Pop Up Shop!

Join the Lady Rogue Biz Network for an informal Pop Up Shop! Hope to see you there! For more details check out the Glue & Glitter blog

Spring has Sprouted!

Spring has sprouted and so have my radishes! Yes I know there are only four, but I prepared the soil, planted the seeds, carefully watered them, watched them sprout and finally produce. There are more almost ready to pick, but I'm waiting for Jeff to return from Miami so he can be part of the harvesting. Or at least watch me harvest. Harvest makes it sound like there's a lot of them. :)

This makes me incredibly happy.





oooh just found this video on sprouting radish seeds. check it

Winter blues?

Winter blues got you down? Check out this blue. Spring is almost here!

I love love love this buffet!






This is a sneak peek from my shoot with TerraCotta Properties . You can read their blog here Red Papaya

Teach your veggies.

Here's a powerful quote from the speech.

"The adults of the last four generations have blessed our children with the destiny of a shorter lifespan than their own parents. Your child will live a life ten years younger than you, because of the landscape of food we've built around them."

- Jaime Oliver, the Naked Chef, TED Prize wish speech

Wish me luck!

My friend Jen recently told about Savuer's Cover Contest. If you win your image gets printed on the cover of Saveur and you win a $500 6 piece Le Crueset set. Woot!

Here's the link to my image on Saveur's website click here and leave loads of comments.



photographed by Amy Herr, Styled by Annette Joseph

Baby gifts for big boys?

So my nephew (he's my best friend's baby, so I get to claim him. so there.) is turning one this Saturday. I can't believe it! Of course I need the perfect gift. I've done pretty good so far. He loves the texture of blanket I made him. He also loves the soft chiming elephant I gave him, I loved it too.
While shooting for Pregnancy & Newborn magazine this month. This toy landed on my set.
I loved it! A mini veggie garden, it crinkles, rattles and it's vegetables. I wanted it for him and myself.

When I looked it up online, it said 6+ months. I had second thoughts. He's going to be 1 year old, after all. He needs toys that challenge him.

He loves books and loves when you read to him. I want to encourage his love of reading, just like my mom did for me. So I headed to the adorable Little Shop of Stories in Decatur and picked out 3 board books. If you haven't been to LSS, go! They were very helpful and even gift wrapped the books for me.

In a year or two, I'm getting him this.

fur balls & dust bunnies

It's that time of year again. When my fur balls produce many dust bunnies, especially the shepherd. Bitch. Seriously this could be a part time job.

Beagles or Bagels?

Beagles or Bagels? I'll take Beagles. You can't find any good bagels in Atlanta, according to my husband Jeff. You can find plenty of good Beagles at Atlanta Beagle Rescue.
Today I had the pleasure of transporting Scout & Bobby to adoption day at The Pet Set. They both did great in the car. Learn more about these pups at http://www.atlantabeaglerescue.org

Pictured is Scout waiting to head out to adoption day. Good boy Scout!

Wishing for rain...

Ok not really. We've had enough rain here in Georgia to prompt some people to start building an ark. But this Burberry trench coat will make you wish for rain. Oh so chic with great details. Pop the collar or not it's your choice. See more about trench coats in this month's Atlanta Magazine





Photography by Amy Herr for Atlanta Magazine

a little ketchup

Catching up from January.
So in January I got the chance to work with Ellen from Kate Hunter's Kitchen and Emory Healthcare. The folks from Emory Healthcare wanted to do some food shots to go along with the recipes on their website. It was important that we stayed true to the recipe and that the food actually tasted good. We had a lot of fun and got to snack on some tasty treats.
Below is the Blueberry Wake Up Shake.



Recipe:

Wake-Up Shake

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup ice cubes
2 tablespoons slivered almonds
1 tablespoon honey
1 (6-ounce) container vanilla low-fat yogurt
1 small banana
2 tablespoons low-fat granola without raisins

Combine blueberries and next 5 ingredients in a blender; process until smooth. Divide evenly between 2 glasses; top each serving with 1 tablespoon granola. Serve immediately. Yield: 2 servings (serving size: 1 cup).
269 calories and 5.3 grams fat per serving

Enjoy!

TerraCotta Properties

I had just finished a bedding shoot where the client told me to think Hollywood Regency when looking for props for her shoot. I did a pretty good job too. Then I walked in to this house and wished I could have shopped this house for props! Seriously! That lamp, ottoman, chair! I can't get enough of it. The best part is next they do the dining room, so I'll be back to drink it all in.



