You see, they all had really cool hair cuts. And unusual hair cuts at that. The oldest one, a boy, had a really snazzy looking mohawk. Yes, an honest to goodness mohawk! I LOVED it! He even used colored hair gel to keep it standing upright. He did it up in reddish streaks. Completely cool! And his younger sister, who was probably about 8 or 9, also had an age-unusual style and it really suited her. It was one of those avant-garde beveled bobs where it’s shorter in the back and much longer in the front. It looked so cute on her.  And the youngest one…oh my. She was probably about 6 or so and had this adorable mass of dusty strawberry blonde hair with big unruly curls pushed back with a headband.  All three, so different, but each style worked on them individually.  I was smitten, what can I say? LOL

So, of course, I had to go over, introduce myself – which is something I rarely do since I’m normally a little shy in those situations – and  give them my business card. I’m really hoping they give me a call. The kids seemed super sweet, the parents quite nice (and nice looking themselves!) and I think they’d be a lot of fun in the studio. I’d love to have them as part of my portfolio, but also just for the fun of making a cool portrait of some really cool looking kids!

Actually, I’m excited. I’m going to spend some time this week gathering up some new nifty holiday props and creating some scenes to use for holiday images for my upcoming shoots.

Sure, it’s a busy time for me (and everyone), but it sure can be a lot of fun! Stay tuned for some sneak previews and to find out about my holiday specials.

Here are some Christmas Cuties from last year! Click on the image to see it larger.

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Now, I’m finishing up my paperwork and working on booking some holiday sessions. Should be fun!

Thanks to everyone who has helped make the new studio a success!

More to come soon! (And pics too, I promise!)

However, currently, everything that has been moved over is strewn across the floor of the studio, awaiting me to figure out where it should all go! I’m actually sort of afraid to go down there at the moment because it’s so overwhelming! LOL The thing is that I’m still trying to get the main living areas of the house set up and we have house guests coming this weekend, so that sort of has to come first. I’m still unpacking the kitchen stuff, for goodness sakes!

The studio will get there. I promise! I’ll keep you posted!

However, I do have all my contact info, my bio and my current price lists which reflect the fact I’m in the portfolio building phase (BIG discounts!)

So stop by and take a look!

EnchantedLightStudios.com

We have been busily prepping the house so it’s fit for us to move in. Thankfully, it’s in really great shape and just needs a few cosmetic things done like washing all the kid hand prints off the walls, deep cleaning the bathrooms, washing windows (and there are a LOT of windows to wash!) and putting some doors back on their hinges – that kind of thing. The yard is a complete mess because the house has been vacant for about 9 months, so the Hubbsterdude™ and his college-aged brother, Brandan, who stays with us during the summers (aka Dishboy™) have been pulling weeds and mowing and trying to make the yard quasi-presentable. But overall, it’s a beautiful place and we’re very excited to be moving in.

The big stuff goes over this weekend. We’ve already started taking small van loads of things over as we can. I even have a couple of armless chairs, coffee and side tables and some of my “plants” that have already gone over to the new place. (Mostly to get them out of the way at the old house so I have room to pack!) But it’s actually starting to look like a home in there. It’ll be nice when it’s all moved and we’re settled. THEN I can start getting the studio put together!

So, we’ll be closing on my birthday. What a nice present, huh? We’re both exceedingly excited!

Guess being a homeowner means I’m really a grown up person now eh?!

Today’s task is wrapping and boxing up all my nice, breakable platters and serving dishes. And I need to box up all my Polish Pottery, as well. Can’t wait to get that into the new house. It’s going to look fantastic!

Alrighty, back to work!

Great news is that the inspector didn’t think think the mold spot on the garage ceiling was actually from the plumbing in the master bathroom but rather it’s likely coming from the outside, probably from some faulty window flashing. Even though he’s not entirely sure and can’t be without pulling down the drywall, if it is coming from the outside, the home builder should cover it since the house is only 2 years old! There’s no plumbing in that part of the ceiling, so he really feels it is probably coming from outside. So this is great news!

And other than a few other little cosmetic things and a couple of new code issues, he thinks it’s a great house at a great value. So we are totally psyched!

I took lots of pics today, including ones down in the studio area, so if you’d like to see the slide show, feel free!

I’m really excited, can you tell? This is also the first time The Hubbsterdude™ has shown real excitement. It’s cute!

Slideshow on Flickr