Jenna and Jeremy

I had to share these images, prepare for an overload, I think it's probably the largest post of pictures I've ever shared, but, I love them.

I loved this wedding.  I love Jeremy and Jenna.

They got married in a barn, in a big open field, sitting on a hill overlooking Belleisle Bay.  The weather was beautiful, it was a perfectly beautiful day.   Thank you, Jenna and Jeremy, for having me be there with you folks for your day.  

At home.

After about a month of tweaking and sorting and editing, I am feeling more at home in my new space.  It's cosy, and comfortable, and I'm making it mine.  I lived in this space a few years ago, for about 8 years, it's where Ben grew up, and where I first started my business.  It has a lot of great memories attached to it, so I'm happy to be back in this space, and have had fun making in mine again.

There is something about this kitchen, maybe it's because every room in the apartment is connected to the kitchen, maybe it's because of it's history, but I love this kitchen.  I love to cook in it, I even don't mind washing the dishes in it.  It's not fancy, or huge, but it's comfortable.

I had to make something for a pot luck last for Friday night, and have had this pizza balls on my mind since I found them on pinterest a few months ago, I thought it'd be a great opportunity to try them out, so I picked up the ingredients and put them together, and thought I'd share the adventure with ya'll out there reading my blog.

Here's my modern day cookbook, recipe on the ipad!

My mom is the genius in this idea, putting the ipad in an easel makes it easy to watch netflix, and follow a recipe!

Here is the nucleus of the kitchen, forgive me, i had just gotten back from grocery shopping, so excuse the mess!

Ingredients, oh and don't go scouring all over the internets for those beautiful spice jars... those are my own creation... a few bottles a la dollar store, and a score on really adorable labels, and voila!

Mixed up the dough, just letting it rest....

So I chopped the cheese and sliced the pepperoni...

Love a good knife shot!

Still waiting for it to rest, so I put up my first Christmas Decoration!

And snacked on grapes...

So I wrapped the dough around a piece of pepperoni and a cube of cheese, I brushed the balls with olive oil and herbs and parmesan cheese!

And into the oven they go... and out came deliciousness...

These would be awesome for a quiet Sunday afternoon, a great snack while movie watching, or anytime of the day you are wanting an easy pizza fix!  I think they do need a dip and I'm open to suggestions!
Thanks to Nikki, for the inspiration from her blog, Pennies on a platter Check out her site!!

Snow Days

I have been sitting here working, most of the day.  I've been watching the snow pile up in the yard and it's bringing back some memories.

Snow days, when I was a kid, were the best.  I remember baking cookies with my mom, watching The price is right, with my grandfather, and scrap-booking with my grandmother.

Oh, it wasn't the scrap-booking that we do today.  It was with the same purpose, though, that we saved little bits and memories of our daily lives.  The events we had gone to, the cabbage patch kid I adopted, the speeches I wrote for 4-H.  It was a space to put things, a safe book to store things, and it gave us a spot to look when we wanted to remember something.  It was brown manilla paper and a stick of glue, and with that, we created books of our lives.

I recently sent out a number of different packages to my clients, and it made me wonder, what will happen to these when they arrive at their destination.

Where will they end up and how will they be displayed, Who will they share them with?

I have been on an editing marathon the last couple of days, sitting here, I am freezing, and so thankful that I don't have to be out anywhere driving in this mess.

As I edit these pictures, I can almost feel the warmth from the sun, hope they warm up your day too!

A good fit.

I'm not what you would call typical.  Never have, never will be.  I'm not the type of person to do something, just because everyone else tried it.

Growing up, I'm sure I confused my parents when I refused to drink pop (still don't care for it), and had to be bribed to eat a burger.  I've never watched ET, or the Titanic, and haven't seen a single episode of Lost.  And unlike 99% of the population of Moncton, I don't like Tim Horton's coffee.

In high school, I tried to like to smoke, I really did, because, of course, most of my friends did.  I didn't, thankfully, and never made it through the first (and last) pack I bought.  Like others, I want desperately to fit in, but am not willing to compromise my sense, if the following along isn't for me.

I think, (hope) I've been successful in incorporating this into my photography as well.  I feel like this has helped me find my style, and what has kept me moving forward when I've reached points where I knew what I was doing, wasn't going to be part of my future.

Over the past year, I feel like I have found myself, photographically speaking. I have embraced a lifestyle theme, making your pictures about you, as individuals.

This particular shoot was very special to me, Troy, my cousin, and his wife, with their daughter, and now a new baby on the way, are very special to me.  They've stood in front of my camera many times before, and I always walk away with killer images, I shot part of their session in "my studio", these are just a few of my favorites... yeah, this lifestyle thing is totally working for me!