All Prima here, on a sheet of corrugated white CS with a couple K & Co chipbord words and an Old Navy tag I thought was too cool to throw away (sadly I have about three whole drawers full of too-cool-to-toss stuff...)
Yes, those are my papers! woohoo!
Hope everyone enjoyed their (Mother's day) weekend, mother or not!
My first "real" shoot, luckily with close friends, so I wasn't nervous and they weren't either. She loves Tara Whitney-style pics (who doesn't??) and wanted the whole couch-on-the-lawn look. Who am I to disagree as they are adorable and SO perfect for this family. These are a few of my fave shots (I shot 300 pics in an hour and a half - could not believe it.)
What am I most proud of? I shot manual for the whole thing, not an "auto" shot in the bunch. Wanted to prove to myself that, while auto does great most of the time, I could do better if I wanted. SO happy this has "clicked" for me. Feel like a whole new world has opened up, knowing WHY I got the shot I did and knowing how to replicate it if I want. understanding it is priceless. You really can teach an old dog new tricks.
For lack of better title, "OMG" must suffice. Look at what was waiting for me when I got home today. My latest product shipment from Prima. Words can not describe how...greedy? avaristic? drooling? I am at the abundance and beauty that that box held. 48 spools of woven ribbon alone! Packs upon packs of gorgeous flowers. Leaves, more flowers, ric-rac, rhinestones...a princess would quite honestly think she had gone to heaven! lucky girl me.
Also, my comp copy of Scrap City showed up at lunch. Imagine my surprise to see that I am the very first artist in the book! Not that THAT means anything, but in my mind I thought of the looky-loos who pick up and flip through a book without buying it. I'm the first one in there so they have to see me, right? LOL, weird logic, I know, and probably quite inaccurate (I almost always open to the middle or the back first). The book includes a bevy of talented women and I feel pretty damn honored to have ink in the same pages as they do. So cool!
We went to the zoo in Seattle this weekend. 80 degrees and sunny when we left Wenatchee, 50 degrees and pouring when we got to the zoo. However, being troopers, and having driven 3 hours, we decided to brave it anyway. Had a blast and, really, whats a little water anyway? We were dry by the time we got back to the hotel. Can you believe I got a picture of bats? In a dark room, no flash. My trusty 50mm 1.4, and holding very, very still (and luckily, so do they). The best time was in the birdhouse, where, for $1 you get a popsicle stick covered in peanutbutter and birdseed. You walk in and the birds flock to your stick. Indy was a brave and happy little girl!
As always with trips, good to go, good to be home.
I saw while gone, I was tagged by the ever-talented and super-kind Teresa to list what's in my _______. This should be interesting, I haven't shopped, or unpacked yet (and yet, I'm here online, gotta' have priorities!)
What's In your Fridge?
- Fresca - Sparkling Peach Citrus
- Carnitas (shreded pork and spices often used in Mexican food) (LOVE to mix this with BBQ sauce and put on soft onion rolls - easy and yummy)
- Bulk box of individual packets of cream cheese (got tired of the kids leaving it out and it going bad, now, one bagel = one packet = no waste)
- 4 doz. brown eggs
- Heinz ketchup (we hardly eat a meal without it)
- 3/4 my stuff, 1/4 DJ's. Of the stuff that's mine, I wear maybe 1/10 of it. The stuff I do wear always gets thrown over the back of a chair by my bed.
- Shoes I've forgotten about, because they're in my closet, but when I try to throw them out, I see them and say "Oh, I love these..." I have a LOT of shoes.
- Purses I love and can't throw out (I'm sensing a theme here...) I have a LOT of purses.
- Aeonflux (will watch it tonight) edited to say it wasn't that great. Charlize Theron is always beautiful, and I like Sci Fi OK, but I don't like when they can make up any old thing and we just have to believe it, even though it is so out of the realm of the possible that your mind will not accept it.
What's in your car?
- Lots and lots of CDs. Newest are KT Tunstall (you have to check out "Black horse and a Cherry Tree") and Rob Zombie (not for the faint of heart, but I LOVE his style of shock/goth/rock)
- Indy's booster seat
- A couple blankets
- chapstick
- A stadium seat
- Assorted kids stuff: tennis shoes, headphones, a small kingdom of Happy Meal toys
What's in your purse?
- Besides all the normal wallet, sunglasses stuff:
- My work ID badge
- Nikon D-70
- Nikon P1 Coolpix
- Sigma 70-300mm telephoto lens
- Burt's Bees lip balm (a must have)
- 2 packs of peppermint gum (a must have)
- receipts from all the debit card purchases from this weekend in Seattle
- index card wheel, by Real Simple - i love index cards for notes and ideas, something about the heavier weight of paper. Makes it snappy!
- a skein of too red yarn and a crochet hook. this particular red hurts my eyes - I just need to toss it.
- Creative Home magazine
- Oprah Home magazine
- Junk Market Style premier issue
- Prevention magazine
OK, nothing odd there. My purse (well, it's a messenger bag acting as a purse) is heavy though, need to get my cameras out and in their regular bag (7 million dollar in red)
I'm tagging Joy and Emily because I really want to know what's in their refrigerators! (Joy because she doesn't cook much, like me, and Em because she is a new transplant to the US and I'm curious how she is adapting!)