Fireplace Makeover

Before- after we took off the molding, you can see the old design if you look close.

After-slate tiles with mosaic border of slate and pieces of glass, beautiful. Painted the mantle dark chocolate brown. Looks so rich and love the colors of the natural slate.

My son Taylor and I did the tiling. Love tiling, like doing a big puzzle.

Little pieces of glass, the grout is grey in the picture it looks white?

This is when I laid it out on the floor to get the design and spread the colors out.  This was a fun project and love how it turned out.  So happy for the family that gets to enjoy it everyday!!!

Yeah!

Cindy

Lovebirds-Mandy & Kaleo

Great couple- so much fun!!!

last picture of the night, that's a wrap:)

Cindy

Ciara

Sweet girl;

Her eyes glow:)

One of my favorites!!!

Great girl!

Pretty Girl. Had alot of fun tonight on such a beautiful evening with such a sweet Senior. Here are a few shots of our time together,

Such a precious smile;

great personality;

we laughed so much. I would tell her to be serious and then I would trip or my sunglasses would fall off my head, poor thing she tried so hard to make a serious look and couldn't with me around:)

loved her boots, had to put this picture in. They got all dusty after are walk around the property.

So fun and so special to have seen her grow up to such a beautiful young lady, inside and out.

Love ya girl,

Cindy

Adorable Austen

10 days old now, stopped by for a visit,

love little feet,

sleeping in his carseat,

This picture to me describes these words-

PEACE- so innocent, in the arms of his Father, no worries

TRUST-holding on to his Daddy's finger, all his weight in his hands, sleeping so tenderly

Such a snuggly boy;)weighed almost 10 pounds:)Still so little, has room to grow in the arms of his Father.

sweet sleepy baby;

Little pitter of feet- sister's feet who are 3 and 5. This was a hard photo to get, hard to get them to lay still for a second, busy-busy. You can see his little mark on his heal from the bandaid from getting his blood drawn. Poor baby.  Going to reshoot this one:)

Little boy in his Daddy's cowboy hat,

Precious Austen- This rope represents the families love of the cowboy way, love taking pictures that tells a story. Love, love this pic.

Snuggled up in a soft blanket. Love when babies have their little hands up by their faces. 

love his lips and coloring in this picture. Such a healthy boy!

baby in a basket. He loved it, was so comfy. Slept through the whole thing. Such a good boy. 

This last picture is so angelic. So cool that I was able to be there for his birth, can't wait to watch him grow. Look forward to alot more pictures and memories:)Had to do this shoot in a hurry, lots going on with new baby just home. More to come of this little fella:)

Cindy (aka Grandma)

Ben & Kate's Rings

Today I decided to do a little project, Just for fun and felt like being creative. Here are a few I came up with- Simple, but shows detail of rings;

The green of the grass brings out Ben's ring;

hidden but stands out;

These oak leaves were used down the center of the aisle, she had saved them and they turned brown. Love the composition and colors of this one.

 This one shows where the ceremony took place;

did some fun shots of Ben & Kate's wedding rings;

This one is special because 6:00 is when they got married;

different textures with his wedding band was fun, very unique ring;

In some grapevine;

on the tip of an arrow-Ben is a bowhunter, notice my husband's deer in the background;

out on the front porch of our home where the wedding was held. Fun to do shots that are special to the bride and groom.  Hobbies, special locations, objects, etc... always make the shot extra memorable. Look forward to doing alot more of these. Great gift idea for anniversary present. Loved doing this project,

Cindy