Angie and Rick's Wedding!

Weddings are such a fun event to photograph! Finally getting around to editing the pictures from the wedding, and i'm loving how they are coming out <3

I'll post more once I finish them, but just wanted to get this adorable picture up of Angie and her son! :3

"Little Man" Party!

I was so excited when I got a message from Gretchen, the owner of 3 Little Monkeys Studio saying that Amy Atlas featured her boy's "Little Man" party on her blog! Especially since my stamps were used to help in decoration for her party!! :D Take a look at the blog post below! I just simply copied and pasted from Amy's blog, but the link to the original is below as well : )) Eek!! How exciting!!

Original post from Sweet Designs: A blog by Amy Atlas

When this featured submission popped up in our inbox, it put a huge smile on my face. As a mother to two boys, I’m always referring to them as “My Little Men”.  Although I’m not the biggest fan of the “moustache trend” that we saw in 2011, this table by Gretchen from Three Little Monkeys Studio was done just right! Ever since her son was born, Gretchen and her husband have always called their son “our little man.” So it seemed fitting to design a Little Man Bash to celebrate his second birthday. Sweet treats included homemade whoopie pies, brownies, caramel cheesecake shooters {scroll down for the recipe below!}, moustache cookies, those amazing cake pops (half of which were created to look just like Gretchen’s son), doughnuts, cake and cupcakes. Moustache crayon favors and lollipops were given out to the lil guests, while adults took home gourmet chocolate bars covered in wrappers that matched the theme. Moustache stamps designed by The Skill Collector were used to give a personal touch to napkins, favor bags, invitation envelopes and bamboo utensils.  Scroll down below to see the vendor credits and to see Gretchen’s recipe for her Caramel Pretzel Crunch Cheescake Shooters!

To see some more party inspiration for your little man, click here and here.

Caramel Pretzel Crunch Cheescake Shooters

Makes 12 shooters.

24 pretzels, roughly broken into small pieces

2-8oz. pkg. of cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla
Cool Whip, thawed
Jar of caramel sauce

Fill shooter glasses with 1/2″ of pretzel bits. Reserve some pieces for granish.

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth, and then fold in 1/2 a container of thawed Cool Whip.

Fill shooter glasses with cream cheese mixture until they are filled halfway. Drizzle caramel sauce over cream cheese mixture, then repeat with another layer of cream cheese mixture. Top with a dollop of Cool Whip, then drizzle more caramel sauce and garnish with a few pretzel bits.

Vendor Credits:

Printables: Three Little Monkeys Studio
Baker’s twine, plates, napkins, milk bottles and paper straws: Shop Sweet Lulu

Cake and cupcakes: Sugar and Spice Bakery

Cookies: Pastry Tart Bakery
Custom stamps: The Skill Collector
Fondant brownie and cake toppers: Edible Details
Mustache crayon favors: Rainbow Star Designs
Cake Pops: Mom’s Killer Cakes
Doughnuts: Dough a Deer
Pomettes: Pom Flair 

iPad 2!

Really looking into getting an iPad 2! But rafflecopter is doing a giveaway for one... so I thought i'd give it a whirl!! Wish me luck! :D

New Lens!! Eep!!

I can not put down my new 10-22mm for my Canon!! It is an absolute beauty and takes outstanding pictures! Definitely worth the money I put down.

I haven't been able to use it in an actual shoot, but I have been playing with it with my family and just a little here and there on my own.

First, it was on people... my sister Jessie on the left...

We were having fun making certain body parts huge :3 As well as making my roommate, Jason (on the right), look even taller than he already is! He's kind of a giant...

Then my sister wanted to give it a whirl... so I did my creeper crawl!

When I took Jessie home, our parents surprised us with a trip to Dairy Queen :3

Om Nom Nom!!!!

Dad's crazy truck!

As you can see, i've been having way too much fun with it ^_^ ! Even the next day at breakfast!!

Jessie and Dad

After work, I got to play around in Downtown Stuart... I'm not really used to shooting buildings and things other than people... but it way fun ^_^

I was seriously like... 15ft. away from this building O:

And then some more from the day...

Just too much fun ^_^

The Foolish Traveler

this is the story of the most foolish traveler in the world.

once upon a time, there was a foolish traveler who had gone on a journey. why was he foolish? well, because he was fooled by everyone he met!

everywhere he went, people made up all kinds of sad stories to tell him, and the traveler fell for every one of them.

please, some money for medicine…?

i have a sick younger sister…

i don’t have money to buy seeds to plant in my fields.

pretty soon, his money, his clothes, even his shoes had been cheated away from him.

however, the foolish traveler was always glad to help. for everyone of them, he’ll smile and say, “i wish you happiness.”

but by this point, the traveler was completely naked, and with nothing left to cover himself, he decided to leave the main road and travel through the dense forest, where no one could see him…

soon, he was discovered by the goblins that lived in the woods. the goblins wanted to eat the traveler’s body, so they begged and pleaded, and used kind words to try and trick him…

of course, the traveler was fooled. first, he let the goblins eat one of his legs. then an arm. then more and more…before it was over, all that the traveler had left was his head. he’d even given his eyes away to the last of the goblins…

and as the last goblin was eating the traveler’s eyes, he turned and said “thank you, traveler. in return, i leave you this present.”

what the goblin left was a slip of paper, with the word “fool” written on it. the traveler couldn’t see it. he didn’t know what it was. even so, tears began to flow down his face. “thank you,” he said. “this is the first present anyone ever gave me. i’m so happy. i’m so happy. thank you.”

even without his eyes, he cried and cried great tears of joy. then, the traveler died, with a smile on his face.

and that’s…the end of the story.

(episode 11, Fruits Basket ~ a rare gem of an anime)

New Business Cards

Barnes and Noble is really the perfect place to get things done! I was there for 10 hours yesterday O: !!

Since I had no idea what I was doing, it took me a very long time to create my new business cards. So, worth it though! I think they came out really well and professional :) Step one of my branding is finished! And here is the finished product. What do you think?

December Giveaway!

Wow! I can't believe it is already December! This is the month of giving! And with that in mind, I thought it was time for another giveaway! This month I will be giving away a "Fragile Bird" hand-carved stamp :D Use the widget below to enter. Good luck!!