Patterns from Lifetime's Past | Margot Blair Floral + Palazzo Lavaca

Palazzo Lavaca is a hidden gem in the city of Austin. 

Maybe you've never heard of it?

Tucked inside of an old saddlery in north downtown just off of Lavaca Street 

is a venue full of mystery and intrigue- 

patterns from worlds past, secret doors leading to other worldly rooms. 

It's easy to believe even walking up the staircase that you're entering one of the Count of Monte Cristo's tents.

Carly from Margot Blair Floral asked me to photograph a recent event on the property.

Here are a few of my favorites. 

Children's blog | The Pregnant Entrepreneur

Over the last year I couldn't make up my mind if I was going to 

post my family/personal stuff on this blog or on another? 

Alas, I think it is only fitting that babies + all things preggo be on 

one and the newness of love and couples on another! Introducing my new blog:

http://couragelovely.blogspot.com/

It is my goal to move all of our newborn and family shoots over to this ^^ blog as well, keeping anniversary/wedding/engagement on here! This will help me focus our blog topics on wedding/love instead of being  a l l  over the place all of the time! :)

Spring has arrived and with a new season, new ideas in bloom! While we wait for the arrival of our little one (only 8+ weeks left!) there is much to do! If we don't get to your wedding album before baby arrives, rest assured I'll still be plugging along well after she's graced us with her presence! 

Here's to hoping you have a lovely week! Thanks so much for following along. :)

The Arrival of the Birds | Why We Make Art

I've a very dear friend who is going through a lot of crap right now.

"But it's all for the best" she says. I wonder if I was in her shoes if I could say the
same and honestly believe it? Thank God for friends, real comforts in this world
that are there through thick and thin, who encourage and inspire us.
Thank God for art...

To remind us of who we are.

I can't tell you how many times I've failed to create something, to write something

because I hear "Somebody already made that... It's not worth creating again!"

"Put that pen down! They won't get past the first line of your words anyway!"

"You won't be able to convey what you're feeling so just stop right now."

"It's already been done before!"

"They won't care!"

and on and on...

But if you stop and think about it, the things that have meant anything to us at all-

the book the friend gave us at just the perfect moment in our lives, the quote we

read on that bumper sticker that inspired us to simply DO, the movie we saw or

rather that one single line in the movie that stuck with us for years and helped us

to reach our goal- all of that was because ONE person decided to follow their heart

and do

their

art.

My friend Kristen reminded me of that last week. "Remember?" she said. I had forgotten.

It is why we make art.

If I could stop one heart from aching, Emily Dickinson says,

I shall not live in vain.

It's not so bad, she says... | Inspiration Monday

I saw Sarah Jaffe live almost three years ago, before I really knew who she was...

and in those days of just a guitar and a bleeding heart
she was just magic. 

Happy Monday Lovely.

If you like this, go find her song "summer begs" and you'll be praying for a heat wave...

Suzanne and Ruben | Mayfield Park Portraits

The world's tiniest wedding photos | Sarah and Tim

In an attempt to blog more weddings I got this great blog collage creator that 

works seamlessly with photoshop! I just spent the last hour creating this and 

then photoshop.... crashed. Ugh.

Really, it's my fault. I was trying to make a 125 photo collage. That's no easy task for

 a computer that's already running Firefox, Bridge AND Pandora!

SO I realized after I thought I had saved it, that I had all of my settings off. 

Just take a look at this incredible wedding! Isn't it glorious?!

hahahaha

I think I might have saved it a just wee bit too small and did not save the 

original (editable) photoshop file before it crashed. 

C'est la vie! Back to the drawing board! 

Oh lovely Mondays.............. 

The Dog Days are Over | Inspiration Monday

Hello sweet Monday.
Here's a power song to propel you sweetiepies to just go and git her done this week!

xo,
carli

Our updated website! Our updated Etsy store!

Hooray! Hooray! It's finally updated!

No doubt you've already paid a visit to our main website, but the truth is we haven't

updated our work there for **ahem** a good 2 years! Holy smokes that's a long time.

We've deleted/added so many photos that I feel like we've completely rebranded! ha

You know that feeling after it's been just a little too long since you've gotten your hair

cut and then you look in the mirror after the stylist spins you around and you think "Woohoo!"

That's what I'm feeling about now. 

Won't you gander on over?

You'll recognize a few faces of clients who've been with us over the years

and a few new delightful new ones! Can't wait for you to see!

www. I N K E D F I N G E R S .com

Did you know if you stay on the home page of "photography" for a few seconds,

you'll get a great mini slideshow of our favorite wedding shots?

What's updated?
We added a featured weddings tab.

We separated out our portrait tabs: 

lovers

family

baby

One of my favorite sections is "lovers", mostly because I am always 

amazed at the trust our clients put in us to implement their ideas

with our own artistry. It's a beautiful marriage of true love and art.

Do we take the straight up "smile at the camera!" pics?

Of course we believe you've got to have a couple of those.

But let's be honest. Anyone can take those. Our passion is providing 

you a space where you can let down your hair and for a few short

hours just let your love shine... leave the rest up to us!

My second favorite gallery is "baby"!!! 

If you've ever even tried to take photos of a newborn or
baby bump or child under the age of 6 you'll see it's its own sort of pace.

By providing a great q&a we can set expectations so you

don't have to stress and we can capture those quiet moments...

And finally, introducing...

Our updated Etsy store!!

www. I N K E D F I N G E R S . E T S Y.com

The majority of last year we abandoned our stamp and stationery making to 

focus on other business, but we've decided to bring it back and not

even half way into the Jan we're already fulfilling orders! Hooray!
Yes, we can do custom orders, too! 

Have a wonderful week, Lovely. 

I'll be blogging Sarah and Tim's spring wedding later this week

along with some other great news! Thanks for hanging out for a bit. :)