Summer Feet

We're heading out for a break...not that you'd notice much with my

sporadic posting, huh?  I am working on the laundry post and a couple others.

They should be up right after we get back.

I wanted to leave you with a picture that reminds me of summer.

I called this session "4 fabulous 5th graders." These girls were loads of fun!

Hope your feet are having fun this summer!

Teacher appreciation and a little more...

And now for a little randomness!

or a lot.

I'm kind of a random person.

I'm not flighty...I'm a multi-tasker.  I can do way too many things at once...and I try to.

Sometimes I change from one thing to the next so fast my poor husband is totally lost. :)

So anyway...I know teacher appreciation week was last month, but I'm behind.

And the little project I'm showing is good ANY time...you'll see.

This kinda got long...sorry.

My daughter just graduated from high school.  I saw tons of great and cute ideas for teacher appreciation.  However, most are better suited to elementary school teachers rather than high school.

Especially when your student has 8-10 teachers.

And sometimes I think the high school teachers get forgotten.

Maybe it's because teenagers don't want to be seen carrying cute little treats in to school...

I don't know.

My daughter's teachers always get sweet treats...I've never had a complaint. :)

This year they got chocolate cupcakes in school colors.

I even got a huge compliment from the catering teacher!

One of her teachers did get a special gift. She is amazing and went above and beyond.

Last year Sara took a fashion design and merchandising class.

For her final project she designed a beautiful evening gown and watercolor painted

it and framed it and used it also for her art class.

This year Ms. Knepper spent countless hours during lunch and after school helping

Sara turn her design into reality.

The original painting on the left, finished dress on the right.

She wore it to prom.

Needless to say, this is a teacher who loves her...and loves her students.

We decided to do something special.

We got her a certificate for a massage and packaged it up in this

adorable idea from The Gunny Sack.

It's Pampering In A Jar!

I stayed pretty close to Tonia's contents and tucked the certificate right on top.

Of course, she loved it!

{Some of the items included lip balm, rich lotion, sugar scrub, aloe socks, etc.}

This past week I made a couple others for the dance studio director/instructor and the ballet instructor.

I was in such a hurry to get out the door I neglected to take pictures.

Edited: I made another...so now I can show the pictures

Imagine if you will, this is what I started with:

source

Just a clear plastic pail from Hobby Lobby.

I lined the inside with cute scrapbook paper...made some cute tags and added ribbon.

Just filled it with the other fun things and added oatmeal blackberry bars.

Which I also did not photograph. :(

I'm still getting used to this whole "take pictures of everything" thing.

But they were a hit.

So...I really do appreciate all the teachers in my daughter's life.
...and all the teachers everywhere who make it their purpose to enrich the lives of their students.
To all of you I say:

P.S.  I do cakes and cupcakes occasionally and would be happy

to put some of them here if anyone would like to see them!

Keep smiling!

Kelly

That umbrella, we employed it...

Last weekend, my good friend, who is also my goddaughter's mama,

wanted to get some pics of sweet Ruby in a special dress.

I brought along the yellow paper parasol and we

ended up with this gorgeous shot.

I saw the wording on Flickr some time ago and

thought it would work perfectly here.

Vintage Sara

I'm not sure why, but up till now I have not shared any pictures of my daughter.

She truly is an amazing girl.

Sometimes when you tell someone you have a teenager, they feel the need to feel sorry for you.

I tell them I have the best daughter in the world.  She is anything but "typical."

I will soooo miss her when she goes to college in the fall.

These are just a few shots of the "vintage" portion of her senior pictures.

This was something she wanted to do ever since she found the vintage
hairpiece at an open air market. It just needed a little steam love to bring it back to life.
So then we looked around a few antique flea
markets till we found a vintage suitcase for a good price.
The last picture was taken at the train station.  I love it.

A couple of these are kind of out-takes, but some of my favorites.

edited to add:

Sharing here:

Potpourri Friday at 2805

Taylor ~ Class of 2012

I guess I'm not much of a blogger. I don't seem to have the time to do everything I want to do.
Hmmm...reminds me of a song.

Anyway...here is a sample of Taylor's senior pictures. Super sweet girl. As you can see...she wanted to recreate some Marilyn poses...I think we did a smashing job at that!  And so fun!

I do have a few fun things I've been working on that I will be posting.  I've decided to make this fun for ME...so there will likely be posts about random things quite often. :)

I am working on a recipe for Pink Hot Chocolate.  I'd like to be able to make up some mixes to give as gifts and goodies for girls' weekends!

Until then...keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you're up to.

Peyton ~ Class of 2012

I have found that trying to schedule sessions for senior pictures can be challenging.  The students are so busy...and if they want outdoor shots, the weather doesn't cooperate.  But we finally got together to do Peyton's senior portaits, and I think they turned out beautifully.  Here is a small sampling of the fun we had:

Hello...

Hi...I'm new here...I am a photographer based in Greeley, Colorado

who also loves creating things besides photos.

Mostly I will post what I'm working on photographically,

with a few random fun things I feel like sharing.

I'm starting off today with this adorable shot of my goddaughter...isn't she sweet?