Sneak peek....

Dave and Melissa's wedding was SOOOO much fun. These two are so much fun and they love each other so much..i cant wait to tell their wedding story through these images! These are just a few to wet your whistle until I have their slide show together...she was so beautiful and Dave was so handsome...and he had so much hair...MMM! :) hehehe Love you Dave and Im working on that editing we talked about right now! hahah enjoy! more to come shortly...

And we're off....

Alrighty..Im off to a wedding full of wedding craziness! Today is Melissa and Dave's wedding and Im SOOOOOOO incredibly excited about it...they are literally the sweetest couple ever and I am so honored to be a part of their day! Then tomorrow my cousin and her hubby are having a vow renewal after 10 YEARS of marriage...so exciting so...stay tuned for images next week! have a good weekend!

And to leave you all an image..here are Melissa and Dave... LOVES!

New Bridal Folders...

Well...they are not actually folders at all! :) I have had the HARDEST time trying to come up with something that will allow me to package my material that I had out to our brides (contracts....bridal worksheets...you get the drift) and I think Ive FINALLY found it! :) I ordered GIANT..and I mean GIANT envelopes in Chocolate and round cream colored labels and a flower stamp (that makes our logo!) and its all finally come in. So here is pretty much how our new packets will look. Its super cute and really nicely put together, but we are stamping each individual label with our flower emblem AND they will all be embossed (2 more weeks til my new embosser comes it!) around the flower... I hope you guys like it and Im excited to start handing them out! I hope you all like the colors tying in with our new logo and I promise..we wont change this for a while!



Here is the cute flower stamp...sans embossing...



And here it is all together. :) Simply...classy...fun.. :) I love it.

Dancing shoes...

I love shoes...I REALLY love shoes..and lately I have decided that..as shallow as it absolutely sounds... I would love to be the girl with really cute shoes. :) She never tell you your fat..they never tell you your not good enough...they have completely change the way you feel .... shoes are great. :) So I think I have sort of a problem....the said statements above..all a problem. Anthony doesnt mind if I buy a pair of shoes now and again..and Im not out spending a ton of money on a pair or anything by ANY means...like for instance...the "shoe man" as we DCF ladies refer to him as...Im talking about the ebay salesman who buys shoes at wholesale and sells them on ebay discounted...well, he has a quarterly sale to get rid of the last seasons left over shoes... Im talking Nine West, Chinese Laundry, Jessica Simpson, Steve Madden, Rampage, Velocity...you name it and this man has it! Well...my friend Katie and I stalk the newspapers at the beginning of each season change here in Ga and we wait and we wait and we wait until we see that he has a sale coming up...and then we POUNCE! Well, he had a sale a few weeks ago and he had every pair on sale for $2.00!!! TWO DOLLARS! And Im talking the real deals! No Mera Tadly' here friends! So I dropped a $20.00 like it was nothing and walked out with 10 FABULOUS pair of new shoes...a set of yummy red feux snake skin pumps by Jessica Simpson...several pairs of Steve Madden pumps, a pair of BCBG Girls pumps (which ...is starting to become my favorite brand...along with Carlos Santana...hes AMAZING, thanks Miss.. :) ) a pair of Nine West, a pair of Chinese Laundry, and a pair of flats by Report, Rampage, and some other company I cant remember... So anywho...you probably think Im rediculously selfish at this point..I mean..who needs 10 pair of shoes..but when it ONLY cost me $20.00..IIIIIIII needed 10 pairs of shoes. :) hehehe Okay..so long story short... I have this strapless brown dress that I have been looking for Gold shoes to wear with. Ive had ..NO LUCK..and I happened across these the other day.. :) hehehe They were a pair of something cheap I got off ebay (my old boss back in the banking days told me about getting shoes off of ebay and after one of my brides told me I HAD to try it..Im sold. :) ) but they are going to be perfect and they made me happy. :) So..here are my new shoes...








And my feet like them too!!!!

More from the Festival...

So here are some more fun images from our fun weekend!

