What Talent!

13 07 2009

Hey folks! We were looking for some new photoshop brushes to use in our designs and came a cross an amazing blog-site! Pixels & Ice Cream (pixelsandicecream.com) is a great resource for Photoshop tools. If you are looking for some very cute patterns and brushes we recommend her. You can purchase high resolution sets or download free sample sets that are gorgeous! If you see something on her site that you would like to see in a custom designed card for you please let us know and we will check it out! We may already use it! Enjoy!

Cheers!





Guess who’s turning THREE!?

9 07 2009

I can’t believe it!The artist is THREE!

We were busy designing a party invite for his third birthday! It’s posted below!

We are going for an arts and crafts themed party. Party goers will get to paint, color, and decorate some car cookies! Yum!

Good thing it will only be in the 100’s! Yuck! Should throw in some water gun and water balloon games!

Here is the invite…

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We used our “Splat” Background. This would work great too for an art show or event card.

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"Splat" Background

This background was chosen because the young man’s interest in painting and we wanted the party to also include art.





Happy Belated Birthday America!

6 07 2009

Okay so we celebrated on the right day but are just now posting our firework images. Oh well.

First off, I just want to say that the advice that Scott Kelby gives in his Digital Photography book was right on! Imagine that!

Here is a few of the images. Enjoy! Please leave a comment especially if you have any technical tricks that you have found work really well to capture those firework images! (BTW, shot these at an f11 with either a 3.2″ or 4″ shutter speed on a Canon 40D, only editing was cropping a few of them tighter) You can check out more on the Firework Page under Images.

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Back to Business

5 07 2009

Wow! What a great vacation from reality. But it might have been too long. Now we are having to re-learn where everything is located in the kitchen! Between the family visits and cruising the Caribbean we did manage to sprinkle in a little bit of work. We were really excited to be able to do a birth announcement for little Miss T and now have a “Tynleigh” design in our Baby Announcement collection-every bit the diva design! We also created a new card background titled “Leaving Las Vegas”.  This was used on a Moving Announcement for someone moving from Vegas. But it will be great for Party Invitations as well! We were able to incorporate our own photograph of the famous Vegas sign in to the design and are very excited about the way it turned out! We are starting to think about Christmas Card designs now. So if you want to get a head of the game please contact us and we can start a custom design for you!

Digital Wake Up Call. A No-Brainer! Go!

Want to learn a lot of very useful information, have a good time doing it, do a little shopping AND win great prizes!? Then what are you waiting for! We had an opportunity to attend a seminar in Norman (Oklahoma City) Oklahoma by a very experienced, knowledgeable and extremely personable photographer, David Ziser. The Digital Wake Up Call 2009 tour is going on through November in cities across the nation! If you are a photographer I highly recommend this seminar. It is very very affordable (only $79, $59 with the promo code) and we got a TON of great information! The information was great for all photographers not just wedding and portrait types. Mr. Ziser did a great job covering the business side of things as well, which we know us creative types would like to forget about most of the time! :)

With Mr. David Ziser at the Digital Wake Up Call Seminar, Norman OK

With Mr. David Ziser

You can still register and receive a discount for the seminar on the website HERE. We didn’t even mention the doorprizes! There were so many and they were awesome! We, who NEVER win ANYTHING, won a full WPPI Conference registration for two! We are sooooo excited! Just for signing up you get a one year WPPI membership for free and many many other great and some free deals JUST for attending! We are so glad that we went. We took a lot away and will look forward to attending another seminar when he comes to Las Vegas 16 November! At $59 (with the promo code) you can not afford to miss it! Check it out!

Kudos to A Couple of Photog Ladies!

We just recently had family photos taken by Megan Graves (check her out HERE!) in Oklahoma City.  We had a wonderful time and really like the images she was able to capture. If you need a photographer and are in the Oklahoma City area I would check her out! Here is a sampling from our shoot. (All images Copyrighted 2009 Megan Graves)

Copyright 2009 Megan Graves

Copyright 2009 Megan Graves

Copyright 2009 Megan Graves

Copyright 2009 Megan Graves

Copyright 2009 Megan Graves

Copyright 2009 Megan Graves

If you are anywhere near Wichita Falls, TX we would recommend that you call on Miss Angi of Angi Ruby Photography. She is an amazing photographic artist and captures kids and families with such style! She travels too! So, if you are not right in Wichita Falls just contact her about her travel rates/destinations. She is well worth it! Please check out her website HERE!

