Fall Festival...a month and a half late

On halloween (actually it was a couple of days before) I went to a fall festival at the school where my uncle teaches. I pretty much followed my little sister and cousin around, and just ate a lot of hamburgers. We stood in line for them to do the jumping thing, then we went on the "haunted" hayride. The only thing that I find appealing about halloween is seeing my sister dressed up, because she always looks ridiculously adorable.

1st. Sister with her face paint. In the second shot, I told her to be like a cat.  2nd. The little ferris wheel. It wasn't near as popular as the jumping dealio. 3rd. My cousin jumping. I'm sure her hair was one huge tangle after that! 

4th. Another one of my cousin jumping. 5th 6th 7th. Sister jumping like a champ! She's so little that she just flips over and over and over. Everyone was ooooing and ahhhhhing.

8th. Waiting for the hayride. 9th. Tina and Sister!

We waited for a while to get on the hayride, but it was worth it! I think everyone enjoyed it...except the lady across from us. She was freaking out...which was pretty hilarious for the rest of us. They actually got up in there with the chainsaws, so I can see how people would be scared! I took some video, but I never got around to doing anything with it. I may do that over Christmas break...it was actually pretty neat looking.

Sorry that it took me so long to post this! I think the best part is my sister's cat face :) Isn't she the cutest?!

Mr. Benson - Slides

 

I shot some slides for the ceramics professor at our school, and I thought I'd share a few of them here. The DOF is a little shallow for slides, but I don't have a macro lens anymore. The biggest disadvantage to switching back to Canon was losing my awesome Nikon macro lens. My next big purchase will be a macro lens for Canon! 

I love how the glaze turned out on these bowls. I know absolutely NOTHING about ceramics, but I think the glazing is one of the hardest parts to get right.  

I can be honest here, right? I'm not a big fan of the tops of these canisters. I guess I just prefer something a little more "deliberate" if that makes sense. I do, however, love the shape of the canister and the purple tint in the glaze. So gorgeous!

There's just something I love about that red combined with the light blueish green (oribe? maybe...I have no idea). All the Benson pots that I have are either red or oribe...I don't have any of these that are combined. Maybe someday!

This is my favorite! I actually like the top on this one, and the glaze did some REALLY cool things. I'm not sure if this one sold...but I really wish I would have bought it. Paige (my roommate) and I have a pretty huge collection of pottery between the two of us. It's hard to add to it at this point since there's really nowhere to put it. I need a couple more mantles and display cabinets!

I'm glad Mr. Benson gives me the opportunity to shoot these. I actually sort of despise shooting pottery, but I make an exception for him!

Do any of you use handmade pots in your home?

Pancakes for Dinner

A few weeks back, Rhett and I decided to have chocolate chip pancakes for dinner! I've been trying to use everything in my pantry, and I have two or three boxes of pancake mix. I also have a TON of chocolate chips from various baking endeavors. The pancakes ended up quite yummy! I have this wonderful griddle that has little animal faces on it, so that made them taste even better.  

I really wanted to eat the monkey pancake, and Rhett really wanted the hippo, so I made sure to not mess those up!

That's syrup...not honey. A syrup bottle in the shape of a bear? How could I not buy that?

I know this isn't any great recipe or awesome experience, but it's these kind of things that I want to remember forever. Cooking with Rhett is one of my favorite things for us to do together, especially when it's something silly like this. I guess I just enjoy the simple things :)

Custom Photo - Bear Trees

Occasionally, a super nice person will contact me on Etsy about doing a special photo for them. I love doing things like that! Recently, a woman named Tara asked me to do a Lollipop Forest type photo but with bears. She wanted a mommy, daddy, and baby bear and mentioned that she had green and orange in her decor. I decided to mix it up a little and put the bears in the trees, and she actually really liked it! I haven't decided yet if I want to add this print to my shop, but I wanted to share it with my readers. I hope you all like it! It's called Bear Trees (playing on bare trees...ya know).

What do you guys think? Should I add it to the shop?

YouTube Play

I stumbled upon this contest that the Guggenheim did a few months back. People submitted videos and they narrowed it down to the top 25. Well, once I started watching them, I had to watch them all! There were certainly some that I wouldn't have chosen, but there were a few that just blew me away.

From the Guggenheim website:
On October 21, the top videos selected by the YouTube Play jury were revealed and celebrated at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The videos, which can be viewed below and on youtube.com/play, were presented at the Guggenheim Museums in New York, Bilbao, Berlin, and Venice on October 22–24, 2010. They comprise the ultimate YouTube playlist: a selection of the most unique, innovative, groundbreaking video work being created and distributed online during the past two years.

Here are some of my favorites:

Bathtub IV by Keith Loutit


I Met the Walrus by Josh Raskin


Noteboek by Evelien Lohbeck


Synthesia by Terri Timely


Words by Everynone

Well, I'm sure that's enough to keep you busy for a while! If you want to see the whole Top 25 you can go to the Guggenheim website. 

Happy Friday, everyone!