Maternity Photos

Posted in Family & Motherhood by Jennifer | Stick Girl JAM

A few weeks ago, our talented friends Brandon + Kristin Kidd (maybe you remember them as our awesome wedding photographers??) took us on a little adventure to the Oak Canyon Nature Center (where they were married — such a neat venue!!) near our home (that we’re getting packed up to move out of this weekend — eek!) for a maternity session. Mumbles and I really wanted some photos to document this special time in our lives and it was made even more special having Brandon and Kristin there to share in the joy of yet another huge milestone for us — the anticipation of our first child. Even Baxter was included, which was awesome.

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day (click on photo to enlarge for slideshow):

Thank you, Brandon + Kristin for blessing us with your talents and friendship! I sort of want to get prints of all of these and hang them up in our new house but a shrine to my pregnancy might be a little weird. Maybe I’ll just pick a select few, which will be hard. I adore all the black and white ones.

If you’re in the market for an incredible wedding photographer, Brandon Kidd Photography is always my first recommendation. Brandon and Kristin are simply delightful people and they do genius work behind the lens to truly capture photos that you’ll cherish forever.

2Aug2013

Beach Day

Posted in Thoughts & Stories by Jennifer | Stick Girl JAM

For how close we are to the beach, we don’t get there too often. But ever since Baxter discovered sand crabs on the beach in Virginia, he’s loved playing in the sand and waves. Mumbles and I had a rare day to do nothing at all last weekend so we leisurely got ready, got in the car and headed to Huntington Beach. We didn’t realize the US Open was going on until we got there and couldn’t find parking but we lucked out driving around and found a super cute sidewalk cafe called Sit Stay Cafe where Baxter got lots of love from strangers and the employees, who even brought him out a doggie treat for breakfast while we enjoyed our meal. Dog people are the best people, I think. Especially at the beach.

After a yummy breakfast (and delicious coconut coffee – my fave!) we eagerly headed over to the dog beach and let Baxter roam free — look how happy he is!

For some reason, Baxter loves to roll around in the sand. I think maybe when he gets wet, he thinks that, like carpet after a bath, if he rolls around in sand it will help him dry off faster? All it does is leave him looking like Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean. Right??

Here’s the dirty mongrel we had to take home to bathe! (and my super frizzy hair — this is why we can’t live near the beach. I’d be a mess all the time!)

Happy Friday!

P.S. Follow more of our [growing] family adventures on Instagram.

19Jul2013

Wakeboarding Westies

Posted in Inspiration by Jennifer | Stick Girl JAM

These photos are totally fake but I almost spit out my coffee when I came across them because they’re so gosh darn cute. A few of them remind me of Baxter, except we haven’t tried to get him on a wakeboard…yet.

Happy Friday!

23May2013

Sweet Stuff: Artifact Uprising

Posted in Inspiration by Jennifer | Stick Girl JAM

Dear Mumbles, if you’re reading this: stop. Thanks. Love you!

Friends, I just ordered some awesome prints and the wood block from Artifact Uprising for Mumbles for Father’s Day. (since the baby’s not here yet, the prints are of Baxter — who else?!)

I can’t wait to receive them. I think they’ll look great in his office and I also ordered some extra prints of some of my Instagram photos (flowers, details, cityscapes) to be used as postcards and to hang in my office at work. I really like their suggestion to use prints as postcards or note cards too — consider my office a revolving art gallery now!

The other day I read this blog post about how Artifact Uprising was founded and was particularly taken by these wise words:

Katie’s sage advice to creatives:Creativity on command is the most difficult kind to summon, yet it’s the very art expected from the working creative. So put space between it. Get out there and live a life away from that art, find spaces that widen your world. Let creativity be the symptom of a life well-lived.

P.S. I also plan to buy the wooden box once baby is born and fill it with photos from my pregnancy and keep adding to it with books and prints. so sweet, right? I’d love to have a little collection of wooden boxes on the shelf to go through. good stuff!

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4May2012

Instagram photos: Flora

Posted in Inspiration by Jennifer | Stick Girl JAM

Instagram makes me feel like I’m a legitimate photographer. I’m not. But! I am lucky to work in a beautiful, inspiring place centered around personal and creative renewal with deep connections to nature, and most days I get out of my office and snap some photos while I walk around. I also annoy Baxter on most of our morning walks when I make him stop so I can snap a few photos.

April showers bring May flowers, right? Well, here are some favorites that I’ve snapped: