just AWESOMENESS related!

my friend erin has this incredible design blog. little o’ this, little o’ that…she’s got some great, eclectic, and colourful taste. go check it out if you don’t like same old, same old furnishings and aesthetics.

(and, if you’re reading MY blog, i’m betting you don’t fit into the cookie cutter mold, so go give her some love!)

design for mankind

also, the title of her blog makes me think of one of my favourite jack handey quotes,

“maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “mankind”. basically, it’s made up of two separate words- “mank” and “ind”. what do these words mean ? it’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind.”

so, basically…the highest honour you can ever receive is to be applauded by your peers, right? because they’re the ones who really *GET* what your job entails, and if they think you’re good at it…you totally are.

so.

i was extremely flattered and hugely intimidated when Rachel (of decent urban weddings fame), the fabulous one, who gave me my start in wedding photography, asked me to shoot engagement photos for her and her new fiance.

we met in lowell, ma (have you heard the death cab for cutie song by the same name? i believe it is a free download from epitonic.com.) which is chock-a-block with urban decay…colours and textures galore.

here are some of my favourites:

hey mister…
(this is one of my favourite concepts…i didn’t make it up, but i’m owning it!)

SMUNCHYFACES!

she is NOT the typical bride. (in FACT…she got her dress off ebay, but she’s so unworried about this stuff that…because she doesn’t have an ebay username, she asked me to buy the dress on her behalf. i think that’s hilarious.)

(i called this their “anthropologie catalogue” photo.)

(this is her favourite.)

this one is my very favourite, and i think they should use it for their save the date cards.