Wednesday, July 20, 2011

{sock monkey party hats} - Crafty Crafty

I have been so busy lately with everything , so I haven't been on here for a few days! There is a good excuse... my son is turning ONE in 37 days... and like almost ALL first time moms, I want my sons birthday to be GRAND! (I just hope it all goes as I envision in my head). I am even making the Party hats! so I decided to post how I made them. hope you get inspired and enjoy!

I used standard party hat you can get at your local dollar store


turn the hat the seam and unlatch the hat
gently roll the hat so it is easier to roll inside out and re-latch
now, gently peal away the tape that is holding the elastic to the hat (if your hat doesnt have tape, skip this step)
Next, take 1/2 inch ribbon and cut into 16 inch strips (enough to do all your party hats)
fold the ribbon so there is about 1 inch difference on one side and fold the middle into each other to make the ribbon a slight 'V' shape
Hot glue the folded ribbon on the back seam of the hat, and strategically wrap the ribbon around the hat so it covers the part where the elastic is attached. Once the ribbon is brought around to the front of the hat, hot glue the ends of the ribbon so the overlapped part slightly hits the hat.
Once the ribbon is overlapped and hot glued, glue the ribbon down on the inside brim of the Party hat.
the front of the Party Hat should now look like this
after all of the ribbons are on the hats, I then hot glued a puff ball on the top of the hat.
I then cut 2 1/2 inch circles and drew/colored Party Sock Monkey's on them
VOILA! 

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

{a maternity}

Up late tonight (as usual) putting the finishing touches on my last Maternity session. I wish I could eat the photos right off the page!  {a} is such a stunning young woman and her belly is just so adorable! Enjoy .... 

WARNING - We are not liable for any sudden hunger grumbles and/or pains.





Monday, July 11, 2011

{a maternity} - sneak peek

Here is just a little taste of last Thursday's session. We had so much fun (boy, was it yummy) and I can't wait to post the rest!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

{inspiration} - artist

Alright, so I was thinking about what and who inspires me and decided to do a segment on just that! For the first few seasons of Americas Next Top Model, I never missed an episode! I love seeing the different photo challenges each week and learning about different photographers and their styles! HOWEVER; there was one Photographer/Artist that I could never get out of my head ... David LaChapelle. he is absolutely amazing, there are no words to express the gratitude I have for him sharing his work with the world! These are just a few of my Favorites from him (the less risque ones). I hope you enjoy his work as much as I do..

Lady GaGa
Christina Aguilera

Alicia Keys

Saturday, July 9, 2011

{k graduation event} - Sneak Peek

On June 29th, 2011, I had the honor of attending my beautiful sister Karrah's, Graduation Ceremony. I also had the honor of photographing the event and all of her friends! Here is a Sneak Peek of some of the eventful day! Enjoy ...

{Welcome}

WELCOME! Well here it is, my first ever blog!  I decided to try this out for myself, so lets hope I'm a natural or we are all in trouble!; After all how hard could it be?...right?....RIGHT?... I decided to gather some 'blog-spiration' (if you will) by visiting some of my favorite blogs. I have looked at hundreds of blogs and never did I think to my self 'I wonder how they came up with this' , nope not till now! May I just say PROPS to all you avid bloggers out there! There is way more to think about than just posting photos, you also gotta keep it interesting ... so here we go!