Since big brother is camera-shy again these days, Elliott has had to be such a trooper while I snap photo after photo of her. I made her this dress a month or two ago with the intention of doing kind of a dreamy-feeling little photo session with her. It's been hanging in her closet ever since. Until today. The dress is simply a variation of my halter top tutorial. I used leftover quilt squares from when I made her rag quilt and pieced together the skirt. Then I added folded layers of … [Read more...]
Alcatraz Photos
Ok, those of you who follow me on Facebook and Twitter may have already seen these photos but today I'm putting them on here because I just installed the NextGEN photo gallery plugin and, well....it's cool. Also, my husband just treated me to a new lens that is making me a very, very happy girl. So...here are my photos from Alcatraz/Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco from 2 weeks ago. Enjoy! [nggallery id=1] … [Read more...]
My amazing family
I'm not sure when it started, but I know I was pretty young. I became obsessed with cameras and it's all I wanted for my birthday starting around....maybe age 7?? I would secretly hope as I opened birthday gifts each year that someone had read my mind and new that I longed for a camera. That I needed a camera. I had the photography itch. I've had decent cameras over the years, but this birthday brought on a whole new phase for me. My amazing husband came home from 'running errands' a … [Read more...]