So one weekend, we drove 9 hours to see our friend

Something you may not know about me is that I have great college friends. We're an interesting grouping of people when you really get down to it...3 teachers, 1 accountant, 1 photographer/whatever else. Our conversations range far and wide! Emily is the one that has already settled down and gotten herself married, so she's living a little farther away now (Charlotte, NC). Unfortunately this means that we don't all get to hang out as much. I finally decided that it was time the rest of us paid her a visit. Only 3 of us could go, but it was a great journey nonetheless.

This is Miranda's "leave me alone, it's way too late for your shenanigans" face. We were all pretty delirious and tired because we made the trip after work on Friday. We ended up getting to Emily's at about 3AM. I can't tell you how happy I was to be out of the car and into a bed...and I was happy to see Emily too!

This was my cozy little space. The three of us packed into the guest room with a bed and a couple of air mattresses. It worked really well until I woke up at 5AM freezing cold and unable to fall back asleep. I had chosen the bed next to the window...bad decision. On top of that, the door to the room was shut, so the one vent in that room was having trouble keeping us warm. I moved my nest into the living room and finished the night on Emily's IKEA couch.

It was SUPER cozy! The cat and dog sleep in their kennels in the living room, so when I looked over they were both staring at me. If that wouldn't freak you out in the middle of the night, I don't know what would. Despite the creeping pets, I had a great rest and was ready the next morning to spend time with my buddies!

I'm so grateful to Scott & Emily for opening their cute apartment to us. It's so great not having to stay in a hotel room when you go somewhere! Be on the lookout for a few more North Carolina posts in the next few weeks. I'll try not to bombard you with them all at once :)

Have you guys taken any nice weekend trips lately?

adorable newborn kenli

Since I have portable lights now, I took one over to Rhett's one night and took some pictures of Kenli, his sweet little niece. Even though she sleeps all the time, she happened to be awake on the night I took the pictures! Unfortunately that's a bad thing with newborn pictures, because they're easier to work with when they're sleeping. She didn't cry or anything, but I still didn't get to take a lot...I'm sure I'll take more at the 3 month mark!

Eeeep! I love little baby toes :)

It's going to be so much fun to watch this little cutie grow up. 

MableMae - some new favorites

I did another shoot this month for MableMae on Etsy! She had a lot of cute pink stuff for Valentine's Day, and these GREAT cloud print pieces. I just love the patterns that she uses. Here are a few of my favorites from this batch:

This was the first shoot that I got to do from home! My new lights make it soooooo much easier. I just sat this stuff out on my desk and shot away. And the best part is that I could watch TV at the same time! haha. Check out MableMae if you haven't already <3

I hope you all have a great Friday!

if you like these pictures and would like me to take photos for YOUR Etsy shop, let me know. I'd love to!

too much snow to handle

These pictures are actually from last Thursday, but it just snowed AGAIN last night. This winter has brought an uncharacteristically large amount of snow to my neck of the woods. I'm just glad it's not the kind that lingers for days and days. I'm not a big fan of snow, so I'm just ready for it to stop. While it's actually snowing, I think it's the most gorgeous thing in the world, but once it becomes a slushy mess I HATE it.

I was so excited to find these BCBGeneration shoes at Marshall's for only $20! I almost always get my shoes there. I'm so rough on my shoes that I feel bad spending a lot, but this way I can get decent quality shoes and not feel bad for wearing them out! The necklace was made by my dear friend, Amanda. She doesn't make jewelry regularly, but she keeps it up as a hobby. I think she's great at it! I wish I had a closer shot of this necklace. It's made of individual wire squares.

This was pre-haircut. I am a much happier person now, without my unsightly dead ends. Also, I'd like to thank Sarah again for taking my pictures! There was no way I could set up a tripod on my back porch in the snow...without killing Chuck (my camera). Luckily Sarah was dropping by to pick something up anyway! Thanks, friend!

details:

shirt, vest, jeans - Express

shoes - BCBGenration (Marshall's)

necklace - handmade

earrings - years and years old, from my childhood

Ally's Ceramic Work

My friend Ally is a ceramics major graduating THIS YEAR! Pretty soon all my friends are going to graduate and I won't know anyone in the department anymore. Sad :( She asked me to shoot some slides of her work from last semester, so I thought I'd share some on here. I love the small details that she adds!

She gave me this adorable batter bowl :) I've already made pancake batter with it a few times, and it works really well! Don't you love the paint splatter effect on it?

She's so talented! I can't wait to see what her senior exhibition will be.