Welcome to Taz + Belly, a blog about my favorite things. I hope you’ll stay awhile and find something you love. Keep reading for more about our family and how you can work with us here on the blog!
I’m Kristin
I am a forty-something, southern girl who loves to share her stories. You know the ones – we’ll fix you a cup of coffee and talk your ears off about our kids, our hobbies, and what happened in the grocery store checkout line. I’m a wife of eighteen years (what in the fresh heck?) and the mother of three crazy adorable daughters — Ella (14), Sophie (10), and Polly (2).
I always thought I wanted to be a teacher, but ended up in art school studying printmaking and graphic design. I work a “real job” by day, but my true loves are writing, memory keeping, and making beautiful things. What started in 2008 as a virtual scrapbook, has been transformed (as things usually are over the course of eight years) into a space where I share our daily happenings, sometimes wise words, and over-the-top birthday parties. I love washi tape, exclamation points, and unnecessary parentheticals.
Cast of Characters
Josh and I were high-school sweethearts. We fight over who folds the laundry and he almost always wins. We read in bed together, fight over the covers, watch a LOT of Netflix, and listen to really great music. We are believers and attend an amazing church where we are able to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We love road trips, college football (Roll Tide!), and a really great indie concert.
Ella is fourteen and a joy to be around. She loves art, traveling, and (contraband) sweet tea. She used to dance competitively and everything in our life revolved around studio time. These days, she’s a varsity cheerleader and strongly considering a swing at the golf team. She is a very hard worker and wants to be the best at everything she tries. Immediately.
Sophie is ten, but thinks she’s fourteen. She’s tough as nails, isn’t afraid of anything, and regularly chops all of her darling hair off. We used to call her Taz because she left a trail of destruction wherever she went. She still does that, but we call her BB, since that’s what Polly learned to say first. She loves beauty YouTube, art supplies, and plenty of snuggle time.
About the Blog
It’s been a long time since I worked to make this blog a business and a global pandemic really put the nail in that coffin. I’m shifting from the idea of blogging for others to the real reason I started in the first place — blogging for myself. You’ll find plenty of family anecdotes, kid-friendly crafts, book reviews, and beautiful birthday parties, but most of our new posts are all about preserving memories for our daughters.
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