Tate the Great

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I am the worst at baby books. I mean, obviously, I’m not very crafty, and I honestly don’t do to well with written journal keeping (although I’m working on it!) so I have two, half-filled books with zero photos. I rule. When Lucy was two, I decided it was time to stop writing her monthly letters on the blog, and instead write them yearly. It was around this time I discovered Blurb, an online retailer that makes the most beautiful books out of your photos. I decided in lieu of a traditional baby book, I’d make one for Lulu by using Blurb to put together a book of images and words from those years of letters. I called it “Life with Lu” and it was a huge hit with my family.

I attempted once again with Tate to create a traditional baby book, but as I should have known, I never got around to completing it. So when he was around four weeks old, I decided to go ahead and start writing him letters on the blog as well, thinking I would compile them all in a Blurb book once he turned two. And as luck would have it, Blurb is a big sponsor of Alt Summit, which I am attending this week! They gave all the attendees a free book, and you could use the credit to make whatever you wanted. Enter, my new baby book, “Tate the Great.”

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I love the look of these books, and I love that I now have a matching set. Huge thanks to Blurb and Alt Summit for making it a reality! And for all of you lazy moms out there that can’t complete a baby book…there is hope!

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(I also use Blurb to make my yearly photobooks…check them out here! Or check out the NYC + KC Blurb book here!)

7 x 7 : Week 2

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selling girl scout cookies with a few girls from the troop // my wedding song painted on canvas // my girl // tate’s first train set (a hand me down from lulu) // playing on the back porch after school // a sad balloon a day after it lost it’s helium // taking pics for an upcoming style shoot, lulu perfecting her model pout

(Week 1 is here)

Go Mighty Update

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I’m still going strong on my Go Mighty goal of photographing 15 mothers by the end of the month. I’m almost halfway there, and I’m definitely starting to feel the crunch. Here are a few outtakes from some of my recent shoots. Aren’t these ladies beautiful?!

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My most recent stories are up on Go Mighty, and I’d love for you to go read them. I feel so honored to be invited in to these women’s lives, and each one has a tale to tell. Motherhood is such a shared experience, I am so lucky to get to document it.

Angie – “Ever since I became a mother, my heart is both more fragile and yet more fierce than ever before.”

Tara – “You can listen to what everyone tells you about being a mom, but you won’t truly know how your life will be dramatically altered until you become one.”

Rachel – “Being a mother is a gift from God and it was what I am designed for.”

More to come…soon!

7 x 7

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I have decided to try a new photo series around here as a way to force myself to pick up my real camera and catch snippets of my day. I have become so reliant on my iPhone for images, I thought this might be a fun way to get back in to the real deal. I’m calling the series 7 x 7, as it will feature seven photos, one for every day of the week. This week’s is a little out of sorts, since I decided to do this about halfway through and so I had to supplement using a couple iPhone photos. Never again! (OK, I will probably do this again…let’s cut me some slack here.) Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little glimpse in to our week!

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being at home more means more dishes in the sink // lu and i bought fancy new shoelaces for our sneakers, i’m hoping it will get me excited about running again // my living room on it’s last day in it’s holiday finery // replacing holiday photos and pine needles with old school images and fresh flowers // teaching lu to play chess // lu and i cutting out images for our 2013 goal collages…her goal is apparently to acquire as many american girl dolls as possible // mr. eyelashes and me enjoying a warm winter afternoon outside

Blogger Headshots

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A few months back, when I realized I was going to have some upcoming projects that would put me in the spotlight more than in the past, I realized I needed to get some blogging headshots. I am one of the rare bloggers who doesn’t have a husband or best friend on standby to take photos of my outfits or projects, so most of the posts on this site have featured photos of people other than myself (unless they are self-taken Instagram photos, which are horrible and wonderful all at the same time). I wanted to have a few photos on file that I could use for upcoming posts, projects and in the major (upcoming!) redesign of this site. Enter my high school friend, Christina Gepner, who graciously offered to help me out! You have probably seen a few of these photos sprinkled throughout posts, but I wanted to share a few favorites here, and also give a huge shout out to Christina, who is pretty much amazing. Thank you, Christina!

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Christina also has a fab Etsy shop where she creates hand rolled streamers, called Extravagant Exits. If you have a party, wedding or big event coming up, you want to check her out!

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