3 things I love to collect

Coffee mugs. Even long before I was a coffee drinker, I loved mugs. My newest is a cow mug with pink hearts on it. It's precious.

Journals. I love to write, I have many journals with beautiful colors and images. The pages are crisp. The lines spaced out perfectly.... but find myself writing in the notebook section on my phone instead of the dozens of adorable journals I have. I keep telling myself I will save them for when I start writing the story of my life. Because nothing is ever safe in my home, most are filled with little love notes and pictures from my kids.

Vintage quilts. Strolling through a thrift store, I cannot pass up buying any quilt I come across. Stained or ripped, I don't care. I imagine the hands that spent several hours piecing it together. The bodies it held. Filled with many stories. They are beautiful pieces of art! I have some of my favorites displayed in STUDIO316.

STUDIO316

I DID IT!!! After putting in more than 40 hours in the last 3 days, I am happy to say that I AM DONE!!! I still have to move in a few more pieces, but overall I can now begin taking clients starting TOMORROW!!
There were many obstacles the last few weeks that made things pretty hectic, but miracles happened. This whole journey has been many miracles wrapped up into one giant miracle.
This is so much more than a studio I will be shooting in. This place is my sanctuary. My calm. My zen.

STUDIO316 is my biggest accomplishment next giving birth to my beautiful children. And an equal amount of work went into it, to see it completed like this is nothing short of cry worthy. Sweat, blood and many many happy tears went into this place. Success. Determination. Patience.

To be honest, I had an idea of how I wanted it to look but then I kept being told I should have it like every other photographers studio (modern), but just like I live my life, I totally winged it. And I did me. And I couldn't be fucking more happy with the outcome! Many lessons were given to me during all of this. I learned SO MANY things about myself.

Cheers to the many families I meet, and get to continue to shoot. And to the many bodies I meet for energy healings!

What a journey!!

...Gypsy Session Continued

Horses live in the here and now and do not worry about the past or the future. Horses have a contentment and peace that we desire in our lives. Being present de-emphasizes our worries about what has happened in the past and increases our awareness that the past is history. Being present also diminishes our worries about future events that are possibly out of our control. When considering the future, positive and forward moving questions we can ask ourselves are – what do ...we want to happen, what do we want to do and where do we want to be – and we can learn to abolish negative thoughts.
Being present is an ability to go with the flow of nature. Learning to go with the flow will expand our openness without predetermined expectations. As our openness grows, we are receptive to new possibilities, new ideas, new experiences and new ways of viewing the world. Learning to live in the present alongside our horse allows our empathy to grow and expels narrow-mindedness.
The peace we obtain from the contentment of being present is the foundation of connectedness, compassion and relationship enhancement. An inner state of calm and well-being enhances our serenity and diminishes anger, violence and worry. Horses teach us to be aware, assess a situation, find a solution and go back to just being in the present.
Horses teach us that living in the moment bring us peace, serenity and connection.

And that is exactly what this session was... pure peace, serenity and connection!

Trinkets

Since my time is limited to get into the studio and continue the renovation process I have been able to find other small tasks to complete. Little tieback headbands for all of the baby girls who come to see me!

Counting down the weeks until I am able to get in there shooting!