Please excuse the mess as I make some changes at both the web site and the blog. All new designs and some fresh content coming VERY soon! P.S. A huge thanks to Ryan at Second Street Creative for being so patient as I bounced ideas off of him and for working so hard on giving my brand a new look!
While I was in Florida on vacation this week, I was inspired. Inspired to do something honoring the men and women who fight for our freedoms. So I contacted my friend Jessica to see if she could help make this idea a reality, and she jumped right on board.
While our original idea to use a real sailor’s uniform in the shoot didn’t completely work out, Jess was quick to improvise and come up with a back up outfit.
So, to all of the men and women who fight for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans, we salute you!
While I don’t normally process many in a vintage style, I thought it just fit this image. Love it!
And here’s the guy who was the inspiration behind the shoot – Mr. Dane Whitley, who served in the Navy.
He taught Jessica the proper way to fold a flag.
There were MANY more awesome images from our mini shoot (we seriously had about 25 minutes) but I wanted to post this as close to the 4th of July as I could (and had my Internet not been acting up, I’d have made it!). Hope you all had a happy and safe holiday!
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Just a few for now…hopefully a full blog post by Thursday.
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Tyler and I spent our 5th anniversary last weekend in Louisville. We stayed at the Galt House, took a tour of the Louisville Slugger Museum and had a fancy schmancy dinner at a place called Fusion Z’s (I had salad with flowers in it, scallops and for dessert had cappuccino cheesecake – it was to die for!). Tyler also set up a massage for me. It was amazing and I’ve never felt more relaxed in my life!
Saturday morning, we set out to find breakfast outside the hotel. Not so easy. We actually ended up traveling to Clarksville, Indiana, to eat at an IHOP. Not exactly local fare like we wanted, but there was an upside to it. We found a bike shop that had a ton of road bikes at great prices. The store we went to didn’t have the size I needed, so they told us about another location, and we ended up going there the next day on our way out of town. I was excited to come away with this beauty:
It’s a 2009 Trek 1.2. I’ve ridden it twice, both 10-mile rides. I have some tweaking to do to get the seat height and angle just right, but I LOVE it. There is something so freeing about going down the road with the wind in your face, getting a great workout and being in the outdoors. I’ve been searching for one for a while now so I can do my first triathlon, which is in August. SO excited!
I’ve also enjoyed doing some reading lately. A couple of authors that I just adore now are husband-and-wife team John and Stasi Eldredge. I recently finished their most recent book on marriage called Love & War. It was so great, and for anyone who is married, I know that there is a lot of great insight in it to make your marriage better.
Right now, I’m in the middle of Waking the Dead, a book about reviving your spiritual heart. I highly recommend any book by them. (I’ve also read Stasi’s book Captivating. Totally changed my life.)
Also, last week I decided to be brave. I went from blonde to edgy red and got a short, edgy cut to match. And on top of it, I’ve been straightening it! I was in shock when I first saw it, but I must say I love it now! Here’s a pic from our visit to the Louisville Slugger Museum this weekend. My hair is not as long in the back as it looks…that’s just a shadow my point and shoot created.
Here’s another I posted on Facebook the night I got it cut and colored.
See how vibrant the red is compared to the first picture from this weekend? The red has been fading so much already, and it makes me sad. Any tips on keeping red hair red for a longer period of time?
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Oh wait…you’ve already met? Well, if you’ve been following my blog for very long, you have! Meet my new assistant, Ashlie!
Ashlie is my sister, but so much more than that…my best friend, my confidant, my style guru, and my smile when I need one. It will be so wonderful to have her coming with me to local weddings to have someone to chat with and bounce ideas off of. (P.S. This one’s my faaaaaavorite!)
Ashlie just got this new haircut and color on Friday. It’s kind of become a tradition to take photos of her when she gets something new and fun done to her hair. I told her this time, the only word to describe her new style is “badass.”
Ashlie also will be helping with setting up shots, location scouting, holding and setting up my lights, etc.
We went out Saturday to take some pics of my niece and Ashlie’s daughter, Lillie, as well as to get some fun shots for this little announcement. And, well, this is how Miss Lillie felt about that….
We did manage to get a few cute ones of Lil not crying, though.
My sister is such a good momma.
And I realized when I was taking this that there is a pole directly behind Lil’s head. A total no-no in photography. We moved to avoid that, but I ended up liking her expression the best in this one. That’s how it is when you shoot kids sometimes.
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