Tuesday, August 30, 2011

prehistoric gardens...

and i'm still scanning the film from me and mom's trip down highway 101 in july.  we went to this great place called the prehistoric gardens in oregon.  it was great.  big enormous dinosaurs in this lush forest setting.  i had both my cameras with me...my kowa six, which i was only shooting color, and my holga, which i was using for black and white.  i took exactly one shot with the kowa six.  in color.  the rest of the shots from this awesome place are in black and white.  am i stupid?
don't answer that question.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

ivy and james's baby shower!!!

friday was the date for ivy nownotsmith and james's baby shower!  their baby boy is due in october and we don't know when she's going to go on maternity leave, so we decided a late august baby shower was in order!
here are all the pics that came out well.  i probably deleted half of them, but i still came away with quite a few good shots!!

as usual, i took pics of the food:

cupcakes from metropolitan market:

i made triple berry buttermilk mini scones:

and fruit with devonshire cream also from the trollop along with pink virgin lemonade:
what makes it virgin?  i don't get it...

and spring had on bitchin' eggplant purple chucks!!

they looked a little scared and apprehensive about what might be in prezzies.  don't worry!  we were nice!!
no one had met james before and i'm so sure we all gave him a great first impression.  really...we're sane!

and then the gift opening:




they got quite a few handmade presents.  a baby afghan from julie and spring and a stuffed cat and baby changing mat from me:





and also lots of great stuff from everyone!










nicole and i had been planning for MONTHS to get her a framed pic of a squirrel in underpants for the baby's room.  i think it will look just delightful :)

bwa hahahahahahahahahah! (james thinks we're crazy!)

it was a good baby shower.  their baby is going to be adorable and i can't wait to meet him.  i'm going to totally miss ivy at work and will cry when she leaves...

but in the meantime,
have i ever mentioned what good friends nicole and i are?  see......
i just don't understand why she's flipping me off.  is it because her boyfriend looks like this???:
HAH!!!


Thursday, August 18, 2011

hwy 101...

so my mom and i went on vacation down hwy 101 through washington, oregon and part of california in july.  i took 12 rolls of film and just got the developed film back and am starting my scanning.  
here's a preview of the first 2 rolls:
great restaurant in astoria, oregon

astoria, oregon

ecola state park, canon beach, oregon

ecola state park, canon beach, oregon

blue heron french cheese co., tillamook, oregon

blue heron french cheese co, tillamook, oregon

i can't wait to see what the rest of the film looks like!!

Monday, August 15, 2011

rocking chair...

the Alzheimer's auction is coming up at work for the alzheimer's association.  i found a smaller rocking chair at goodwill that seemed like a good thing to cover with cheese stickers and donate for the silent auction.  last year i donated 2 bags and they both sold, so hopefully someone will want the chair.  i'm really looking forward to seeing how much it sells for if it sells.  i have absolutely no idea what something like this would sell for, so it will be good to get some kind of idea.
it's a smaller rocking chair, not really small child sized, but a little bigger:


so i went through a ton of cheese stickers, organizing them (because they are everywhere, in no order...so annoying) to find what colors i had enough of to cover the chair.  i wanted really contrasting colors.  i ended up on red stickers from one company along with two different shades of gold from the another company.  and a super cute large sticker for the middle of the seat!

making stickers go around curved edges is super fun.  there's lots of slicing and sticking...

i could have sworn i took more pics of my working on the chair, but i guess not.  but you get the idea...

and the finished product!!


i really hope it sells and it brings a good price for the alzheimer's association.  along those same lines, i'm participating the 2011 Walk to End Alzheimer's in september.  here is the link to my donation page if you would like to donate any moolah for the walk.  i only need to raise $100, so please help out if you can!!