Five on Friday!

What an insane week it has been!! We have literally gone nonstop since Sunday and while I am trying to catch my breath, I am looking forward to a much needed Valentine's date night out with my hubby! I have some exciting news to share in this post so lets get started!!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!!

 

 

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I am behind, but I cannot get enough of this months #SheReadsTruth! They could not have picked a more perfect time to release this "Abide" series. Its rich and oh so powerful! God is really opening my eyes a lot in this study. If you aren't doing this study I highly recommend! You can find it right here.

 

 

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Michaels has these beautiful notebooks right now in there spring collection and as you can see I have started myself a little collection. Too cute to pass up!

 

 

 

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With my insane schedule right now I was looking to find a planner at a very reasonable price and I found this one at Target and have been somewhat impressed! It was clearance, but the only downside is depending on the pen you use it bleeds through, but nonetheless it does the job and it looks cute!

 

 

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Once you see my announcement below, {saving the best for last}, you will understand this next one! I am looking for Guest Bloggers. If you are interested please email me at rychelle{dot}foltz{at}gmail{dot}com. With starting a new business and taking on a few more vocal lessons, all while trying to take care of my family, my blog is getting the back burner. I don't mean for it to happen, but what little time I do have, I am spending on catching up on things around the house. Posts can be on anything and everything your little hearts desire! I hope to still get a one or two posts in a week, but for now I am playing everything by year.

 

 

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If you have missed the exciting announcement here it is! After lots of talk and planning, I have launched my own photography business. I am starting out doing a few things for a community magazine publishing company and am taking it from there. I did my first shoot Monday and it was a success! It was a lot of fun and super low key. My first family made all the nerves disappear!

 

Picking the name was the hardest part, but we decided on....

 

 

 

Paisley Grace was our inspiration. I mean she pretty much rules the roost in our home :) {in a good way}

 

 

and one from our shoot Monday

 

 

 

 

 Have a great Valentine's Day and weekend!

 



Mommy & Me

I shared some pretty big news in case you missed it! I am finally taking the plunge and diving into the photography world! I am excited and nervous but its going to be a great and fun adventure!

 

My first shoot is today and yesterday to calm some of the nerves, the hubs, Paisley Grace and I went to the location I will be shooting and took a few pics to figure out our lighting and some ideas. I am so darn pleased with how these came out!

 

And just because I cant get enough of her sweet face or how these came out, I am sharing a few extras :)

 

 

 

Have a great week!!



An Exciting Annoucement

Before you get yourselves all hyped up thinking that baby dos is on the way, just hold tight, that day will come...eventually. BUT, I do have other exciting news!!

 

For a long, long while, several years per say, the hubs and I have always said that we would love to get ourselves into photography, and well after talking about it for what seems like forever, we are finally doing it!! We are taking the plunge!

 

I am excited and nervous all at the same time! I have been working hard to get pricing figured out, forms created, facebook page, still needing a website and a few meetings, but its all complete and my first shoot is today!!

 

I am starting out by shooting for a publishing company that highlights certain communities in the Tampa Bay area. I have been given an awesome opportunity and I am so thrilled to be getting started and living out a small dream of mine.

 

We chose Paisley Sunshine Photography after our sweet Paisley Grace and I am pleased with our name choice. We racked our brains like none other trying to come up with something different and unique instead of a first and last name and we couldn't top Paisley Sunshine. My sweet hubs did all the design stuff with a little help of etsy and I think he did a fab job ladies and gents!

 

Wow that was a lot to spit out! Please stay tuned for more details as I move forward in this exciting adventure!

 

If you would care to do so, please like my facebook page or follow on me on instagram for specials, giveaways and lots of picture looking.

 

That's all folks!

 

 

 

 



NYE on the Beach

Popping in to share some of our photos from New Year's Eve on the beach!

The weather wasnt all that great but we managed to get a few good pics! Dont be surprised if I have a post some time later this spring with these photos hanging up in our entry way :)

Hope everyone is having a great week so far!

Spontaneous Christmas Shoot

Right before we needed to head out the door, or actually as we needed to be heading out the door for Christmas dinner, the hubs had an idea to get out our fancy new camera and shoot a few shots of Paisley in all white before we put on her Christmas tutu and here is the result of our fun shoot with little Missy...

