With the help of a magician/carpenter/painter/fixer of all things {message me if you need his contact info}, we screened in our carport. In Charleston, you paint your porch ceiling and door blue to keep away the haints and remind you of the sky. This, is what I want, I told him. He totally got it....
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-TOMS new fall styles are so cute. Love the corduroy and I have worn my wedges all summer. They are more comfortable than flip flops and I didn’t think that was possible. The TOMS blog has a nice September Playlist posted here. My favorite tracks are the ones from Local Natives and Mirah. -NPR posted...
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Some days I have to remind myself that there is a lot of beauty in the world. That somewhere, someone is throwing a cherry themed birthday party.
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Not very long ago, a dear friend of 12 years asked if I would photograph her wedding. She said, “I understand if you don’t want to do it. If it would be bad for your business.” Her words “bad for your business” made me feel so sad. Can you imagine feeling like a photograph of...
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My husband’s birthday is tomorrow. Tonight, my daughter and I made him a cake. When I was waiting in line to pay for the ingredients at Kroger, I noticed these beautiful images from Carter Smith in the new Elle Magazine. And speaking of photographers, Herman Leonard died this week. I thoroughly enjoyed the advice he...
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*Martha Stewart’s Crafting Blog featured these balloons converted into floating ice cream cones with a little help from construction paper. So cute. *Love these paper cut out bookmarks I saw on Etsy. Adorable. *I’ve always wanted to host one of these outdoor movie parties. It has been a bit of an obsession. This Fall, it...
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I wanted to share a few recommendations from our short weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s only an hour and a half west on I-64, and yet I rarely get over there. It’s such a fun city. We kicked off the weekend on Friday evening with a photo shoot. Todd Pellowe took some photographs of me...
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We ran the back-to-back wedding gauntlet this weekend. It was amazing and so much fun. My husband shot with me and I love his images probably more than my own. It was so great to have him there. I won’t embarrass him {any more than I already have} by posting huge photos, but I am...
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This song {Animal Arithmatic by Jonsi} could be the Paper Boat Photography theme song for this busy, amazing and lovely season of photographs. “We should all be oh oh oh alive.” Love it.
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