Deveraux Grace

Advent we're backkkkkkkk peace; in the mundane something quiet (see what i did there) quite hard to accomplish... Peace-  freedom from disturbance ; quiet and tranquility Quiet- making little or  no noise Even with opportunities to take quiet and peaceful moments we either don't and move on to the next thing or we do stop what we are doing but plan the next thing. There is no escaping the future but there is pausing, waiting, and trusting that time will stop long enough for us to take a tiny breather and quiet moment. I find it quite hard to sit, journal, and wait, but all to fast I can read, plan, or even just write so if you have a hard time pausing and being quiet you are not alone. I looked up "how to be quiet" on google search when writing this post, in hopes of a good addition to the blog, and a good addition did I find... How do you stay silent forever? How do you make annoying people be quiet? How do I make everyone be quiet?...

Today I am coming at you with the long-awaited room decor post... so on Wednesday, I did a post talking about "kintsugi" ( check it out here ), something i had read about in Magnolia Journal and today i plan to do the same... sooooo... I was requested to do a fall room post and so I decided to talk about "wabi-sabi"- finding beauty in the perfectly imperfect and how to implement that into my room... Wabi-Sabi embraces the chaos of everyday happenings and objects we so often try to hide, it encourages us to embrace and show our true colors... humanity. simply put, wabi-sabi finds beauty in the perfectly imperfect and gives us the freedom to do the same. A wabi-sabi room is intimate, simple, and unpretentious. It might mean having books stacked on the floor, mixing the expensive and affordable, or incorporating pieces of furniture passed from generation to generation. Its making space in your room for family photos, wildflowers, and objects that you k...

Woohoo, part 7 guys!! I am so glad you're still following along, a couple days ago I did my fall morning routine and I thought why not continue on... so as I have said before I believe that you can be intentional with your night. How i like to do that is implementing certain things, having a good dinner, brushing teeth, or taking a moment to yourself whether that's taking a bath, watching a show, or reading. The night this was filmed my mom was doing her bible study so I had to stay hidden (😣😝) but, I did end up having a good fall filled night, so here  is the link for my fall school night routine and if you want a weekend one or another routine or how I implement a routine into my life then... hit me up... joy, deveraux 🌿🕊

Hello everyone... today for intentionality pt.6 I decided to share with you some eating healthy tips, please let me know if you have any suggestions, concerns or post ideas, check out past installments of the series and please enjoy this post. Eating healthy, it always feels fun to start but then suddenly... when you go to parties, stores, well let's just say there are cakes and cookies EVERYWHERE... so how can you manage to diet and still splurge every once and a while. I was recently listening to what we said podcast  episode (i know, I love them) and they interviewed Alex from " eat cute " the episode was so insightful. Today for intentionallity pt.6 (yahoo) I would talk about how to be an "intentional eater." All right, cakes, cookies, and pies, those things are not bad but if you are trying to do any diet, you are probably trying to watch your sugar intake, right. Well if so then i hear you, society tells us we have to look, act, and eat a certian...

hello, welcome back... happy wednessday! today i decided to share with you my morning routine, i belive that no one can have a strict "morning routine" or secdule but i do belive that you can have a order of some sort, and that could come in the way of being intentional about how you spend your morning. a couple of things i like to implmete is making my bed, checking all my planners and things, and have a quiet time. being intentional can just mean selecting those special things each day that make up your routine and then being able to live with the fact that the rest might not get done. if you have watched my most resent post where i share with you  my updated carry on travel guide  i made a video and posted it to youtube and then i share the link... so that is what i am going to be doing now, Here  is the link to my school morning routine!! *let me know in the requests section of this blog if you would like me to do a weekend morning routine... hope you enjoyed my...

hi guys, so today I am going to be taking a bit of a break from our intentionality series to do a post I have been meaning to do for a while now, which is traveling!!!! Okay, my  last carry-on post  was ROUGH... so for your pleasure i decided to do a new and improved one, because as i grow older and more mature and as i take more trips I have developed what I like to bring more fully, so I decided to redo all my travel posts, currently my full suitcase post is underway... but HERE  is my completed carry-on travel video... So i am going to take you through a couple of things and then you can access the full list HERE , first off i like to bring a extra comfy outfit just in case something happened to my suitcase. Along with gum, snacks, and such i like to bring a little tin box of ibuprofen, sleep gummies, and any other medical items i may need. I do love paperback books, but now when traveling i have a few of my favorites to read while i am on a trip, especially b...

