happy birthday flowers

a friend is having a birthday celebration this evening and i really wanted to bring flowers. for this arrangement i used hydrangeas, stock, veronica, and bupleurum. the mason jar was leftover from my grandma's tomatoes. i love using these containers around the house or as gifts. reminds me of summers on my grandparents' little farm. i love this mason jar lantern on etsy.

fall is in the air

i love martha! i found some beautiful pumpkin carvings on her website whilst browsing for holiday ideas. i am not sure if i have the patience to tackle these lace inspired designs, but i'll definitely make a trip to the pumpkin patch to look for green pumpkins.

printing

last week i made some little van dyke photograms with hydrangea petals. i was inspired by these on etsy and thought the flowers would be appropriate for the invitations to the garden party. soon i hope to have some digital negatives made for other projects in mind. it feels good to be making stuff.

pineapple upside down cake

trevor made this for me today!

before we saw (5oo) days of summer, he spent some time this morning perfecting our dessert. i can't wait to eat it...

on a photo shoot

today i spent the day at rachel's apartment photographing her items for etsy. the area is surrounded by crops and various dirt paths and goes on for miles. i really love using rural spots like this as backdrops for photos-- so beautiful and interesting! we had some fun in the sun while showing off her handmade aprons and bags, then had a nice relaxing lunch at sophia's in the a/c.

poolside cat

jem likes to wander outside and pass out on the same deck chair every afternoon.

taco night

tonight we're eating marinated steak tacos with jalapeño something beans and mango salsa. mmm!