We have been waiting 3 1/2 years to say this… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE DEBT FREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shortly after our car accident in 2017, I kept asking myself.. “what do we NEED to do with our life? what is IMPORTANT?” We were in a season of really deep reflection after what we experienced and we just…
We’re Moving to HATTERAS! | Life By The Sea
Last week on Instagram, we announced something we had been holding on to for weeks, but we had been hoping for far longer. We let our community know we were moving an hour plus south to live on Hatteras Island, which is truly a dream for our family! We have been head over heels in love with…
YOUTUBE VIDEO: How we find sea glass!
One of the MOST ASKED QUESTIONS of all time on our Facebook and Instagram pages! How do you find sea glass? What does it look like? How can you tell? While filming a tiny little video about Avalon Pier a few months ago, I got to double up on video content & ALSO film a…
Lightroom Edit from BLUE to GOLD | Outer Banks Photographer
One of the BIGGEST CHALLENGES shooting here on the beach is when we have this perfectly great sunny day that should make golden hour shooting a piece of cake… and then… low-lying clouds are sitting right on the horizon. This is tricky if you don’t know to look for it because you may think you…
Shunta Grant: Business Life & Joy Podcast | What You Can Do About Racism
In August of 2017, I got in the car and started driving in the direction of where we drove months prior the night of our family’s car accident in March. I had applied to be a model for the Cultivate What Matters shoot (you know, a less than five feet kid-sized model LOL) and my…
Favorite Beauty Products from AMAZON
I am the least beauty expert person out there … SO, if you can relate, MAYBE just maybe I’m the perfect person to share these things with you! Sometimes I like hearing about things from people who aren’t experts because I know I will be able to use and handle whatever they are sharing better…
Office Supplies are My Love Language
I know I’m not alone. I see the way the double taps soar and the comments roll in when I talk about a good pack of pens or the perfect Wite-out or the most vibrant washi tape. Office supply nerds unite – THIS POST IS FOR YOU!!!! I’m sharing my FAVORITE office items in this…
Technical Holdups | Personal Branding
The timing is just…crucial right now. There has NEVER BEEN a better and more important time to suck it up and OWN a personal brand. With all of this coronavirus stuff going around, small businesses are panicking and I get it. A lot of people have been dealt a horribly difficult hand BUT on a…
Emotional Holdups | Personal Branding
Let’s just start with being COMPLETELY HONEST and FORWARD: Because of the audacity I had to create a personal brand… Our family lives on the Outer Banks I have consistently doubled OR tripled my husband’s income yearly I get to call the shots on when and where I shoot and be a little picky I…
PERSONAL BRANDING: Is your holdup EMOTIONAL or TECHNICAL?
I opened up a conversation I was SO READY FOR weeks ago on Instagram… but it’s a heavy one and I think all of us involved in this conversation literally held hands and jumped into the deep end of the pool together, not knowing where the bottom was. I can’t believe I’m about to say…
Polkadot Sweater & Red Heels Project | Elle Marie 5 1/2 + 6 Years!
We’re not supposed to say there’s a favorite mermaid of the mermaid mafia… but if we were FORCED TO, we would say that most people mention Ellie, LOL! Even her sisters would agree and tell you – she is an angel, she’s perfect, and even when she’s mad… she’s an angel just with a furrowed…
Teal Heels & Gold Sweater Project | 3 1/2 + 4 Years | Autumn Jean
We totally skipped blogging the 3 1/2 year old images but I GOT THEM DONE! 🙂 It was in the middle of our whirlwind summer of disconnecting more from the digital world and shooting a ton of family sessions, and enjoying ALL the beach days possible. THIS LITTLE FIRECRACKER – WOW – has she totally…