Happy Holidays!

Here’s just a quick post to tell everyone that I hope y’all have a fantastic Holiday season filled with good food and great fun!

Here are some of the presents under our tree this year. Besides the gift bags I ordered from the fab Cactus and Quail (on the right in the first image), I decided to use what I had around the house to wrap the rest of our gifts. Namely, ribbon and lace that my grandmother had given me from her stash, paper shopping bags, and a snowflake stamp I had. I think it all came out quite nicely, don’t you?? ;)
Stay warm and enjoy the season! See you next year! :)


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Help Portrait 2010

If you read my last post or if you’ve been following my tweets recently, you already know that I spent last Saturday with the awesome Help-Portrait San Diego crew. We rocked our portraits this year, and it was SO exciting to participate again!

We started out at St. Clare’s Home in Escondido in the morning, where our fearless leader, Jamie, had this amazing spread set up for the families! Hello, delicious!

The fabulous Chriselda had collected all of these stuffed animals, and each child was able to pick one to take home! How awesome is that?!?
We then moved to Solutions for Change in Vista for our afternoon sessions. SFC is where I participated last year, so it was fun to see some familiar faces among the staff and families!

All in all, it was a GREAT day for all of us! Following are a couple shots of fellow volunteers from the SD crew. (We used each other to test our set-ups before the families came in.) 
Child prodigy, Graham:
and Chic-Fil-A rocker Ryan: 
Thanks again to all of the volunteers who made Help-Portrait 2010 a huge success! I can’t wait until next year’s event! I’ve already marked my calendar: 03 December 2011!


News Update!

Hey Everyone!
I guess I took a break from blogging for a while. It was totally unintentional! I have been super busy and taking time to blog slipped out of the picture. Oops!
Well I wanted to let y’all know that I have a photo show coming up! I will be displaying never-before-seen images on a variety of media, and am slightly nervous super excited about it all! It is going to be held at the ZTA Gallery at Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects (3956 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92104). The opening reception is going to be on November 13, 2010 and will start at 6:00pm. There will be hors d’oeurves, drinks, live photo shoots, and photography all around!
I will be there the whole night and I’d love to meet you!
Stay tuned for a wedding post coming tomorrow!
Have a great weekend!
Lauren


Senior Portraits with Mark and Caroline

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to take senior pictures for two siblings: Mark and Caroline. They are both graduating this year: Mark obtained a B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M University, and Caroline is graduating from T.M.I. (high school) this weekend. Isn’t he the most handsome college graduate and she the most gorgeous high school graduate this year?!?

Ok, ok, ok. Mark and Carline are my brother and sister! I wasn’t going to tell you, but I’m really proud of them, so I’m happy to say, Congratulations to them both! :)