Debut of THE CHAIR

I have no patience.

I'm horrible with keeping secrets.

I like instant gratification.
I jump the gun.

I just love to share.

I buy new clothes at the store, and I'm wearing them the next day.

It's just who I AM!

So...is it really any surprise that I pulled out THE CHAIR sooner than I'd planned?!?

I was saving it for our family session this coming weekend.

BUT one of my seniors (Rylee) texted me asking to use the damask chair she'd seen in a lot of my portfolio images. It was last minute, and that chair isn't mine. I wish it was!! But it belongs to my friend, Alicia!

So, I told Rylee that I couldn't get a hold of that one, but I had a new butterscotch chair I could bring. She of course said "yes, please!" So....my first Criagslist purchase made it's debut on Saturday evening!! I couldn't have picked a more perfect session for it! Gorgeous senior, amazing Fall evening, awesome locations!

Hello $20 chair...where have you been all my life?

See...I told you a couple weeks ago that I was only giving you a {peek} of the chair, until our family session.

But I just can't help it! I love to share stuff!!!

A few of my favorites of Miss Rylee workin' the chair!

So.......

The chair has been in the back of the Jeep since Saturday night. My Jeep smells like an old man's house. No offense to any old men that read my blog :) It's patiently waiting to be used again at OUR family session this weekend!! I am soo excited! A little stressed...but mostly excited. There is so much pressure for a photographer to style her own family.  I'm done with the shopping though, and happy with what we have. I'm also excited to finally meet our photographers! Alicia and I have been emailing back and forth a lot. We both share an addiction to hunting for cool furniture on Craigslist! So, it's crazy that I feel like we've already met, and we've been friends for years!

There it is...the debut of THE CHAIR! For sure the best $20 I've ever spent.
You will be seeing a lot more of it on the photoblog. Everyone will want to use it this Fall. 

Well, I would anyway.

THE chair

Yep, I'm still here...

Just trying to catch up on editing, ordering, etc. before my Bluegrass vacation begins!

LandRush was postponed due to the rain, so that's given me a few extra nights to get things wrapped up. 

Barrett woke up sick on Monday morning. 

He was just fine Sunday, then woke with a fever, runny nose, and lots of sneezing. It turned into a pretty bad cough, so I took him to the doctor yesterday. He was starting to get an ear infection, so I'm glad we caught it early. We were sad to miss our first week of Fall activities, and I hate to see my little man miserable, but it's been kinda nice to just stay home with this dreary weather.

AND, I finished my 2010 Holiday card designs. You can see them HERE.

I get my templates from the super sweet and talented Ashley. I've been working with her for over a year. She just moved to Nebraska, so now I like her even more :) They are still a lot of work to prepare, but she makes my job so much easier!!

So....about THE chair!

Well, I'm happy to report I made my FIRST Craigslist purchase yesterday!!

Here's a {peek}

I've been searching Craigslist every.single.day for some cool furniture, and was starting to get discouraged. I'd found a few I loved, but they were $100 or more. Then,  I found THIS! I squealed! It was perfect...just the style and vintage look I was going for. The brass nailheads were the icing on the cake! The sellers photo made it look like a light beige color, so when we pulled up and saw it on her porch last night, I was VERY excited to see it was a rich butterscotch color! Perfect for FALL!

Justin thought I was crazy, and wasn't too excited about driving to Wellington to pick up a chair. BUT he did it. $20 later, I was the happiest girl in the world! We tried out a Mexican place for dinner, then headed home.

Now, I need to call my dad to see if he has an extra storage unit for me! If I get anymore chairs, I'm gonna need a place to keep them all =')

You'll have to wait to see anymore of the chair. I'd planned to use it for my mini sessions at Badger Creek, but I think it might just be perfect for our family pictures in early October with this wardrobe color scheme --->

Justin and I did a little shopping on Monday, so these aren't exactly the things we'll be wearing, and the yellow is much deeper.

I've been getting lots of emails for the Fall Swap! Go HERE to sign up!!

I'm already gathering things for my partner!