LIFESTYLE
Welcome to the lifestyle section. All the things that help me live a life recovered from anxiety, depression and being captive to negativity. Let’s carve out some space for your mind to breathe.
Mother’s Day Photo Booth
On Mother's Day I had the fine privilege of setting up what I like to think of as a "gorilla-style" photo booth at church. There was a little advertising, but mostly the greeters just steered people into our pastor's office, where I had a {very cute} photo booth set...
3rd Grade Optical Illusions {Artists in the Schools}
I do lots of things here in Practically Canada. Lots and lots of things. Lots of varied activities that lend themselves to a never-boring {but sometimes a little too busy} lifestyle. But--of all the things I do, working with the Minot Area Council of the Arts...
Peterman Family Maternity {Sneak Peek}
Meet the Peterman family. As you can see they are adorable. Annnnd....they are expecting a baby! I can only hope that they had a fraction of the fun during their family maternity session that I had shooting it. In my opinion, any session that includes singing...
Mr. & Mrs. Unruh {Wedding Sneak Peek}
It's wedding day! Okay. So, technically today isn't the day. But it is the day that I'm finally showing off some very special images from an awesome wedding. Everyone--say HELLO to Mr. & Mrs. Unruh. I love that these two opted for an "anti-first-look." ...
Refinishing The Coffee Tables
It's been a few weeks since I told you I planned on refinishing antique tables I inherited from my grandparents. If you missed the "before" post, you can read it here. The original plan was to simply strip off the old finish {the shiny part}, that had been damaged...
Brooks | Newborn Sneak Peek
A few weeks back my schedule was saturated with sessions. I'm finally coming to the end of processing some of those sessions and I'm so very happy with the results. You've already seen Jordan's snowy senior session from that time frame. Now I proudly...
Jordan | Class of 2015
In January I was contacted by a very sweet "senior mom." You know, a mom of a high school senior. She had a request that was unique for me--unique for January in Practically Canada. Her son, Jordan needed senior portraits. He will be graduating in 2015. He'd like...
Skill Collecting | Accordion
I don't know if I can remember a winter that has ever been as busy and fun as the one I'm living right now. I've had what feels like a blue million sessions for the Artists in the Schools program. I've had a few seniors request snowy portraits. A few babies have...
Water & Wax | Artists in the Schools
Over the next week I'll be teaching six Artists in the Schools session at elementary schools across town. Today, I kicked off the marathon with a Water and Wax session with a group of first grade students. The idea behind this session is to teach students a...
Coffee Table
Lately I've been having project withdraw. Derek has been busy with work, I've been busy with work--which feels very weird, since winter is usually my "slow" season. We've started slowly moving on the basement. Emphasis on slowly. But, like I said--Derek is busy at...
Isabella | Newborn Sneak Peek
It's been a bit since I wrote something new...and I cannot think of anything better to share with you after being away than this precious newborn session. You may remember the Burnsides from their winter maternity session taken before Christmas. This is their...
Special Delivery
In addition to writing to you about Katie's Singing Telegrams last week {post here}...I also had the big-time fun of joining her on a couple of Valentine's deliveries. Like I said, she's my friend. As my friend, I want her to have good photos. And...if I'm being...
