Olive and Stone Dwelling

01/16/2024

So much fun creating this mood board inspo for a class I’m taking with . This is a coastal and relaxed theme and all items were locally sourced from the amazing and talented and

01/16/2024

Practicing 1&2 point perspective loose drawings for both residential and commercial spaces. I actually have enjoyed how much this has stretched me because I prefer using a straight edge. My “sketching” technique needs a lot of work 😅

01/16/2024

My final project last semester was to design a space for a client. My sweet friend sat through my interview with loads of questions of her ideal desired space. I designed 2 floor plans and chose plan B for this project. I’ve never designed in 3D before and I basically taught myself a new program in a few hours 😮‍💨 and came up with these renderings. For a newbie I was pleased with the results and loved how I was able to incorporate furniture pieces from real stores. Part 2 coming

09/23/2022

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Let’s learn from Jesus, the one who truly understands. He invites us to give him everything that weighs us down. The disappointments, discouragement, worrying, striving,performing etc. and instead keeping our eyes fixed on him. Trading it all for hope and faith. Resting in Jesus although can be physical it’s not idle nor a lack of taking responsibility but a position of the heart. Its doing everyday life from a place of rest, knowing he’s got me. It’s letting go of control more and more believing he can be trusted with our whole life.

In my life this looks like praising him when nothing has changed because he is worthy of all praise, reading the word out loud, sitting in his presence with no agenda, worship in the background while I work/drive. Surrounding myself with people who will speak life and truth 💗 He sees your heart and today I hope you hear his invitation to lay it down and rest in him. He’s got this, he’s got you.

07/25/2022

It’s been a few months but glad to be here. Click the link to watch/read

Apparel + Home | Diana shared a post on Instagram: "🕑 I haven’t shown up in this space because I’ve needed time to process all the recent transitions with God. I have felt him close and his kindness has carried me through. At the same time there’s been breakthrough and he’s shown up and s...

07/25/2022

I can only see what’s in front of me.⚓️

It’s been awhile but peeking through in the middle of it all.
There’s been a lot of uncertainty the past few months regarding our home, jobs, finances,where we’d live and even grief. I’ve wrestled between surrender, disappointment and ugly weeds that have tried to take root like offense and fear. I’ve gone back to the Lord over and over again to pour out my heart, repent and cried until my eyes were red and throat hurt( idk why that happens when I cry too hard). It hasn’t been easy but we already know that Jesus never promised easy and yet he’s been so near. He’s asked me to do things that made me say, Jesus are you sure you got the right person here, haha. I knew exactly what he was asking was truly his heart and the response I truly wanted to have. But it came with a price and that was laying down my pride and entitlement. I thought it was righteous anger when it was really my flesh y’all. I realized God doesn’t owe me anything and all my “shoulds” fall to the wayside when I remember everything I have received is a gift from him. It is my honor to give him my whole life even when it doesn’t make sense or the pain feels too deep. It wasn’t until I surrendered and shifted my perspective that I was able to honor the people I didn’t feel deserved it because of pain. Yet, somehow there were moments of joy in honoring. Like what? Only God!!! Let me tell you this wasn’t a one time occasion. I had to do this over and over again. And I’m still in the process of healing and grief. Grieving the lost of a home + dreams, uncertainty of where we will live and job ( praise report for my new job 💜) and disappointing relationships.

I’m
not fully on the other side of this but I’m on my way and know the grieving and pain won’t last forever. I know God is with me in this process and I trust that he will lead me every step of the way. In this very moment I can only see what’s in front of me, clear water like the picture above and I believe I’m not meant to see it all anyway. But as I navigate between the uncertainty and transition of a home this very day and coming week. I know the one who holds the unknown depths of the ocean and has already walked before me…I’m staying close - “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” Psalms‬ ‭27:4‬ ‭

04/17/2022

Death was defeated for you and me✨

He is Risen!

“But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you. So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:5-8