IT'S OPEN!!!! :) 15 KING ST. E. COLBORNE!!!!!

Well it's been a blur of a month.

Here's July by the numbers:

14 Paintbrushes
5 Colours of paint
4 giant blue tarps
600 sq feet of new flooring
6 Days of painting
12 straight days of renovations
7 kids farmed out to Day Camp
3 giant pillars
20 rice paper balls of assorted sizes
3 kinds of drills
2 lost drill bits (sorry Carolyn!)
3 significant work-related injuries
11 trips to Home Hardware
5 cases of pop
1 fake wall (and the arguments that ensued! lol!)
20 curtain panels
4 cans of textured enamel paint
3 days of chicken pad thai
1 late night trip to IKEA
4 leather-'esque' chairs
1 wii console with 3 remotes ;)

and last but not least

6 amazing friends who made this month bearable.

To Jennifer, who suffered the greatest party injury, and I am not sure she will ever recover the former splender of her unmarked thigh area....thank you!

To Warren who hauled his ass up a 14 foot incline to paint my overhang a glossy, jet-black in 90 degree heat.....thank you!

To The Lynn's (McColl and Vanderherberg)... thank you for everything...you guys are amazing!

To Trisha....you are an awesome friend, and you are crazy talented with design! You made it look so great, and I still can't believe how quickly it all came together. From the first night at soccer when I was in full meltdown mode, to my proud return from New York where you totally WOW'ed me with the 'grand reveal'! Your vision is something I am so proud of today. Thankyou!!!!

And last but not least...to my assistant Carolyn: You painted, sanded, painted again, cut-in, cut-out, hammered, sawed and worked like a woman possessed! There isn't a square inch of my studio that doesn't have some effort of yours on my behalf. You are a true friend, and an amazing person and I would have never got through all that work without you. I can't thank you enough!!!!

So, without further adieu, here it is....my baby, my sweat and tears, the culmination of my 5 year plan....my new studio location. :)

Please feel free to drop by if you are in the area to say hello, or to have a tour.

Watch for grand opening specials later this month!

New Studio News!

First let me apologize for the slowness of the blog in the past month....I will be posting studio photos very soon, but there is a good reason for the delay! :)

Things have been CRAZY busy around here lately, in anticipation of opening our NEW STUDIO location! :) We have been painting, building, and doing tons of work in preparation for opening at 15 King St. in Colborne. We are about 70% finished, and hope to shoot clients here by the second week of August. We are currently taking no new bookings for sessions before August 10th, except for maternity and newborn, which will continue to be done in the previous studio.

I am so excited to have such a huge space both for meeting clients for consultations, and for shooting in. The new studio has a dedicated area for both, as well as lots of room to hang prints and to do production work. I couldn't have done it without the help of my awesome crew...I can't thank you enough Carolyn, Jennifer, Warren and Trish!!!

Here's a quick iPhone snap of the shooting room floor in progress....it's going to be gorgeous! (Thanks to my right-hand woman, Carolyn, for pretty much single-handedly laying yet another beautiful laminate floor in my studio!)



Keep an eye out on the blog for more news on our opening, and our Grand Opening specials! :)

'Trash the Dress' Gets Some Local Attention! :)

Faithful blog readers will already know that we've been doing this for awhile, but this week on the Star 93.3 morning show I was on the radio to share some info on one of my favorite post-wedding photo shoots, Trash The Dress.

I have done quite a few of these, and have blogged some of my favorites....even one with a video as well! I have also talked about how Trash the Dress is NOT for everyone and provided an alternative way to be photographed after your wedding without ruining your treasured heirloom.

It was really fun 'meeting' Joel on the radio, and talking about one of my favorite subjects, even if I do sound like a nutjob and my kids are hollering in the background for part of it! lol! Thanks to Star 93.3 for the opportunity to talk about it, and for linking to me from the website. MUCH appreciated!