I really love how my June pages in my memory planner came out! As you know, I’m a bit behind in my memory planner because of the 6 week trip to Europe I did in June, but I managed to get the entire month of…
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a guide to arts + crafts stores in new york city
Read moreIf there’s one thing I love about traveling is getting to visit and shop at many amazing art, stationery and scrapbooking stores from around the world. While I haven’t been as serious about visiting these type of stores on my travels in the past, I recently…
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my 2016 heidi swapp memory planner: may
Read moreI am finally back home from my trip to Europe and I have a lot of catching up to do! I a few creative projects to begin, finish and catch up on, one of them being my 2016 memory planner. I actually completed May’s pages…
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photo diary: paris, france
Read moreparis, france The last stop on my trip was Paris, France. This was my second visit to this lovely city and I think I may have fallen in love with it. My first visit to Paris didn’t end up all too well. I visited in…
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photo diary: madrid, spain
Read moremadrid, spain After a long week in Barcelona, I took the train inland to Madrid. This was my very first time in Madrid and to be quite honest, I didn’t really know what to expect. Madrid is very different from Barcelona. It’s what I like…
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photo diary: barcelona, spain
Read morebarcelona, spain Barcelona has to be my most favorite city in the entire world. I don’t know what it is about this city; I just love it. Barcelona is like a cosmopolitan city, beach town and walking museum of art all in one. It’s the…
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photo diary: rome, italy
Read morerome, italy After five days in Southern Italy, I took the train up to Rome for three nights. I don’t really like Rome all too much. I visited back in 2012 and stayed a week too long. There’s not much to see or do in…
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a day in pompeii
Read morepompeii, italy While we were in Sorrento, we took a day trip to the ancient city of Pompeii to visit the ruins of the city devastated by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. We took the Circumvesuviana commuter train there and back, and…
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photo diary: sorrento, positano + amalfi
Read moresorrento, positano, & amalfi, italy After a few days in Cinque Terre, my friend and I headed south to Sorrento, Positano, and Amalfi. We caught a night train to Naples, which in hindsight was probably a really bad idea, and at Naples had to catch…
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photo diary: cinque terre, italy
Read morecinque terre, italy After Florence, my friend and I decided to head up north and explore the Italian Riveria in Cinque Terre. So the deal with Cinque Terre is that it’s an area in Northern Italy that consists of these little towns in the cliffside.…
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a few hours in pisa, italy
Read morepisa, italy While traveling from Florence to Cinque Terre, I made a slight pitstop in Pisa to, of course, see the Leaning Tower. It was a very short stop, so when I say a few hours , I mean a few hours. Pisa is small.…
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photo diary: florence, italy
Read moreflorence, italy Hello Florence! I finally made it to Florence, which is really exciting because it was a city I was supposed to visit my first time in Europe, but unfortunately never got around to going to because of an unfortunate incident that occurred prior…