Inspirations & Things to Do

So, as I mentioned below somewhere, my bestie Joleen will be coming up to visit us for a week. She should be here some time Monday.. I can hardly wait. I always feel super inspired when I have someone to share studio space and daily life with. Joleen's visits always fill me with ideas and creativity.

Lately we have been tossing around all kinds of ideas for photo shoots as Joleen is working on building her portfolio for art school and I like having fun pictures of my girl and family. I have set up some photo shoots for her with some local friends while she is here but she also has all kinds of ideas for things she wants to try out.

One of the things I am most excited about is to do a shoot with Hannah on/ with our friends horse. Kind of in this style by JinkyArt, that Joleen found. It will be a bit different for Joleen to work with kids AND animals, but I have high hopes.

In addition to looking at all sorts of photo inspiration we have been saving ideas and pictures to Pinterest, notes books, Evernote, etc. I am sure we will have way more projects than we have actual TIME for but its fun to dream.

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I have been wanting some kind of shabby sign(s) for my wall(s) in the new living room and when I saw these adorable signs on Pinterest I knew that was what I wanted to make!! I happen to have a piece of old aqua moulding stashed away somewhere ( I hope I can find it) that would lend itself perfectly to this idea. Now to just figure out what I want it/ them to say... and get Greg to cut the wood.

Here is the other things I am itching to make. Maybe when Jo is here I can finally round up the right materials.. LOVE these wrap bracelets and this tutorial looks pretty easy to whip up.

Til then, I am off to dream (and clean the studio!)

http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-wrap-bracelet/

sunshine

The sunshine journal:

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somebody is seven

Just look at this big girl. She turned 7 yesterday and it seems like just yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital. I was really fortunate to have my bestie Joleen up to visit for the long weekend and she agreed to do a fun photo shoot with Hanny today to commemorate her birthday. These are just a couple of the shots she got. Hannah set up the shots herself and really got into it after complaining about it first.. LOL. I love her little face so much and I love these shots. More to share soon. THANK YOU JOLEEN!! I Love you!!

weekend fun

This past weekend my BFF Joleen came up for a quick weekend visit. It was much too short but I sure enjoyed having her around. On Saturday morning we met us with my Mom for a 3 generations photo shoot which was a lot of fun. I have only seen a teaser few of the shots on her blog but what I have seen, I really like. I am super excited to see the rest.. hurry Joleen! LOL
After we got back here is when things got a little nutty. I had asked Joleen to go with me to get my nose pierced which I have been wanting to do for several years. I don't know why I didn't do it earlier but never did and all of a sudden it became imperative for me to do it NOW. We searched out a place to do it and I went for it with Joleen and my family in tow. Hannah was excited to watch but when he pulled out a big needle Joleen stepped in front of her so she wouldn't panic. Hannah thanked her! It only hurt a bit at the beginning and then it was over, its healing well (everything crossed) and I am anxious to get a new, flatter stud to wear. This is a shot immediately after it was done.

So one thing lead to another and Joleen decided that since we were spending time in tattoo parlors she'd get the tattoo she'd been thinking about for a couple of years. We went to her appointment and then after she was done I decided I needed another one too!! Voila, a new tattoo...
I got 3 stars, ( a smaller version of Joleen's 9 stars which you can see on her blog) one for each member of my little family. I am not going to lie. This sucker HURT!! I have heard that the foot is one of the most tender places to get it but WOW. It hurt much more than my other tattoo. Eep. I don't think I am going there again. LOL In the above picture I had to Photoshop out the bruises and scrapes on my foot. I fell down the stairs in front of our house last week and my foot is still pretty beat up. I am amazed I did not break anything. So lucky!!

Anyway, so that was our adventurous weekend. I am already missing Joleen and hate that we live so far apart but its always good to spend time with her. Looking forward to the next visit!!