blog-stagram

hello lovely,
as most of you already know, i'm a blog-aholic. my google reader is filled with great fashion, crafting, & family blogs. i've taken my blogging to the next level by following some of my favorite blogs on instagram. my husband things this is stalking, but hey, they share it! so i guess you can decide for yourself. here are a few of my favorite blogger's instagram feeds. be sure to check out their blogs too. also, i have been lacking in the blogging department and i apologize. i'm going to do better. promise.
xoxo,
alyssa renee

@thiswildidea is one of my favorite feeds i love maddie the coonhound! he travels the country taking awesome photos of his adorable dog balancing on things. she is a pretty amazing dog.

@danamadeit is a wonderfully crafty instagram feed from MADE. dana is an amazing seamstress and mom who shares many free sewing patterns on her blog. she also has three adorable children who model her work.

@elsiecake is elsie larson of a beautiful mess' instagram feed. elsie and her sister (@emmaredvelvet) blog daily and have so many amazing DIY projects to share. i love their instagram feed. they share pics of their adorable dogs interior design, and what is coming up on the blog

and of course...

i follow @bleubird because bleubird vintage is my most favorite blog. miss james is an amazing mom, blogger, and fashion icon. check her out!

I also just started following @thepioneerwoman. not sure how great hers is yet, but i'll let you know.

do you have any other great instagram feeds you can suggest?

my year in instagram self portraits

hello lovely,

i was sitting on our couch thinking about how we've been in this house for one year and i couldn't believe it. one year! already? this year was the fastest yet. while i was thinking of how fast this year felt i suddenly realized i was reaching the anniversary of when i got my iphone too. (my first instagram photo was a picture of our tv set up on a rubbermaid tub) its been one year since i became married to a phone. these things are so addictive. i decided it would be fun to mark this anniversary with "a year in self portraits." just to see how i've changed over the course of a year. i noticed a few themes as well. if you look carefully you can see the many sides of alyssa: the classic vintage one, the weird one, the big haired one, the loving one. it was a pretty fun project to prep. next i might have to do "a year in dog portraits." that will be a long post...

xoxo,

alyssa renee 

  

 

 

 

and my favorite

favorite things: instagram

hello lovely,
i was looking through my phone and realizing how much of my life i've chosen to capture in these often blurry small square photos. it is pretty funny to look back on my life through these images. i went through and picked out some of my favorite ones for you. i really can't pinpoint what exactly it is i love most about this free phone app. but it is sort of addicting. i find i check it multiple times a day. i also find it fun to look at my life through this lens. i find myself thinking of photo ideas that represent these tiny moments in my life and instantly sharing them. niles and i were just talking about this last night. we feel like we are living in the future! i can actually video chat someone now. i feel like i'm in the jetsons. these kids these days will never understand how surreal that is to us old folks. any who, i digress. enjoy the instagrams. sort of a photographic journey into the last 8 months of my life.
xoxo,
alyssa renee

my first instagram pic in one of the first nights in our house

unfiltered by the way. we walked outside and the world actually looked like this. it was amazing.

my most favorite one

unfiltered again. such a fantastic flower. 

and then there was this.

if you don't use this app you should give it a whirl. so far it is my favorite.