This is a favorite from shoot with TerraCotta Properties . You can read their blog here Red Papaya

Chomp & Stomp 2009

Jeff and I headed to Cabbagetown for the Chomp and Stomp on Saturday. Our goal was to leave by 11:00 am. Gotta get there early to get the chili. We left about 11:30, parked on Chester and made our way over to the park.

We hit the restaurant chili first and Ria's was my favorite! Then we slowly made our way to the competitors chili. We got to Tye street about 12:30 and folks were out or running out. We were still able fill our bellies with some good chili and some not so good chili.

As we were making our to the Sweetwater beer truck. Jeff spotted a sign that said BBQ $5 and on the smoker I saw this...



and I wished I had not filled my belly with chili.

please don't put plastic in my diet

Monday I volunteered at Sweetwater Brewing Co. for a fundraiser for Green Plate . What is Green Plate? I pulled this from their website.

To the public, we provide products that aid in the reduction of single-use plastics. For restaurants and businesses, we provide resources, tools, products and training to reduce their environmental impact AND save green.

WHY DO WE CARE?
In the Pacific Ocean there's an area twice the size of Texas where the plastic to plankton ratio has been measured as more than 6:1. We now know 90% of marine trash is made of plastic - and 80% comes from land and local watersheds. Plastic is being mistaken for krill, eaten by fish, and is now entering our food chain.

YIKES!

Support this great cause by visiting their website and learning more about the Half Off Green program. Where you can get 50% off gift cards to local, green businesses.

Pine Street Market=YUM!

Pine Street Market is a boutique charcuterie, where they make their own sausages and cure salamis. I love this place. Owner Rusty is very friendly and generous with the samples. A few months ago Rusty asked me to do some photos for his new website (coming soon!). I jumped at the chance. I mentioned it to my friend Annette Joseph who is an amazing stylist and she said she'd like to help. Me: "Really! Perfect!"
Below are a few shots from the shoot.

Blog revival

So after attending the latest Lady Rogue Business Network meeting and hearing from the woman at NewTricks . I've decided to rededicate myself to blogging. Of course that was a few weeks ago... So over the next week I will be blogging about all the fun stuff I've been doing this summer, including a shoot at Pine Street market , a trip to Field of Greens and a Corn Maze!

Until then check out the pics I took of theUrban Oasis B&B. This is where our LRBN meeting was held and the place is amazing. Sorry for the iphone pics it's all I had on me at the time.

My Milk Toof

Check out this cute blog. It's too fun!

http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/

Ladybug update

At least 50 ladybugs were still hanging around this morning. YAY!

Here are the tips that I used to keep them from taking off to the neighbor's yard.

1. Put them in the fridge for at least an hour. Mine were in for 3 hours. They go dormant in the fridge.

2. Water your garden first, then spray sugar water in your garden. The ladybugs will eat the sugar water until they find the aphids.

3. Release the ladybugs at dusk or when the sun is not out. I released my ladybugs around 6pm, it was cloudy and set to rain.

I can't wait until next year to do it again!

The impatient and annoyed gardener

The title says it all. I'm impatiently waiting for my veggies to produce. :) So I found other ways to entertain myself in the garden. I'm also annoyed at the aphids that are eating my beans to bits. Today I released 1800 ladybugs into the garden. That was fun! My little natural born killers. Go eat aphids! I found my ladybugs at Hastings for $9.99.



In other news we planted two heirloom brandywine tomatoes. These tomatoes average 1lb each! Excited! Any advice about growing heirloom tomatoes welcome!




Cucumber week 2



Tomatillos!



Homemade topsy turvy version 1.0



Then I did a little research and found out I would probably need a bigger container. Here is topsy turvy 2.0. I love it and can't wait to see if it produces fruit. :)

Whatcha doing?

Idea from the gardenpunks.com

This weekend I'm looking forward to: organizing my basement, ladybugs, oakhurst plant sale, grilling out, fire pits, hanging with friends, decatur arts festival, takeout.

What are you doing?

Watching my garden grow

Today Jeff and I made this trellis and I planted cucumbers. I hope they get enough sun. I planted the cucumbers straight into the ground as the soil look really good in this area. I plan on planting lettuce and peas here in the fall (I think). I left the daylilies and cannas, I'm hoping their flowers will attract pollinators.

I planted zinnias in the veggie garden for two reasons. 1. to attract pollinators 2. in hopes that the bugs will eat the zinnias and not my vegetables! *Fingers crossed*

Green beans 1 week, I planted these seeds last Sunday. I think it is so cool to watch them grow!

Jeff made a really cool birdhouse out of a cedar fence post.