Serious Blog Hijack
Hello there peeps!
This is Michelle’s friend, CD, guest posting to tell you why she hasn’t been around and most importantly why she hasn’t yet released that adorable pack you see below.
Well you see, the problem really is me….it seriously is.
I
have
kidnapped her.
yeppers people,
I am holding your beloved Michelle and all of her talent hostage.
You possibly are sitting there right now thinking that I am a total dork and just kidding around, but I kid you not.
I am right now sitting in Michelle’s adorable newly painted office in her lovely home and I have made it my mission to take up as much of her time as I possibly can.
Want proof? fine
here’s my view from where I sit:
yumm, isn’t that just the best blue that walls could possibly be? it is WAY conducive to creative thinking. Oh and Speaking of creative thinking my little friend Brenna and I had a great chance to sit together and get creative the other morning. She is such a special person, I really enjoy taking time with her.
Vanilla tea is being consumed on a nightly basis, yummy homemade crepes, popcorn and pizza have been made, we are laughing far too loud at times ending in AM and waking her kids up, and most importantly there is some SERIOUS creative messing going on folks! It is not all fun and giggles out here, we have been creating for over a week and the results will be knock -your-socks-off RAD!!!
I have asked Michelle to team up with me on my next Europe tour in October and I just can’t wait to share with everyone what we have been cooking up.
That’s the scoop
Please be patient with me and I will soon return her to you :)
Peace out,
Can’t focus today…
I am sure it has something to do with the fact that all the contents of my former office are now residing in my living room. Piles of product and magazines, books and well, just STUFF.. All over my house. See, I had intentions of painting my office the perfect shade of blue. (Aqua blue!) I tore it completely apart after we got back from Jackson, have the room all taped off and ready to paint then I took a little tumble down my hill in the back and I just haven’t been able to get to it yet!! The mess is really messing with my mojo.. I am hoping to get it painted tomorrow, so I can re-claim my life ;)
Thank you to everyone for your comments on my new logo design! :) I really appreciated the feedback. I have decided on a final design. (For now anyway!) I may end up changing it as I go on, but this one should stick for a little while :) And I *think* I am ready to debut my Photo website. (Little Nervous!) It’s still very much a work in progress.. BUT..
You can take a peek here :)
http://www.littledreamerstudio.com
And just a word here. I am still looking to book 2 or 3 more sessions at my portfolio builder rate (Un-heard of rate of $50!) If you are interested in scheduling a session please contact me! :)
A note on our caterpillars. They have all hatched? metamorphosed? into butterflies. We kept them around a bit so we could observe them and the girls released them today :)
All in all it was a good experience, the girls really loved their little critters, we’ll probably do it again next summer.
I had a great photo session last night with the fabulous Jodi of Fancy Pants Designs. We did a few family photos but mostly some singles of her cute little kiddos. I will get those posted tomorrow :) Or, you can take a peak at a few by looking at my latest gallery on my photo site :) NIGHT!
Took a little spill today…
I was setting up the slip and slide for the girls today. Being the first day of Summer we wanted to celebrate a little by playing in the water and having some fun. I couldn’t get the placement right on our little hill. We wanted to have a slide that the girls could just sit down and slide on because they didn’t like running and diving. We have a nice hill in the backyard, We used it for sledding in the winter :) Well, as I was trying to move the slide, I slipped. (*Note to self: Do not move Slip and Slide while water is stil runing) I landed flat on my back and as I went down I heard a nice little *POP*. Great. I totally jacked up my ankle. I can’t put any pressure on it at all. You should have seen me trying to crawl back up my hill. (Apprently I am not a very gracefull hopper. ) So that was fun :) I am icing it and praying that I can walk on it this weekend.. I’ve got people to see, things to do ;)
I did have to laugh out loud though when I checked my email this afternoon. Lorynn (my four year old) has comendeared my laptop. Her favorite thing to play on it is is Photo Booth. A.K.A> Funny Pictures.. I guess Brenna showed her how to email them, because this was what I found in my inbox::
Not sure what’s funnier, the fact that she copied her dad, myself and Brenna on the email, or the pictures themselves ;)
Hopefully these emails were also not inadvertently sent to anyone else..
Feeling Refreshed
So we are back from a very gorgeous trip to Jackson Hole. It was magnificent! And I am feeling completely refreshed. So much so, that the first thing I did when I got home was to tear my office apart :) From the day we moved in, I have wanted to paint my office the perfect shade of blue. Since it will be a YEAR soon! I figured, it’s now or never. Currently, my computer and the former contents of my office all reside in my dinning room. Yep, it’s a mess. But I am so excited to re-do my office space :) (photos soon to follow)
So, Jackson. Wow..
And I thought MY mountains were beautiful.
MAN!
Can’t focus today…
I have been having such a hard time focusing on design today. My mind keeps moving over to photography. I feel like I have spent the last 24 hours surfing the internet finding some of my favorite photographers. Man, there is a lot of talent out there!! I have a running list of favorites, but some new ones I found that just AWE me are:
Just to name a few ;)
I think I am just anxious. Tomorrow evening is one of my first REAL gigs. Three babies under the age of two.. YEP. I may be a glutton for punishment. So today, I really tried to be productive and work on the designs I was supposed to be working on. But I just couldn’t get this upcoming session out of my head. Tonight I brought the girls to the location I am going to be shooting tomorrow for some test shots. (I know, I should just chill, right??)
We were only out for about an hour and I got quite a few great shots of them, so that at least restored some of my confidence a bit :) I was using my 85 MM 1.2, but I am not sure if it will work the same for moving babies.. We shall see.. Bringing back-up lenses just in case ;)
And on the caterpillar front. Yikes. Turns out we need a little practice with these too.. Out of the 30 caterpillars only 16 have lived. We have moved the chrysalises into the pop up habitat and now we wait for 7-10 days for them to emerge. Even though nearly half of the little buggers didn’t make it, the girls are still really enjoying watching them and taking care of them. I will keep you updated! :)
Now, off to actually get some designing done today.
Ready, set, GO!