The Delights of Anticipation

Simple, Lovely

 

Come see more from my photowalk on my other blog, Nest Vintage Photography.
 
 
 
  

I Heart Eden's Bouquet And Faces

Just a quick share of some pics I took of my baby girl in her Eden's Bouquet and a few from the I Heart Faces photo walk I participated in this past weekend.  More from the photo walk on my other blog:)

 

 

Meet Lola

One of my goals this year is to complete a 365 project.  It is rather hard though when one is out and about on a daily basis doing various different things.  I don't want to leave my camera in the car and there is no room or safety in my purse to carry it with me so often times I return home at the end of the day with the sun setting and no good light to shoot with. 

 Enter Epiphanie.  Yes, the very same Epiphanie from my last post.  They have solved my problem with a camera bag that is at once stylish enough to carry around yet made to carry and protect my camera and the various other things I decide need to accompany me when I leave the house.

Cheers!  Confetti!  Angels sing!

Lola arrived this week and promises to remedy my "need my camera with me all of the time" problems.  I can't wait to wander the town with her.

 

 

Oooo, oooooo!!!

I am taking a break from the world of illness I find myself in these days to tell you about a little giveaway going on that I would seriously give a body part to win.  At the risk of encouraging more competition I thought that you should know;) 

Epiphanie Bags are a photographer's (or aspiring photographer's) dream come true.  These bags are so pretty I want to carry it everyday.  The moment I saw them I wanted one and last week I got to push buy on the Lola bag!  Not only is this bag gorgeous and functional but i just read this morning that ...wait for it......PW Ree has one too!!!  Yup.  I'm that cool.  This bag was also featured in Popular Photography Magazine.  I know, I know. :)  I can not wait for it to get here.  I have big plans for me, my camera, my girl and a couple of old chairs this spring and summer and this bag will be just perfect for this!

Back to the giveaway.  They are giving away your choice of a new Canon 5D MarkII or $2500 gift certificate to Southwest Airlines!  I don't even know which one I would pick.  I want the MarkII so bad I can't think straight.  It is what I have been lusting after as my next camera and it would come to me a lot quicker than I can buy it myself but the gift certificate would be perfect for Paris this year.  Decisions, decisions.  I need to win 1st right?!

If you are in need of a new camera bag head over and take a look.  Enter the contest too if you want or not I mean you really don't need to....or want to right?  Just saying;)

The Teeniest Of Sneak Peeks

Just an itty bitty peek at what I have been working on.  The photo shoot for my new collection, The Enchanted Garden, was this morning and I am loving what I am seeing as I am editing.  Here's a super quick peek at what's to come:)

Snapshots Of A Boy

Yesterday was my son's, otherwise known as Thing 2's, birthday.  I took the opportunity to take him out out for some 6 year old pictures and spend a little time just him and me.  He is such a sweet little thing (when he wants to be) and truly lights up my life.  I can't believe that time has gone by so fast, it seems like just yesterday that I held him in my arms in my hospital room.  I don't know why God thought me suitable to mother these amazing little people but I am forever grateful that He did.

 

I Heart Faces Book

Yesterday morning I received the most delightful email.  A little bit ago I told you all about a photography contest that I had entered on a whim.  Much to my surprise my photo was one of the ones chosen to be a part of I Heart Faces new photo book.  It has been a long wait but the book is finally done! 

I am so thrilled to have been able to be apart of this.  To have one of my photos published is a huge thrill.  You can preview the book hereat Blurb.  My pic is on the top left of page 60. 

I can't wait to get my copy!

This Wednesday's Wordless Ya'll

 
 
 
Just a few shots of the fallish things we have been doing these past few weeks. 

Okay, so I'm not great at the whole "wordless" thing;) 
  
 
  

Manic Monday

Another week begins and another to-do list a mile long looms in front of me.  I have been caught up in a flurry of activity since school started and I am hoping to soon hit my stride with it all.  Last week was a comedy of errors that I am hoping to not repeat.  We started the week with all 3 kids sick and at home, Tuesday Thing 1 returned to school while Thing 2 stayed home with a low grade fever.  Now, does it make sense to you to have a kid home sick that does not act sick at all?  Shouldn't sick children lie around fatigued and quiet?  that's what I thought but that is not what I got.  Wednesday, Thing 2 goes back to school and promptly runs into a tree causing the office ladies to call me in to decide whether his scrapped up eye needs medical attention.  Luckily the scrapes and cuts were all around his eye and not inside so no doctor appointment was needed.  Never the less, home he came.  We successfully got through Thursday and Friday so I thought that I would treat the kids with a trip to a little cider mill after school for a cup of cider and a donut.  Wouldn't you know, that was a bad idea.  As we sat enjoying our treat baby girl flipped over the top of her chair onto the stone patio and put her tooth through her lip.  Our week wrapped up with a trip to urgent care where we were assured that she would be okay.  I am exhausted all over again just reliving all of that here for you all.  Whew!

I am praying for a much calmer week this week and the opportunity to get back to work.  I have new designs to roll out for a mother/daughter event later in the month and some practice time with my trusty camera.  Wish me luck!

Wishing you all the happiest of Monday's:)

Nostalgia

The challenge this week over at I Heart Faces is to take or find a photo of yours that fits the category of nostalgia.  Now I had all kinds of ideas of photos that I could take with vintage items but when I came across this picture that I took of the boys this summer I knew that it was perfect for this.  This photo of them is quintessentialy them, when they are not in the throws of a fight that is, and I know that years from now when they are older and have left the nest I will look back at this picture and remember summers when my children were young and joy came so easily to them.