A few Friday’s ago I met Christopher & Jimmy over in Volunteer Park for a portrait session and we had SO much fun!! I can’t believe how fast the hour flew by! We were running, jumping and of course dancing all over the park. My favorite way to spend a Friday morning! Christopher and I know each other from BNI and of course the wedding world - he is also known as Christopher Flowers, an amazing floral artist! (Check out his website by clicking HERE.
You can tell spring is here - because all the girls are wearing those cute dresses and the boys in those super cute pin-striped suits!! Unfortunately that is the only way you can tell spring is here - it is SO cold outside!! But - the day after Easter my favorite tough kids went outside to play just so I could take some photos!!
Take a peek ~
She thought it was insanely funny that I would lay on the ground to take a photo!!! 
Angela & Albert have a new addition to their family this year! Little Roxie is a BIG part of Angela & Albert’s lives, she is so fun and playful. =)
Last Friday (after waiting a few days for some sunny weather) we headed over to Discovery park and did some freestyle walking, played a little frisbee and even had some time for a portrait or two. =) Angela is the owner of Savor Seattle (feature a few times in the blog this year!)
James & Jordan tied the knot on Groundhogs Day this year (so fun!) over in Port Gamble. If you haven’t been to the Port Gamble area - you should plan a day trip over there. It is amazing!!
The entire day was so beautiful - the location, the couple, we couldn’t have asked for more!! Here are a few of the great shots of the day…. Enjoy!!
(the best first look photo ever - taken by Eliza of Eliza Truit Photography)
Tim & Mellisa have been so supportive of my business over the past few years and also featured many times in my photography work - with their engagement (the actual event… it was SO exciting), their wedding (the most perfect October day) family holiday photos, and now…. to introduce the youngest Hays member - Cooper!! Little Coop will be six months old soon and he is so cute - with TONS of hair and very stylish clothes (love baby clothes with attitude!!).
On Sunday of last week - we headed out to a gorgeous park in Des Moines where Kailani and Mackenzie played the rolls of the most perfect big sisters ever!
Here are a few of my favorites from our session:
Ryan Barr is the owner and the man behind all of the success at Excel Coatings - {A Premier Northwest Painting Company}
He has two fabulous crews out on the Seattle scene painting both interior & exterior residential homes - with the occasional commercial job thrown in there; you can see their work at Gap, J Crew & Fred Meyer just to name a few.
Ryan not only has an impressive portfolio - but he is also there with each and every client to make sure they understand what products are being used in/on their homes and how to properly care for them so they will get the maximum lifespan out of their paint job. He often refers his clients to a designer who will assure they will love the results.
I’ve known him for a couple of years now, he is by far the hardest working person I’ve ever met! So I was of course excited when he asked me to photograph him for his online networking profile photo. Here are two of the MANY fabulous shots we got of him last week. =)
You can find Ryan a few different places - here are some links: Website, Biznik, Linkedin,
Whether you are staging your home for life or to put on the market Ede Bookstein with Artful Lodgings is your gal!! She is the greatest home stager to work with - her reputation is second to none.
With this crazy market we have right now it is hard to sell your home - the single best thing you can do is hire Ede Bookstein. She will re-introduce you to your home through the eyes of a potential buyer - from the moment they step out of the car (the curb appeal) to the ‘feeling’ they will get while walking from room to room. She will give you a check list of things to fix/change/think about and she can also bring in her crew to fully stage your home with your own belongings or bring in a few pieces from her warehouse of furniture.
Here are a couple of photos of Ede that we snapped last week at her home in Capitol Hill - and if you or someone you know is thinking of selling their home, give her a call first!
Ede Bookstein - Artful Lodgings
p: 206.200.9990
w: http://www.artfullodgings.com
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I’ve worked with Christopher Smith of Christopher’s Flowers a couple of times over the past few years and could tell right away that he is a very talented florist. A few weeks ago when we teamed up to work on his portfolio, I was blown away! He is an amazing artist! He had created such unique pieces with combinations of flowers I never could’ve imagined - and loved it!!
Christopher has recently been added to the very illustrious group of wedding vendors on the June Bug site & has just published his brand new website check him out by clicking here - or going to http://www.christopherflowers.biz
Here are a couple of the images ~ Enjoy!
Amy Gray & Daisha Kissel are two fabulously fun gals from Empty Your Nest Professional Organizing and they are here to help organize the world! =) While they both cover all the different areas of organizing, Daisha specializes in extreme clutter and hoarding issues. She works with her clients for long periods of time to sort through, recycle, toss out and donate all that stuff that has piled up in their homes. Amy is on the other end - she loves the Feng Shui side of organizing which helps get the Qi (life energy) moving in your home - to create a better feeling, so not only is your home organized, but it is also pleasant to be in.
Amy gave a presentation at our BNI meeting yesterday about Feng Shui and I cannot wait for her to come and help me in my new place!!
Amy & Daisha needed some new photos of the two of them for their website and for the newsletter they send out each month. We wanted to show how fabulous, friendly and fun they are to work with. Check out their site - and of course, you should sign up for the newsletter - lots of tips on how to get your life organized!! http://www.emptyyournest.com
We had such a good time talking about…. well actually I think we just laughed the whole time!
Enjoy!
Daisha (above) Amy (below)
Adam is the owner and the greatest personal trainer at Total Body Turnaround – his green microgym in Greenwood. He is located right off of 92nd & Greenwood Ave. Check out his website - http://nwtrainer.blogspot.com
He has come up with a fabulous idea – you’ll have to have him explain the technical part… but basically the gym will be completely self sustaining - it will be powered by the energy you burn!! Such a smart idea!! He had an opening not too long ago and we each took turns riding on the bike to see how much effort it would take to power a laptop.
Each week he offers personal training sessions throughout the day and group sessions in the evenings – we took some photos many weeks ago when the weather was borderline cold instead of freezing like now (I’m so behind in blogging) at three of his outdoor workouts. They are so much fun, if you want to get in shape and lose those pounds this holiday season before you gain them… give him a call! (You’ll see me there!)
There are a lot of photos because this is three shoots combined in one. =)
This workout was the Friday evening Beer Neutral at Kerry Park up in Queen Anne -
This was Thursday evening Hard Core workout at Golden Gardens
Here you’ll see people doing the Wednesday evening workout at Adam’s studio in Greenwood -
