The ones we find in real life when we're all grown up.

What's even more incredible than the fairy tales we dream up as children?

Being only four, it was pretty hard on me, so I created my own "happy" moments with my camera. I'd spend hours styling and posing my Barbies around the house (and propped on my German Shepard, Max). My mom would have the film developed and I'd wave them in anyone's face I could. I just loved showing everyone what I created.

Twenty-some years after posing my Barbies, I've gone through college, dropped out, and earned an Interior Design degree. Now, I'm here doing the same thing I loved to do back then - except with even more meaning than I could've ever imagined (and with actual breathing humans in love). 

     I always thought love was incredibly rare -
something so magical, it could only be found in fairytales...

more about me

When I was four (yep 4!) my dad got me my own film camera. Around that time, my parents were also getting divorced. While packing up our home, I stole some wedding photos that I’d found in a box in the basement. I carried them around with me everywhere just to remember the times they were together and happy.

While real life fairy tales might not be Barbie + Ken perfect, your love story is unique and perfect to you. My childhood has taught me that happy and beautiful things + moments throughout life might not last forever - the best day of your life, a loved one, or your favorite song on the radio - but we can surely document these happy days to hold close to us through tough times.