Okay, we have gone on and on enough now. Time to get back to work. Have some great firework shots to get up from 4th of July, a website to start and already some more baby announcements and an engagement/save the date card to think about! Woo hoo! The Lord is blessing us daily. We pray that you will find His blessings as well. Be safe and hope to hear from you all soon. Please don’t forget to leave your comments. No one gets better with out some good healthy criticism and/or kudos once in a while! LOL! Cheers!





Leaving Las Vegas!

3 07 2009

No, we are not leaving. But we did design a custom moving announcement for someone that was indeed “Leaving Las Vegas”!

This is an example of a 4×6 double-sided postcard Moving Announcement.  If you or someone you know is moving and wants a unique-to-you way to let EVERYONE know please feel free to contact us about designing a custom card using this design or creating a new one from scratch!

Don’t forgot to mention this blog entry for your exclusive discount!

Front 4x6 Postcard "Leaving Las Vegas" background
Front 4×6 Postcard “Leaving Las Vegas” background
Back 4x6 Postcard Moving Announcement "Leaving Las Vegas" Background

Back 4x6 Postcard Moving Announcement "Leaving Las Vegas" Background





Another beautiful new angel…and a new announcement!

11 06 2009

Oh we are so excited to show this to you! This is the final version of the most recent baby girl announcement we had the privilege to design.

We also designed something new…a 2″ x 3.5″ Thank You card to place in the envelope with the card. It was blank (but colored) on the reverse side so as to be able to write a personalized message to the gift givers! We loved how it turned out. We coordinated the design with the Baby Announcement.

I hope you enjoy it. If you would like to order one yourself or a similar design please contact us for pricing! (Mention you saw it on this blog and receive an exclusive discount!)

Enjoy!

Front of "Tynleigh" 5x5 Design
Front of “Tynleigh” 5×5 Design
Back of "Tynleigh" 5x5 Design
Back of “Tynleigh” 5×5 Design

Small "Tynleigh" Design Thank You Card w/ Rounded Corners
Small “Tynleigh” Design Thank You Card w/ Rounded Corners





aM I LOsinG iT foR ReAl!?

10 06 2009

Okay…so now I need to get some pics of my camera but I am having a dickens of a time locating my card reader!!! AGGGHHH! Will keep searching but in the mean time I am blaming the dog.

 

Will be back soon….I PROMISE!!!

Cheers!





Where has the time gone!?

5 06 2009

Sorry we haven’t been available to update the blog in a while! Have fallen behind with all the road-trippin’ this summer! Have so many great shots to get edited and posted still! Also want to update you on what we’ve been up to including a great seminar we attended in Norman, Oklahoma last night with Mr. David Ziser! What great info, even if you aren’t a wedding photographer (that’s me!). The lighting tips and marketing ideas were awesome and the previews into some very useful software programs was great! So we will be back shortly with some images and thoughts! In the mean time may we suggest you check out www.digitalprotalk.com or www.digitalwakeupcall.com for information from Mr. Ziser! We will for sure!!!

 

Cheers!

hairncoffee





UnDEr CoNStrUctIoN

30 04 2009

Hello my dear friends! I am in the process of creating a way for you to SHOP for art prints JUST FOR YOU! Yes, right here on this blog! I have to go through my images, many that are not currently available on here. I will ultimately have images for you to preview then you can contact me with the images and sizes that you would like to purchase! You will be able to pay with PayPal or a credit card (with out a PayPal account) all as secure transactions complete with invoicing! Check back because I will have special discounts from time to time. As it should be, I will also have a military/police/fire discount (Thank you for your service!).

 

This is taking a bit longer than I had hoped. In the process some images may not be available to view on older posts. Once the transition is complete I would love to hear feedback from you! Don’t forget that our custom made announcements and cards are always available too!

 

Thank you for your patience and your interest! I really enjoy bringing these images to you!

 

As an update too, my camera is still gone :( I am really bummed about that. That is why I have been working on what I have!

Cheers!
K. Gilbert





caMerA iN tHe ShOp

18 04 2009

In an effort to get my camera worked on and back here before my big trip, my camera had to go to the shop. Unfortunately it is being sent out for repairs so it could be as long as 2-6 weeks! Though they assured me that their turn around has been closer to 2-3 weeks and maybe sooner for the minimum work my camera should need. I feel lost with out it! I can’t imagine my computer having to be gone also! What would I do! I just can’t clean house all the time! Are you kidding! Oh well. Now I wait. Today would have been a great day to go hiking in the Valley of Fire though :( [sob sob]

 

Maybe I should spend the time watermarking all my images and updating with new/newly-edited images. At least you would get something new on here!

Until then…Cheers!