hello love

a little love...

for you on this cozy valentine's day! i had a little time this year to do handmade invites for d's class!

a few shots of our process...

i illustrated the hole punch (pink for the girls, red for the boys) while d got to work on punching circles out of pretty paper. next d helped me stamp the back of the cards and write out the to-from info. then we added in a color coordinated candy mix and sewed up the top of the goodie bags!

i loved taking advantage of first grade humor with our idea... i can't wait to hear how all the fun goes at school!

mer

fall market...

every tuesday we have a small farmer's market in the parking lot of the roseville whole foods. i used to drive by on the way to work and think that someday i would go... well friends, someday has finally come!

there is nothing like the smells of our fresh ca markets... the colors are irresistible and always begging to have their photo taken.

when i lived in santa monica and worked on the promenade i was so spoiled... 2 markets a week there and one on sundays on main street! what a lucky girl strolling through fresh fruit and flowers on her lunch break - my sanity really. that is probably one of the things i miss most about living there. i would celebrate each week with a new bunch of flowers... i think i need to enjoy a sf market soon, oh and the pike street market is totally on my someday list!

ilove!

this family makes my heart sing! four wonderfully crazy boys and two parents who bravely set an example for the rest of us that follow... they have been my cute models for two shoots now and the project above was too fun to pass up with them!

after seeing this similarly styled photo in a friend's wedding collection last year...  (photo credit here)

i knew i wanted to put my own spin on the look. here are a couple more from a shoot last spring:

*cupcake love*

i'll share more of these shoots soon!

mer