I love this little peanut :)

Five on Friday

Happy New Year friends! Are you enjoying 2014 so far? I have a feeling that this year might be hard to top last year, but I have high hopes for amazing things this coming year! 

I cant think of any better way to kick of this year than a little five on Friday so here we go...

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My Momma comes tomorrow and I am so darn excited!! I havent seen her since July and I can only imagine the fun that we are about to have with her! She is going to be beside herself when she sees how big Paisley is and sees Paisley walking!! I may just not be able to sleep tonight!!

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I got this gift from my mom this year and even though its not a Clarisonic, this thing is amazing! I dont know how I ever went this long without one! This is Ulta's version that they sell for $25 which totally affordable! My skin has had to go through a detox period, but I am coming out on the other side and I am impressed!

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I learned a few things a week ago. Cake Smash photos are difficult to do when you have a teething baby, and Paisley Grace likes cake no more than she likes Santa. Despite the rough session we did get a few good ones and here is my all time favorite pic! The hubs designed her invites and I am so happy these are going out in the mail today! Did he not do a fab job?

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We spent NYE on the beach, and although the weather was super crummy we still managed to get out some great photos before dark

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Here's to starting off this year right and accomplishing many things in this year to come!

Have a fabulous weekend!!

Five on Friday

Someone please tell me that teething gets easier as your little love gets older! We are going on three sleepless nights and today I am feeling like its going to be a whole lotta coffee kinda day!! Oh the joys, but its Friday! The hubs has to be out late for a field trip, but luckily the in-laws are saving the day and we are making heaps of Christmas cookies and are having a play date this morning! 

Not counting this one, but I can not even begin to process that we have one Friday left till Christmas!! Im not a big fan of Thanksgiving being so late. I feel so messed up right now its not even funny y'all!! 

Linking up with Darci, Natasha, Christina, and April to kick off my birthday weekend!

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I have been seeing this advent devotional book in my Instagram feed and decided that I needed to get on board and see if this book was really as good as everyone kept saying it is. Well, let me tell y'all, BEST book I have read in a long time. Ok, devotional book anyway. Ann Voskamp is an amazing writer and what she writes is beyond powerful! I cant get enough of this book! If you want a good devotional read {yes, even if we are getting closer to Christmas} look no further! 

"The authority of God made all of creation, but it was the affection of God that made His children"

Go read it!!

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Alright ladies, who would like to win some cute headbands for their mini? Check out and enter my Giveaway! All readers have a chance to save $3 off any two headbands using special code in giveaway post. You can check out the Etsy shop here and start choosing your favorites :) 

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My MIL and I went and tried a new tea place yesterday and I think both of us were surprised at how amazing it was! We ate lunch there, which was crazy good, and the best part... they had the best cupcakes in the entire world, vegan cupcakes to be exact! The tea was amazing as well! I've been a big fan of Teavana, but after reading about how a lot of their tea is made up of GMO's and pesticides, we have ventured to another local place called Tebella, which is great too, but after yesterday, I think my new fav is Kaleisia Tea Lounge. Excellent tea, great prices, and a really unique atmosphere! We will be going back there! If you are a tea lover, order online or if you live in the Tampa area go try these places out!

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So last week Target had carseats on sale, and since Paisley is almost growing out of her infant carseat, we decided that we need to move on up in the world to a convertible carseat! I researched like crazy, what the best carseat would be in our price range, our car, and what would last us longer and allow us to rear face Paisley as long as possible, and we ended up choosing the Graco Myride 70 carseat in Jigsaw. Target had it on sale for $127.99, normally $159.99 and then if you spent $75 on Black Friday you got a 20% off coupon, so with the sale, the coupon and 5% off using your Target Redcard, it brought us to a whopping $96.00!! Can you believe the savings?? And I think some little girl likes her new seat....you be the judge :)

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Tuesday I turn another year older, and unlike most years where it feels like its just another day, I am looking forward to sharing this day with Paisley. I am hoping we get the chance to make it to the Winter Wonderland at the zoo. Besides the gazillions of lights they have, they will have reindeer, and of course many of the other fun animals! Paisley is going to flip and I just cant wait to see her excitement, which make for the worlds best birthday ever!!

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Let the birthday celebrations begin!!

Happy weekend friends!!