The art of living

Hi! I'm still here! I'm just all over the place these days. The school year is wrapping up for me. (Did you know I'm a high school art teacher during regular business hours?) And there's always so much to be done in this time when you pair the aforementioned up with the start of wedding season for me.

I've also kicked off a new business venture called Make and Take Masterpieces that will provide painting parties and traveling art instruction for artists as young as toddlers clear up to those who are the youngest at heart! Another business? Sure it sucks up a little more of my time but it's doing something that I love which is MAKE ART and help other people learn to make art and that's what I'm all about! I'm all about the art. But don't go thinking I don't have time for photography or my beloved family. No way... my life is full of those things I love as well. In fact, here's a beautiful portrait of my tiny little lady who will soon be turning three! My how the years fly when you don't sit around fretting about how little you have left of them...

I took this impromptu portrait of my sweet little girl at Easter time so despite the fact that it looks as if she's in the starring role of a sweet and cherubic flower girl, not the case! She simply picked this dress as the one she should wear for Easter Sunday. She's all fancy and girly like that!

Anyway, just wanted to check in on things here and let you know that I've got a wedding right around the corner! It will kick off wedding season for me this year and I'm really excited about it. Stay tuned!

Shhhhh! Don't tell ANYONE.

Technically I shouldn't even be showing these to you. Why? Well, because I wasn't supposed to take them in  the first place because I was asked to be at this wedding as a bridesmaid and NOT the photographer. But, well... you can't tell me not to take pictures! Telling a visual artist/professional wedding photographer "Don't take pictures" is like saying to a fish, "Please. Try NOT to swim!" I gotta get some shots in. I HAVE TO capture and preserve the moments that are placed before me. It's what I do!

Still, as God insisted and he knows best, after I took these pictures, my memory card filled itself to max capacity and I had to stop. *shrug* Good thing because I would easily have ended up trying to stuff my full-frame into a little evening bag for the rest of the festivities. Little black bridesmaid dress and awkwardly stuffed purse? Uh... NO.  Well, at least I got some of the lovely details...

Congratulations, Alyson! The "Once upon a time..." you wished for on stars and the "Happily Ever after" you've dreamed of all of your life has finally arrived. May the Lord bless you and your holy covenant with Jorge with only the richest life has to offer.