Hi friends and neighbors-
I made a little stop motion video. I’ve been talking about it here for quite some time- and now it’s time for it’s grand debut! I made it to enter the HP You on You contest and waited to post it here until I knew if I was moving to [...]

For my now completed stop motion teeny tiny film I had to make a whole host of teeny tiny props. It took just about the same amount of time to make everything as it did to photograph the stop motion! I was so inspired by the movie Coraline. Everything in that movie [...]

It’s time. Mr Jack has been watching us intently when we eat and he’s old enough to hold a spoon- so we’ve decided that he should be trying solid foods. About a month ago we sat him down, bibbed him up and got the camcorder rolling- and he just mushed everything around in [...]

Ok, so I’m only taking one night class at the community college, but I still felt this need to buy pencils (even though I have hundreds) and a High School Musical folder (which I resisted) and take the traditional before school/new outfit & backpack & lunchbox photo (which I honored, complete with polaroid effect).
My class [...]

I miss school. Both as a student and as a teacher.
I was thinking about this last night and how it would be possible to do everything that I wanted to do (own a bakery/making studio) and still teach high school. What is it about teaching high school art that I love [...]

It seems from the time that you were born you were aware that there were things that you were not able to do, and this made you very, very mad. I konw that sometimes babies just cry, but not you. You’ve always been a mover and a shaker, just without the coordination or [...]

I make journals for two reasons. One. I like to shop at thrift stores. Like is actually an understatement. If you asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, or possibly for my last day on earth, I would probably reply, “wander St. Vinnies”. Having a purpose in this [...]

I haven’t been this excited about a project in a long time. I’ve been losing sleep over it for days (that spinning mind that won’t wind down) and you should have seen me tonight- I was just outta control with adjusting lights and getting Garth’s opinion on exposure and white balance and the background [...]

Mr. Joshua is my younger brother, right next to me in a line of 6 kids. He is super smart and wildly creative. He and I have taken it upon ourselves to document our family and our lives on film and in photographs. Our combined creative to-do list could travel to the [...]

Father and Son matching bow tie sets are in the shop! I’ve been dreaming of these all summer and finally got around to photographing Garth and Jack together. There are only a few matching sets, and they are offered at a discount from ordering them seperately, so if you’re wanting a set, don’t [...]