about life through the lens...

Life Through the Lens is where I share moments of my life with a camera, inspiring finds, all things creative and love for the handmade.  I enjoy engaging with others who are striving to learn & grow, inspire & be inspired, and searching to find the beauty in the everyday. 
I'm so glad you're here...

 A little about me...
I love to create things, I'm an aspiring photographer, a thrift store lover, a digital scrapbooker, a worrier, a little on the shy side, adorer of kindness & generosity, a seeker of simplicity, but my most beloved roles are being a mommy, wife, daughter & sister. My family is my life. ♥

I capture life through photography. Photography helps me slow down and look for details that I otherwise might miss. I feel most alive when I am creating & sharing things of beauty. I believe Aaron Siskind best describes how I feel about photography perfectly, “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”

I find inspiration everywhere from my children, nature, the simple things, soft colors, natural light, quotes and life.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. 
~James Earl Jones

Writing the words in my heart is one of the biggest struggles I have.  I have many deep & tender feelings but, the words just don't seem to adequately describe them.  Photography has been such a blessing.  It helps show and in a way tell what my heart cannot express with words.  This is one of the major reasons I have so few posts with writing.  I just let the pictures tell the story.  Well, I am hoping that you will bare with me as I work through this and learn to express myself with the words in my heart.  ♥

Here are other places you can find me:
my shop | flickr | facebook | tumblr | pinterest | twitter
instagram | xoxo, Kristi