Featured - The Wedding Atlas

Mary & Ian's MSU Wedding was recently featured on The Wedding Atlas.

Christmas Card 2012

This is the Christmas card I made for  Brenda's Wedding Blog Card Swap. I made 7 of these and sent them to people all over the country!
The flower is actually a pin! These handmade pins are available on my Etsy shop.

Embossed stamp.

Vintage Lansing, MI postcard print inside.

Featured - Paper Moon Weddings

Amy and Craig's Autumn Wedding was recently featured on Paper Moon Weddings.

Silverbells 2012

2012 Silverbells in the City, downtown Lansing, Michigan.

The Silverbells celebration brings over 115,000 people to downtown Lansing each year. With the tree lighting ceremony, electric parade, concert on the Capitol steps, shopping village and fireworks – there is something for everyone to enjoy!

I have the privilege  of living in downtown Lansing. The Capitol building is across the street from my house (to the left of the row house shown in this photo). The pedestrian bridge (center) linking the Capitol building to the State buildings (right) is where they launch the fireworks for Silverbells. A cloud of smoke is seen rising from the launch site. All of these photos were taken from my front porch!

There's nothing like inviting 115,000 people over to hang out in your front yard and watch fireworks!

Fall Wedding

Some of my favorite photos from Amy & Craig's fall wedding.

Fall Family Session

A few of my favorite photos from a recent family session at Cooley Gardens in downtown Lansing.

10-11-12

10 Things I'm Thankful For, 11 Things I Like About Myself, and 12 Things I Want to Accomplish This Year.

This is my 10-11-12 list for the year:

10 things I'm thankful for:

1. My husband
2. My son and step-daughters
3. My cats (Yes, I love my cats!)
4. My creative job
5. The roof over my head
6. My extended family
7. My health
8. The beautiful Lake Michigan beaches
9. Sunsets
10. Kisses

11 things I like about myself:

1. My creativeness
2. My ability to "craft" something out of almost nothing!
3. My retro style
4. My ability to learn new things
5. My ability to take a photo and capture the emotion of the moment
6. Thrifty-ness and ability to stretch a dollar
7. Decorating style
8. My compassion for animals
9. How loving I am towards my husband
10. That I like to dance!
11. That I'm a pretty good cook!

12 things I want to accomplish this year:

1. Increase the number of weddings I shoot
2. Be active in the new groups I've joined
3. Attend a photography convention
4. Buy a house
5. Market my business effectively
6. Spend more time with my son
7. Enjoy summer more
8. Take a longer vacation with my husband
9. Take more photos with my husband
10. Craft/scrapbook more
11. Continue to count calories and get to my goal weight
12. Thank my husband everyday for being the love of my life