Alyssa Dawson

phoenix art museum

This weekend Brand and I took part of first Friday. Last month we found out the phoenix art museum was open and free during first Friday so we matter-of-fact-ly planned our next first Friday a month in advance. We planned to eat at the new hipster pizza place we learned of earlier that day, but when we got to the restaurant we were shocked to found out that we would have to wait an hour and a half to eat. So, we scratched that idea and took a drive down central and thankfully we found… Read More

my week in pictures

baby blanket made by me, to purchase a baby blanket email me at alyssadawsonblog(at)gmail(dot)com There’s this thing I have with taking pictures of everything. I love it. And I know I take pictures of everything because my external hard drive is already full. Imagine that. I love taking pictures because I love remembering. I love being able to capture that moment and have it with me to recall the moments that I’ve experienced. It’s like serendipity all in one image. Also, is there even such thing as taking too many pictures? Okay, well maybe there… Read More

when you only have a moment, you take it

I have been sooooo busy these past few weeks and I feel like I haven’t really had a moment to just sit down and write. But, I have a moment, so lets talk. Today while driving home I snapped this picture, yeah I know *no, no, no. Isn’t it wonderful though?! Just look at those clouds and all the spaces where the light pours out. These kinds of clouds are my absolute favorite. Maybe it’s because it makes me think this is some what how it would look if the heavens opened up, light would… Read More

sometimes I just always wear pants.

top: AHS thrift, jeans: nordstrom (similar), sandals: target, watch: fossil (similar), sunnies: last chance. I’ve had these outfit pictures in my drafts section for alllllmost a month now. I guess I’m kind of annoyed that I ALWAYS wear jeans and I’m kind of tired of posting pictures about it! A few weeks back one of my “kids” asked me why I always wear jeans, haha! I think it’s a sign that I need to venture out. So, I hope that I will be able to live up to my own standards and… Read More

in the words of reb tevye

Traditiooooooooo, tradition. This weekend was one of those weekends where almost everything we did took me back in time. When we first got married Brand and I had a thing for Cheesecake Factory. Okay, maybe a thing is saying it lightly, we were slightly obsessed. So obsessed that almost all the waiters knew who we were, as did the managers, and as did the hostesses… It was that bad. So Brand got a gift card to Cheesecake for his bday and of course we obliged and had a fun date night. We got the usual,… Read More