Just under the surface of JEM are two girls that have known each other for ages.
At the young age of 22 they took a cross country trip Out West. A few hundred dollars, a camera and a roadmap. The most memorable journey documented with an old film camera. 'What if we could do this for a living? Taking pictures, I mean. Wouldn't that be a dream?
Here We Are. Today. Much has changed, but so much has really stayed the same.
Hi There!
I remind myself often how lucky I am. How my life is a reflection of what is truly dear to me. Seasons speak to me and I consider myself a deep empath which is either a blessing or a loss of sleep! My days are spent doing what I love, whether that is playing tea party with my daughter, hanging out around a campfire with friends and family or being behind the camera.
An instant zing of dopamine runs through me when I am taking photographs. Other dopamine releases include resale shopping, as in 'the treasure hunt is on/game on.' Though moments to myself are few and far between these days, I enjoy my morning coffee, a good book on tape and I have a secret love addiction to all things decor related. Anybody love Schoolhouse like I do??
I'm always amazed at the moms out there who do it all. You inspire me!
To boil it all down, quality will always win over quantity. My heart is FULL.
-Jen
Happy You are Here
Like...really happy. Sometimes I get so happy when photographing weddings that I do a leg kick. Maybe you've picked up on the energy and did a kick-back? It's fun. This dream of a career started years ago while in my early 20's and I still pinch myself that this is my life's craft. A few things about me? The biggest part of who I am comes from the love and loss of my first husband. He is my motivation for living large and simply all at once. I still can't smell a lilac to this day without tears swelling up and memories flooding my soul. I can honor the life he led by being flawlessly, and fully myself. Life boils all down to grace. Thank God.
I have a blended family with 3 darling girls and I have one amazing, solid, rock of a man. I love you Tommy! Our favorite place to go is anywhere in Michigan and last year we bought a 1973 VW camper bus. It's the best purchase ever made. It takes a fast life and slows it right down. Go slow yo.
I can swing low and high, as in I love both the Goodwill and Anthropologie equally. I can go days without makeup and then spurts where I am obsessed with every color of lipstick under the sun. Tent camping is my preferred way to travel but never will I say never to a curated airBnB. I love clean palettes, the kind you only find in fancy hotel rooms, but my heart skips a beat when colors merge and dance together. I am a grandma-soul of a girl, as in exact change to lighten my wallet, knitted shawls, and black coffee after a meal. My most current obsession is cut-flowers. I'm OBSESSED with growing flowers in a small plot of land, aka our side yard. ha!
I consider you a gift to me as well. If we met once, twice or a million times. A quote from one of my favorite novels, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, '' To see each things as either your first or last, thus all your days will be filled with glory'' I am here for it all my dear. I am here for the ride!
Let's be friends.
-Emily
-Emy
-Em
Find us in downtown Sylvania, OH!
Haymarket Square
5758 N Main St. Suite 8
Sylvania, OH 43560