my name is shalese

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and I've always loved to write things down.
I'm a writer, photographer, wife, and dog mom.
I run a wedding venue in Orange, Virginia, and whenever I have free time and a cheap plane ticket, I'm planning our next trip.

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The Weekender

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Wedding Countdown: TWO MONTHS! I did get heart palpitations writing that. NO BIGGIE. I feel really lucky that we happened to have had a REALLY fun weekend right before we get into the busiest weekend we’ve EVER had at the Mill. Since it’s a holiday weekend, we have weddings on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. BUT […]

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Great Marsh Estate Engagement Photos: ME AND ROBERT!!!

Filed in : OUR WEDDING!, Personal

A few favorites from Robert & I’s engagement session at Great Marsh Estate with Heather Chipps Photography!

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Easy Ways to Reduce Waste

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When I declared to my parents last week that reducing waste was “my new thing,” my dad laughed and said, “NEW?!” He had a point. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been bothered by waste. Before I could drive, my dad sighed about hauling my bin of soda cans and plastic bottles to […]

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The Weekender

Filed in : OUR WEDDING!, Personal

April (and the last few days of March!) has already been the most joy-filled, fun, emotional blur of a month. The truth is, even though this is supposed to be the happiest time in my life — I’m engaged, we’re planning our wedding, my family is growing, etc. — I was in a valley. Maybe […]

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The Weekender

Filed in : OUR WEDDING!, Personal

The last Weekender I posted (no. 155) was published in August. AUGUST, you guys. I don’t know . . . what happened. Honestly. I’ve MISSED blogging. I’ve thought about blogging. I really wanted to blog . . . but there’s been a block. Whether it was simply sitting down to make the TIME (quiet time, […]

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