This week’s collection is quieter, more real, and much less “manufactured,” I think. I love real images, images that aren’t made but discovered. The more I think about it, the more right it feels to want to photograph life as it is – not life in a tidy box. The deepest emotions and the truest moments always seem to happen when no one is trying to make them happen. And I think that’s why I’m falling more in love with doing so much by hand in my own design work, and documenting some of that work with my camera. It…
Archive for February, 2013
Inspiring Daring >>> Blog Design
Rachelle is a dancer at heart, mixed with a little pirate princess. (Isn’t that an awesome bio? =D) And that’s exactly how she described her style to me…a combination of pretty peaches and icy blues and all things pirate-y. So we came up with a design that I think captures all of that – princess colors, sparkles, and some pirate themes. I loved working with Rachelle – she was incredibly sweet and kind throughout the whole process, and was definitely so much fun to collaborate with! Be sure to check out her blog and leave her some love!
Monday Inspiration
Today is another one of those quite, gray, coffee-filled work days. It’s nice to have steady weeks, when work is fun and I can enjoy the quiet. The next couple of days are going to be full of different projects and lots of wonderful people, and I’m looking forward to it. And I’m looking forward to spending my free time later on away from the computer – reading or writing or just listening to music instead. I think it’s going to be a good week. ♥ {all images via pinterest. clockwise, from top left: 1 // 2 // 3 //…
Finding My Voice
When I started my first blog in 2010, I really had no idea what I was doing. At that point I signed up for Blogger because the Windows Live blog I had been using wouldn’t allow me to add custom HTML and JavaScript widgets to the sidebar. Blogger would. I knew next to nothing about coding or design – I did know, though, that you could copy and paste some text and get something cool out of it! My focus was on photography (and I’ll admit right now that I wasn’t very good!), and I considered my blog a fun…