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Good Things: 2012

January 2, 2013 – 4:45 am

I don’t do resolutions, but I do like to reflect on the great things that have happened throughout the year. Here they are in somewhat chronological order:

Ariana & Jared’s Wedding
I had the amazing privilege of styling my friends’ wedding this April. We worked really hard to ensure the decor spoke equally to both their tastes and to be honest, Pinterest just made the whole process easier. It really was such an honor and blessing to be able to help make this a memorable day for them; I will never forget it. Check out the amazing blog love here and here.

India Media Team
I went to India this year with my hubs and 3 other friends/filmmakers to create a documentary around the life of a new friend. It turned out to be simultaneously more rewarding and more taxing than I could have known. It was epic; you’ll have to wait a bit for the full experience as the film is not expected to be done until Fall 2013, but you can sneak a look at some of the footage here.

Beggars Banquet
I am stoked to have been involved in a local pop-up flea market, Beggars Banquet, this year. It’s just so good for my soul to create a space from nothing into a nook that people just want to come in and explore. I’ve been at #003, #005 — I skipped #004 since it was scheduled on the very same weekend as the aforementioned wedding, #006 and #007 — which I’m realizing now that I completely forgot to tell you about. How horrible I am. In all seriousness, this past one was the best; they really do keep incrementally getting better and better. I hope to keep participating in the new year; you know I’ll keep you posted.

Our home featured on Houzz
The humble little rental we’re in actually graced the blogosphere this Fall by way of Heather Merenda — whom I was introduced to by Meghan, curator of the Beggars Banquet. There’s been a great response; I’m still a bit in wonderment and disbelief.

Refinery29 x Pinterest
I was honored, honored to be mentioned on this mega blog as an Influencer for the board I curated on Pinterest called Cold Remedies. I was on cloud nine for a very long time… ok, maybe I still am, so what. I’m among great company.

Africa Missions
Hubs and I went to visit his family and their non-profit, Hope of the Nations, in Kigoma, Tanzania in October. While we were there, we hosted a visit from the missions pastor of our church and through that, the decision was made for the church to form a partnership with HofN. This is a big deal, and I am so excited to see what a game-changer this will be for their ministry.

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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

June 6, 2012 – 2:01 am

The guys put together a tiny tidbit of footage from India — just to show some of the beautiful shots they got while we were there. You can see a bit of Delhi city-life, one of the children’s homes in Chandigarh, a monastery in Leh, and the Ganges riverside in Varanasi. Just a taste of a few of the areas we traveled.

Seeing this actually takes me to places I hadn’t been emotionally while I was there; funny how film and a little music can do that. It’s much easier for me to look retrospectively at these scenes and appreciate the landscape and bustle and noise than when I was there, but I can’t yet explain why; I’ll have to think more about that.

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Proof I Was There

May 31, 2012 – 5:22 am

We got back from India a week ago now — and I think I’m still adjusting. The first few days I was waking up at 6:30 on the dot… these past 5 days, it’s progressed to 4:30 — in the morning; not good. I’m hoping I get over that real soon. Also I’m a little sick. Hubbs got sick the next morning after we landed, now I’m the same sick. I think it’s just “plane” sick, nothing India related — or maybe it’s that we were so excited to have our weather back, we were a little over zealous with the whole of-course-its-glorious-outside-so-we’re-sleeping-with-the-patio-door-open thing; that could be it. We’re just about over it now though.

I’m almost back to my normal routine… not that I’m really routiney, but maybe more of the normal part… okay, I’m not super normal either, but enough of the circles — I’m almost feeling like myself again. There. I thought this would be the one-last-hurrah post with some India pics, at least for a while. These pretty much were taken by everyone else on the team; well I’m in all of them, so that should be a given; obviously this is the best place to post a multitude of pictures of myself.

P.S. This is my “I’m so not impressed with Varanasi” face.
P.P.S. The girl with me is my new friend, Mia; she’ll be featured in our film and I think she’s quite lovely.

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Shopping in Leh

May 19, 2012 – 2:23 pm

While we visited Leh this week, the team and I decided to put in some extra spending money to bring home some amazing Indian finds to help with a fundraising project we have in mind. My local friend, Mia, is one heck of a haggler and we were able to really stretch our bills. While we stuck mostly to jewels and textiles, I still made time to dream about things that I’d fill my home with if I had all the money in the world — I play that game often. Among the things that intrigued me were the gigantic bridal headpieces — I know, you’re like, “I don’t see any headpieces” but this is an example of how it sits on the head. There were also so many different turquoise and coral inlaid pieces that it was hard to narrow down favorites — note a little lidded pot, some mini potion flasks, and a gorgeous cylindrical container meant for incense. Trinkets always fascinate me; I think I’m hopeless that way.

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Photo Diary: India

May 17, 2012 – 4:19 am

We’ve been from Chandigarh to Manali to Delhi to Leh and back to Delhi again; there are six days left and we still have Varanasi on the itinerary. Life is pretty good when my biggest third-world problems are being unable to find an Internet connection, getting sick of Chai, and having to keep tissue on me wherever I go because the local loo will probably not have any. Here are some snaps I’ve collected with my iPhone. You can find more photos by following my Instagram and on Transposition Films’ blog.