Taylor and David’s wedding story reads like it was pulled straight from a fairy tale. The Moms of these two (besties in High School), were expecting  at the same time. They spent  a lot of time together with their young toddlers experiencing all of the “firsts”. As the years passed their families grew and they remained  very close. Taylor and David were the best of friends and fell in love <3 <3!!  Its been quite a while since Ive seen kids that have so much going for them. They truly are very inspiring kids. The love that these two families had not only for their kids, but for each other really had to make this one of the most beautiful weddings I have had the pleasure of being a part of! and it had nothing to do with the obvious beauty of the bride and groom, but everything to do with the admiration and respect they have for each other! Now……. on with the pictures from the wedding that took place at the Canyon Crest Country Club.

I thought I’d share with you my “gallery wall” in the making. Whenever the topic comes up with clients about designing a gallery wall I get the same sort of confused look. My opinion is IF you are not going to to extra large canvases or  large canvas prints, then to make a bold statement, a gallery wall should be created. The thought of hanging several prints of all different sizes takes a little thought, however its much easier than you think. My wall, when finished is going to be a mix of canvas wraps, and framed canvas prints. the largest canvas being 18×24 LOVE mixing it up!!! ( I have another wall for my extra lg. canvases) Thats another post.

My First step was to hang the 2 white distressed frames. I knew I wanted them together. That part was pretty easy. The first and really only rule comes into play after you have hung your first ,( or in my case 2) frames: PICK YOUR GUIDE LINE. You can go with the top ( which is what I did) horizontal line, or the bottom horizontal line. In my top horizontal line ALL of my portraits that I put on this wall will be at the SAME HEIGHT. Now below this guide line I can do whatever my heart desires! I get my frames from all over the place, I removed the glass from the store bought frames because I will be using Canvas on Masonite for them, which gives them a much more upscale look than a print behind glass! I used blue painters tape to give me a visual of where I will be putting my Canvases. I love this idea because I get a picture of exactly how a particular size will look on the wall. If I don’t like it, I try another size until I’m happy and THEN I place my order! Great idea huh? I know, sometimes I even amaze myself! lol

This is a view from down stairs as you come in the front door.

And this is a not so great picture of going down the stairs! lol Oh and YES those are antlers over my green secretary.:) Now go get busy with your blue tape, then call me for your session.

Today my house is sort of a wreck, laundry on the couch that needs to be put away, kids soccer stuff laying around the living room, shoes that have been kicked off once in the door are lying at the bottom of the stairs etc. There is one small place in my kitchen though that is mine….all mine!  I change it up often with all sorts of vintage finds, and  for each holiday it hold some kind of treasure. It just makes me happy! and no one touches it. It’s a small old copper and silver serving tray. Im standing at the kitchen sink  pretty much all day (well it feels like all day), so why not have a sacred spot however small that brings you joy?  Today my vintage tray hold an old medicine bottle filled with flowers, a small brown transferware dish that jewelry collects in, and a tube of hand cream. So where is your sacred spot in the midst of your busy household?

Wow! Its been quite a while since I’ve blogged. The start of December was quite busy with Christmas pictures, I fully intended to blog all of my  family sessions when I got a chance to catch my breath, then when I was able to catch my breath, I was sucker punched with the death of my Father….. It is a bittersweet story and I’ll get to that blog post soon, but as of now, it is just too fresh and raw and I’m not quite up to it. Just thought I ‘d share what has kept me away from my blog…….NOW, on to the gorgeous baby shoot.

Baby Kennedy, Awe, so super sweet she was! Mom, Jennelle had the best assortment of hats, headbands and clips. I love it when Mom brings the entire closet with her. Between what she brings and what I have on hand we are always able to come up with a Super Fantastic pairing for the shoot! Jennelle fully trusted me with my visions when I shot her maternity portraits, so when I told her that I wanted to put Kennedy on a silver platter and put her on top of the antique dresser that lives in my downstairs bathroom, she didn’t even bat an eyelash! Now that’s having faith in me. hehe. So lets get to the pictures…….