Currently I love....

So, as promised, I have another monthly instalment of the things I am loving of late!



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I have been obsessed with Grey's Anatomy these days (just ask my hubby)! I have offically finished seasons 1-6 and now must find a way other than Netflix to watch season 7! AH! Suggestions?!

I thoroughly enjoy reading my friend Laura's blog, Laura Likes Design! She has TONS of great info on healthy living and creativity in general! Check her out!!

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Pinterest!! My new favorite place to go for awesome ideas and to just have fun finding things I enjoy! Who knew filing photos of things you love could be so fun!?

I can't {hear} enough of Maroon 5's cd Hand's All Over Me these days!! I LOVE every song. Those of you who have riden in the car with me would know this is true :-)

Good 'ol Starbucks, my always fave. Yes, Starbucks over anything (coffee related)! Also this photo was taken with the Retro Camera App on my phone {hipsteroku} - LOVE IT!



Thanks for reading! {nel}

Senior 2012- Trevor

I got so lucky with this session, we dodged the rain and had a great shoot! Thanks for being a great subject, I hope you enjoy these first few shots!













Thanks for reading {nel}

Model Wanted!!

I'm sure your all wondering whatever happened to my mini session day, or maybe not, but anyways.... It is still in the works :-) I have been having such a hard time putting it together and choosing a day because of all this rain!! So I'm going to have it more towards the end of July. I have the location picked out and will have all the details sometime next week! I have also been wanting to do a more fashion{y} geared session, get really creative, ya know! So I am looking for a model, a volunteer of sorts. A girl{woman} of age 20yr. and over. Must be willing to drive to location of shoot and to decide with my help{tips} your clothing choices, hair, makeup and accessories. I would love to hear from you!
These are some photos of my packaging for this year, I am loving the yellow!!

Our new best friend....

Halligan! Our new baby puppy, and our first dog together, pretty fun! We have been really lucky so far, this dog sleeps and we LOVE that! He's been going to bed around 11:00pm and wakes himself up to go out around 6:00am! Good puppy!! The kids are loving him, at least Duane is, our three year old. Jacob is a little more annoyed by him :-) Here are a few photos so far, I'm sure he will be photographed as much as my kids.... Just look at this face!





Thanks for reading!- {Nel}

Jake Jake

These are my little guys 1 year photos! Time goes by so fast.... Jake's our little peanut, and our cuddler:-) He is also our mischievous one, he does this little smirk all the time that really makes us think he's up to something! I had fun with these: here are my favorites!













As always, thanks for reading! {Nel}

Currently I love....

I have been thinking of more personal blog posts so that you can get to know me a little better! Hopefully it will give anyone who has thought of booking a session with me a chance to learn a little about me so you don't feel I'm a total stranger when I meet you at your photo shoot:-)Maybe once a month I will try to post on current favorites of mine. I feel like if you know me better, maybe you'll already feel comfortable in front of my camera!



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My boys, they are a constant favorite of mine. I am seriously out-numbered, but I am a very active person so I enjoy the craziness. I love them.

A recent craft project(yes, I like 'crafts') fabric flowers. I found out they are super easy to make and they are adorable on headbands.... Now if I could just find some cute little girls to model them for me.....

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We have dreams here. I love my life:-)

My new wind chime, soooo relaxing. It reminds me of days at my grandparents house on the lake, and it's a windy day today so I've been enjoying it!

My new camera bag, it was my gift on Mother's Day!! I was in need of something more functional. Totally love it.

Spring, and all that goes with it! I am loving being outdoors with my family, jogging and going to the park, also swimming outside for the fist time this season yesterday! I am SO happy to get outside and take pictures again! Goodbye for now winter!

I made a cake...

...and it turned out so much better than I thought it would!! I made this adorable owl cake for my Jake Jake's 1st birthday party and believe me when I tell you I haven't made a cake yet that was this easy! So you bake the 2 cake mixes in 2 different sized pyrex bowls and then put the same sized ones together to make two cirles, body and head. Then frost, and because you want it to look like feathers you don't have to worry about getting the frosting super perfect, YES! I used halved Oreo's for the ears and eyes, along with Junior Mints for the eye balls. Bananna Runts make the beak and toes and mini chocolate chips for the belly. Ta Da!! Cute huh?!





Seriously if I could make this you can too(just sayin')... Thanks for reading! {Nel}

New business cards!

So, I decided to change my logo around this year and make my color scheme yellow! I have changed my logo around several times since I started out and I think I finally have what I want, for awhile anyways:-) I am so excited about my new double sided, rounded corners business cards, very fun!! I have been reading a lot about developing my "brand" lately and they say a great logo and design layout really help draw people to your company. I have been working to make my business true to my style and the things I love because thats the one thing that sets me apart from other photographers. This year I really want to focus on finding my niche in photography and developing that skill. I feel like my style comes out a ton in my photos, now I just need to develop a business style. And I am NOT great at the business end of things. One major thing I am going to try harder at is this blog and making regular posts! Yay! Be it business or personal I will blog more!! Follow me here often, I would love to hear from you, and I will be posting random givaways throughout the summer! I am trying to pull together another mini-session day for sometime at the end of June, I should have that up soon.
For now a couple photos of my new cards!







Thanks for reading! {Nel}

a graduation

I am so happy I had the opportunity to capture my husbands, cousins(did I say that right?:-)) graduation day from college! Becky is a SUPER talented lady and I couldn't be happier for her and excited to see all her 'post' college adventures I know she will have. As a side note, Becky is also an AMAZING artist and has recently drawn our boys from photos I have taken, we will treasure these works of art for the rest of our life:-) If you would ever consider having a drawing of you or a family member done definatly check her out! All you need to know is here: http://www.wix.com/rorythegrammargeek/loveofgraphiteHope you enjoy the first few edits from your day Becky!!