Wow! Pt.3 you guys, I am so happy that we have made it this far into this mess, jk, I truly couldn't be any happier about the response to these posts and I am so grateful to you, so I decided to share another one of my favorite recipes, pumpkin chocolate chip muffins... they are a fall tradition and I actually love them so much I make them in spring and summer too. So... enjoy... For Muffins: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease and flour muffin pan or use paper liners.  Mix sugar, oil, eggs. Add pumpkin and water. In separate bowl mix together the baking flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. Add wet mixture and stir in chocolate chips.  Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. 3/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 eggs 3/4 cup canned pumpkin 1/4 cup water 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 teas. baking powder 1/2 teas. baking soda 1/4 teas. ground cloves 1/2 teas. ground cinnamon ...

Intentionality pt.2!! Today I am going to do a more "dev thoughts" post talking about something I was reading recently... Today I am going to be talking about something I was reading about in the  Magnolia Journal  "in pursuit of wholeness" (the most recent issue) and it really stuck with me so without further ado lets get going... Today I will be talking about "kintsugi" (kint-soo-gee) which means "golden repair" or mending golden ceramics with gold, this art dates back to 15th-century Japan when artists and craftsman were looking for a more aesthetic way to mend broken ceramics," it involves using gold dust and resin or lacquer to mend the broken pieces.     Because all of our lives is neither broken or complete and there are spaces that need mending we can either attend immediately when we're in our busy, crazy lives and fill it with the immediate option, rubble, ash and stuff the will ultimately come back...

Hey guys welcome to the first post on this fun series. I am not sure how long this is going to go, there is probably an end to this somewhere, but it could go past fall into winter, or even further. because truth be told you need intentionality all the time. so lets get started, okay the first intentionality post is going to be pumpkin cookies, honestly the best thing ever!! I got these pumpkin cookies off of  @kristinmadeinc  and they are too good not to share, For Cookies: Preheat oven to 350 f. Mix butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar until combined. Mix in  spices (& baking powder & soda). Add egg and vanilla into sugar mixture. Slowly incorporate pumpkin. Add in flour mixing until all incorporated. Place onto cookie sheet in large globs.  Bake in oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool. Then transfer to wire rack and frost finished cookies. 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar  1 teas. baking powder  1 teas. baking soda 1/2 teas. salt  ...

hey y'all, its summer!!!!! its Friday the last day of school and i am feeling free which is why i decided to post... a s-w-y-n sound familiar? a summer what YOU need so yes without further ado, enjoy. Sun... its kind of obvious... Understandable sandals, i mean... Notable sunscreen, to keep you from being like a lobster... Numerous flowers, no words what a flower does to you... Yummy Popsicles, nothing says summer like Popsicles... joy, deveraux 🕊🌿🌞

alright so today i am coming at you with a spring what you need also known as s-w-y-n, i also did a winter what you need a while back so you can check that out to, but today i am going to be sharing seven absolute necessities for spring starting with each letter that goes into the word flowers  so enjoy, F low or flowy for a flowy dress or skirt a essential for cute looks in the spring... L emonade, i mean come on... O cean, whether you live by the ocean or its a spring break trip its pretty obvious why that's a necessity W ind, just one more season of cool weather you plead if you live in Maui as you see wind is a must... E very good song you can think of, you got to have that spring playlist... R ead, or a good read, whether you live where its cold and you get to snuggle up and read or if you live where its warm and you get to read under the sun either way its a must... S wimsuit for all those times you need to hit the water... joy, Deveraux 🌿🕊

For, this is the moment in which we have been created, crea ted,  bringing (something) into existence . when we bring good into our lives we are creating good and that should be our goal always. when I woke up this morning I wasn't feeling inspired to do anything except be lazy and if I am being honest join my three-year-old sis on the couch to watch barbie... I know I know. but as with everything in life whether you wake up to go to work in a day or go to school or whatever you do I do believe that if the God who made a VOID of infante blackness become what our wonderful world is today, well I think he can help you create a masterpiece because you are a masterpiece and he is the god to which heaven and nature sing.

Hey ya'll so today I decided to post a winter-what-you-need otherwise known as w-w-y-n some things you may already have and others you may need to get, if you feel it is necessary.  There are five categories which combine into the word SNOWS.  So the first letter is S which means Soup+Such. There are three food and drink items, pasta, hot coco, and of course SOUP!  N needs neutrals or decor again as you feel necessary.  O means OCTIVATES I mean its okay to make up words right? Anyway activities good music, fun board games, and interesting books. W is warm stuff, so lets get warm with cozy socks long sweaters and a big huge fuzzy blanket.  And last but not least S stands for SNOW!