The Dare Dreamer Movement by Julene Fleurmond

Above: A special wedding print I created for my friend Evelina, printed with EasyCanvasPrints.

Evelina is the type of person who brightens a room with her contagious laugh and personality. I met her when I was a college student and she was one of my advisors and co-workers. Who could imagine that we’d become friends and that years later I’d be designing her wedding invitations.

Evelina inspires me to keep pursuing my purpose despite what obstacles may arise. Recently I interviewed her on my site Dream in Soul (click here for that interview) about how she overcame a life-threatening illness and is now living life fully and boldly. Her love story is unique and special (she and her husband Ivan met on Facebook through mutual friends) and inspires me that God has creative ways of weaving together the details in our lives.

For her December wedding Evelina wanted a fun invitation with a Christmasy-feel and a movie poster theme, so I created the design to the right with the engagement photographs by Adrian Gutierriz. The “movie title” was “From My Heart to Yours” which is actually the motto of Evelina’s inspirational company Sol2Soul. After the wedding I modified the invitations and used some of the photos from the ceremony to create a special Wedding Memory Collage print for Evelina.

Around that time I was contacted by Megan from EasyCanvasPrints to review their service, so I decided to send in Evelina’s design. Soon afterwards I got a package in the mail and was excited to see the print come alive on a 16×20 canvas.

The print from EasyCanvasPrints is vibrant, very close in color to the original graphic I sent, and the texture gives the design a character and dynamic. The print is slightly glossy in the darker areas, and I like how the colors are bright and pop. The canvas is pretty thick and is mounted on a wooden frame with a metal attachment on the back for hanging (you can also order wall mounts from the site). I love how the print details wrap around the canvas (which is one of three options you can choose.) I think EasyCanvasPrints is a great choice for anyone who wants to display family photograph or a work of art.

Special event designs are some of my favorites to do, feel free to contact me if you’d like me to create a design for your special occasion or a personalized gift made with love for someone special.





Note: I received a free print from EasyCanvasPrints in exchange for a review on my site. My review was based on the product I received and my opinion of it.

I only first heard music from Kina Grannis a few months back but her soft, refreshing sound already makes her one of my favorites! Since it’s February 14, here is her song Valentine – it’s so sweet and the video is just as creative as what we’ve always seen from Kina:

What a treat for Valentine’s Day – the talented Beckah Shae did this moving cover of “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys and she and her husband Jack Shocklee did the accompaniment all on iphones and an ipad – how creative:

Today I’m working on a wedding website for a client and reminiscing on one of my favorite old school N’Sync songs “This I Promise You” (which is one of the signature songs of the couple. True love is forever and beautiful:)

While searching for that video on Youtube I came across another one of my favorite songs from the ’90s – when some music was actually moving and had substance:)

Where is the love these days? Based on what you see on the news these days, you’d think that it no longer exists. However, a few days ago an Oprah show supported my faith in the trueness of Love. It was the Valentine’s episode with incredible couples and love stories. One man, Emmanuel, who survived the violence in Sudan kept the picture of a girl he met years before and amazingly met her again and married her.

The couple that touched my heart the most was the extraordinary Angela Bassett and her husband Courtney B. Vance. Because they knew the relationship was special, they decided to abstain from sex until marriage. What a way to prove your loyalty and love to someone.

Angela Bassett and her husband say their marriage is so strong “because they keep ‘God in the middle.’ Angela even had ‘GOD’ inscribed on her wedding band between her and Courtney’s initials. ‘I can only rely on his strength,’ Angela says. ‘I’ll attempt to see [Courtney] even in those moments that aren’t perfect, perhaps in a small way, the way God sees him.'”

Wow. All I can say is that is amazing, and truly beautiful. The best love stories really aren’t written or created by people…

– Renewing my belief in True Love