hello! i'm paige & i'm so glad you're here.
simple thoughts is my personal journal. my life is not perfect, yet i humbly open the pages of my story & invite you to c'mon in and stay a while.
i consider myself blessed beyond measure to share life with dan and our four girls, savannah, madison, emily & caroline.
a lover of caffeine free diet coke, monograms, anthropologie, running, my golden retriever brinkley and above all else, jesus.
seeing life through a lens, i constantly find myself thinking of my world as art, full of color and beauty . it's my attempt to capture the grandeur of everyday that can easily be passed over. after receiving requests and encouragement from friends and family, i launched my own business, paige knudsen photography, in the fall of 2011. i'm a natural light photographer serving the atlanta area.
recently another passion found it's way into my heart. Noonday Collection . noonday offers accessories handmade by vulnerable groups of people around the world. our aim is to style you while creating a pathway out of poverty for artisans and their families through dignified sustainable income. having been widowed at the age of 30, i feel a kindred connection with many of these women. you can be a voice for the oppressed too!
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1 Funky Woman - She is adorable! I love her smile! What are her bracelets? Did she make them? They are so fun!
Megan
Cstargel - SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe I'm the winner! I've been checking back everyday wondering if I won! Woohoo!!!
Happy Summer!!!
Lemonade Makin' Mama - I get to hear those words in exactly two more weeks too, and I'm freaking OUT! I can really freak out well.
Ahhhh!
These have got to be the most darling photos of that sweet little face too, by the way.
Lissa - We're not quite done yet but mine will be a 4th grader too! and then a 1st grader! Cute post
Kiri - Too cute! Enjoy your summer 🙂
~Kiri
Jboo - She's such a cutie — yep– she'll always be your baby girl!! Wow — 4th grade!
Hope you and your girlies have a fabulous summer — I know you will! 🙂
Janet
Susan - 4th grade!? way to go miss caroline. tell me… what is the coolest thing about being a 4th grader now?
The Flying Bee - She is so adroable! I can't believe I will have one in junior high, a 5th grader and my baby boy will start kindergarten! Yikes! They are growing up too fast! I miss my babies! My bestie just had her baby girl…so I am living vicariously through her right now…I have never bought so much pink and I am loving every minute of it!
xo,
Adrienne
Little Blue House - Precious pictures! You are one busy mama!
Love Being a Nonny - A precious 4th grader at that!
I see she is into the Silly Banz bracelet craze too! It is all the rage here!
You are one busy girl with kids those ages. May is always a killer!!
Wendy @ The Shabby Nest - It just goes too fast, doesn't it? She's such a cutie!
~*~ saskia ~*~ - Hi Paige, just found your lovely blog. Must follow you. Your girl is the loveliest! Such a sweetheart, can tell by the look on her face. A beauty inside and out!
Wishing you a wonderful day. xx
Farmgirl Paints - She's one cute 4th grader. I'm sure my Big Chick and her would get along beautifully:)
LLH Designs - What a precious post. Made my day! Glad you have that little conversation in writing!
Three more days till I have a FOURTH GRADER! Thank you, Lord, for summer!
xo…Linsey
Martha - love, love, love those photos…you can see her wonderful and cute personality in them:)
I love her two words 🙂 made me smile:)
By the way…the word is cooking…guess i better get my hiney in gear…I've got some hungry girls today
Jennifer - Love the bracelets….they are super popular here too…..so cute…..
LuLu - I'm freaking out… I'll have a 9th grader, 5th grader, 2nd grader and a Kindergartener….. holy moly I'm not ready.
Love the pictures…. soooo cute,
xo,
LuLu
Privet and Holly - What a cutie-pie! Remember fourth grade??? It was FUN. A great year before you start….maturing…. thinking about all that STUFF… worrying about your weight and boys and being self-conscious. In fourth grade you still run and laugh and feel comfortable in your skin. Enjoy that precious girl's fourth grade year! Of course, you KNOW. My baby girl will be in 10th and my baby boy, in 6th…. no more elementary school. It's done. Finito. But oh, what a ride!
xx P&H
traci - she is just too cute. and yes, she will always be your little girl. sweet post paige. senior year is so special. you will enjoy watching your daughter sail through it!!
melissa - Too, too cute … your little 4th grader, Caroline!!
Time goes way too fast … how in the heck do I have a college graduate!?!!! Well, of course, I am old that's how!
My Griff has a huge collection of those silly bands 😉
xo
Jen Kershner - I am also the Momma of a new 4th grader and Senior! It's such an odd feeling. Senior. How did that happen? I'm just not believing it.
3 Peanuts - I am with ya… A middle schooler, A 4th grader and a pre-k'er!!!! When Will goes to college…Kate will be in 4th grade! Caroline is such a CUTIE pie!!!!
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Blessings, Kim
Jackie - 2 words…..
Sooo cute !
debra - Cute pics.
My little one will be in 3rd grade next yr. I don't know where the time goes!
Shawn Seay - Hi, Paige!!! Thanks for stopping by. Caroline is so stinking cute!!! Love her bracelets;)Those are all the rage here in Arkansas, too.
XO
Shawn
Tara - WOW, that is soo cool! love all those braclets on her arm, she is just darling, darling I say!
Anne Marie - she's so darling (as is her mother)
….and Paige…..thanks for your comment on the barn sale – it was so nice!
Courtney Walsh - are those animal shaped rubber bands I spy?? My daughter had $5 and dragged me to walgreens so she could stock up!! How did they catch on so quickly?
Christina - lol~ too sweet!
love
love
your
baby girls smile.
xo
julie - wow! they do that! they grow up way to fast! what fun pictures!love all the silly bands!
paige, i have to tell you that you made my day when you left that sweet as pie message on my blog! the one in regards to me being pretty! aw shucks! i sure needed it! thank you sweet friend! xoxoxo
Seizing My Day - That series of pictures is ADORABLE!! =) such cute expressions!
I am going crazy realizing my first born baby is going into double digits later this year! =) and my “baby” is about to turn 8 ~ sob sob ~ sniffle sniffle! =_
Tina - What a gorgeous 4th Grader she is too:) I have an 8th Grader and a 4th grader too:) Your little 4th grader has the cutest twinkle in her eye:) Hope you are having a wonderful week Paige ~ Tina xx
Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! - She is too stinkin CUTE!!!! I love these adorable pics of your, soon to be, 4th Grader!
It is hard to believe our babies are growing up……. I look at both Nick and Sarah and think…..”how in the world did you get this big”
I see she is a “silly bandz” fan…..so is Sarah:)
Have a wonderful week~
xo,
Lisa
Clare - i can't imagine all of the juggling you do paige!! you are such an amazing mom, and a fourth grader, watch out!! she is growing up:)
Dreamy Whites - Hello Sweet Paige,
Your photos are beautiful.
Your daughter is soooo cute.
Thank you for sharing!
Take Care,
Maria
kpb - SHUT UP Christy Stargel—– share of the wealth, you lucky dog!
Tracey - What a cutie!!! WOW, 4th grade! My Halena will be in 3rd grade next year 🙂 I see those bracelets are popular in your area as well!
Lovely photos as always Paige!!!
Enjoy your holiday weekend!
Hugs ~
🙂 T
Jeanneoli - I look at my kids all the time and can't believe how fast they are growing. Maddy will be in 3rd and Jack in 5th. Little Ben will do one day a week preschool and that will probably have me in tears the first day.
Dawn - oh my! that little fourth grade smile fills me with joy! i'm quite amazed myself… that mine will be a hs junior & an eighth grader- eek!
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