Hello... and Welcome! I'm Ashley and that's me over there on the left along with my husband, Paul . I create, design, photograph, draw, paste, cut, color and occasionally bake stuff and this is my newly created blog site. It will serve as my personal and professional journal for all the world to read. Hopefully they won't all flood here at once, because I don't think my server could handle that. Although, I'm probably not that interesting. Ha! You'll also find articles, resources, homemade ice cream, cute pets, cute kids, good design, a typo or two and much, much more. So sit back, relax, take a peek around and enjoy! Feel free to show some love and leave a comment or two.
If you'e looking for my design work, go here. If you're looking for my portrait work, try looking here. If you're a way cool designer and wanna hang with other way cool designers, then you should definitely be here. If you're a past or future client and you wanna do a little shopping, I suggest heading here. And if you need to get in touch with me just email me here or go search for my phone number and give me a buzz.
Image Courtesy of Rachael Boling.
Meet Opie’s newest friend, Trevor! Born 3 1/2 weeks early, he was an itty bitty little thing, but so much more well behaved for his portrait session than Opie was. Ha!
Big Brother Chip didn’t quite know what to think about this new little thing that suddenly invaded his house.
I just loved all his hair!
Anyone? He’s completely willing to share! We’re in the beginning stages of teething…
It’s come down to this…
I am either on the phone or answering emails all day long… literally… all. day. long. Now - I love to talk (as most of you know), but I have to work too cause it’s my job you see. So I am gonna have to instate “Communication Days”. I will be taking, returning and scheduling phone calls and consultations on Mondays and Thursdays. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays will be solely dedicated to work, work, work and more work. And hopefully that will give me time on the weekends to hang with the family. Thanks for understanding!!
Whoa! I am busier than busy, but in a good way. Just a little FYI about my schedule and turnaround.
Two toddles + two teenagers = major trouble! Ha! I suddenly remember why it is so hard to photograph a two-year-old… they never stop moving! Four-year-olds are MUCH easier. Sometimes they just stop and smell the flowers…
When all else fails - put the two-year-old in a jungle gym and they might eventually look at you…
SuperBaby!!!
These two aren’t twins, but gosh they sure look alike, huh?
I posted this long ago on my old blog, but lately I’ve had several people ask about my logo so here’s the story behind the For the Love of Creating Logo…
“I call them concepts for a reason. There is meaning behind any design - some have more meaning than others. It was incredibly important that my own logo be very conceptual (this is the fru-fru word that they throw around in design school - tehe). I don’t know why, but that always tickled me. As if a logo goes through the same stages as human conception and birth, but it kinda does actually. So… I should try to explain the meaning behind the name, eh?
For the Love of Creating came about because I was beginning to wonder why I take my work so seriously… it’s because I am creating something that I love. I just cannot stand to let a logo or a portrait go to a client that is sub-par.
I’ll let this silly little diagram below explain…”
It’s not often that a client gives me nearly complete control over their new brand, but that’s exactly what Trista Blouin with Blouin Art did! She gave me more of a feeling she wanted portrayed and then she said “go with it”! And that’s exactly what I did. Trista had complete trust in me as a trained professional throughout the entire process. She asked for my opinions and took everything I had to say about her brand into consideration. We worked together to achieve something great for her new high-end portrait experience. Talk about a dream client! Check out the first few projects completed (logo, splash page and blog) with more to come.
I am sure my clients are tired of seeing his sweet face, but my family has been anxiously awaiting new images of little man Opie. So here’s a little Opie update… He’s ahead of schedule according to the doc… holding his head up perfectly, pushing up off his tummy, and drooling. And he still has more expressions than any baby I’ve ever seen - scroll down - you’ll see. He just got this new little Rainforest Jumperoo (Thank You Jodi and Heather!!) and it’s his new favorite thing and my new favorite thing ’cause it means he’s nearly over Holdme Syndrome.
