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…continues to blossom in Greenwich Village. Met more of my NYC buddies: Deb & Tucker, aka DMac & Tucky-Duck. I met Deb at the dog park when I lived in New York and prior to out meeting every person who recognized my gorgeous Canadian accent would say – “Are you Canadian?” when I replied “Yes!” the next question was always “Oh! Do you know that other Canadian chick who comes to the park?”. To be honest, I was so sick of hearing about this other Canadian ‘chick’ that I secretly hoped I would never meet her. The possibility of friendship based solely on our citizenship seemed silly. I know Canadians are stereotyped for being super friendly, but this was ridiculous!
The day Deb and I met we sat at the park and talked, and talked and talked for THREE HOURS ! We have been close friends ever since and both share a strong connection with our little furry friends. Tucker is the funniest little man you will ever met, with a penchant for lunging at rollerbladers, and going on ’strike’ when the walk gets too long (I have carried him through the village in sweltering heat while passerby s laughed OUT LOUD at how ridiculous we looked). He loves Deb more than anything in the world and I was thrilled to have a chance to document their connection. Terry (my yorkie) misses you ‘terri’bly Duck-Duck!
Here’s to Canadians!
Happy Canada Day!!
About a month ago I was down in NYC for the weekend catching up with some wonderful friends. Alex grew up next door to the Tynan kids and he is sort of like my kid brother. He now lives in NYC with his super cool girlfriend Brittany. We had a wonderful dinner catching up on everything that is new and exciting in life and work. Alex always has about a 1000 balls in the air and more than a few of them are turning into some pretty BIG projects. The most exciting of recent time is www.mybanktracker.com – a site that tracks what is going on in the retail banking industry.
Here are some shots I took of A&B before dinner – I love the cobble stone streets and beautiful backlight in the meatpacking district.
Another furry New York Love Story to follow.. stay tuned
We LOVE camp!
And it looks SO COOL! I went up to the store yesterday to hang it and it was stopping traffic right from the get go!
Thanks so much to all the kool kids who came by to support out KIDS IN CAMP fundraiser. How neat that all you camp lovers are helping to send other kids to camp!
The banner will be up at TNT kids for the next few months so be sure to send your friends by the check it out.
Time flies when you are having fun and I guess we just have waaaaay to much of it around here. Seems like just yesterday I was visiting Molly in the hospital. She was the teeny, tiniest little baby. She has grown up in a beautiful, sassy, hilarious one year old.
Here are some of my faves from her shoot last week.
Molly is a big fan of the lemon Madeleines from Madeleines Cherry Pie & Ice Cream.
I love the connection and energy in this portrait of mother & daughter.
Molly is a true fashion diva and loves ripping the pages out of her favorite fashion mags! Her Mom came up with the idea of capturing this in a fun way. We are making Molly a big gallery wrap for above her crib of the last one. It is going to be aWeSomE!!
Something I ADORE about my job is that I am constantly meeting KOOL families. Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day and we had the honor of spending some quality family time with Eli and his big sisters, Maddie & Jillian. This little man is just about as delightful as a wee man can be and he absolutely ADORES his sisters. Here are some of our faves from yesterday’s session.
Happy Thursday!
L
We are looking for the new face of Dry Goods Tees and our model search happens tomorrow at Diaper-eez located at 2309 Bloor Street West. We are guaranteeing a mini-shoot for the first 75 kids to come to the store tomorrow between 9 am and 1 pm. An ENORMOUS poster with all the mini-models will then hang in the store for the month of July and you can go in and VOTE for your favorite!
We LOVE the new House and Home!
Yep, that is me! If you know me well you know that I am OBSESSED with design (which probably explains why I get waaay too excited about helping you with framing and displaying your portraits) and devour my favorite design mags each and every month with glee. A typical Sunday morning involves my hubby, Kyle, doing his Sunday morning sleep in, while I bounce out of bed when the sun comes up to read Metropolitan Home, Dwell, Domino (sniff, sniff this mag folded a few months back and it is my all time favorite design mag – i have EVERY issue) and more recently I have added Canadian House and Home to the list. Suzanne Dimma, formerly of Wish, is the new editor and with her appointment, the mag has gone under a bit of refurbishment. It now kicks BUTT! I had to share my thoughts with the editors and lo and behold when I dug into the July issue there I was – in LIGHTS! Now, the mag edited my letter pretty severely, but it is kept to basic theme (minus my lamenting of Domino’s demise). The discovery has made my week. L
In keeping with great ways to display and share your family portraits, I am loving Cameron McNeil’s blog post from H&H about photo walls. We have been building these family portrait ledge walls with several amazing families over the past few years with amazing results. Stylish, fun and evolving over time!
The perfect way to display family portraits that evolve as your family grows!
Tell us what you think!