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Sep 20, 2019

Eleanor’s 6 Month Milestone Session | Nashville Baby Photographer

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6 Month Milestone Session at Sinking Creek Farm It’s incredible how you blink and your tiny newborn has grown into the chubbiest little 6 month old.  The early days hold SO MUCH change. Ellie’s milestone session was so important to me because I was still reeling from the months of colic and I felt like […]

Sep 17, 2019

Vegan Pizza | Nashville Photographer | Ashley Erin West

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Vegan Pizza, Skillet Pizza Dough, Rachael Ray Pizza Dough, Nashville Food Photographer, Nashville Vegan, Nashville TN, Nashville Food, Nashville Food Blogger, Nashville Mom, Nashville Blogger, Nashville Photographer

Vegan Deep Dish Pizza in a Cast Iron Skillet   This. Is. So. Good.   And during game season? Yeah…you NEED it.   This particular recipe is a combination of my creation and the ever INCREDIBLE Rachael Ray.  I used her EASY Skillet Pizza Dough recipe found HERE.  After you make the dough and get it […]

Aug 25, 2019

Spicy Pepitas | Dairy Free Recipes | Nashville Food Photographer

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Spicy Pepitas, Pumpkin Seeds, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Spicy roasted pumpkin seeds, vegan protein, dairy free protein, dairy free recipe, how to go dairy free, vegan recipe, plant based protein, nashville vegan, nashville food photographer, nashville food blogger, tennessee food blogger

Spicy Pepitas – Vegan Protein   Feeling panicked about getting enough protein on a vegan or dairy free diet? Yep…so is everyone else who is on the fence about a vegan lifestyle.  Our culture is SO ENTRENCHED in the concept of a “meat and 2 vegetables” that many of us REALLY believe that meat is […]

Aug 4, 2019

Isolte’s 1 Year Milestone Session | Nashville Family Photographer

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Isolte’s 1 Year Milestone Session | Nashville Family Photographer   Darling Isolte is 1 in this to-die-for outdoor milestone session!  We couldn’t have asked for a better setting.  This motherhood session / milestone session / family session took place in Rockvale, TN (just outside of Nashville, TN). It was sunset – just as the light […]

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Jul 16, 2019

Lucy’s 1 Year Milestone Session | Nashville Motherhood Photographer

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Milestone Session, 1 Year Session, Outdoor Family Photography, Motherhood Photographer, Nashville Baby Photographer, Nashville Family Photographer, Nashville Motherhood Photographer

Lucy Turns One Lucy’s Outdoor Milestone Session | Nashville Motherhood Photographer   Holy Milestone Session – This girl was a DARLING during our shoot! I’ve been photographing Lucy since she was just a cute little baby bump, and I swear each session we do is even dreamier than the last! For her 1 year milestone, […]

Jul 16, 2019

Lucy’s 1 Year Milestone Session | Nashville Motherhood Photographer

Milestone Session, 1 Year Session, Outdoor Family Photography, Motherhood Photographer, Nashville Baby Photographer, Nashville Family Photographer, Nashville Motherhood Photographer

Lucy Turns One Lucy’s Outdoor Milestone Session | Nashville Motherhood Photographer   Holy Milestone Session – This girl was a DARLING during our shoot! I’ve been photographing Lucy since she was just a cute little baby bump, and I swear each session we do is even dreamier than the last! For her 1 year milestone, […]

Jul 2, 2019

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Milestone Session, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Session, Nashville Family Photographer, Nashville Baby Photographer, 2 Year Old Photography Session

Eleanor Grace West – 2 Year Milestone Session – Nashville Baby Photographer How is my baby 2? Time is such a funny thing.  I feel like she was a baby only yesterday.  But I also feel like she’s been here forever and I’ve never lived a day without her beautiful light illuminating my life. We’re […]

Nashville Baby Photographer | Ellie’s Milestone Session

May 1, 2019

Nashville Motherhood Photographer | Motherhood Session

Nashville Family Photographer, Nashville Photographer, Ashley Erin West, Motherhood Session, Mommy and Me Session, Lifestyle Photographer

A Motherhood Session at Canterbury Farms   These beautiful ladies drove 3 hours to Nashville and stayed for three days to make sure we had the perfect weather for their motherhood session – and oh was it WORTH the wait.  They spent the evening playing, dancing, twirling, and adventuring in the warmest and dreamiest sunset […]

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Mar 25, 2019

Celebrating Motherhood Event | Nashville Family Photographer

Nashville Family Photographer, Motherhood Session, Mommy and Me Session, Family Session, Ashley Erin West, Nashville Family Photographer, Nashville Baby Photographer

Mama, I see you. Waking up at 1am to comfort a teething baby and still getting everyone up and out the door on time the next morning. Kissing boo boos and making lunches. Keeping up with the doctors appointments and activities and school schedules. Making the world go around because you ARE the world to […]

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Feb 26, 2019

9 Month Session | Nashville Family Photography | Lucy

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Lifestyle Milestone Session in Murfreesboro   Babies change SO very much over the course of a year.  I’m an advocate of newborn sessions, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month session, and 1 year sessions – simply because I’m obsessed with documenting the changes from tiny delicate newborn to chunky baby, to independent one year old. […]

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Feb 16, 2019

Valentine’s Day Strawberry Banana Bread Muffins

Vegan Strawberry Banana Bread | Nashville Food Photographer | Vegan Food

February is one of my very favorite months.  It’s usually snowy.  It’s my birthday month.  It’s home to Valentine’s Day, and some of my very favorite people also have birthday’s in February. It’s just a sweet, sweet time and it’s a fantastic month for some indulgent, sweet treats!  Banana bread was a MUST for my […]

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