Pemi Loop 2016 | Day One

September 16th, 2016

Our goal was to leave the house by 5:00am, but we ended up making it out the door at 5:30.  It was a chilly morning and we actually hit a bunch of traffic leaving Boston at 6 in the morning!  We arrived at the Lincoln Woods Visitor Center, put some money in the box to park for a few days, and gathered up all of our gear.  It was about 46 degrees so we were eager to get moving!  (By the way, we vlogged our hike as well!  Click here to watch the video for day 1!)

We were on the trail by 8:30!   Continue reading “Pemi Loop 2016 | Day One”

Project 52 – Take a photo a week

Happy New Year!

Last January, I found a list on Pinterest of 52 words to use as inspiration for 52 photographs.  I decided to do this during 2015 and upload them to Instagram in order to keep myself accountable.  Now that 2015 is over and I have finished my project, I wanted to look back and share the 52 pictures I took!  (I copied my original captions from Instagram under each picture)

Project 52

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Explore and Dream

Lately I’ve been experimenting with drawing wreath designs and writing quotes with fancy lettering.  I have always admired calligraphy, but I have never had any instruction on the subject.  I have horrible handwriting because I’m usually thinking faster than I can write, but I found I’m pretty good at copying letters!  On Pinterest there are tons of graphics showing the alphabet written in different fonts and I’ve been practicing writing quotes that I like using fancy letters.  I just reference the design on the computer and try to recreate it free-hand.  There are also lots of examples of wreath designs and other details you can use to surround your quote to make it look nice.  Sometimes I find a quote that has a nice layout and just recreate the whole thing using a fine tip pen, and other times I combine a quote, fancy letters, and embellishment designs from several different places.  It’s been really fun! Continue reading “Explore and Dream”