In 2013, I learned how to shoot my real camera on manual. I’m still quite the amateur but am learning more each time I...

Happy New Year and welcome to Cloistered Away‘s new space–the best way to begin 2014! First, thank you to Corina and Theodore for their impeccable...

In 2013, I slept in a tepee; climbed trees; listened to a million jokes rehearsed from joke books; dangled my feet from the Grand Canyon;...

list-making / unmade beds / holiday baking / endless amounts of pretend play / poetry and hot cocoa / new braids / gift wrapping /...

Old man Winter has finally arrived here (mildly by some of your standards), chasing the last of the leaves from the branches, forcing us into...

My life doesn’t naturally provide space for stillness, physically, mentally, or spiritually. It’s strange to think of stillness as a discipline, but as a young...

three twisted buns tutorial half-braided crown tutorial fishtail braid tutorial (image) easy + pretty updo tutorial scrunched braid tutorial the knotted ponytail tutorial (image) easy...

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. {ecclesiastes 3} My sister reminded me of these words the...

To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, An...

Sometimes it is easy to look at other people’s pictures or lives and feel that I am somehow missing out. That I don’t have enough....