I am not sure where to begin. HopeSpoken this past weekend was more than I could have ever imagined. ever ever ever. I am a creative soul with a big imagination and more times than not I will dream up the way something should go beforehand and then get let down. This was one of […]

dress c/o” Shop Love Threads  necklace & ring c/o: St Eve Jewelry

I stood in the hot shower quivering. Stepped out, got dressed and laid down immediately. For a moment I wasn’t sure if I was getting sick or if it was stress. My stomach is my stress organ so there are moments I can’t differentiate the beginnings of a flu and being overwhelmed.  Ainsleigh slowly crawled […]

Test Drive by John Powell on Grooveshark (Aiden’s very favorite song) Every year when I do their birthday posts I get so emotional. Looking back through photos, laughing and crying through the memories. Where does the time go? I try with all my might to embrace and capture and cherish every moment, yet I still […]

Mary Beth Johnson is a photographer, blogger, and journalist with a passion for finding beauty in unexpected places and celebrating the everyday. Originally from the east coast, she now lives in Oklahoma with her husband and three children (dubbed “schooners”). From an office full of fingerprints and walls scattered with imperfect artwork, she’s writing her […]

Apple began pulling out her dollies and doll clothes. A familiar feeling rushed over me as we sorted through hats and shoes and piles of tiny outfits. Each item from my own childhood, with the familiar smell of home and the wonder of my childhood seeping back through my mind. I have the most beautiful […]

People ask me all the time about my photos on the blog and so for awhile now I have been wanting to do a post about my editing process! Chris takes photos for me sometimes but I do all of the editing myself. Then on instagram most of the time I am just using my […]

I did one of these posts awhile back and felt like doing another! //  original idea from Sometimes Sweet 1: The number of double dates I went on this week. I rarely eat out…so I kept joking that I was going to eat like a queen. How silly to be so excited about a huge […]

**Collab with Pouf Blowout Salon in Dallas! Step One// Start by grabbing a section of hair at your crown area. Using a teaser brush, tease your hair.    Step Two// Grab a section of hair in front of one ear and twist it toward the back. Use a bobby pin to secure it.  Step Three// Repeat on […]

A couple of days ago we had been playing outside all day and as we were getting ready to go inside we heard our “chicken” cockadoodledoo! I thought…surely not?? We bought our two chickens from the sweetest farm and they assured us that they only sell hens…so, since October we have assumed that is what […]

Today I was heading over to Pouf to put together a few new hair tutorials with them and decided at the last minute as I was heading out the door to bring Ainsleigh along with me! She adores girlie stuff and has never had her hair done before (besides by me)… so I thought this […]