Vanessa R. Powell
Bio
I am a portrait photographer, graphic designer, creator extraordinaire, oh and I sell Scentsy. I suppose I am dabbling in writing too 😊 | Based in Evansville, IN | I am 721vanessa Photography | www.721vanessa.com
Stories (43/0)
How I Pranked My Mom
I live in a small town called Evansville and in the flat state of Indiana. Don't worry, this isn't like one of those Pinterest recipes you saw that start off talking about the Pilgrim age of doing things. I'll do my best to get straight to the point. My husband and I pranked my mom. Well, really it was his idea, and I might have tweaked some wording to make it sound like me.
By Vanessa R. Powell3 years ago in Confessions
...oops! Did I buy that?
4 Items recently purchased that were great, just ok, and downright terrible. 1. Cat Cave - All in all, pretty great! I woke up like any other Saturday morning. I went to the kitchen to brew a cup of coffee, sit in my cozy kitchen chair While I scroll mindlessly on social media. Just then I got a *PING*!
By Vanessa R. Powell3 years ago in FYI
The Great Purge: Vanessa finally gets rid of her hoarding of things
It happens to the best of us. We find an item, a theme, a genre of sorts that we love and we start collecting. For me? It’s Victoria’s Secret “free” tote bags (with purchase of course), antique furniture to be chalk painted, or art supplies. Ok fine, maybe I like makeup too...
By Vanessa R. Powell3 years ago in Lifehack
A girl and her stars
Once upon a time there was a girl. A fiery, red headed girl that gazed inquisitively into the stars. The sky was a navy sea of tiny, brightly lit, white & yellow glowing orbs. She wondered if there was more. More to life, to herself, to others and what it all meant.
By Vanessa R. Powell3 years ago in Fiction
A Sea of Dreams: Before & After. Top Story - March 2021.
You want to see the before photo? *GASP* That's like asking to see me in the morning without my mascara & eyeliner! BUT WHYYYYY?! I used to wonder this... why would anyone want to see the before photo? If you're a client, maybe you want to double check you "look ok?" or you aren't making a "weird face"? As a photographer...perhaps you think all photo's come out of camera perfect and ready to go? (Not to say that some styles lean this way...mine does not) Maybe you need more insight into what the possibilities lie ahead?
By Vanessa R. Powell3 years ago in Photography
Powerhouse Black Female Singers
Ok, so I didn’t grow up WITH THEM. But I grew up listening to them and I wanted to share my memories about them along with some quick research I did as well...because I realized I didn’t really know a ton about their personal lives. (Ok, some more than others depending on their age...like, I remember when Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon got married and I thought that was the most bizarre marriage, sorry Mariah, you’re a bombshell beauty with an enchanting voice that can attract all the children of Salem, you can do better. Side note: That was a Hocus Pocus reference in case you live in the dark ages)
By Vanessa R. Powell3 years ago in Beat
721 Heart Shaped Everything
In June of 2006, I thought my life was where it was supposed to be. I had a job working for a small locally owned business. I was recently promoted to the Store Manager. My husband, at the time, was working for the railroad as a conductor, and we had a 1 year old little girl. We owned a small home in a small city. Little did I know, big things were on the for me. For my career and for my life. Little did I know...my life would quickly turn upside down, one event after another. For me, my life started over for the first time in 2006. I had minor monumental moments between 2006 and 2015, where it would start over for a second time, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
By Vanessa R. Powell3 years ago in Families