whatever

stars.

have you heard of Kurt Knudsen of Piggy&Dirt?

i thought so.  
:)






i love the extra details on some of the center of the stars!

their shop is FULL of these beautiful handmade stars in all kinds of colors.
i have drooled over their shop for quite some time. 
this is ART!
such happy art. 

they also have baker's twine in lots of colors....


in large and small quantities.  

and these very cool and unique banners made from metal letters.
kinda quirky....new and different.....i love them.



and i linked this glass robot awhile back in my happy things list ....isn't it so fabulous?!


i am still hoping for it to be in my home someday.




AND THEY HAVE JEWELRY!!!
how adorable are those little baby stars on necklaces?!!!
i swoon. 

this is my star.
clear with 5 different patterns in the glass with a turquoise blue center.




 
it was a hard decision....and probably the first of many i will own.
it is so happy to look at.
i hung it in my craft room because that is my happy space.

would you like to win some of your own loveliness from Piggy & Dirt?

of course you would!

leave me a comment today to be entered to win a
$30 credit to their store with free shipping!   :)  

winner picked on saturday.

go check out their shop!

one of the best days i have ever had.

our second photo shoot scheduled in utah.......the models never showed.
we were disappointed.
and hot.
and wendy says "let's do it ourselves!"
and we did.

this is 7 photographers getting to have a BLAST while the other 11 practiced their action shots in sunlight.
that was the point.
a COLORFUL shoot....with action and light......ready GO!

(all of these photos were taken by Kelley and Kim....both excellent photographers!)

this is powder...not paint.
it was a little  hard to breathe but not bad.
it was only bad if it went right in your eyes....but still you could recover....i did....and tyler did too.



 

































it was the best time.
i LOVED doing it.
i laughed and laughed.
it was soooo fun!

i am so glad the models never showed.
it was so much better this way.

and it all came off in the shower.
:)

 

utah was amazeballs.

out of the 18 of us....there was one PC...everyone else had a MAC.  :)


 

auwww....walking to the ski lift.




my buddy crystal from the workshop in san diego.
pretty hair.
cute shirt! 

sandy....crazy.  :)


lisa was my roomie.
she takes rad pictures.


kelley was also at the san diego workshop!
and she had mirror glasses...my favorite.


i gave wendy my camera and asked her to take some head shots for me.
you will be seeing these for a year now.
she is goooooood.
i love them. 

HA!



note to self:
never go to the top of a mountain without cute red beads on.....you never know where your new head shot will be waiting for you.






the happy couple again. 

the mosquitos were bad.
kim was being smart.
and it was cold.
i was wearing a big puffy red coat that wendy had in her car.

shooting the couple in the canoe....

getting ready to take pics of a newborn baby....




wendy the baby whisperer/disco dancer.
she had her hair twisted the night before & it was a huge afro the next day, which was what she was hoping for.
the coolest hair ever.


one of my baby shots.....his name was denver.


more teaching time before we left for our second and third shoots.


the third shoot had farm animals!




so much fun.

the second shoot is not shown here yet.
it was the most fun i have had in years.
i can't wait to show you.


i made it home easily.......happy to see my family.
ready to go NUTS on craft weekend prep.
it's ON.

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don't forget......

enter to win a $100 Visa Gift card from Edy's milkshakes over HERE.

and also come read about my thoughts on being a sports mom over HERE and enter to win a
$100 Dick's Sporting Goods gift card. 

 

friday in utah.....

after a morning of camera talk....good stuff....we went on an adventure.
we rode a ski lift up to the top of the mountain (i think we were in deer valley...) and took pictures.


hysterical isn't it???


wendy is rad.


i call this "meg in the mountains"
:)

 

tyler and wendy rented a canoe for our mountain photo session....it was a wild ride up to the lake.
and when we got up there....MOOSE!
whoa.
so cool.
don't see that in kansas!




this was our destination..........




anna and dave have been married for three weeks.
they were GREAT sports...13 photographers shouting out "look here!"  "touch his arm!"  "KISS!"


and just for fun i thought you'd like to see a little behind-the-scenes....
HA.

i am having an AWESOME time.

for real.

surrounded by super sweet photographers who want to learn like me is such a cool place to be. 

and this house is crazy amazing!
i feel spoiled.
big time.

more to come.......

 

bullet points

*  this house in utah....the party house with all these fun photographers.....is SICK.
   i am pretty sure it is the nicest house i have been in.  
   ever.
   it's like a model home for Pottery Barn or something better than PB...gorgeousness in every corner.


really well built.
not to mention the views....

  
*  i got the exit row on the second plane.    most awesome.

*  i just bought these pants from dress barn and they are awesome.
   i love a wide waist band! 

*  i listened to two Francis Chan podcasts on the planes yesterday.
   two points i came away with that i loved.....
   he said so often we pray "God please show up here....show up for me...get me through...just please
   show up today."  and that is funny because God says "This is MY party.  I invited YOU.  i am already
   here.  i always was here.  be THANKful and GRATEful you were invited!" 

AND
  
  talking about how HUGE God is....how enormously HOLY and ALL authority is under HIM....
  he made that point that even if every person in the whole world united together and every one of us
  agreed and said "NO....we don't agree with you GOD."  it would not matter.  
  He is still in charge.

  and i love that.
  it's comforting.   
  and truth.

*  is it bad that i want my kids to get really good at piano so that they can play
   "sweet child of mine" by guns & roses?

i don't know this girl...she's not my kid....but she rocks!

*  i have to pick my winners!!!

my winner for the SNAPSHOPS workshop......

Donation to bring Davis home $5

Posted by: Holly Rook | 08/22/2011 at 07:20 PM
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and the winner for the Matthew Mead Autumn magazine.....

I have always wanted one of these issues but can't ever justify just buying one for myself. Hope I win!

Posted by: ashley | August 24, 2011 at 02:13 PM

 
*  last thing for today....we had a guest pastor (robert palmer) at our church last week and i liked his
     sermon a lot.  
    you should listen to it.
    :)
    it straight from his heart.


have a super day...it's friday!!!  

 
 

wednesday

you know how when you have a BIG event coming up and there is so much to do.......

what do you do?
you probably get the stuff done.
i get overwhelmed and have a tendency to crawl back in bed....can't face it all.
but i can't do that.
i just can't.

don't let me.
ha ha ha....how could you stop me?
i just won't.

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i keep forgetting to tell you....like forever....that i am leaving tomorrow for a
Blue Lily GoPro Reunion!! 

 

wendy + tyler are hosting a reunion for ANYone who has attending ANY of their GoPro workshops!
in utah.
i am so excited.
ready to learn even more about my camera....hug wendy....laugh (because tyler is a very funny guy).....take photos in the mountains...see my utah friends......YAY!

so that is tomorrow.

do you think i should pack?  ugh.
 
YOU need to go to one of their workshops.
you do.
and you need to go sit at their blog with a big cup of coffee for an hour and read about their travels...see their AMAZEBALL photos (wendy's word).....thier love for life and color......and you will leave happy.
you will.

FIND THEM in YOUR area to take YOUR picture....thye travel the entire world!

and i need to get our family's pictures done again already....time flies....and hair colors change!

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DON'T FORGET to go sign up to win a spot in
Ashley's SnapShops....winner picked tomorrow.
                                        
                                            

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would you like to win a copy of Matthew Mead's newest magazine? 
of course you would!

FALL is my favorite season so i can't wait to see what is in this magazine!

Autumn magazine is only availible online...not sold in stores.

you can order it  here on their website.

 

leave a comment to be entered to win your free copy!