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04-30-12

April Self Portrait: A Month Full of Travel

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April can be summed up in one word: travel. I was only home for half of the month, the rest of the month was spent on the road. So I basically felt like I was living out of a suitcase for a month straight:)

I got home late last night from my last trip of the month, an amazing, relaxing weekend in Indiana visiting my good friend Gail. I was also in the Outer Banks shooting Trisha & Aaron's wedding (my first destination wedding!), then also spent a lot of time in Raleigh visiting my sister and baby niece:)

As much as I love traveling, it felt great to unpack my suitcase this morning, put it back in storage, and know I won't need it again until June. There's no place like home!

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Amanda - May 8, 2012 - 11:10 pm

Enjoy it while you can!

Jess - May 1, 2012 - 6:41 am

Love that pic! And so true…there is no place like home!

April Cochran-Smith - April 30, 2012 - 10:15 pm

I agree with Betsy, it was great meeting you & yes, jewelry pictures please Hope you get a chance to relax & enjoy the perfect weather that May usually brings.

It's me, Betsy - April 30, 2012 - 4:45 pm

It was AWESOME meeting you!!!!!!!! : )

PS The first time I spent the night at Gail’s, I promptly went home and bought myself a professional waffle maker. Will you be doing the same? (Life changing purchase btw!!!)

PPS I need to see photos of you and that certain piece of jewelry I was dogging!

Amanda Young - April 30, 2012 - 3:29 pm

Love this one. And where are you headed in June!? NC?

03-30-12

March Self Portrait: Working From Anywhere

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One of my favorite things about being my own boss is the flexibility to work anywhere. As long as I pack up my laptop, I can bring my business with me and work anywhere in the world. I've been doing a lot of traveling during the winter down time, so it's nice that I don't have to take any time off from work while I'm traveling - I just bring my laptop wherever I go, and I'm all set:)

When I went to Florida last week I did a lot of planning and goal setting for the future of my business. Which requires time to just sit and think about where I want to go and what I want to do. So this was me, working (aka thinking), in Florida. This is my ideal work setting:)

Happy Friday!

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Amanda - March 30, 2012 - 2:54 pm

Ahhh… the life.

03-01-12

February Self Portrait: Irish Beauty

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No, I'm not calling myself an Irish beauty - just to clarify:) I still can't get over how much I loved Ireland, it's such a beautiful country. I'm so glad I can finally say I've been to Europe - got my first stamp in my passport book at the age of 28! Taking an international trip has been on my list of things to do for a LONG time, so I'm glad I can finally say I've done it. And it couldn't have been to a more beautiful place. A LOT of our trip was spent in the car, driving from city to city. Normally I wouldn't want to spend a lot of a trip in a car, but seeing all of the country side was breathtaking.

I couldn't pick just one self portrait this month, so I'm including two:) This first one was one of my favorite parts of the trip - we were driving from Dublin to Dingle, on Conor Pass. We pulled off the road to take some pictures, and Mike decided to hike up the side of the mountain a little bit - glad he did, because there was an amazing lake half way up, that we would have never known about. There were no signs or anything marking that a lake was up there. So we all hiked up after him (Bridget in her heels, such a trooper), where we took in some of the most amazing views. In this shot the lake is behind the camera (I'll post photos later), and there is a straight drop down in front of the rock I'm standing on. You can't tell in this picture, but I also earned the nickname "muddy bottom" here, since 2 minutes before this picture was taken I slipped and fell in a huge pile of mud. Yep, my whole back side is covered in mud in this picture. Good times.

2nd February self portrait - taken in the streets of Galway. This was my favorite city we visited in Ireland. This city was exactly what I imagined Ireland feeling like, with cobblestone streets and hearing Irish music pour out from the restaurants and shops....I wish we could have spent more time here. So this is me, in the streets of Galway, with my new Irish wool hat:)

I can't wait to share the rest of my pictures next week - more coming soon!

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Maya - March 12, 2012 - 7:55 pm

Sounds like such a good time! And I love the fact that you are covered in mud in this photo. Too funny!

Allison - March 6, 2012 - 5:05 pm

Tina these are SO great! I can’t wait to hear more about your trip!

Joan - March 2, 2012 - 11:35 am

Beautiful pics and I love your hat!

Jess - March 1, 2012 - 3:09 pm

Love the self portrait pics! Who’s ready to go back????!!

Whitney - March 1, 2012 - 1:27 pm

Tina- wow that top photo of you and landscape is GORGEOUS! Hope you and Jeremy had a great time in Ireland!

Gail - March 1, 2012 - 10:38 am

YEAH!!! SO happy you guys had such a wonderful time! Can’t wait to see all the photos!

Amanda Young - March 1, 2012 - 10:10 am

They are both adorable, but that first one, OMG. AMAZING. P.S. Falling into giant mess of mud = totally me. That’s why I love you!

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