{ Wordle }

The other day, I came across wordle. It's a fun little site where you can either type in your own words, or type in the link to your website/blog and it will pull words off for you. Then, it makes a fun little "word cloud." You can pick all kinds of different fonts and colors. Go check it out here...you'll love it! And for an extra bit of fun - post it on your blog, then leave a comment with your blog name. I bet we could get some pretty fun "word clouds"

I'm so excited to annouce....

...the website is finished!! :) 

A HUGE Thank you to my brother, Dane, for making the logo....I LOVE it! And to my parents and sister, Kelli, for the time they spent previewing and proofreading!! I had so much fun putting it together!! The showit site maker is amazing, I highly recommend it to all you photographers out there!!

www.paigeelizabethphotography.showitsite.com

♥ Happy Valentines Day! ♥

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you. ~Winnie the Pooh
 

Love - it's a beautiful thing. I love to see young people fall in love, and what I love even more is to see old couples still in love!  There's just something so cute about old couples...seeing the husband open the car door for his wife, watching them laugh and gaze into each others eyes like they're still young, and seeing them in the grocery store buying roses for their wives.

Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever. ~ Unknown

But, there is a love that is even more beautiful than human love, and that is the love of Jesus Christ. His love is perfect! No one can love us more than He does!! He loves us so much, that He sent his only son to die so we could have eternal life!
 

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

This afternoon, my sister (who lives up the street from us!) brought over adorable valentines cupcakes. They were each decorated with pink frosting, sprinkles and topped with a heart. I love sprinkles! They make everything all the more tasty! :) 

Because sweets don't last very long in our house, I ran upstairs to grab my camera and my trusty piece of white poster board, so I could take a few pictures before the cupcakes disappeared.  :)  There I was, standing on a chair bending over my white poster board and a pile of cupcakes....oh, what we photog's go through to get a good picture... After all, cupcakes are most definitely worth blogging about...especially when they have to do with valentines day! ♥

 

♥ Btw, the cupcakes were even more delicious than they look! ♥

Leif

This is a long overdue post. I do believe I qualify for the "worst blogger of the year" award. :) Life has been pretty busy around here, but it's finally beginning to slow down and I'll make sure the blog stays updated more often. Yipeee!! 

Last week, four of my siblings and I participated in a piano competition. For the last month or so the piano has been going non-stop...add voice and string practice....the music never stops here. Haha! BUT, the practice paid off and two of my siblings are headed to state! Whooohoooo!!! Congrats Holly and Clay! ♥

I asked Leif to do this photo shoot because I don't get much practice taking pictures of guys. Most times it's either families or girls. When I asked him, he answer in the typical guyish way saying he was "busy." Haha! In 20 minutes we were finished and voila we had some fun photos! Thanks, Leif!  

My Super-Duper-Awesome-Brothers

The promised post of my four awesome bros is here.  -I do believe I just stated the obvious!-   They are my favorite four guys ever and they made my day when they agreed to let me do a photo shoot of them!!

Having four brothers is pretty fun!  They all play the guitar, usually making up their owns songs.  It's so much fun to listen to them!!  They're pretty good.  So, lemme tell you about each one....

Dane, my oldest brother, is the comedian of the family.  He can imitate anyone and has a great sense of humor! He gets us laughing till we have tears in our eyes. He has his own pressure washing business, "Coastal Pressure Washing."  It's been fun to watch him as his business has grown - starting out small and working his way up.  Graphic design is another interest of his.  The logo under my name on the first picture was made by him, and he also made Kelli's blog header.  :)  Since moving to NC, he and Leif have picked up surfing.

Leif, my second oldest brother - let's just say he's a one of a kind!  :)  When everyone does one thing, he does the opposite.  (i.e. in the funny family Christmas picture, the one where we're all doing something funny, he just stood with his back showing. haha! You can see that here.)  He also has his own business,"Classic Lawn Care."  Like Dane, he started out small, mowing lawns just in our neighborhood with a push mower.  Now he has a huge mower with some pretty awesome accounts!  I love when Leif takes his big ol' truck out on the beach, we all climb in the back and off we go for a nice drive down the beach!!  It is one of my all time FAVES!!

