Tara Cook

Yes, this is Tara. What a classy person she is.
Tara Low got hitched yesterday to Zach Cook, without my permission none-the-less. How dare she. Buuuut I guess he's pretty great, so I don't get much of a say.

This lil' lady has been my best friend since, well, birth. How close we were is kinda hard to describe, or put in words. We weren't separate people, but one. One in everything. Then one day... I moved. And she found Zach. and I guess you could say the rest is history.

I normally don't say a whole lot in my blog but I felt that this was one event in my life worth talking about.

I never really imagined the day when I would have to give up my other half. The day when I no longer was enough, when she would have to move on and grow up. We will always be best friends but the difference now is that we are no longer equals, but rather in two very different stages of our lives. We no longer run on the same wavelength, and it dawned on me how very different my life will be from now on as Tara starts her family, and I remain a single young adult.

It has got me thinking a lot about how fast life flies by, and how quickly your life can take a turn. From high school graduation there have been many losses and joys. Both funerals and weddings. Births, and people coming and going. A year can bring almost anything! and what a year it has been.
I look forward to what is yet to come in my personal journey here on earth.

(Alli, myself, Chloe, and Tannis. 1 down, 4 more to go)

Tea Time

The cutest and funnest gathering, a tea party! I brought out my pearls for the occasion, and you can't forget the vintage hats and elegant gloves.

Echo Lake.

Boat. Book. Sun. Relax.

hands down my favorite things to do, and my favorite place to do them. just came back from a great week with family.

Kinfolk

What better time spent then with the ones you love, engaging in thought provoking conversation, indulging on delicious foods, or sharing a cup of tea? this magazine has it all.

Sunday Sun

I think I feel summer at last! Beautiful day to a have a BBQ dinner outside amongst my mother's beautiful flowers.

Audrey

Audrey Hepburn. This woman was brilliant in so many ways.

Just a bit of charcoal calligraphy

hello again blogging world :)

Okay, so I realize that it has been an extensive amount of time since I last posted. I have to be honest with you, my life got busy and blogging was the last of my priorities. But I have found that I can happily get lost in the blogging world, reading and admiring peoples originality and personality. I asked myself today, why on earth did I ever quit? So here I am.

just pencil. thought I would try out some pastels too.

Nate and Katie

I am inspired by my brother and his beautiful wife.
I miss them dearly



HEARBLACK

Petals

I draw flowers. Its just what I do. I always have.

My friend asked me the other day "Do you like flowers Chrissy?" I thought it was an odd question until I realized something... My shirt, backpack, and wallet were all floral. My earrings were even flowers! Now I'm noticing them everywhere... my bedspread, pillows, magnets, shoes, mug, even my Kleenex box for cryin' out loud! Floral! So, apparently its something I like.

Joy in the Bitterness

Today was FREEZING. Nose biting cold.
I saw this girl walking around campus and it made all the difference.

The snow is positively dreadful and immaculately beautiful. I would love it if I didn't have to walk through it. It's making me want to cuddle up in a blanket, drink gourmet peppermint hot chocolate, and listen to Christmas music.

Live Laugh Love

I do not intend for this blog to be my day to day going abouts, but rather to share what I love and what makes me happy, for the sole purpose of making others feel the same. So here I go. In writing, sketching, and sharing.

American thanksgiving has brought me home for this last week in November. Home has brought me family, friends, and... FRIGID cold weather. Instead of throwing angry fists at the sky, murmuring, and occasionally weeping, I use this opportunity to decorate the Christmas tree in preparation for the month of December! In a perfectly captured moment I felt inspired to write...

“…God bless us everyone, the good and the bad, the happy the sad, heres to family and friends, it’s good to be here again…” Celine Dion’s Christmas CD plays softly in the background, and the smell of cinnamon and nutmeg waft into the room. The second youngest son, Adam, sits thoughtfully reading a book on the brown leather loveseat, while mother is busily making supper in the kitchen behind him. You can faintly hear the tinkling of a Christmas music box coming from downstairs, where Grandpa is entertaining his grandchild. The aroma of peace and joy fills the air as the family is finally all together again for Christmas.

I sit next to the Christmas tree, my favorite spot, and stare, enchanted by the crystal balls reflecting the sparkling white tree lights, and the rich red colored ornaments in contrast to the deep forest green of the tree itself. I only get to enjoy these moments once every year, so I soak up as much as I can get in this one month of December.

- Taste of the occasion

- favorite quote. something to live by.
Les Joyfuls