1/ 1 orange
2/ 1 apple
3/ 3 large carrots
4/ slice of ginger
5/ green leaf lettuce


kevin had a busy day ahead of him, so last night i decided to surprise him and wake up early to make him breakfast (the whole waking up early thing is really hard for me). my alarm went off at 7am this morning and i noticed he was still sleeping... for some reason his alarm didn't go off so luckily i set mine to get him up! he was rushing to get ready, so i quickly made him some dippy eggs and juice. it's always wonderful to find ways to serve my husband.

over the weekend i was feeling crafty and decided to make something that i could easily do with what i already had. luckily there were a few wooden kitchen spoons laying around that i thought were looking pretty ugly, so thank you to pinterest, i had the idea to paint mine. i loved the ones from anthropologie.

crafting is always better with a friend, so friday night claire and i painted our kitchen spoons (while our husbands talked about economic homework... etc, etc). i decided to do mine plain white. she decided to do hers each different colors (i wish i had a photo of them!). i loved the colors she picked out and they looked more like these. 

we've been juicing fanatics over here! we haven't tried a juice fast yet, not sure if i'm to that point, but we do juice 2-3 times a day. our fridge is busting with veggies and fruits!

one of my favorite juices that i drink in the morning is
2 apples
3 large carrotts
1 orange

it's simple and so delicious! i personally think it's yummier than any juice you can buy at the store and it starts my day off on a good note.   

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puerto rico is such a beautiful place. i fell in love with the colored buildings and the old brick roads. we did a lot of walking around the old forts. there is so much history within those weathered down walls and it was fascinating picturing how things must have been centuries ago. after spending time at the forts, we walked around downtown old san juan. instead of buying a bunch of souvenirs, we decided to pick out the prettiest postcards from each place we visited on our cruise to frame and put on our walls. the cruise ship didn't leave until 10pm that day, so we walked around until dusk then headed back to the ship to eat. the streets lit up at night were gorgeous.  

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i think this is the best homemade pizza ever, no joke. it was so simple to make. for the crust we used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust. the directions are easy to follow and the results are delicious! the pizza crust is flat like a thick cracker, but doesn't have a dry cracker texture- which is personally my favorite kind of pizza crust.

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C.S. Lewis always said the right things. seriously. lately i've been thinking a lot about my dreams and goals. the start of a new year tends to bring in those thoughts more than usual. i have so many things i want to accomplish, so many goals for myself and so many dreams. i truly believe that goals are such a prime opportunity to learn and grow and develop yourself to be better. my husband is a wonderful example of having many goals and aspirations which i admire about him. his main drive in life is to learn. not the kind of learn that "school" comes to mind, but deep, continuous learning that never ends. i'm so thankful to have him around to help me achieve my goals and dreams. he is my number one fan and i am incredibly thankful for that. it's a blessing to find good friends and family that support and uplift you. keep them close and do your best to help them achieve their goals. 

as a new years resolution, we decided to change our eating lifestyle to a gluten free and sugar free diet. so far it's been going great! we both feel much better. it's not only that we are cutting out gluten and sugar (i have to admit, we've left a little room for dark chocolate) but we have made the choice to rarely eat out and cook healthier meals with variety. we've been exploring several different websites for recipes. one that we tried yesterday was making our own taco seasoning. it is a healthy alternative than buying packaged seasons. anything packaged most likely will have high sodium for preserving or sugar. making it homemade was delicious!

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growing up it was a joke with a close friend that we didn't have any "cool" talents. so we decided that our talent was being a good friend. from kindergarten and up, i tried tap dancing, gymnastics, swimming, piano lessons, ballet, volleyball, running track, and art lessons. i was never the best (mostly below average) at sports and i gave up on ballet when i found out it took years to finally get toe shoes. however, i always enjoyed art - drawing, painting, sketching - but never found myself really talented in that area. i went through junior high and high school feeling like i wasn't very talented in anything, i hadn't found my niche. 

my senior year in high school, in order to graduate, we had to complete a senior project. i seriously had no clue what to fill up the required 60+hrs with. i then thought about one thing i recently was interested in, photography. i didn't own a Digital SLR camera so i bought a Nikon D3000 then signed up for a photography class. i learned all about my camera and how to shoot in manual. it was a good start to learning photography, but i was missing one thing: practice!

luckily i had my willing friends and family members to model for me. i had people start asking me about doing their photos and yes, those were my first paid photography jobs. for a long time i struggled with trying to find my niche in photography. what style i wanted. what my photography business name would be. what my logo would look like. it was frustrating and i felt like i wasn't going anywhere with it.

what i've learned since i began photography, is that when you are passionate about something, you shouldn't give up on it. it took me several years to find a passion and something i am talented in. from that, it took me a couple years to truly figure out my style, logo, niche and gain a clientele for my photography business and it has been worth all the patience.

 

i'd love it if you'd stop by and take a look! i will be posting all my design work - blog designs, branding + wedding invitations - to my design blog. you may still find what i'm up to with design on this blog, no worries, but if you want to stay updated and see what is inspiring me at the moment, follow Andrea Brionne Design!

see you over there! 

it's been a crazy busy week! from starting the new semester, getting used to my classes and new schedule, i haven't had time to blog! i've also been busy with creating new blog designs which has been so fun and so time consuming but i'm excited to share the newest blog design i just finished:

meet shawna from Shawna Crute Photography! i was thrilled that she contacted me to do her photography blog. i loved that with her new logo, we used the silhouette of her adorable mini aussie puppy. her photos are gorgeous and full of color. check out her new blog and beautiful photography. make sure you leave some love as well :)

p.s. week one of eating gluten free/sugar free accomplished! we just watched this documentary about juicing and we're excited about buying ourselves a juicer.
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we drove back from oklahoma to utah last weekend. driving through colorado and utah was gorgeous. we were lucky to have good weather and arrive safely to visit family.
sorry for the MIA lately, it's been a long, fun, draining, and full of traveling break! i have so many blog posts to catch up on- which blogging more often is one of my new goals for this space on the web. i'm excited for a new year!

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