Drewie, my little brother that is now taller than me!  But, then again, that's not saying much, because most people are taller than me.  :)  He will always be Drewie to me, no matter how old he is.  Poor guy!  No one can replace Drewie's laugh.  When he laughs he gets these great big dimples and the hair on his forehead bobs up and down!  Like his older brothers, he has his own business with gum ball machines, "Chews Drews."  I think that is just the best. thing. ever! (aside from my job).  I mean, how many 16 year olds own three gumball machines!?  I never had my own, that's for sure!  :)  He and Clay did some surfing for a while, then they sold their surfboards and picked up fishing.  They've got quite a collection of fishing gear now. :)

Clayter, the last born - which pretty much says it all - cute, funny, spoiled (not really),  fearless, and just plain ol' FuN!  You never know what will come out of that boy's mouth.  He says some of the funniest things!!  I love it when he comes to me asking for help with his math. :)  He just got braces, which was pretty exciting!  He would love to follow in his brothers' footsteps and start his own business some day.  Recently, he and Drew built a three-story tree fort in the back yard.  They climb up to the third floor, grab hold of a pine tree and swing down to the ground!  How fun is that!?  They made me go out and try it, and I must admit it was pretty fun!  He's a pretty fun guy to be around!  Last night, we sat by the fire place with Oreo's and milk while we played mancala. :)

:: All that to say, I couldn't ask for better brothers!! ::

Left to right - Drew, Leif, Dane Clay

 

 

Personally, I'm not a fan of textures (although I've seen some pretty fun ones!), but just wanted to give it a try. :)

 

Poladroids!

There are probably a million other things worth blogging about, buuuuuut, I'm gonna blog about one of my most recent favorite things - Poladroids. :)  If you want to have some fun with your photos, check it out! I love that old time look. It's just so much fun! (Guess it doesn't take much to excite me!)

Anywho, for more exciting news - there are some fun photos coming up in the next couple weeks! An engagement shoot, one of all four of my brothers - YES, can you believe it!? FuN! - and some photos of just one of the brothers.

Until then...go have some fun with Poladroids! :)

Besties ♥ Forever

If you've been following my blog for a while, you probably remember Abby Joy, I posted her photos back in August.  Her bestie, Disa, was visiting from California for the week, and I had the pleasure of doing a photo session with them! :)  They're both so natural in front of the camera, you can tell they have a great time together!

They're both simply adorable!  Yep, these girls are just gorgeous!!  They look like they stepped right out of an American Eagle ad - seriously.  And, more than that, they both have these amazingly bright smiles!  The kind of smiles that brighten up your whole day. :)

As we got to talking, we realized how much we all have in common.  All three of our dads are in the military (Disa's and my Dad are both Navy chaplains), we love singing, we're all home schooled, and Disa and I share the same birthday!  How fun is that!?  Needless to say, we had an absolute BLAST!

*Thank you to Mary Kim for suggesting the location! I loved it!! Buildings, especially old ones, have so much fun character, I just love it!*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous? I think yes! Thanks gals - hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed capturing them! ♥

:: Holly :: Swansboro, NC

The great thing about having lots of siblings is, you're never without a friend.....or photography subject! :) They are the victims of my experimenting and endless practice. The other day, I was trying something with indoor lighting, Drew, my younger brother, was walking by at the wrong time...."Drewie, wait! Can you stand there a minute while I try this?" And he did! So patiently standing in the hallway, looking up towards the light while I stood there playing with my camera. :)

Anyhoo, the other day, Holly and I went out to snap some photos. I tell you, that girl is so photogenic!! One of the things we have always wanted to do, is to go behind some of the buildings and use them as backdrops. It was fun!! Then, we headed over to the soccer field for some more fun photos!