Big Dance Weekend

The next few days are going to be BIG dance days for one Foxy Clausen. She gets to dance at Farmer's Market tomorrow night with her performing group, the Lil' Rads. Then on Friday night and twice on Saturday she's performing in her studio's Winter Showcase. She has all of her costumes lined up and she is PUMPED.

If you're thinking of hitting the SLO Farmer's Market this week, look for the Studio @ kids at the corner of Higuera and Chorro at 6:30. Here are a few shots of the Lil' Rads from a performance earlier in the fall. I can't take credit for these; they were snapped and shared with the studio and parents by a thoughtful performance attendee.

Closing the Books on 2012

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'm done taking orders of any sort until after the New Year. I have two final deliveries to make tomorrow, and then it's time for me to turn my attention to Christmas shopping and planning for the Clausen family.

If you're interested in scheduling a session for January or beyond, please feel free to email or call. If you want to place an order from a previous session, it's okay to call or email as well; I just won't be fulfilling the request until January.

Since I can't post without a photo of SOME sort, here are a few snapshots from our decorating a couple of weekends ago. I tried and tried and tried to get Stella to pose in front of the tree, but she would only wait for about two seconds after I said "stay" before she came charging toward me, looking for her promised treat. Oh, well. At least she isn't eating the trains under the tree as she did last year.



And here are a couple of snaps of my holiday decor project 2012, garland style. I was inspired by something I saw in a magazine or on TV or somewhere... Anyway, I strung what felt like a million balls together and then found these nice little reindeer and fake candles to pull it together. (Side note: How awesome are today's fake candles?? You'd never know, and there's no risk of forgetting to blow them out and setting off your smoke detector... something I may or may not have done once before.)





I'll likely be back with a few random posts through the rest of the month, but until then: Happy Holidays!

Just a Quick One From the Files

I am popping up from fulfilling client orders to take a breather and put something happier on the site. (I spent so much of last week cranky with my domain host -- see below, if you haven't already -- and I am trying to purge myself of all that negative energy.)

Here's a shot from the files. It's one I'm printing up for the client, along with the rest of her order. I would so love to have a shot like this of me with one of my own babies... Then again, I don't look like her, so it probably wouldn't be as lovely an image. :)



Ha! Just looked at the snapshot of me with my nephew two posts down. No, and I am most definitely NOT as photogenic as this client!