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I recently had the pleasure of photographing the studios and ladies of Blink Lash Boutique. If you’re ever in the need for lash extensions for your wedding, shoots, or anything like that, these girls are for you! They have two locations – Mission Valley and Solana Beach. I had a great time photographing these beautiful gals – thanks for having me! <3

red lips + anthropologie inspired + self designed crest + a gorgeous blue camero + the most stylist couple in the world = <3

I am so thrilled to finally be sharing these images with you! You might remember this incredibly stylish couple from their retro love engagement session. :) These two planned every  little detail of their wedding and you can definitely tell because every little element was impeccably styled and I just LOVED it all. I just love it when couples infuse their style and personalities into their wedding!

ceremony . the immaculata at usd
reception . the prado at balboa park
wedding coordination . alexandra rose lee . ar affairs

we woke up before dawn that morning.

the bay was quiet, still, and cloaked in fog.

we packed our canoes and took off from nick’s cove.

the fog made it seem like a different world.

the smallest guy we caught.

(with one pincher too.)

the largest guy we caught.

we just had to get fresh oysters,

and headed back.

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Over the Christmas holiday back home, we went on a spontaneous trip to Tomales Bay with some friends to go crab fishing in canoes. I got so excited that I took WAY too many photos, and everything was on film cause that’s all I brought with me. But it was a wonderful time where I pretty much went in a canoe for the first time, took tons of photos, and over ate fresh crab & oysters, but boy, were they delicious!

There is just something about fishing and fishing communities that I love. Something real, honest, and raw about it. So much so that it’s beautiful because of that. Catching your meal instead of having to buy it from a freezer at the supermarket? That’s the human experience, right there.

That, and the experiences you share with people you love at the same time. <3

retro style + retro hotel + retro car + retro hotel sign = retro <3

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I can’t believe another year is upon us already. Where has 2010 gone? Much too quickly, for I felt like it just ran straight through my fingers.

I used to take New Year’s very seriously as a child, I would lie awake at night, listening to the radio with my headphones until just before midnight (for everyone else had already gone to bed). Then when the new year was almost here, I would go into the living room, throw hand cut confetti in the air at midnight along with the TV on very low, and when it was all over, I would clean it all back up and climb back into bed.

The funny things we did as children, no?

2010 has been a year of growth, and a year of pausing and resuming. I’m glad to be where I am now in my path, forging ahead, looking forward to what 2011 brings. Creatively, spiritually, and all around joyfully. 2010 was a year of really figuring myself out more, and I feel like 2011 is going to be the year where I exude it, and solidify that.

There will be more adventures, more pioneering, more creativity, more dreaming and most of all, more wonder. <3 You can bet on that. :)

Here’s to another wonderful year!

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So I totally intended to do so much for Christmas this year, but it crept up on me much sooner than I had expect and here I am, staring at Christmas Eve, and I didn’t get a chance to send cards, or do very much of what I wanted to! Isn’t that how it is almost every year? Well that’s alright, here I am to wish you all a Merry Christmas – I do hope you’re spending it with loved ones :)

P.S. Mumford & Sons = <3

P.P.S. Almost all the ornaments that I have displayed are vintage – love!