"Celebration" is a core sentiment for True Life Creations: celebrating families, nature, love, uniqueness, a fun fresh perspective of one's surroundings... essentially celebrating all life has to offer and enjoying artwork to symbolize those life celebrations! And this month TLC is celebrating BIG TIME! 

As we all know, seasons change in life ==> and my favorite weather season is fast approaching, but let me catch you up real quick on some major changes my family and I are celebrating right now... we moved across the country!! Yep, that's right, we traded in our "west coast" status for full-fledged "midwestern" occupancy (still feels unbelievable to me at times).  When spring hit we purged and packed up our life in California, sold our home, shipped a Pod, packed up the Suburban -to the brim- loaded up the kids and dog and drove across the country for 8 days. We drove through 11 states and started an adventure of a lifetime. 

As the season changed in my life (and therefore in my business as a solo entrepreneur, mother and wife, etc. etc. etc...) I took a step back from the business as I transitioned my family from one life to another, settled and began creating a new home while learning the lay of a new land (you know, priorities). We took a few months to explore (and photograph) our new quaint ski town, enjoyed our summer, learned about frozen custard, caught our first lightning bugs, got the kids all prepared for school, and my husband and I sent them off to school THIS WEEK! YAY for the change of seasons, the kids are back in school and TLC is getting back on track!  

This experience has reinvigorated me and inspired me greater than I could have dreamed. The inspiration is SEEPING out of my pores and the scenery I was blessed to witness (and therefore photograph) was truly incredible! Fresh, new artwork is in the works, fun concepts and ideas are being executed and big things are on the horizon.  So in honor of this new season for TLC, and since it's TLC's fourth birthday anniversary, we'll be celebrating ALL MONTH LONG! There are many things to celebrate but for today, we'll start off with celebrating America, my muse! Seeing the country left me speechless, I can't really describe the experience, but how about if I show you?... We'll start with Yellowstone (TIP- stay with me till the end to learn how you could win a FIRST TIME TLC CUSTOM ARTWORK GIVEAWAY):

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Yellowstone was a highlight, of course! We spent almost 2 days exploring, although I could have spent 2 WEEKS there! It was spectacular, the colors were so vibrant, the wildlife was abundant and, as you can see by the pictures, it was mesmerizingly beautiful. One of my favorite pictures was when we stayed the night in West Yellowstone, before entering the park, and THIS was our view: 

After we left Yellowstone, we stayed in a gorgeous town, called Gardiner, Montana.

It was a delightful stay in a beautiful little town with dozens upon dozens of wildlife just roaming around. 

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If you can't tell by now, I'm a sunset seeker. Everyday I marvel at the sky, the changing colors, the clouds... self-professed sunset lover right here!

 Next big stop on the journey, Mount Rushmore:

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore

                Don't you love the lines of this walkway leading to the monument? I'm a sucker for great lines too! See how photography got me good?                    Love me some lines! After that, we headed over to Crazy Horse:

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It was at Crazy Horse where I had the glory of experiencing one of the most incredible moments in my life:

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DOUBLE RAINBOW next to Crazy Horse! "Never Forget Your Dreams" - simply stunning! 

I hope that the pictures of our beautiful country inspired you as it did me!

OK, IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME!
This is the first time TLC has ever created a custom piece as a giveaway AND it'll be featured on a gorgeous 11x14 vivid metal print. What does that mean? You'll get to pick what word you want me to create, I'll design 3 options for you to choose from and then ship it to you... all for FREEEEEEE! Or, if you prefer, you can pick a beautiful scenery photography metal print, from this post or other landscape images in my collection.

Contest ends Friday 9/14/18 * 1 lucky winner will be randomly picked * must complete all 3 easy steps to enter * here's how it works:

1) LIKE THIS POST & COMMENT what word you would want me to create for you

2) SIGN UP FOR THE TLC EXCLUSIVE (click here)! It's a great way for some more TLC in your life; get sneak peeks, great offers, and fun - not too many - updates, I promise!

3) SHARE this post on Facebook to give your friends a chance to win too - who doesn't love inspirational, custom artwork?! 

That's all folks! I'm so excited to create a custom piece of artwork for the lucky winner and can't wait to see what word is picked! 

Truly,

Deserea