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rosettes

anyone who knows me knows that i have an insatiable desire to make things
and then make those things look…well…pretty.
i did this daily when i owned a shabby chic meets village meets metropolitan home retail store called the french gate some years back. anything with interesting bones, lines
or just caught my eye was recycled and embellished into something new.
these past few years i put my sewing machine, sketch/idea book aside to make room for my photography business.
a couple weeks back when lexi asked to borrow my sewing machine (for this)…
i was so inspired to do something creative. so i did.
rosettes. and rosettes seam to be the ‘it’ thing lately as far as a favorite photo hair accessory.
no wonder, they are fun, colorful, sassy, sweet…and pretty simple to make.
i used to make them in all kinds of ways for my business…mostly for the home.
when i made these first few, my intention was to use them in the brown tulle veil for the hydrangea et tulle
session i shot last week. on my way to the studio,
i chose to use the very dead hydrangeas instead.

so now what to do with the rosettes i made? and what about the others that i have since made? i thought of a few things..

these would make sweet pins to add to a market bag, a sweater, a belt, a bulletin board, hang a picture from…
and, yes, of course, something pretty for your hair.

i added some to clipboards that i covered with coordinating fabrics.

some of them are embellishing the window treatments hanging in the studio.
next up, the burlap covered hanging lampshades in the window will be wearing one or two.

so many possibilities for prettiness.

April 21, 2011 - 9:35 pm

Michelle - Such prettiness! I love the shape of each rosette and the warm colors you used. Would love a few for my home:) Thanks for sharing!!

April 27, 2011 - 12:39 am

Thea - These are so cute and pretty. You are so creative! xoxox

May 16, 2011 - 6:21 pm

Deborah Carr - I love your style. Your sense of fun and quirkiness. And your rosettes.

May 16, 2011 - 6:22 pm

Deborah Carr - I love your style, your sense of fun and quirkiness. And your rosettes!

March 16, 2012 - 10:31 pm

# - great post.

hydrangea et tulle {a brown bridal fairy session}

may i just say how much i enjoyed this little styled bridal session even if i didn’t last near as long as i intended…
as my daughter, in true gabriella fashion, asked if we were finished 10 minutes into the shoot.
{i had to bribe her to stay a little longer, see the last photo}

french west indies inspired fabric, yards of tulle, pure natural light paired with
my beautiful, sweet gabriella, creamy skin, doe hazel eyes and a relaxed manner…
set the tone for this little afternoon session.
as much as i had other variations on this theme, i love what we created.

hydrangea et tulle
{a brown bridal fairy shoot}

the only reason i was able to talk gabriella into 10 more minutes…
this cookie from the fabulous peggy shannon who owns queen city cookies
the most amazing and beautiful artisanal cookies…
we all ended up happy.

 

April 10, 2011 - 8:20 am

Natalie - So unbelievably beautiful!

April 13, 2011 - 6:52 pm

Michael Carr - How do you shoot images that are vivid, sharp, and yet still so natural and soft? You created elegant images!

April 17, 2011 - 1:42 pm

Maya Laurent - Beautiful! Love the details.

April 17, 2011 - 8:55 pm

alli - beautiful!

April 27, 2011 - 12:40 am

Thea - These images are gorgeous! And what a cookie. I love her smile and the glint in her eye in that last one.

hydrangea et tulle

instead of working on things i need to be working on today,
i decided to play.
i’ve been making fun little goodies these past few days and had every intention of using them here,
but, as happens all too often, my plans change on a whim. on the way to my studio, a dried up hydrangea bush said…pick me instead.
so i did and put my handmade goodies aside.

if i had to come up for a layout for this session, this would be the cover.
{just one for now}

 

 

April 8, 2011 - 9:21 am

on cincy chic {featured}

when i opened an email a couple weeks back asking if i’d be interested in being interviewed and featured on
cincy chic’s online publication,
i looked around and wondered if they had contacted the right person…me?
i’ve read many some very cool interviews of some of my favorite photogs, but never, even once,
thought about anyone wanting to ask me one single question.
{being very comfortable in my introverted state of being}
well, i wrote back and asked a few questions of my own.
in the end, thank you linda for asking some great questions and making it as easy as possible.

if you’d like to see...go here.

Chic Spotlight: Photographer Gina Weathersby


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{photograph by my mini me…sophia weathersby}
&
xoxo ilene {you know what for}

 

 

 

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April 9, 2011 - 11:32 pm

shannon sewell - congrats!! well deserved ๐Ÿ˜‰ and such a lovely picture of you… ๐Ÿ™‚

~S

June 23, 2011 - 5:44 pm

Virginia - Gorgeous!