everglow handmade is looking for some help with packaging products, fulfilling orders, managing inventory & online platforms, & all of the miscellaneous, small things that come up. i am looking for a fun, joyful person to work with & help grow my small business.

rebecca rizzo of rebecca rizzo photographics contacted me earlier this year about a styled shoot that the redd on salmon was putting on. the redd is one of the newer venues from ecotrust (they also have beautiful venues like the their rooftop terrace & the irving street studio, also new). the redd has been under construction for a while i think, at least their venue portion of it was. luke & i went to the redd a few years back for one of adam garcia’s talent shows with design week pdx.

this shoot was such a miracle. i remember that the whole week it was pouring down rain, and it miraculously stopped raining the morning of this shoot. #meanttobe and now we get to enjoy these beautiful pictures (which also got featured in the winter edition of wedventure earlier this year! my first published piece - yay!)

did you need some inspiration today? if so, you’ve come to the right place. i’ve got plenty of pictures & pieces for you to drool over while you procrastinate starting the next item on your to-do list. don’t worry, once you’re done you will be SO motivated to get everything on your list done - promise! ;)

carter & rose is a beautiful gift shop on division in southeast portland, oregon. i actually used to live right around the corner from it, right before i married luke, but i never visited when i lived. i was so lucky to not only visit their gorgeous space the other day, but to teach a workshop! it was a small intimate class, the saturday before mother’s day. i was hoping that it would be a fun activity for mom & daughters to do together, and i was so happy that one of my friends agreed and brought her mom to the class. i think they paired it with lunch afterwards, and it sounded like the perfect date to me!

take a second to slow down when you’re looking at these beautiful pictures from kristy anne photography. they are so peaceful, with calm, muted colors - it gives me a sense of peace whenever i look at these photos. like, i am not overwhelmed by so much to do & so much to achieve, but that actually, everything is fine - everything is in control, it’s fine & you can take a minute to enjoy the beauty around you. why, yes- that’s exactly what they feel like.

i can’t believe that this was in february! and that we are just about to get into october. time could not be moving any faster right now, i feel like i’m grasping at the fringes everyday & trying to get something done on my never-ending to-do list.

this was such a fun shoot to be a part of! cindy lindsley of peach keen coordination organized this and asked me to be a part of this soft winters shoot. i love the autumn colors of the trees & landscape that snuck into the beautiful couples portraits below. this whole shoot definitely has a calm energy that you can feel around - i need more of that kind of energy.