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This Mountain Girl
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Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Amy & I am an Art School Admissions Counselor by day & a professional photographer by night. I live in Portland, Oregon with my absurdly wonderful boy in a tornado of antique cameras, logs, & love.
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Trouble Lights

I am constantly in awe of how talented our friends are. Excruciatingly talented! I get so inspired by the passion and effort with which they throw themselves into projects, each one getting bigger a...

20 feb 12

Florida = Thrifters Heaven.

Hello everyone! I’ve been spending the past couple weeks all over the state of Florida on my last business trip of the travel season. I have mixed emotions on this because even though I am exhausted ...

24 jan 12

Happy Friday!

Is it me or has this week gone by slooowly? I’ll be heading to Florida this weekend for my last big work related trip of the travel season and then I’m mostly done with business trips until next fall...

13 jan 12

Photo Love // Matt Wisniewski

As soon as I saw some of his images floating around in Pinterest, I immediately became smitten with Matt Wisniewski’s collages fusing portraiture and various landscapes/textures. Swoon! Are you freak...

13 jan 12

Blogging: Ups and Downs

I’ve been a crummy blogger lately, but the break has been nice. I started blogging for fun and as a way to keep in touch with close friends and family scattered all over the country. I was also hopin...

30 nov 11

Pinterest!

I’m back home from a business trip to Milwaukee and I’m sick as can be! Can’t seem to stop coughing and I even lost my voice. While I’ve been lounging in bed drifting in and out of consciousness, I h...

21 nov 11

Warby Parker!

With the exception of slight astigmatism, I’ve mostly had 20/20 vision my entire life. Recently though, I find myself squinting more and more at little things and have decided to take the plunge and ...

09 nov 11

Misc bits and pieces of our weekend.

This weekend Milo swept me off my feet with breakfast in bed and plenty of lazy day snuggling! What a romantic and wonderful guy I have. :) We went shopping yesterday and he even let me help pick out...

06 nov 11

The sun rising through our living room window.

The sun rising through our living room window.

01 nov 11

Absolutely beautiful!

Absolutely beautiful!

25 oct 11 2 people like this

Thanks to my wonderful friends Morgan and Christy I got to see St. Vincent play the Crystal Ballroo...

Thanks to my wonderful friends Morgan and Christy I got to see St. Vincent play the Crystal Ballroom from the VIP section and IT WAS SO GOOD! The night was utterly magical for a multitude of reasons ...

16 oct 11

Slow Day

Today was one of those days where no amount of coffee could get me to focus on the task at hand. I spent all day trying to get organized for my upcoming business trip to Chicago and if it weren’t for...

14 oct 11

Back in Portland

I love all the travel associated with my job as a college admissions counselor, but it also feels great to come home to my beautiful city and sleep in my own bed! With Texas behind me I have just und...

13 oct 11

Salted Honey Pumpkin Bread DIY

Mmm today I woke up, walked onto our patio, and reveled at the gorgeous fall weather! I opened doors and windows to let the crisp breeze fill our home and decided that today was the perfect day to ba...

12 oct 11

My last day in Austin was a rainy one, but I didn’t mind. After finishing up at National...

My last day in Austin was a rainy one, but I didn’t mind. After finishing up at National Portfolio Day I made a quick stop at this adorable food cart specializing in bizzare kinds of sweet and savory...

10 oct 11

Done with Austin, onto Dallas! xoxo

Done with Austin, onto Dallas! xoxo

09 oct 11

Texas Thus Far.

I’m in Texas, y’all! Flew into Houston last Tuesday, drove to Austin on Wednesday (where I am currently) and tomorrow I drive to Dallas. It’s been a busy week with high school visits and portfolio re...

08 oct 11

The 36 Hour Turnover.

I have successfully completed my very first trip of the travel season! Los Angeles was fabulous although very brief so I am happy to be heading back down in November for a much longer visit. I flew i...

03 oct 11

Its Travel Time!

This little blog is about to get BUSY! Fall is my favorite season of the year and it also marks the beginning of my travel season for work. I’ve touched on this topic in previous entries, but seldom ...

30 sep 11

This weekend in the woods was just what I needed after a long work week! It was our first time...

This weekend in the woods was just what I needed after a long work week! It was our first time trying out our new tent as well as our first visit to Battle Ground Lake, WA and neither one disappointe...

26 sep 11

Bloggers Block.

I feel bad you guys. I have blogger’s block in the worst way. I’m not entirely sure what to blame it on, but my guess would be the impending travel season for work. I have been so busy pouring energy...

23 sep 11

We’re in Boston! Longer posts to follow after returning...

We’re in Boston! Longer posts to follow after returning from our trip, but in the meantime we are currently standing in line at the New England Conservatory to see Milo’s all time favorite band (well...

11 sep 11

About a month from now I’ll be packing to make my way down to Los Angeles for work and I am...

About a month from now I’ll be packing to make my way down to Los Angeles for work and I am buzzing just thinking about the trip. I haven’t been in a little while and I’ve missed small things like ea...

30 aug 11

A Week in Review

Things have been craaaazy here! Not only was last week New Student Orientation at the college where I work, but my BFF Melissa and her husband Eddie are in town! :D Things have been quiet on the blog...

30 aug 11

Upon moving into our new place last month, we noticed two window boxes meant to contain flower beds...

Upon moving into our new place last month, we noticed two window boxes meant to contain flower beds that were filled with dead plants, weeds and cobwebs. I immediately got excited to take them on as ...

23 aug 11

My BFF Melissa is in town! She and her husband arrived late Saturday evening and will be staying...

My BFF Melissa is in town! She and her husband arrived late Saturday evening and will be staying with us through the week! That means more shenanigans like their last visit; trips to our favorite res...

22 aug 11

I am so excited to let you guys know that I have some amazing projects and collaborations happening...

I am so excited to let you guys know that I have some amazing projects and collaborations happening right now. I can’t reveal all the details just yet, but soon! I plan to walk you through the steps ...

17 aug 11

I’ve been obsessing over Mad Men recently. A little late, yes I know. Actually, I prefer it...

I’ve been obsessing over Mad Men recently. A little late, yes I know. Actually, I prefer it this way. Since it’s taken me so long to get on board with the show I now have season after season to watch...

15 aug 11

A Quick Note On Loving My Job..

Summer is winding down and that means new students from around the country are beginning their journey towards our campus to get settled into housing and start their new journeys in life as college s...

09 aug 11

Office Visitor.

Each week I visit with a lot of lovely prospective students at the college, but admittedly none are as snuggly as this unexpected office visitor! :) One of the faculty members found her while camping...

09 aug 11

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