Because Instagram doesn't tell the full story

Yeah, I still have a blog.

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Vision board night! Remember those late nights during sleepovers with your 6th grade girlfriends? You know the ones. They involved watching PG-13 movies (even though you weren’t supposed to), prank calling boys, playing MASH, and flipping through issues of YM to make collages for your locker. If you’re awesome like me (and by awesome, I mean a memento […]

Girl’s Night: Vision Board Workshop

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One of my favorite traditions during the holiday season is also one that is not explicitly planned.  My sleep schedule isn’t exactly consistent; some nights I am up editing until 11pm and thus sleep until 8:30.  Other days, I am in bed closer to 10 and will wake before dawn.  Rather than trying to force […]

Early December Morning Playlist

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Due to some recent self-discovery (thanks in part to my business coach, Kristen, as well as attending the Resonate Retreat with Beryl), I’ve been trying to refine my sources of daily inspiration, including who I follow on The Instagrams. Which to be quite frank, is hard to do as a business owner who relies a […]

Who I’m Loving on Instagram Right Now

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{I’m currently blessed enough to be traipsing around Europe right now (follow along with me on instagram!), and I’ve asked some of my awesome blogger friends to guest post while I’m away. Today’s guest blogger:  Lindsay Ponta of the lifestyle blog Shrimp Salad Circus. Take it away, Lindsay!} Hi guys, I’m Lindsay from Shrimp Salad Circus. […]

Free Printable Quote ・ Guest Post by Lindsay Ponta of Shrimp Salad Circus

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{I’m currently blessed enough to be traipsing around Europe right now (follow along with me on instagram!), and I’ve asked some of my awesome blogger friends to guest post while I’m away. Today’s guest blogger: Photographer and humanitarian Alyssa Sieb. Take it away, Alyssa!} Travel and humanitarian photography has rearranged my thinking on poverty and pain. […]

A Human Touch ・ Guest Post by Alyssa Sieb

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A warm spring afternoon. A 200 year-old farmhouse. In-season blooms. Good company. The recipe is simple. And Rebecca of A Daily Something has it down pat. May’s A Daily Gathering event: The Art of Cooking With Flowers Spring Supper & Workshop, was everything one could dream it to be. An afternoon of cocktails and cooking with […]

A Daily Gathering: Cooking With Flowers Workshop + Spring Supper

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That said, my bright-eyed dreams of being a California girl inspire my art from every angle. As a professional photographer I can't bring palm trees and warm sunsets to Virginia in January, but I can let those things play a role in my artwork.

I tend to favor a mix of pastel and bright colors reminiscent of southern California and the 1960s, wildflowers that might have been found in a hippie's flower crown, and lettering that has a little bit of flair to keep it whimsical.

Hi, I'm Alicia. 

In reality, I live hours from the ocean and my skin is pretty damn pale.

In my head, I'm a coastal girl with salty hair and sun-kissed skin.