[business cards]

here are a few of the business cards I have been designing lately...

:)

flourish conference...amazing!!

 SO....I know I posted A WHILE ago about my friends and I putting on a conference for high school girls called FLOURISH....it was an awesome day!! This is because we had the most amazing team of friends come and help make it happen!!!! I was overwhelmed and in awe of how incredible it is to be a part of such a great community that supports and encourages each other.  It was a one day event from 9am-6pm and girls from all over California [San Diego to Modesto to San Luis Obispo to Long Beach] came and worshiped, laughed, studied, and learned about what it looks like to live out Ephesians 4:1"....live a life worthy of the calling you have received".

[it was a beautiful day.]

Besides speaking, I got to do a few things that I love to do, like paint!!! I wish I made more time to sit and paint...it is so therapeutic for me even though I am not very good at it, I still like it! I made this sign for our photobooth that we set up for the girls to take pictures at the event as a keepsake of the day. [thank you Randy Marshman for setting up the photo shoot/backdrop, etc and Taylor Johnson for taking such fun pictures all day long!!]

I also got to design tshirts for the FLOURISH team. I designed patches and my friend Kevin Jenkins who owns EMBRACE APPAREL [www.embraceapparel.com] printed them up for us and then I sewed them on at different places on each girls shirt...so we all had different ones!!! AND I maybe a little bias, but I think we had the world's best band made up of all amazing women - lead by Jessica Lindstrom Garcia...her voice is truly angelic & they have hearts to match!

We are currently setting up FLOURISH conferences in Modesto, Long Beach and Mechanicsville, VA for the fall/winter! More details to come!!!

Ginny's amazing cakes!!

While I was back home in Virginia during the month of April, a group of my friends from high school got together for dinner. We each brought different toppings for a salad and had a great night of catching up and eating:) I love how encouraging, beautiful and funny each one of these girls are. We've been friends pretty much our entire lives and to grow from preschool, jr.high, college, weddings and now having babies and still be able to laugh through it all is a special thing.

Ginny started a cake business a couple of years ago and everything she makes is EQUALLY delicious as it is beautiful!! She just "whipped" up these personalized cupcakes for each of us. If you are in the Richmond area, you definitely need to use her for your next big event! The cupcakes had a delicious filling and the icing was a whipped chocolate frosting with cherry and chocolate chunks!!! SO GOOD.

art+food....mmmmhmmm.

FLOURISH conference for GIRLS!!!

March 27th...it will be a glorious day! check out the flourish blog for more info, crazy videos & to SIGN UP!

www.flourishconferences.blogspot.com

[inspiration]

Be inspired by the world around you!!! Open your eyes and take things to new levels.

[making a memorable scene]

 

The day started by deciding to take a stroll along the beach and as we came to a huge mound of sand, like typical girls, we set up a little photo session, enjoyed the sun and caught up....THEN out of nowhere our silence and serene beauty was interrupted by 3 boys. There were the two brothers (one plump/so precious and the other super skinny and never stood still) and then token random friend. who was off in his own world. They climbed onto our mound of sand with boogie boards and I wondered..."Are they going to do what I think they are going to do?" And sure enough...down the sand dune they went. We watched. We laughed. We thought it was cute that the plump little brother looked like he was praying before he scooted himself off the edge. I thought it looked like fun but they were boys and I am such mature, classy lady.

But you see, I am reading this book, "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller (THANKS mike forrest!!). It's been like a little treat each night before I go to bed. I try to force myself to only read a chapter or two because it's like a good dessert after a tasteful day. ANYWHO. The book really dives into this whole concept of our life being a story and challenges you to look at the life you are living. Is your story compelling? Is it Fun? Is it meaningful?...Donald Miller writes, "A good movie has memorable scenes, and so does a good life."

So back to the beach....I decided, why not join in on the fun and make some new friends.  First attempt down was so fun! It was like sledding but even better because I wasn't cold and I didn't have 45 layers of clothes on.  Then skinny brother started doing crazy things like 360s and jumping so I was like..."Oh I am doing that!!! He is 10years old. If he can do it, I can".....Unfortunately,  it was an epic fail. I was flipping and rolling all the way down the sand dune and was a human sand box for the rest of the day.  The moms asked if I was ok. My friends were crying they were laughing so hard. The boys definitely did not think I was cool. But it was a memorable scene in this life I live. 

life is but a BREATH. live it well.

 

[Thanks for coming to visit Kimi&Taryn. You both live a very compelling life and am thankful to be a part of it!! Keep shining.]