welcome!

{felt + fabric flowers made by the lovely Jess}

Hello sweet friends! If you are coming from my old blog, Tales of a Crafty Mama, thank you so much for following me here! I can't wait to show you around. And if you are a brand new reader, welcome to you too! 

I am really excited about this new little space, Beautiful Ordinary Day. When I started Tales of a Crafty Mama a little over five years ago, I initially began that blog as a place for me to share my love of crafts. It is a familiar story that I hear repeated often online- I was a new mama (my sweet Audrey was only two months old!) and late one night while I was up nursing, I stumbled upon the amazing world of craft blogs. I decided right then and there to start my own! I had this silly idea that I was going to have loads of free time to create now that I was a stay at home mama.

Well, time quickly proved otherwise. I was busy, especially when my little boy Elliot came along only 21 months after Audrey. And as much as I loved crafts (at that time, mostly scrapbooking + knitting), soon I was blogging about so much more than creating layouts + knitting hats. I documented all the little things my kids did, the trips we took, weekly small joys, and I began to get more and more serious about my photography. And I found that more than anything, I loved finding beauty in the everyday ordinary things around me. I began to blog from that place in my heart.

But the name of my blog annoyed me. So much. It seems like such a little thing, but as the years (!) went on, I felt frustrated with how it just wasn't me. I felt like my writing + my photos were me, but not my name. So I thought long and hard about what I would want my blog to be named. Finally, one night a month or so ago, it came to me: Beautiful Ordinary Day.

And here we are.

Today.

A fresh start. A brand new blog.

I am so excited! 


I am excited to see what is in store for this new little space. I am not really planning on changing my style at all- if you were a fan of Tales of a Crafty Mama, don't be alarmed! However, I am planning on posting much more often. I have taken on a couple of photography projects this year: 365 and Project Life, (which I will write more about soon) and so I hope to keep up on posting a photo or more from each day. (Of course, you have probably noticed I am already a bit behind- those back posts should be up in the next few days!)


And I am curious- what would YOU like to see more of? What things did you love about Tales of a Crafty Mama?


Thank you again so much for joining me here!
I am seriously SO excited! 
xo Andi