Just like the rest of the world, I’m obsessed with Instagram. My boyfriend is always teasing me that I have all this equipment and I will take a million pics with my phone. It’s too much instant, instant gratification.

Pictures of things I like!

Just for fun, just because. I love my Elvis shot glasses and I love Ranunculus. Why not put the two together?!

These would make fabulous wedding centerpieces, if I do say so myself. I happened to Google “wedding shot glass centerpieces” and nothing nearly this cute came up.

What do you think?


I threw an old Coke bottle in the mix too…

This is one of those projects that happened to me and it was so cute and fun that I have to share! I’m always inspired by my super talented DIY brides and I finally found something I could make. (And you can too!)

It’s my first time posting a DIY so please feel free to ask me any anything! In case I left something out..

I stumbled on this image of old black and white photos hanging on the old window frame and fell in love. You can see how to make that one Talia Christine’s Blog. A few months later, my boyfriend found some perfectly old, rackety radtasical old window frames and saved them for me. (I didn’t even tell him about that image! He’s the best, I know.) I thought about doing almost the exact same thing as the image, until I came up with the idea to use pictures of me and my boyfriend instead. But how would I display the them in a fun and different way?

I had an old desk calender from Paper Source that I loved and didn’t want to get rid of. I thought it might look good to put the images where the date was and use it as a frame. Since it was our first year dating, I would put one photo of us from every month. Yes! It was perfect.

I hope you love the idea and have as much fun making this as I did! It could totally work for weddings as a photo display or table seating chart.. Many more ideas to build upon!

Old desk calender from Paper Source Hanging clips from Ikea or Michael’s

When you cut the month out, you can can save the title of the month and tape it on and have a corresponding photo. That’s what I did in the last image here:

Then you just clip and hang and you’re done! I just used push pins to secure the string. Super easy!

This is what it looks like in my house above my favorite mid century modern cabinet on the left. And my favorite month on the right.

I made this for my boyfriend for Christmas but didn’t finish so I gave it to him on Valentine’s. And it’s still at my house. I think I secretly made it for myself!

I’ve also used Polariods on my old window frames. You can see more on the Vintage Bridal Show Post.

The first part of my light, contrast and beauty project. I was a little intimidated to shoot Maile because she has so many amazing pictures of herself and I also find her photography moving. She takes incredible, intriguing self portraits and other photographers have shot amazing pictures of her… But that’s the thing I’ve realized is number one creativity killer; fear! Forcing myself to shoot even if everything isn’t “perfect” can only help me grow as an artist. So I was so excited with how these turned out. She loved them and will let me shoot her whenever I want, which means you’ll be seeing more of her gorgeousness soon.

Every Friday, I’ve decided to work on some projects just for me. I started last Friday with my beautiful friend Maile. This is about light and contrasts. The next part of this series will be at night.

Here’s just a preview of the day session:

Happy Thanksgiving! Today is so wonderful, I wish every day was thanksgiving. It feels so much better to be thankful than to be grumpy. Not like I’m ever grumpy or anything. haha

Everyday, I am sooooo very thankful for my client-friends! Hope you all have a truly blessed day.

I have three, count them THREE weddings I’m working on right now. Hoping to get them done soon.

Here’s a random picture from my 4th that I love. Sometimes I like to bring my camera to out-ings to see what craziness ensues. Hope you had as much fun as I did!

Kelly + Mike, Mt. Woodson Castle So many great details I can’t wait to show you! Guys wore purple bow ties!

Erin + Jorge, Pine Rose Cabins Another colorful + fun details wedding.

Julie + Johnny, Mission Santa Barbara So much happiness and love on this day!

Welcome to my newly designed blog!  I wanted to add some features and come up with a new design. It was time for change! Plus I needed to add items that reflect my personality and style a little better, like the tag and twine. I’m so in love with it!

You might notice that my logo now has the word “boutique”  in it because it fits so well. It means, ” A small shop serving a specialized clientele.” My client-friends are SPECIAL-lized.

Another fun new feature is the side bar of inspiration, latest and popular. I have such inspirational clients, I wanted their ideas to be easily accessible and fun to look through. You can also find the latest posts easily instead of scrolling down and popular posts are always a good time.

Facebook is now connected and every post can be tweeted, Facebooked, blogged, baked and fried however you like! It’s delicious!

Also, updated is my about me page. There’s a ridiculously silly video of me. Watch it at your own risk!

I want to thank Allison of Designed by Allison for doing such an amazing job! I couldn’t be happier. Use her, use her for everything and anything!

Let me know what you think! (But only if it’s good! haha)
xoxo,
Dana

la la la la la Well not exactly night; evening, if you will. How much did I love shooting at The Frank Sinatra House? A lot, thanks for asking. I especially love this shot my associate nailed of this cool “stranger”.

This wedding shall be blogged soon….

Lately I’ve been exploring the concept of what I’ve been calling “Reject Art.” Started by my Reject Heart. It’s all about making something beautiful accidentally or finding the art in something that didn’t turn out “right.”

I finally developed some Holga film (I usually wait so long, I forget what I’ve shot and it’s like Christmas when I get them back!) One of the reasons I love the Holga so much, it’s not perfect. But my recent developments, were even more un-perfect.. But the more and more they come out wrong, the more I’m loving them. These are all medium format film and even that didn’t quite turn out right. Only part of the side of the film showed up.

Nothing even came out on these ones, but I’m in love with the numbers and the colors.

This is a little more typically Holga but still cropped off. From one of my favorite weddings.

From this rad wedding. Even though these didn’t turn out, I gave them to the bride and she loved them.

A merry go round in Perris (looks totally creepy to me) and a building in Paris, Ireland or London.

Totally wacky, from this Engagement Shoot.

From my trip to Utah in December.

This is closer to the look I’m going for with my Holga, but this is also (accidentally) double exposed.