Lots of really stinkin cute kids!



A cool car show...




cotton candy...YUM!




Me and Jill... :)


And then there was this....they TOTALLY had this board of chicken recipes...right next to the baby chicken booth!!! can we talk about this...??? :) heheheh




Then Jill got hungry...shesh...cant take her ANY WHERE! :)



and this donkey was funny.... he wouldnt move...at all..ever...




The End...

Sneak peak...

So this weekend I shot images at a festival in Greensboro, Ga and we had a blast! :) Im still working on the images ....so please stay tuned...in the mean time...heres a picture of my new jewelry..hehehe..and oh yea..I chopped 7 inches of my hair off..it was time for a change!

Oh the possibilities...

So a few of you know....we are looking for studio space! YIPPIE! We are not looking for a space to shoot a ton..even though the layout we have planned out in our minds would allow for a few really fun shooting options...but were not looking to do backgrounds and all that jazz...but more so a place where you can come meet with me...view your proofs...pick up your images and albums...and just plan hang out with me and chat over a cup of coffee (or a glass of wine...its MY space...why not! hehehehe). So I thought I would dedicate this blog post to the possibilities..i feel like this year I have taken so many risks and they are all paying off remarkably...so this is the next obvious step
and were really excited about it and all the great opportunities it could bring. But with this next step..it also brings more overhead costs...more responsibility...and more chances for me to FREAK OUT if I have a slow month..so I just want to ask for you all to pray a few things for us..they are the following.. :) hehehe

Pray that we make the right choice about the right location at the right time!
Pray that we will constantly get new clients that we can serve
Pray that we are able to be successful in this en devour and that my family, friends, and current clients are all able to benefit from this next step.

The location we are looking into is in Annsonburrough on the east side of Athens and its a really great place. They have a TON of new businesses moving in to this brand new location and I think it could be a great place for us to be! Check out their website and let us know what you think! We have been dealing with mr.Chuck Gallis who developed the entire complex and he has been absolutly wonderful! We can wait to see how this all turns out and I really appreciate all of you who make this kind of expansion possible...and by the way..if we get in this space (it would be around June/July-ish) we would have one hell of a grand opening!

Take a look through their website... www.ansonboroughofathens.com


And since blog posts are boring with out pictures... I thought I would post a picture of our sweet sophie...this is when she was just a puppy...but this weekend Anthony is out of town so I get to be cuddled by my puppies tonight...so I thought I would stroll down memory lane with this picture... you guys have a great weekend!!!

My acting debute...

so...most of you know that since July of 2007..ive lost right around 30lbs...its been super great and all but my mom kicks my butt in her gym at least 2x a week. Well...last week i was at her gym and she asked me to help her with videotaping a small interview of her so that it could be used for part of a documentary that is being done on her gym. I told her yes..but then we goofed around with the camera for a little bit...and I threw on my best redneck southern accent and promoted the gym as best i knew how.. :) hahahaah i cried the first time i saw this because i was laughing so hard... you guys might not think its too funny but i thought i would share it anyway...and the lady Im talking about in the video is my mom...Terri Moss...shes a world champ and one kick butt trainer...check out her website HERE


p.s. i DO NOT always look like this... and do not fear that I will show up to a shoot looking like this... this was definitely a POST workout look. hahahahaah

Just another Saturday night....

So...tonight Anthony and I had NO PLANS..... which we then tend to turn into CRAZY PLANS...I dont know why it always works that way...but it does. So this afternoon we were working at a charity event for the Mercy Clinic here in Athens where we both LOVE to volunteer...(this place is awesome so you guys check it out)... Well when it was over we realized that it had been forever since we didnt have anything to do...so I looked at Anthony and said... "I think I want to get my nose pierced!" Well..if you know my husband you know he is very driven and once he has set his mind to it..its as good as done...so next thing I know we're at American Classic tattoo and piercing here in Athens, Ga. and in signing a waiver! my friend Missy used them when she got her last tattoo and said that they were awesome....so I was feeling like we were in good hands (which is totally comforting when you are about to be stabbed through the head with a GIANT needle!!! ) :) So...we brought along the camera to document the whole night...here you go.. :)

*side note..this weekend I purchased Boutwell's Totally Rad Actions and Im still experimenting so pardon the construction on my images. :)



Heres American Classic...the cleanest and nicest tattoo parlor (???) Ive ever been to!


