(I am so very late in blogging this…this shoot was exactly 2 months ago. Yes, I am a terrible person. Don’t judge me).
For someone who loves style, loves having a outfit be “put together,” enjoys being in beautifully decorated homes and loves to look at Pottery Barn magazines, I sure loathe decorating, styling and putting things together. I can see the final product and let you know my opinions about it and I can kind of describe what I want/like/need, but to try to design and incorporate is just tortuous to me. Examples: My house –it’s never going to be nominated for a magazine that’s for sure. My wedding: just pieced it all together non creatively and got married. Our Christmas tree — as much as I want it to look like something from the Christmas Store, it resembles the Charlie Brown tree more than anything else.
So, when I get together with seriously amazing designers and stylists, I stand back in awe as they piece together out of paper and string a menagerie of bright beautiful colors that all manage to work together and create a magical wonderland of creativity.
A long while ago, the San Diego Photog Shootout leader and friend, Yvonne LeBrun invited Mackenzie and I to come along to a styled shoot designed by Joy of The Vintage Rabbit and for Pamela’s Parasols‘, new line of fun kid’s party parasols. I jumped at the opportunity even though it was in the middle of nowhere in San Diego County. But the 2 hour drive was worth it as soon as my city girl tires hit the windy dirt road and I walked straight into an issue of a Pottery Barn Kids magazine!
