For all the Jesus-lovin ladies!

Hey Ladies!
My name is Lauren, and I’m the co-founder and Web Manager for The You Are Project , an online magazine for Christian women.
Our Vision
The mission of The You Are Project is to help women discover WHO THEY ARE in Christ. Once we know who God created us to be and are confident in Him, amazing things begin to happen:
1. Our confidence, paired with a Godly love for others, will draw people out of their insecurity. I firmly believe that a compliment or support from a confident woman has more power than we realize. Our confidence isn’t for ourselves-- it is meant to change the people around us.
2. Jealously will evaporate, and relationships between women will be restored. Our unity is a weapon, and will further destroy the enemy’s strongholds on us.
3. We will be unafraid to use our passion and God-given talents in the way that He asks us to.
Can you imagine what God could do with a group of women who are confident, strong, unified, and in love with Him? The world would never be the same! Catherine (my co-founder) and I dream of seeing women set free and seeing this vision realized.
Our Summer Print Magazine, PLUS Enter to Win!

We recently launched our print magazine, You Are REAL, and we’re excited to announce that the Summer issue is now available! It’s full of awesome entertaining ideas, delicious recipes, stylish summer outfits, and inspiration for your walk with God.
As a thank you for trying out our magazine, we’re giving one lucky reader a FREE copy of Forgetting the Fairy Tale, by Donya Dunlap. All about helping you find your true love in Christ, this is a book you’ll want to add to your summer reading list! To enter, all you have to do is place your order for You Are REAL by July 5^th, 2013. We’ll get in touch with our winner via email on July 6^th, 2013.
Order your copy of You Are REAL  today and you could have a new magazine and a new book to tote to the beach with you this summer!
Thanks for your time and support! Feel free to email me at lauren@theyouareproject.com with any questions or feedback--I love to hear from you!

1,2, free jewelry

 

(via my Instagram)

1. I started summer classes Monday. I’m super super pumped about this first session because it’s all design stuff.
2. Does anyone else get confused by the stuff people post on their social networks? You can’t be all “HOMIES GIVE ME MY PRIVACY!” and then be posting pictures showing all your business. Sorry, doesn’t work like that.
3. The You Are Project is hosting their first giveaway for some gorgeous beaded jewelry. (I know there’s only two days left, don’t hate me, I got sucked into a bunch of work projects and school)

When you take a bunch of pictures of yourself, this happens.

I needed to submit a headshot for a new project. And obviously I can’t turn in one that has my hair eight inches longer than it really is. Who does that? So I decided I’d just run outside and do some selfies really quick, pop them in PicMonkey and call it a day. Mistake #1, because then I turned into an indecisive mess.
And then the dogs started in. There are these three incredibly cute dogs that live at the house behind us. They also knocked down a few fence panels, so as soon as I stepped into the backyard they went crazy. I’m still not over the Great Dog Bite of 2013 (…Toby, I’m lookin’ at you) soooo awkward. Mistake #2, I decided to smile at them and see if that got them quiet. PSA: Dogs don’t appreciate smiles like humans do. They just bark more.
Basically, I shouldn’t keep expecting my seemingly good ideas to actually go off smoothly. And I should leave headshots to actual photographers and stick to dressing people, since that’s what I’m paid for.

At least we know this isn’t my secret talent?