A Very Vintage Wedding

This morning has been entirely spent scanning an antique marriage certificate I found on an estate sale and replacing the photos with images I took a few months ago of my dear friend Kristin and her boyfriend, Chris. I'm not sure how she'll react to her face on a marriage certificate, but she and Chris have such cute mugs I couldn't resist. I listed this service on my etsy site just now, with the promise of a tiny photo tutorial for those who wish to have their own mugs on a personalized antique certificate.

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HOW TO MAKE OPTIMUM IMAGES FOR YOUR CERTIFICATE:

Love the cinemagraphs, er, uh, gifs

Love these beautiful new cinemagraphs (a fancy term for a gif) by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg.

Check out their site for more moving images made with a combination of video and stills, and put in gif format so the motion is continuous. It's an elegant response to those horrible glitter gifs we used to see on myspace. Remember those? With the unicorns and all that, sayings like: 'thanks for the add' and every bit as tacky as the 'someecards' we're being endlessly tortured by now on facebook.

Nikki + Brock engagement

I had a great time shooting this adorable couple's engagement. They are just model-gorgeous <3

She's crafty...

Took a tiny break from editing photos today to get crafty. Something about hot glue burns and the smell of spray paint renews the soul after lots of hours staring into a computer...

Ainsley Mae

Passing the test, keeping the boobies

Clockwise from top: Neon necklace by Birdie Num Num, I <3 Boobies pencils by The Common Grade, Mrs. Roper, just because she's Mrs. Roper, Pink Knit Motorcycle Cozy by Trixie and Milo, Bill Murray Onesie by Truly Sanctuary, Hot Pink Slingshot by Hella Slingshots.

I got my tests back yesterday and my boobs will go on. I found a lump about a month ago today after having one of my awkward 'Medium' dreams where someone had cancer, I just didn't know who it was. Awoke from the dream only to find a lump and totally catastrophize. If you don't know what catastrophizing is, it's what people are doing today who were strongly convinced that if Obama won a 2nd term, the entire earth would explode. I kind of want to yell at them, "Get a grip! If you want a real scare, try on a cancer scare or try living in a place where testing and health care aren't very available!" I'm happy about our President's 2nd term, and hoping, fingers crossed, we'll get an excellent health care plan figured out in the next four. Every single person in the United States deserves appropriate and proper, reasonably priced care.

Contemplating Holiday Gifts

Mug sweaters with pockets and mittens, top and bottom middle, $16.50 - $19, via MugSweater
Green cable cardigan sweater, $200, via Knits By Jessie
Let's Go On An Adventure print, 8.5 x 11 inches, $20, via Bubby and Bean
Yellow Heart photographic print, 16 x 20 inches, $75, via The Paris Print Shop
One size dress with knit detail, $129, via Duende74

Yellow and Greyvember

Clockwise from top: Painted vintage Freud, found on Pinterest, Triangle throw by Yarning Made, Bronze leather cuff with gilded stones by Fine and Funky Jewelry, Grey Knit cowl by Maybe The White Dog, Glitter-dipped feathers found on Pinterest, Neon Chain Necklace by Studio Hx3

Tule Springs Magic

I love 'em, love 'em, love 'em! Seana and Lils met me today at Tule Springs in North Las Vegas (pronounced too-ey), a spot that barely reminds me of anywhere near here. It's actually... sort of... Nebraska-ish. These natural springs were visited by large prehistoric mammals in an era when the southern Nevada area was much cooler and wetter. Fossil remains of extinct mammoths, bison, horses, camels, giant sloths and other animals have been found in Tule Springs.

...and here's flapper Lils! I used the "collodion" action from Florabella, then added the frame on pixlr-o-matic.

Red Rock Gypsies

I photographed the adorable Corinna and Kyler this morning out at Calico Basin, near Red Rock just outside of Las Vegas. The whole area out there is soooo beautiful, and photoing these two cute girls was a blast. Five more shoots tomorrow, and a few over the weekend, then they'll send me packin' back to Nebraska. Vegas is making me want to stay a little longer.

Vegas Gypsy

When I tell people I lived in Vegas for seven years, their minds instantly flash to some sort of image created by the people who brought you casinos, rather than an up and coming downtown, an indie music scene, an ever growing arts community, which finally is getting its due with support from Zappos and even a few downtown casinos. Today we found one of the greatest new addition to the downtown arts district: Gypsy Caravan. A full sized stuffed lion (with a disclaimer he died of natural causes), circus signs, dinosaur statues, a fully stocked vintage boot room, and some 60s hanging lights we were dying over. Everywhere I turned, fabulous! The endearing photos were in the entry, and I fell in loooove with these dancing kids.