just started her own business and trying to figure out the ways of the world.
Well, lets go ahead and do a little "hip, hip, hooray!" for the fact that I've already had to renew my business licence! That was almost too fast! But I guess applying in the middle of the "business year" was kind of silly when I first got it back in January (remember me?). Anyhoo... to comemorate this fine renewal, I'm celebrating in 2 ways! One of which you'll have to wait and see next week...I'm waiting until the actual licence comes in.

As for the other one, I'm wanting a business card update!
I have a SERIOUS obsession with beautiful stationary. Like, I can't go into Hallmark, Staples, TJ Maxx without buying thank you cards and just little note cards! I use them, of course! To mail to my clients after a shoot, but still...it's created a monster! All I want is to have beautiful letter pressed cardstock die cut business cards! But that would run me about $400 for just 300 or so :(

Anyways, check out these beauties that I've been lusting over.

Love the font!

Perfect die cut!

Too incredibly perfect! One of my favorites!

When I worked at a bridal show with Ashley Rhodes Events (remember me?), I saw this girl that did letter press and I grabbed one of her business cards and just swooned over how much I loved it. Goodness gracious. Letter press. YES. The cute skinny business card. YES. The perfect paring of delicate colors. YES. The way the letter press felt under my fingers on such perfect cotton paper. YES YES YES!

I think I have a problem. And I'm doing a lot of recalling old blogs today! Yay!

Well anyways, new business cards will be a go very soon...but probably no letter press or beautiful custom die cut.
Unless you know of a great not so $300 business card place?!

And possibly a new logo?!
Ahhhh hooray for turning a new leaf ;)

I'll be having dinner with all of my mom's side of the family & my sweet boyfriend is coming too! What a great afternoon!

Hope all of you have as wonderful of a day!

My baby loves to fish!

"Early in the morning, in the middle of the night.

She's hooked and she can't get enough.

Man that girl sure likes to fish!"

Boy do I! Yesterday, my best friend Jess & I marked another off the bucket list! (By the way, once the summer is over, you'll have the full list revealed!) 

We went deep sea fishing! We were seriously in the middle of the Atlantic ocean with the lines down at the bottom of the ocean. It was a long day with a wake up call at 5 am! We met at the landing at 6:15 and were headed out around 7! 

Jessica and I thought we'd be tough and try to ride the waves on the trip out there, but after a few really hard ones, we realized riding in the back of the boat in the comfy bean bag chairs was much smarter! I'm all bruised up today and can hardly move. I learned my lesson the hard way. 

Once we made it out, we baited the lines and before all were set, one went to humming! I got up and reeled that baby in! I was so proud to have caught the first fish of the day! He sure was pretty!

We finally made it back in about 6:30 that afternoon and it was such a great day! I definitely want to do that many more times! I have found something I really like to do :)

Jessie riding out!

Murray representing team Old Skool

I'm finally getting a tan :D

No land in sight

Looky at my fishy! 

Not to brag, but I did good! 

It was bleeding on her foot! Hahah! 

Pretty fishy! 

Winning!

And the lovely boat that gave us the ride of our lives.

Me, Murray, our captain Scott, and Jess! 

"I can't get enough,
Man that girl sure does like to fish."

Off Duty

Whew, what a few months this has been! 
I don't know what made me do it, but I took on summer classes and I'm soooo not loving having to learn about bones when instead I could be out in the boat! But tomorrow, I will be confined to doing more anatomy homework! Bleh.


And another crazy thing is how incredibly busy photography has gotten! I figured with wedding season on a hold due to the summer, I thought I'd be slow but as of right now, I'm constantly doing photos! 1 awesome modeling shoot today, a maternity shoot next week and an engagement session next week, scheduling lots of senior shoots! Gracious! 


Well today before the modeling shoot, I took some just for fun photos! 


Check them out :)

And so it begins...

Hi friends! Happy Monday?!


Haha, well, not so much! Today was the back to reality for me :( I just got home from my fabulous vacation in Myrtle Beach for a week! Whew, I thought a week would be too much, but I'm definitely not looking forward to getting back to classes tomorrow! Oh well, if vacation lasted forever then it wouldn't really be vacation right? 


So to entertain myself today while I was avoiding doing work, I decided to join the "30 day photo challenge" on Facebook! 


So here is my entry for day 1! 




Day 1 - A photo of yourself with 10 facts.

1. Just posted 8 facts and got all ADD and went to a different page...fail.
2. Has 3 sunflowers tattooed on my side because I follow the sun.
3. Self proclaimed photographer and workoholic.
4. Never wants to grow up.
5. Proud of who I am, where I've been, and all that I've done. Good & bad.
6. Has been with the same man for a little over 2 and a half years and wouldn't want to be with anyone else. "I'm your girl & you're my man."
7. I ♥ singing. I've been more willing to sing karaoke now more than ever, and I don't care how I sound.
8. My best friend and I have a bucket list for the summer. Jealous?
9. Animal lover. I just took in a sweet little puppy. She's bad, but I just couldn't let her go to the pound.
10. Food is my friend. I love it all for the most part. Especially paired with a good drink....or good drink minus the food. ;)

Okay, there you go! Short, sweet, and to the point!