week in photos…

buduoir of beautiful erin…

and storyboards, a fantastic way to display a collage of photos. storyboards can be printed several different ways…on styrene, masonite, canvas…

i am officially a photography product junkie and am so excited about designing some great gifts for clients this holiday.

…more to come.

addendum:

how do you think my morning’s going?

despite my horror, i have to say, upon careful inspection of application, i am impressed with her strategy: the mascara, she obviously knows to aim for the eyes and the lipstick is, well…strategized to land somewhere in the vacinity of her lips…the radius of application expanded, of course, to ensure adequate coverage.

she just saw this picture on the screen, pointed and said, “no-no, b.”

“b” (short for “binky,” “binkywinks,” and/or “binks”), being the name her daddy has officially bestowed her with, and the one nickname of many that has permanently stuck.

…when i opened the mailbox today and found this heavenly dress.

posting right on top of another here, but i promised my mama i’d get these up.

i couldn’t have dreamed up a more perfect dress for my pixie.
i wanted heirloom/vintage/peasant….and she gave me exactly that. designed it herself.
…and i actually cried when i slipped it on her willowy frame.

i don’t sew, but i’m so glad my mama does.

oh, she knew she was an angel. wanted a bracelet. and some lipgloss.

there are two more dresses on their way…and it feels like christmas.

mama, i’m so glad you sew. i love you.

i love a good dress for a little girl. ~k

there’s a place that i go…

that nobody knows…

…and i call it home.

take me away…a secret place…

a sweet escape…take me away.

i got a pocket full of sunshine.

~natasha bedingfield

to the beach we girls gathered thursday night. for no particular reason but to remind us that we seriously live on the edge of the ocean. the edge we can gather every single night, if we so wish, to watch our big golden orb sink slowly under sea. we smoothed blankets over white sand and ate cold subs and pickles, sipped wine (or, in my case, my perfectly deceiving o.j. and club soda on ice)…listened to john legend and jack johnson crooning along with the calm rhythm of little whitecaps lapping. and when the sun sank low, so did we…into the hollows of our beach chairs where we contemplated life. we lit candles around our beach blankets, dipped in the gulf just to say we did…and it was divine.

(yes, we have matching suits. unintentional.)

when my own little isn’t there, i get to focus on the other lovies in my life….like a.j.

i love this shot. because i’m so not the get-your-hands-off-my-belly girl. the girls in my life are always touching that baby…and it makes me smile. like rubbing a buddha, right?

out of all the vast land that fills the middles of our country, i always feel lucky to be one to live on the edge of the sea after spending an evening in its splendor. ahh.

and in photography land…

budoir shots this week for this gorgeous mama, sarah.

and bro/sis shots of my ob nurse’s kids. brett & i both feel we landed the dreamiest duo when it comes to our ob and nurse…we feel like nothing less than family when we walk into the office, and appt. days are like lunch-with-a-friend days to me. i look forward to them. i’m constantly thinking of ways to thank these people that are such a huge part of our memories for baby-brewing. (dot, what kind of cookies do you like?)

and finally…sweet little home.

where i made my grandma’s sweet pickles this week for the first time since she passed away…

and lainey is picking up her mama’s hobbies…

three major activities in our home right now:

art.

books.

(’tis my favoritest thing ever to find her on her tummy, legs all a kicked in the air and swingin’, reading her little treasures on her own. and, for the record, there’s been a lot of beatrix potter this week. oh, yay.)

and dogs.

(so, sorry…lainey’s a diggin’ here, and sophie’s mid-yawn…what a ferocios duo. bwah ha ha ha.)

she crazy…and i love it.

whipped-creaming this post sundae with major happies on my brain right now.

*hello…the fall decorations are unveiling at a store near you, and a little birdie told me yankee released its autumn scents. still a little while, but sneaking into those aisles makes me very, very happy.

*lainey’s halloween costume is all done. please tell me i’m not the only one who looks forward to halloween like a six-year-old. her costume this year makes me laugh…hard.

*one week ’till we land in my-kind-of-town, (chicago is)…and i completed lainey’s cubs outfit yesterday for her first game ever. we are so excited to be with brett’s family and enjoying a dreamy week of northern fun…but mostly family. i love them like they’re mine. i smell lots of photos to come.

and what’s a sundae post without a cherry on top?

my sweet little cherry.

bon appetit.