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SWITCHING GEARS: A NEW SHOP.

I’ve decided to move away from Etsy in order to try Society6. I soft-launched one piece last night, and will be launching an additional nine today. I have a few reasons for the switch, but the biggest reason is that Society6 offers the products(and a LOT of them), so that I can focus on the ART. While I enjoyed the amount of control I have over an Etsy shop, I feel that S6 might be a better fit…

ST ANNE’S CEMETERY.

I like photographing cemeteries. I’m not sure why… But while Brian & I were on Mackinac Island and he was antsy to get back to the ferries (he was insisting a huge storm was coming), I was like “CEMETERRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYY!!!” So he let me quickly run through it. It wasn’t nearly enough time to see and experience the weight of this place, but I was happy to at least find the oldest burial (thanks to…

A couple weeks ago, Brian and I had a chance to go up north for a few days. We stay at his family’s cottage in Indian River. It’s convenient to some surrounding up north locations, like Mackinac/Mackinaw, Petoskey, etc. We were up from Wednesday (June 14) night through Sunday (June 18) morning. That Friday, we ventured over to Mackinac Island. This was my second visit (the first in July 2011). I…

MY THOUGHTS ON PRACTICING YOGA FOR 100 DAYS.

A post shared by ASHLEY ♞ (@pinklovespurple) on May 13, 2017 at 5:23am PDT Remember when I posted about practicing yoga for twelve straight days? Today I hit Day 100. Let me just say, wow. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can’t really think of one single thing, “good” or “bad”, that I do consistently each and every day (other than “basic” things, like breathing). I don’t drive my car every…

Still, my favorite flowers are probably lilies (& probably should seeing as how two of my three tattoos include one!). I have a bunch of wild daylilies planted outside my studio window, and the first opened up on the very last day of spring. And the rest opened up the following day. It was a magical subtlety from nature acknowledging the change of seasons ♥ BLOG ▪ ETSY SHOP ▪ INSTAGRAM ▪ TWITTER…

One late Monday afternoon, I felt inspired to pack my camera in my bag and hop on my bike (for the first time this year!). I rode over to the closest bit of Bald Mountain State Recreation and immediately came across a family of geese. I didn’t venture much further, happy to snap away. Also, my bike seat was loose and my tires were low, making the ride there not very comfortable. The trip was…

SELFIES AND SELVES (+ A FEW HONEYMOON PHOTOS).

WHY I DREAD WHEN STRANGERS (OR ANY PERSON IN GENERAL) ASK “WANT ME TO TAKE YOUR PHOTO?” I have an expensive camera / phone. What if you drop it? What if you steal it? I prepared with a proper lens. It’s wide. We both fit in the view. You will walk twelve feet away and we’ll be super tiny. If I don’t like what I take, I’ll take another. If I don’t like what you take, I feel obligated to “be done”…

You guys, I turn 30 this year. Thirty. In fewer than one month. Thirty. I hear it’s a big deal. Cause for celebration. Presents. “What do you want?” Every year, around birthdays and other holidays, I ponder this. And every year I usually just avoid answering (as I can never come up with something). This year I’ve got it! If you would be so kind, please visit David Roszczewski’s GoFundMe page.…

LANDSCAPING IDEAS & INSPIRATION.

When the weather began warming up, I was hit hard with the motivation to overhaul our yard. Eventually, when the weather became nice AND dry, I even busted out the shovel and tore up a bunch of grass (then promptly left the chunks behind to deal with “later” [and “later” has still not come]). I quickly decided that I needed a plan. A MASTER PLAN. Not a “oh, it’d be nice to have something here”…

A CONVERSATION (WORDS TO REMEMBER).

I wanted to share this conversation between Brian and me over breakfast this past Sunday morning. Me (while plating black bacon): I think I overcooked the bacon… Me (later while cutting into my eggs): …And the eggs. Him: It’s okay, it was still made with love. BLOG ▪ ETSY SHOP ▪ INSTAGRAM ▪ TWITTER ▪ FACEBOOK ▪ PINTEREST

ONE LITTLE WORD: MARCH 2017.

Remember the last time I shared something about my My One Little Word, JOY? No? That’s because it was in January. I have been getting around to the monthly prompts, but I’m always (ALWAYS) late to the game. It’s a little bit of a different feeling when you’re kind of doing your own thing weeks after the rest of the “class” did… But that’s always been my life. Late homework and Saturday detentions…

When imaging my future “studio/office” space, I knew I wanted to leave a nice open space with no furniture, decor, or even receptacles, so that I would have somewhere to use for photography purposes. Turns out that that open space has also given me a place to start doing yoga. Yoga has been one of those things that I’ve put off. I’ve had interest in trying it, but have never gotten around to it.…

ESSENTIAL OILS: PART 1.

My Beginning With Essential Oils WHERE DO YOU START WITH ESSENTIAL OILS?!?!? I mean, seriously! There is so much hype and information out there about essential oils, it’s overwhelming! I want to share my story with essential oils and hopefully it might help anyone else get on the path to an oily life. I honestly can’t remember what the first occurrence of essential oils in my life was… When I was…

HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS: THE BASEMENT POST-FLOORING INSTALL.

Hey, remember when I made that Studio/Office mood board??? Like, four years ago??? No? Well, progress has obviously been slow. But I suppose that’s fine, since I’m tweaking my design concepts anyways. Most of it still holds true, like the existing furniture, the mostly white & grey color palette, and the pink accent; some of it I’m glad I didn’t do, like the yellow barn door (still doing a barn…

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here are few snapshots from our NYE: Past: 2013 & 2014. BLOG ▪ ETSY SHOP ▪ INSTAGRAM ▪ TWITTER ▪ FACEBOOK ▪ PINTEREST

IN 2016, I…

…resolved to DOCUMENT MORE. Out of the gate, I found an app called 1 Second Everyday, which I love, but I didn’t keep up with it; I only made two months worth of videos – 1 & 2. …rambled about my lack of documentation. …tried to relaunch my Etsy shop, only to leave it sitting immediately afterwards. …started pocket scrapbooking that was going really well until I tried to do A Week In The Life,…

In the weeks before the wedding, I spent A LOT of time designing our wedding programs. I did them in Photoshop and had them printed at Kinko’s (FedEX). They were set out on the seats at the ceremony, but they also contained information about the reception following afterwards. I wanted the leftover programs brought along to the reception hall for the guests who didn’t make it to the ceremony, but…