Yearly Archives: 2008

thanksgiving for the new year

some of the best subjects for a photo EVER! mom’s homemade pumpkin pie and one of my favorite pass times, watching through the window. if you want to print a thanksgiving roll basket wall size, let me know. I understand. kitchen window. strange things seemed to appear…. baby wright was OBSESSED with being perched on...

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wanderlust

I have always been romanced by the idea of living on the road. being in a different place every night, covering miles of road, playing cards in bed to the sound of crickets. My obsession has been with buying an airstream for quite some time, but then I came across this little beauty on apartment...

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countdown

when we were 90 days until the wedding, I had an idea….paper chain!! neither of us could remember the last time we had made one, but kindergarten was ringing bells. so after the cutting and counting we each took 45 rings and wrote down the reasons why we are excited to marry the other person....

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merry christmas to you

I almost gave up on christmas this year, when my sponge cake didn’t rise, my sweet potatoes just tasted “ok”, I couldn’t be with ALL my family and the traffic was bad…..but once grant started lip syncing mariah carey’s “all I want for christmas is you”, I took christmas back. I didn’t even last an...

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balboa island wedding

I know this post isn’t very christmasy, but I have been working on this wedding and was excited to final get some of my favorites online. the ceremony was in an amazing church right on balboa island and the reception at the beautiful balboa bay club in newport beach. happy christmas eve day! (due to...

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heather underwater

mark loaned me his underwater casing and boy do I wish I had a photo of the casing! it looked like something suited for spaceships in the 1950′s. it was amazing. we headed out into waimea bay and I learned that underwater photography would be much easier if the water wasn’t moving. being hit by...

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eliza magazine

today I had an accessory shoot for eliza magazine. the crew was great and the model was a pro. look for it in their spring issue. Photographer- MeModel -Ely with FordMakeup- Stephanie with Next ArtistsHair -Alexis with Next ArtistsMagazine/Stylist -Heidi Howard

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somebody loves christmas trees!

those somebodies are us! I wish I could tell you how exciting tree lots are for me. I’m not sure if I should feel bad that we chop down SO many trees for a fairly weird tradition of putting pines in our living rooms, but it doesn’t stop me from loving every pine lovin needle....

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don’t forget..

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penny+mom+dad+kitty

a little bit of christmas baby, a little bit of newborn.. a little bit of family and a little bit of cat on beautiful yellow chairs.. a little bit of sucking on dad’s nose (cute/gross), a little bit (more like TONS) of drool and little bit of hair pulling.. a little bit of snuggling and...

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simply photo

jen, who has the blog “simply breakfast” also has this blog, called simply photo. her quiet still life’s are haunting and beautiful. she makes being inspired look so effortless. sigh. if only I was more crafty.

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simply breakfast

I have been following this blog for awhile and am sad to see it near its ending. she posts beautiful photos every morning of breakfast. there are not many things I love more in this world than breakfast and pretty photos. I think I would really like food styling. she has printed a couple books...

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hale’iwa- north shore, oahu

I still have so many images from this trip to go through but I got this roll of cross-processed back yesterday and was loving the crazy colors. film is fun.

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tree vs. stars

my honeymoon destination search brought to light a few more possibilities… …like staying in a TREE HOUSE! I loved swiss family robinson as a young thing and was very intrigued with the inner workings of living in a tree house. I’ve always wanted a master bedroom with a “roll away” ceiling so you could just...

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honey beach moon hut

(photo somewhere in french polynesia borrowed from here) today I have been a woman obsessed with beach bungalows. fiance and I are thinking of a south of the equator honeymoon….or at least somewhere warm….currently most thought about places are maldives, bora bora, india and indonesia. we both decided we wanted our honeymoon to be somewhere...

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