Free Photo Download

To celebrate the weekend and to show my love for my blogging ladies and gents, I thought I'd give you a freebie photo print of mine to download.  It's a closeup of my newly redesigned header (thanks for all your sweet comments).  Click here to find it in my Flickr album.  I'm signing off for the week, have an inspirational weekend! xo, Liz

Weekend Stretch!

Good Saturday morning to you in blog land!  With my morning coffee in hand I'm spending a beautiful fall morning editing an engagement shoot Joe and I worked on last Sunday with this lovely couple!  Annie and Steve made our night, with there sweet looks and gestures.  We followed them around in there Old Town Chicago neighborhood.  Fall was in the air and love was following closely behind :)
After our session we ended up going out for Thai food, my fav!  And talking about there wedding coming up in January.  Thanks Annie and Steve for letting us capture such sweet moments!

Photography: Coach House Pictures
Flowers: A New Leaf

Meet Joe

EVPhotography & pumpkin print

Hi everyone! Today I want to introduce the special person in my life that gets me going, calms me down and puts a smile on my face every time we are together (which just happens to be a lot these days). The funny thing about our relationship is that we went to college together, took the same classes, yet never even glanced in each others direction. It wasn't until he started freelancing as a photographer that our lives crossed paths again. We were work friends for close to 2 years until we started hanging out outside of work. Our relationship grew and developed over our love for tennis (that's what we did on our first date), and since then it has grown to include the outdoors, camping, cooking, and music. The thing I love the most about him, is that he just gets me, in all my silly and goofy ways. I don't have to cover up any parts of who I am when we are together. I get to be me, for good, bad or sad.

We've been living together now for 5 months (and dating for over a year) and although there have been some adjustments and compromises, I still can't believe that he hasn't gotten sick of me. I know that may sound like an odd thing to say, but it's true. Don't you find it fascinating to know of people that have shared there lives together for years or even decades? It's something that sounds so out of reach these days, but I look up to those who can work through issues and come out stronger in the end. Here's hoping :)

You're sew cool

It's Friday and time to unwind, unravel from this weeks work and get ready to play on weekend's time! The other day as I was glancing over my sidebar, I noticed that my followings for my blog keep growing. I wanted to take this time to say "Thank You"...you. To all that share with me every week, who encourage me, and take the time to drop me a line :) You are my driving force and it puts a smile on my face every time, really!

Want to know more about how you can get your own photo layout and starburst medallions just like the ones used above? Check out the inspirational blog of Pugly Pixel. Katrina runs this creative machine and is so so sweet for allowing fellow bloggers to download her crafty creations. Just please remember to read her terms of use for her clip art here before you get started. Thanks a bunch Katrina!! Happy weekend everyone :)

Thank you Etsy pickers!

I was so thrilled to see my I heart moss print featured in today's afternoon roundup of handpicked items on Etsy! Thank you, you made my day :)

A BIG Thank You!

This post is way overdue, but it is never to late to say thank you to everyone who continues to support me, my work, and those who continue to inspire and motivate me to keep at it! I'm very grateful to have such a great connection of blog readers, your comments keep me smiling and excited to keep blogging!