artist: elena ilku

love her work. yes i do. check out her website here

sewing.

these pictures make me want to sew. crazy what a photo can evoke. rest assured that'll never happen.






photo from Emmalynne

something to think about.

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…
he loves us.

verse from how he loves us by david crowder band. my favorite line is the one about regrets. as i listened to this song on repeat today i stopped and really considered this line. when we grasp just how much God really does love us, how can we waste any more time thinking about the past? how can we waste any more time dwelling on mistakes we made or on mistakes others have made? how can we give any more of our energy to the lies and hurts of the past? there is something so much better available to us. something so wonderful awaiting us that we should not and cannot waste time maintaining regrets. and because of grace, we don't have to!

sweet dreams! :)

blessed.

closer to you.

i've had something on my mind lately. i've been thinking about how often i choose to do nothing instead of something. see usually when i think of the dilemma of doing nothing instead of something, i'm thinking of my life comprehensively. however, the truth is that small choices that at the time may see fairly insignificant, are what comprise the big picture. sure, there are sometimes decisions to be made that are irreversible and life altering, but there's always smaller decisions leading up to those.

to prevent my rambling, i pose the question: how in my everyday life can i choose to do something over nothing? well honestly, i don't have a specific solution. Although i will say that there are times when i've been invited to something and i know that attending or not attending is neither the right nor the wrong thing to do. however, there's often a voice telling me to just do it. and more often than not, i don't have a justifiable reason not to go. i simply want to spend more time with myself doing things that I want to do. now don't get me wrong, i firmly believe in the importance of alone time as well as stretching yourself too thin. but I also believe that there are areas in which i could be just a little bit more dedicated and little bit less selfish. i hope to give these truths a greater emphasis in my day to day decision making. i need to listen to that inner voice more closely, take a few steps further from my self seeking ways, and remember that my sole purpose on this earth is to glorify God. oh and i will add that the current series at my church is called Stepping Up. The series aims to teach us how to take the next step in our spiritual journey. i'm not sure what my next step is, but i know that i want to be fully prepared to take it! this series has definitely spurred some personal reflection/evaluation.

photo from ivoryandnoir

friday's rundown.

sometimes you have to simply walk away from old thoughts, old ways


why wait? it could be


and there's a whole world waiting for you!


thePhotoZoo, for me, for you by Kate Moss, lauradye

pink bead.

my sister and I were taking some photos. well, i was taking the photos of her. anyway, she found a small pink bead on the ground in front of a pink building. i'm not kidding it really was pink. it was just a pink sort of day. point is i didn't want her to pick up this pink bead and use it in our pictures, but she did and i have to say that in retrospect i'm glad of it!

my summer vacation.

so many. not enough.

i've been attempting to write a post all day, but i just can't seem to settle on one topic. i don't know if it's because i have too many topics swarming in my head or if i simply can't muster up enough words to concoct a decent post. at any rate, i decided just to provide a tidbit on each topic.

due to the callings of my job, i'm unable to discuss each topic, so i'm going to give up on that idea and just post some recent favorites from honeytree photography. maybe tomorrow, friends!

take a seat. relax.

honeytree photography