Anthony's got the fever... so he scoped out the work these artist have done...




Me...pre-piercing...



I loved all the fun lighting inside American Classic...these people did it up right when it came to decorating! Oh...and on the back door, the one that looks like a mirror..they had a sign that said "pirate" instead of "private" it made me laugh..a LOT! HA!

Alrighty...it was my turn and this is Mark...he is the owner and he was very thorough in making sure everything was safe and clean and in tip top shape for me to get pierced...

This is me playing scared for the camera...


This is me REALLY scared for the camera...


Here we goooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





I wont lie..it hurt like a BEAST!


hahahahahah! This is totally my take on that old school crazy movie Hellraiser... cant really remember the movie but I know a guy had pens sticking out of his head everywhere.... but...Mark told me to make a mean face...there are totally tears in my eyes though..I couldnt keep them from watering!


whew...glad that was over...



Mark cleaned me up and got me ready to head out of the door...he was SOOOO gentle and totally talked me through the whole thing...it was great!

And we finish it off with a picture..of course... this is me with Mark and Josh, his apprentice...





So if any of you guys out there are thinking about getting your nose pierced....or considering a new tattoo...i HIGHLY recommend these guys...and make sure that you tell them that we sent you! Thanks guys!

Maura and Chris...and baby!

Meet Maura and Chris! We got together for a maternity shoot yesterday and we had the best time! They own a hole slew of dog and they are about as sweet and friendly as you can get! Maura and i started at their BEAUTIFUL house and made sure to make their first babies ( all 3!) feel super loved so that they know mom and dad will still love them once baby is here! Then Chris met up with us and we headed to the great outdoors...with spiders and all! It was really fun and we laughed a LOT... i just love these two and I can not wait to see what their baby is like... here are a few favorites from the shoot...








And this is US when we finished.... I promise Chris was a lot more interested than he looks in this picture! hahahah

Ericka, Daniel, and Noah....

Meet Ericka and Daniel...and their sweet baby Noah. BOY do I have history with this family! I have known these 2 for...lets count it out... 1, 2,...almost 13 years! WOW! These two have a really cool story and its so neat to see them after this WAYYYYY too long period of time! Dan and Erika dated for all of high school...parted ways after high school...and then got back together like 4 years later and last month they celebrated 4 awesome years of marriage! How much fun is that..i still remember talking to Dan when i was in college and listening to him say how much he loved Ericka...I knew these two would end up together! I even sang at their wedding so...its been a long time coming that I got them in front of my camera! Baby Noah is so rediculously cute and seems to the complete combination of both mama and daddy and its totally crazy to see! I kept saying.. "its a little baby Daniel AND Ericka!" I just love this whole bunch and I cant wait to see them again...we have a double date plan in the works so, no more years passing without seeing each other again!

When I talked to Ericka about her session she said that she didn't want anything set up or too clean...and that they didn't mind getting a little dirty...my favorite type of clients. :) hehehe so, we had plans to leave their home and head out to a few different locations..but when I got there and saw what was in their back yard...I was stuck and wouldn't leave!

We started with some play time in the floor with mom and dad...




Then when we headed outside, THIS is what I saw! Dan restores old classics and had these beautiful old trucks hanging out in his backyard so I knew we HAD to use them!


Noah was a little sad it wasn't sunny and warm outside... here's his sad face... :)




We put Noah in his old McDonald car and he played us some mood music while mom and dad got a few pictures together... :)




Altogether... a super fun day. The weather was crappy...kinda raining and chili...but the work space we had was SO much fun and these 3 were a blast to work with so... we got over the weather! Thanks for braving the rain guys!