Okay, I kid, but not really. I would love to be at a point in my career that I could pay a full time assistant. Hell, a part time assistant! Someone to do my mail and postal runs, help keep my email clean, put together my accounting files for my accountant, I could go on and on. Alas, I am not there. But, I will be…just you wait!
It has been a pretty insane week. I take on a lot, but I know it’s all in the name of reaching a goal. Here’s a recap for you:
This week, we released our mid-month newsletter for Pink Ink Studios. It’s certainly slower during the summer months and I didn’t have time to create anything new for the store this time. I think after this summer I’m ready to jump on my Christmas designs since it’s going to be a busy photography year at Pink Ink this holiday season. So, we focused on a travel-related photography theme this month. You can click here to read that newsletter that I’m starting to put online. Also, be sure to check it out and see our Beautiful Newborns photo winners.
On Tuesday, I helped my aunt get her new laptop ready. Thursday, she flew to Miami…my family is moving there. It’s quite sad for us all. We came to St. Louis because we had family here after the death of my sister and father. Since we moved here, we lost two close family members to a move, and now we’re losing six more. Anyway, I helped her out and set her up on Skype. She went and purchased a webcam and I set my mom up on a webcam and Skype as well. Now, we’re working on getting my gramps set up with a MacBook so he can have a webcam too. I’ll be missing Ella and Anna so much, so it will be my way to talk to them live and hope they will always remember us.
Wednesday, I was so fortunate to be invited by Raquita to an experimental Boudoir session she set up with some models. Something that has sparked a big interest between us both…something we’re going to set up and offer on a quarterly basis. Really classy and fun. You saw a few images that night that I posted, and I have hundreds to go through and pick out. Next up we’ll be working on a name to call our event. So, you can watch for details of our quarterly event very soon.
Yesterday, Thursday, I had the pleasure of photographing the staff at Toasted Rav (www.toastedrav.com). You’ve seen the Lollipop Smiles logo and the photo I took of Jake a few posts down…you get the idea. I am excited to get this portion of my photography set up and online so I can start booking sessions. I know - vague, I am. But, you will have to see the whole picture (no pun intended) soon. The gang at Toasted Rav was amazing to work with and quite animated - just what I was looking for! Once I’m finished with their images and they see them all, then you can too.
I’m really excited that my photography business is now going to be streamlined into more manageable niches. Dogs, Wacky headshots, and my travel photography.
And, today, I spent the day with Tammy Tutterow and little Miss Emma. We hit up crafty stores around town with some ideas in mind for projects and just hunting down good bargains. We shopped Hobby Lobby and went right towards the clearance aisles. Watching Tammy’s eyes hit things for potential altered projects amazes me. The girl has got major talent. Then, off to Red Lead - a fun finding/altered/mixed media type store in Glendale. After that, I took Tammy to Lady Bug Beads. HELLO BEAD LOVE! I found some great chains and stuff for my Etsy necklaces. Talked to a lady there about a store in Kirkwood called Checkered Cottage. Fun when we can talk Pink Paislee and meet stores and other crafters that like my designs and our products. I will be going back for sure.
Now, I’m home, working on catching up on things and hopefully getting some sleep. I don’t think I’ve recovered from getting home at 1:30 a.m. from my Boudoir session. Tomorrow is the flea market in Belleville so I hope we can get to that while we’re at it. I am never slowing down, am I?
