I WON

...and I never seem to win at anything (except card games!)! 

So, what did I in fact win you might be asking? 

You remember this blog post? 

Well, this lady right here WON it!!!

I was so excited to wake up to the winner announcement  yesterday and see my name!

Thanks again to Julia over at Pawleys Island Posh for this amazing giveaway!!

Another thing making me happy right now...

this amazing weather we are currently experiencing in the Carolinas! 

I sure do hope it stays around! 

xo

Giveaway entry

Are you a follower of Pawleys Island Posh? 

If not, you should be! 

Julia Ryan has got great sense of style, design and not to mention is a fabulous photographer! 

I found her blog a while ago and am a big fan of her style photography!!

AND today she is giving away one of her 2-hour sessions!!

If I won- it would totally be worth the road trip to Richmond to have her snap some shots of baby girl!! 

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I fancy this...

For my SLR!!!

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I'm pretty sure that I need to get one of these STAT! And I'm also pretty sure that it's just June and I already have a "Christmas Wish List" running under notes on my phone. Pathetic I know. But it's the only way when I see things throughout the year that I like,  that I actually remember liking them (hey, I have a lot to distract me these days). Anyway- this will be pinned and saved for future reference because I promise, you will be seeing this bad boy attached around my neck (in orange) in the very near future. 

Kissing Tree

She is a phtographer. Her name is Elizabeth Messina, and she's based out of California. I have been sitting here ooooing and awwing over her website and blog! Her work is absolutely stunning in every sense of the word. And after looking further into her pictures, quite a few celebs were spotted, including...Brooke Shields & baby, Jason Priestly & baby, Tori and Dean & baby, Jeri Ryan wedding. Everything about her photographs are alluring and angelic.

As I start approaching 2010, and my news years resolution of digging into photography, I am loving being drawn into all the brilliant work caputured by others.

Photography

So last week officially began a new venture in my life. I started my first PHOTOGRAPHY class! It's a six-week course at our local tech school, that will teach me some of the secrets to better photography. I'm so excited!

I have always LOVED pictures, and typically don't go anywhere without my camera. It's such a fabulous way of catching every special moment in your life and being able to reflect on that for years to come. I guess it's only been up until recently where I really started developing a fasicnation for it and looking at it through a whole different light. I have found myself spending a great deal of time browsing blog after blog to see the different techniques, all at the same time while trying to gain my own ideas and develop my personal style.

I sometimes look back at my life and think about the things I wish I would have done, and lately I've been looking ahead thinking about the things that I would like to do...and should do, because it's never too late.

I'm so ready and motivated to dig right into this new adventure I can hardly stand it. Stay tuned!! xo