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I can’t believe we are talking about the holidays.

September 2, 2010 – 8:04 am

I’m going to call her out – because I can – Lauren emailed me about Holiday Portraits yesterday. Really? I’m still sticking to the leather in my car and blasting the A/C like it’s going out of style. But it really, really is September and the last chunk of the year is upon us. So I guess I really am talking about Holiday Portraits right now.

So do your stretching exercises because November has been designated the month for portraits and the month for portraits has been designed as November (little ode to Monty Python there).

More details will follow, as well as what this year’s backdrop will look like. It will probably be ridiculous, don’t you worry.

Edited to add: Apparently others were ready to start talking about Holiday Portraits too. I’ve booked 3 and this blog post has been up 2 and a half hours!

PS, Pets are welcome as long as they don’t try to eat my cats.

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Lauren -

I am totally not ashamed now that I know others are with me!

I heart the nom nom.

September 1, 2010 – 10:29 am

This past Sunday was an Open House for my boudoir photography studio and I started my appetizer search pretty early. I wanted some fun, chic stuff but I wanted it to be really easy too because I didn’t have a lot of time to refresh the trays during the event. I also didn’t want to worry about chaffing dishes and keeping things warm or cold.

For drinks, I kept it simple. Asti champagne & Bitch Bubbly (yes, you read that right and you can find it at Central Market) with a strawberry in each glass for a little twist:

Now on to the yummies. There was definitely a cheese tray. What’s a real party without a cheese tray?

I did make apricot cheese balls. Is there anything better than cheese on a apricot? Not really.

Stuffed new potatoes.

Endive filled with a mixture of pimento olives, cream cheese, onions, tobascco, chives and red peppers. YUM.

Tortellini skewers. These were the easiest to make, but also the most time consuming doing the actual spearing. I have TONS still in the fridge if anyone wants to come nom nom.

For dessert, I introduced something a lot of ladies hadn’t had since childhood: puppy chow! That went like hot cakes, as did the cake balls. Yeah, everyone loves cake balls.

And some seasonal fruit and berries. I could chop the heck out of some fruit and berries any day of the week.

What are your favorite appetizer recipes for parties?

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Amanda -

Looks SO good! That apricot cheeseball sounds fabulous! I’m all about cheese…anything cheese for an appetizer has my vote

When Manic Monday spills into Tuesday.

August 31, 2010 – 9:30 am

I’m pretty useless on Monday mornings. My brain is still wrapped up in the weekend past and I somehow slide through my day in a haze. I throw a party if I get anything real accomplished on a Monday. I didn’t throw a party yesterday. Or post on my blog, I know, I know. Take away my cookies.

I’ve got a few things cooking on the proverbial burner, including a second fundraising event for the Komen Race for the Cure. You may remember a few months ago we did ‘Headshots for the Cure‘? Well, I have teamed up with some amazing female photographers and we are going to offer ‘Provocative for Pink’ sessions on Sunday, September 19th at my studio in Valley Ranch.

The amazing photographers include:

Janelle | Engaged Studio

Stacey | Simple Moments Photography

Michelle | Michelle Peyronet Photography

Not only are they amazing as photographers (Yes, I’ve said it three times now, so you know I mean it), but they are just such wonderful people as well and teaming up with them is a dream come true.

So enough goo from my side, throw pink puffy hearts their way and you – you have a fabulous day today. I’ll be back tomorrow with pictures and more bloggy babble.

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Erinn -

That is awesome! If I was down to my pre-preggo weight and local, I would so do it! Good luck!

Autumn & Matt :: their portraits

August 27, 2010 – 8:22 am

I had ten minutes short and unsatisfying minutes for images of Autumn and Matt before the reception was in full swing. I wanted more. They wanted more. I knew my blog stalkers would want more. Here is what 10 minutes and some quick shimmying bought us …

Autumn & Matt's wedding day portraits

So after the reception, Vivian and I followed them back their honeymoon suite (don’t worry we were invited. I think.) to give the guests time to disperse and to take a little break ourselves.