Congratulations to Mary Clausen for being the lucky blogger in January…lucky #15 on January 16ths Vintage Barn Aprons post!!! She won an adorable Vintage Barn apron!!! I will announce tomorrow what next month’s lucky blogger prize will be…HINT…it is a gift certificate from one of my FAV places

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Thanks everyone for your posts! I just love to hear from you all…it really makes my day Keep ‘em coming! Happy Blogging

Just received an email about this…wanted to pass on the info. Sounds like a fun thing to do this weekend! Meet you at Pottery Barn on Sunday

It was way colder than I expected (today). However, little miss “L” was so awesome!!! She is so sweet and very beautiful She was so cute…she said to me, “Miss Chris, can we do this again sometime?” !!! Seriously, Can I adopt her?

Isn’t she precious! And I love this red skirt!

I am back from my trip. (I’ll post some pics later from the trip & I have a funny thing to tell you about!)

I did a product shoot yesterday for The Vintage Barn. She will be adding these adorable aprons to her website (as soon as I give her the pics.  They will be available for sale soon! Ok…so, are these not the cutest flipp’n aprons you’ve ever seen! I just love them! So, you know what that means.  One of my favs things… I will be giving away one of these darling aprons to a LUCKY blogger this month. Remember all you have to do is post a comment here or there and be the lucky blog post.  It’s that easy. Lucky Winner will be announced February 1st. Happy Blogging!

http://www.barnbarnbaby.com and their # is 208-640-1318. You can get on their mailing list…next show is in July.

I went out the other day, just to see the beauty of our winter right now (and to get to use my new camera & lens…especially outdoors)!. It literally looked like a winter wonderland. Coeur d’Alene is so beautiful! I can’t believe I live here! I LOVE it here…(even with the 10′ of snow) can’t imagine living anywhere else in the world! We Idaho’ns are truly blessed to live here!    more pics later…
Off tomorrow - out of town for photog workshop…Have a wonderful weekend!
PS…I lost 6.4 lbs this past week and Amy lost 5.4 lbs!!! wahoo!!! Isn’t that awesome!  But, if you know Amy (psst, I ‘m whispering) tell her, she can’t go celebrate at Olive Garden

I can’t believe how fast 2008 went by. It was a great year…I just want to say thank you to all of my clients over the past year. I look forward to 2009!

Yes, I am one of those who sets “new year’s resolutions”…so, here they are (I can’t believe I am telling the world what they are, YIKES!
1. I joined weight watchers with my best friend Amy, yesterday. Yep, we already went to one meeting.  It’s awesome! ? !
2. I would like to work a little less this year so that I can spend more quality time with my family. After the last 3 months, I really miss them… My kids are such a wonderful gift to me…the best gift I have ever been given.
3. I would like to be more dedicated and make it a priority above all else to have a daily devotional time. It amazes me that when I spend even just a little time every morning in the word, of how much better my day goes! I truly owe everything to him…I am so grateful for his grace!

My friend Crissy just let me borrow her studio lights…so, I played around with it today (in my almost-newly finished basement). This seriously is the 1st time I have even touched a studio light. So, in the eyes of someone who knows studio lights, there is probably a ton wrong with them. These were taken with 1 light setup, with no metering, no custom wb and no reflector (all of which I would like to use in the future with studio lights). I am so excited to be using these…especially since my baby B is growing so fast - it is way to cold to be trying to capture pics of him using natural light outdoors. Thank you Crissy for letting me use these! I appreciate it so much!!! I also wanted to use my new orange chair. I cannot wait to use this in the summer, in the middle of a field of grass! Isn’t it FABULOUS! I love props like these.:)

I am going out of town next week for a photography workshop. One of the things I will be learning is studio lighting. I am really looking forward to it!

Oh! And I almost forgot! The winner for last month was lucky #2 post on December 24th - Dayna Stevens won a $50 print credit. Wahoo! I will post info for January’s prize tomorrow…gotta go make a smoothie for my daughter Have a great night!