I can’t believe that this is the next-to-last list of book recommendations for 2023. It seems like the year has just flown by, and I’ve had the opportunity to read so many amazing books this year. This month I started…

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I first started The Avid Pen, a Charlotte based art and lifestyle blog, as a place to celebrate the artistic world. As someone who has always had a love of color, I enjoy seeing the art in everything from beauty and skincare to fashion, food or in the places I travel to. I longed to tell a story both through words and through photographs. I’ve always enjoyed making every moment special, even the most ordinary of moments, and believe that there is beauty in the everyday. Learn More...
I can’t believe that this is the next-to-last list of book recommendations for 2023. It seems like the year has just flown by, and I’ve had the opportunity to read so many amazing books this year. This month I started…
Since I became an Auntie for the first time in November of 2019, I’ve considered doing an Auntie gift guide. Now exactly four years later, I’ve finally compiled a list of gift ideas that most aunties out there would love….
“Kell Woods’ debut takes familiar stories and tropes from the vast corpus of the Brothers Grimm and smartly weaves them into an excellent historical fantasy novel. After the Forest is poetic, evocative, and most of all, addictive… Far from the cookie-cutter characters…
While I thought about a variety of different culinary/foodie-themed gift guides for my first edit of the holiday season, I ended up going with an edit centered around one of my favorite things throughout the year, mocktails. Having a selection…
Happy Saturday everyone! Before we get into this week’s edition of On the List, I thought I’d share about a few shows I’ve discovered and one of the amazing books I’ve had the chance to read this month. There are…
Meryl Feinstein, the creator of Pasta Social Club and pasta-making extraordinaire just released her cookbook Pasta Every Day. The book which has recipes and techniques for everyone from novice pasta makers to those who simply want to hone their craft,…
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I first started The Avid Pen, a Charlotte based lifestyle blog, as a place to celebrate the artistic world. As someone who has always had a love of color, I enjoy seeing the art in everything from beauty and skincare to fashion, food or in the places I travel to. I longed to tell a story both through words and through photographs.
I hope through following along with me you will see the beauty in the ordinary everyday moments.
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