Miscellaneous Monday is coming a little later this morning … mainly because I did not get on my computer much this weekend. My Birthday was Saturday (last year in my 20′s now ya’ll!) and I spent the weekend with my family and away from my computer (for the most part!) I normally blog on Sunday when the girls are asleep, for several reasons, one being that Monday’s are normally crazy busy. The house is a wreck, I need to go to the grocery store, the post office, etc. But, I did knock out going to the grocery store last night after Kennedy decided to draw a picture of her Daddy and Tyke (who had just been here looking at our leaking hot water heater, yep, it has been a weekend!) anyway, she did her art on the wall. Surprisingly, that was the first time. I was sitting on her bedroom floor playing with her doll-house with Bristol and I heard her crayons flying, and her talking the whole time. There is Daddy…. there is Tyke…. That is when I decided to look up and check out the art, because just hearing her talk as she created was adorable. It quickly became un-adorable when I saw the mess! And so we went out to get a bite to eat and ran to Walmart for Mr. Clean Magic Eraser pads. Lets just say those things are my best friend.

In other news, I received my new business cards, just in time for my birthday! Let me start out by saying that I still feel incredibly blessed to even need  business cards. And even more so, business cards that are unique, my own look, my own brand.

I started out just loving photography. I loved capturing the moment. The beauty. The friends and family. The grass. (that is not a joke, one of my all-time favorite shots is of the grass in my parents front yard! I’ll have to post a picture of that shot soon) Basically I just loved to shoot. I learned more and more. (I am still learning, I don’t think we ever stop learning!) And soon I was holding my very first Nikon SLR. I remember it was a birthday gift from my parents. I remember the feeling of seeing the box. The smell of the camera. The way it felt in my hands. The sound of the shutter clicking. The feeling I got when I heard that shutter click and knew I had gotten ‘the’ shot. I think we could sum it all up in one word; Passion.

I am passionate about photography. I was then and still am now. My photography has morphed into something bigger, I now get paid for taking pictures. And I am so thankful for that. I am not ‘big-time’, in fact, my business is quite small. But it is perfect for me for right now. And we’ll see what the future may hold. However, it is big enough that I felt like I needed my own business cards. But more important, my own ‘brand’. I thought about it for a long time. I tossed around so many ideas. I brain-stormed with my friend Julie. I knew I wanted something simple, maybe a bit whimsical, and definitely modern.  So, without further ado… my new business cards!

I love them!   I also ordered post cards for writing notes on:

I put random words at the top that I feel like evokes feelings of what a picture might capture. And of course my ‘slogan’ of Real life, Captured.

Here is a close-up of the frames that Julie did:

These are just the first two things I have ordered. I need to make a few changes now that I see them in print, but I’ll soon be getting a few more things with my new logo, in fact, I hope to get it here on the blog soon. That is another ‘project’ I need to tackle! But, I was so excited I had to share it with you

Julie, Thank you for doing such a GREAT job and putting what was in my head on paper. Seriously you are so good at that. Even with me hanging over you saying “yes…that is it…. no! I am not feeling it… Okay, walking away now!” hahahahah! Much love!

This post got a little longer than I had imagined. I can’t seem to stop typing! ha! I had a few pictures of the girls I had planned to share, but I am going to bring this post to a close now for fear that it may not get published at all today if I don’t! I’ll share the pictures of the girls another day.

Have yourselves a fabulous Monday!