aboutA creative journal about tuning in — to your ideas, your surroundings, your sense of joy.
Sunny Side Up is about being awake to your own life. Noticing the way light moves across the kitchen counter. Believing the grocery list and bucket list belong in the same notebook. Living like joy isn’t a finish line, but a path, and creativity helps you see where to step next.
Each Edit (from home, travel and design to body, soul and more) is a running list of ideas and inspiration for your consideration.
This isn’t about chasing a vibe or curating a perfect life. It’s about being in your real one — and bringing curiosity, creativity, and a sense of humor along for the ride.
meet the curatorHi, I’m Amanda.
By day, I’m a creative leader at a design firm, and by night, I’m a writer, documenting when inspiration shows up unannounced.
My husband, Josh, and I married young and still think it was a great idea. We’re proud Midwesterners, enjoying a blend of country calm and city hustle, especially when it involves our Vespas, our dogs, or a full table of family. I’m an Enneagram 7 with too many tabs open, most alive in the Autumn, and oddly delight in rearranging the furniture just to see what happens. Our Christian faith is central to our life — it shapes how I think, how I create, and how I move through the world with meaning and hope.
I share this space to help us see our own life with fresh eyes. My hope is that these reflections help you remember: inspiration doesn’t need an invitation — just a little room to land.
