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an irish story

Happy St Patrick's Day!! I wanted to share a quick story from a friend of ours who's from Northern Ireland. As you probably know, Ireland is divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland .. and they have a long history of violent fighting between protestants and catholics. When our friend was young, him and his sister found some gold coins in an old abandoned building and ended up giving them away to people. They were among the first to find coins, and after that everyone in town dug through the rubble to try and find more. It was called the "Gold Rush of 69" and with the rehab the government is currently doing they are replacing militant murals and graffiti with murals that represent the good people of Northern Ireland. One such mural is about the Gold Rush! I thought it was really cool that our friend was able to be a part of it ;) I posted the original newspaper article as well as a photo of the mural. 

 

 
 

spring seat

I am so excited for the warmer weather that I KNOW has to be heading our way! :) We bought some hanging seats last fall from IKEA and still havent had a chance to put them on our porch yet ... and I can feel that the time is coming. Maybe this weekend or the next ... can't wait! I'll definitely share photos of them when they're finally up. But here is what they look like ...

 

We were inspired by the fun hanging chairs at the W in Mexico City, so after an extensive search, we actually found some in our price range. ;) They're super comfy and will be a great place to hang out this spring and summer!

music monday

Ohhh yes it's American Idol time!! Matt and I have been watching since the auditions and are really excited to finally see the top 12 perform on the big stage. We've definitely seen a lot of bad performances over the past few weeks, but there have been a few that have stuck out. During Hollywood week, Didi Benami sang "Terrified," written by Kara Dioguardi. We loved her voice with that song, and although we can't download the Hollywood week songs, Katharine McPhee also recorded it ... and it sounds beautiful by her! So ... we just had to buy it ;) I can't wait to see how this season turns out!!

new + exciting-ness ;)

I wanted to share a sneak peek of a project we're currently working. It's an informational booklet for our portrait clients that will include EVERYTHING you need to know once booking us! Ideas for what to wear, reminders, product information and ideas, and a place to put your wall measurements so you'll know exactly where to put your products once you get them!! And ... they're all personalized just for you! We should have these in a few weeks ... so look for them in the mail once you book your session!!

 

Ainsley | Arkansas Children's Photography

We had several photo sessions today, but I wanted to share this super cute 16 month old with you. It has finally gotten (barely) warm enough to photograph outside ... and Ainsley was one of the most happy and cooperative kids, and she even knows sign language!

 

Lulabelle

Hey everyone, it's Matt! I'm substituting for Meghan today! I had something really simple but really cool happen today that I thought worth sharing. In our neighborhood we have Mail Men (and Mail Women) delivering to our box on our house. I didn't realize this, but you get to know the person delivering your mail better when they actually come right up to your doors, or they're walking by while you're coming or going. Anyway, this sort of brief interaction with our Mail Man Larry, started a conversation a few weeks back about old, vintage medium format film. Larry's mother had found a bunch of old negatives, but had no idea what was on them. I told him about a local lab that could print them for him, and asked if he would bring them by once he'd had them printed. Today, while I was working on orders, the doorbell rang and to my delight, Larry was standing there beaming with a stack of square prints. We flipped through the photos as he and I discussed the subject matter, the most likely year they were captured, and so on. This particular photo grabbed me before he even mentioned that this was his grandmother. Because of her posture, the other photos, etc, he estimated this photo was taken 20 years before her passing … the early 1950's. This woman hasn't been around for nearly 40 years, and he and his mother just happened to find a group of negatives, that included this one. My hope is that everyone will experience the simple joy that a photo of a loved one can bring ;)

thrift thursday ;)

Well, I didn't actually go thrift store shopping today, but over the weekend Matt and I went to Potter's House in Fayetteville (on our quest to find 80s clothes) and ended up stumbling across this chair! We fell in love with the shape, and have decided to take it apart and paint the legs a darker grey. It's quite a heavy chair, and has a cool little plaque on the back that says "city of fayetteville" with a number. Hopefully Fayetteville doesn't need their chair back ;)

 

mmmm shoes

This post is brought to you courtesy of Free People. I got their catalog in the mail today ... and you'd never guess what shoes they were showing off. I am not even sure what to call them ... boots? platforms? clogs? what?! So I had to share, cause they were that crazy. ;) So what do you think? Could I pull them off?! Would I even want to pull them off ... this is the question!

 

courtney and tatum | Northwest Arkansas Family Photography

We had so much fun with the Hedgepeth family a couple of weeks ago! Some would say that it's challenging photographing two older kids, but I absolutely love this photo of Courtney and Tatum! So classic ...

 

crazy 80s

First of all, I have to admit that I'm not blogging about what I REALLY want to, which is the article that Professional Photographer Magazine wrote about us for their April issue. ;) We were able to see a digital rough today which was so exciting ... but we'll have to wait til it hits newsstands to really show it off!

So tonight, I have decided instead to show you what I would look like if I lived in the 80s. Oh, I guess I did live in the 80s but wasn't old enough to wear true 80s clothes. ;) Matt and I went to an 80s Homecoming Murder Mystery party with the youth group kids on Sunday night which was a lot of fun, and meant that we got to dress up like crazy people! ;) Matt took this pic of me with his iPhone, so the colors are kind of funky, but yes I was sporting a big poofy one-shoulder PINK dress, big bow headband with as much big hair as my short cut allows. I was even voted best dressed ... and too bad you can't see my fishnet tights! Ha!