October 4, 2016

Free Autumn Lock Screen Download

October 4, 2016

I've decided to start doing weekly lock-screen downloads, and with the changing colors here in Michigan, this quote seemed like a good one to me! All you need to do is Save this image and set it as your home or lock screen!! Enjoy! <3

H E L L O

I'm Jordanne Marie, a color loving artist, mama to two littles & wife to my best friend. I love sharing my story in the pages of this blog, as well as sharing fun handlettering tips, house projects, recipes and ways to live a healthier lifestyle!

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Wow. I can’t believe how tired I am with this pregnancy. I’ve completely given up even trying to keep the house clean because cleaning up after two kids just seems like the definition of insanity.
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Ryan comes home today from another trip (yes that’s two trips in two weeks). Thankfully it’s his last trip before baby girl comes. I suppose getting out of bed and starting the day would be a good idea! Maybe we’ll take a walk to the tea/coffee shop around the corner! Happy Wednesday!!

Can someone explain to me how I’m almost 36 weeks? This last trimester is flying by and if you’ve been following along in my stories, you’ve heard me talk about all these crazy contractions I’m already having! After lots of googling for reasons as to why I was having them so early, I started seeing all these targeted ads from @bloom.life about their awesome monitoring system.
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With Ryan traveling so much for work, I needed something to give me some peace of mind and help me with monitoring the contractions. Especially for someone like me who has never experienced “normal labor contractions” I’m really excited and optimistic to see how much this is going to help me with the rest of this pregnancy/labor. Keep an eye out this week for more stories of me talking about it.
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If you want to rent one for yourself, go to the link in my bio and get your first week free!
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I took a watercolor class in college. I really enjoyed it but in the same breath hated it because it pushed me so far out of my comfort zone. I was bad. For the first two weeks, it sucked. We had two 3hr classes a week and in each three hour class we had to start and finish a whole painting, and then hang them up to be critiqued. By the end of the semester I was marginally better, but the other students in the class were amazing! My paintings were always way overworked, with weird colors and didn’t have that beautiful effortlessness that I love about watercolor.
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After that, I hung up the brushes and palette and moved on to other things I was better at. But flash forward to today, my Instagram feed is FULL of beautiful watercolor artists who kill it on the daily, and it leaves me dreaming of one day being good at this.
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Last week I was playing with a new watercolor brush that I bought on a whim, hoping it would spark something in me, and Jonathan saw. “I want to paint too mama! Can I paint with you?” So yesterday we enjoyed a quiet mother-son day & went to the store and bought him his own watercolor set and spent 4 hours straight creating. It was so fun to see him enjoying something (other than dinosaurs) for that long, and it was also fun for me to play and practice. “Oh mama, all you do is flowers” and I responded “if you want to be good at something in life, the best way is to constantly practice” Why when we teach our kids life lessons, do we in fact remind ourselves of said lesson. 😂😂
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#watercolor #practicemakesprogress #watercolorflorals #makerspace #neverstopcreating #createsomethingtodayevenifitsucks #jordannemarieloveslettering #creativehobby #createwithkids

This life with you is the only place I’d rather be. Nine years ago, I made the best decision of my life by allowing myself to fall completely in love with this man. If you know our story even a little bit, it’s not perfect, but I’ve come to learn that life never is.
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One of my absolute favorite things about him, even from the beginning, was his love of children, and how he talked so openly about wanting to be a dad.
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I wondered how someone so handsome, funny, smart and hardworking wasn’t already snatched up, but then I realized that God had planned all along for me to marry him. He’s my best friend, the best dad and a wonderful husband who is always willing to help cook, clean or entertain the kids so I can have a break, even after a long day at work. I know today is the day we celebrate him, but in our house we celebrate him everyday! Happy Father’s Day to my favorite human being on the planet.
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#thevanwertkids #thevanwerts #dadsofinsta #theartofslowliving #thehappynow #ourlovestory

I think I’m still supposed to tell someone... Happy Tuesday! I hope today you don’t take yourself too seriously!
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#illustrations #ipadpro #laughatyourself #funnystuff #jordannemarieloveslettering #avocadotoast #healthyliving #healthyhumor #momlife

Six years. I can’t even believe we’ve been in this house for 6 years already, and I can’t begin to explain to you how very different it looks from the first day we moved in. It’s not a finished work of art, but it’s a work in progress.
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This house as seen some beautiful moments, it’s the house we will bring all of our babies home to, celebrate birthdays, new jobs, first milestones. It’s our sanctuary and I’m very grateful to call it ours!
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#interiordesign #interiordesignideas #midcenturymodern #homestyle #interiors #hgtv #decor #homedecor#hgtvmagazine #westelm #targetstyle #targethome #colorfulhome #sherwinwilliams #homedepot #kitchenrenovation

I used to jokingly call myself the queen of mediocrity. I was good at a lot of of things, but a master of none. Photography, graphic design, lettering, watercolor, even friendship among other things, I was decent but never really excelled. The amount of irons I had in the fire at any given moment was almost ridiculous and I wore “busy” as a badge of honor.
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Over the past two years, I’ve learned to say no, slow down and focus mainly on being good at motherhood & marriage. Even though my creative tank was close to empty, I know this season of my life is so precious and those little people need me.
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I went from wanting to do EVERYTHING, to focusing on a few key things, and even in the past month, I’ve started added creative projects back in for myself. Let’s be honest, when you’re a creative person, you need that.

So give yourself grace and realize that sometimes you’re just not meant to do EVERYTHING, and that’s okay! ❤️❤️
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This is not the type of photo I would normally post on my Instagram, and I apologize if it offends you, but this is something I needed to hear and see as a first time mom.
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Every day we see the perfect, pretty, photoshopped versions of people here on this platform. We pretend like there is never anything messy about our lives, and as I’m not saying I want to see your dirty laundry, or for you to not post beautiful photos of your homes, because as a photographer I adore the beauty that brings to my life. It’s just nice to occasionally see the real, unfiltered raw version of you to know that I’m not alone.
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When I first got pregnant in 2013, I expected the perfect pregnancy. No pain, no sickness, no stretch marks. Instead what I got was the complete opposite. I did everything I could, applied all the oils and creams to my belly in hopes of one day being able to wear a two piece bathing suit. But to no avail. With my second pregnancy they reached my belly button, and now at almost 33 weeks with my 3rd, they are well above.
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Perfection is unattainable. I have scars from past surgeries and accidents, I have silvery stretch marks from growing babies, I have wrinkles from laughing, smiling and being an animated person, these don’t make me imperfect, they are all signs of growth. And I’m finally starting to be okay in this body God gave me. This is the only body you get, treat it with love and respect, and you’ll be amazed at the peace you start to feel.
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Special shoutout to @thebirdspapaya & @knixwear for sharing all body types and speaking out about body acceptance!
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#pregnant #inspirepregnancy #pregnancy #maternity #babygirl #babybump #mamablogger #pregnancygram #fulltimemommy #pregnantandperfect #superpregnant #momofthree #bumplove #selfacceptance

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