Jamie and Joaquin had a beautiful wedding even tho the rain conspired against them it ended up being a blessing in many ways.(Aside, of course, the old saying that it is lucky to rain on your wedding day.)

 We got some great umbrella shots which we love! Everything just looks so cool wet, too….the streets and the lights just glow…but not as much as the bride and groom…thank you for letting us be a part of your day and meeting all of your friends and family you were all a blast to work with.

Enjoy!

Last week I received an order of homemade marshmallows in the mail and fell in love. I had to find a way to make my own so I went out on the internet and lo and behold there were lots of recipes out there! So, to the store I went with my list. I always wondered what they were made from. I took it all to my daughter’s house while we trimmed her tree I made marshmallows. I used a recipe that was so confusing that I think I messed up a step and they turned out too wet. So today I decided to make some more here in my own kitchen and I took pictures! For those of you who need pictures I have you covered.

Here we have my candy making corner. This is the vanilla which the recipe calls for and the peppermint extract and red food coloring because I am just that crazy…

Getting ready: Here is the candy thermometer which I found to be super important! And my super cool ceramic measuirng spoons totally
not cool when they crash and break on the floor. : (  and yes I like to tape my recipes onto the wall, cupobards or whatever. It is at just
the right distance for me so I dont have to break out the reading glasses. Note: I renamed these to MARKMALLOWS in honor of my
sweet husband.

Here the syrup mixture is getting a beating…note the color is not white!

The mixture takes a beating for 15 minutes! Oh look it is beginning to turn white!

ooooo….lala…. let’s test the texture! Hmmm a bit thick I think. Wonder if that is going to be a problem….

It was a bit difficult getting that gooeyness into the powder dusted pan. But we managed to wrestle it and win. I know it doesnt take the
blue ribbon for beauty but it sure does smell good! Now to let it sit ovenight uncovered. Yeah right!

I think we waited 3 hours before I began cutting into it. I wanted to make up the first giift jar! I am sooo impatient! It really was ready to cut.
See?? After eating some of it and washing it down with a pepsi ( not a good idea) then I busily placed these wonderous pillows of magic into their
sweet little jars and curled the ribbons. 

 

Tomorrow I make more! Cause I must master this recipe! Aren’t you glad you aren’t my guinea pig?? Stay tuned for my homemade
graham crackers in the coming days. You see where I am going with those two items dont you? To reward the first person who actually
read all this… if you can guess correctly what I am putting together here, you get your own jar of MARKMALLOWS! Okay GO!

 

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We got inspired by our last post to get some Christmas Cards up for our clients so here they are hot off the presses and just in time for Christmas! We just have so many great images of all of you and it’s just too perfect to not have a personal Christmas card from your Wedding, Engagement, family or Senior Session! We wanted to do this last year but we were just not able to get to it.

These are samples and are up for grabs so if you see something you like, let us know and we can get you squared away. Don’t worry if you don’t see your photos in here – this is just a sampling of what we can do for you. There are so many great images for each of you we look forward to designing your card!

Look around and if you find a card you like then imagine your photos in there.
Just imagine what your friends and family will say when they open their Christmas Cards!

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Card Samples
(All the info for ordering is below the samples.)

  

  

    

 

 

     

    

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Our Studio Special Christmas Pricing:

One Image Cards: $25

Two Image Cards: $35

Three or more image Cards: $45

So here is what you do.

 1. E-mail at info@lydellphoto.com with your favorite photo (s). We can change the colors to match your image, and use different text if you want. 

2. We will get it prepared for you and email you the file.

3. You take the file to your lab or Costco and they print it up for you. (Their price for cards is 50 for $14.99)

The size of your card will be 6″X 7.5″ it is not a folded card but a photo greeting card.

All images must be ordered and paid for by Friday December 12th (cash, check or PayPal)

PS. If you are not a client of ours and want us to design a card with a special photo you have in mind email us your thoughts and the photo and we will see if we can work something out for you too! Be sure you have permission to use the photo if it was not taken by you!

 

 

 

Messing around with some Christmas cards tonight….and some recent photos.

 

My niece Kyla…

Our friends The Johns 

Jayden and his dog Bruno

 

And a touch of the nostalgia….
This is my sister and me and my most favorite childhood Christmas present ever…my Patti Play Pal.
Isnt it so funny how Lorri and Patti are the same height.

 

Our father was a bit of a photographer and we have memories of him setting up his flood lights that hurt our eyes and taking forever to get his photos. Its funny as I look back now how much that ended up influencing my life! Funny how life is… oh and check out how their shoes match!

Side story to this picture: About 6 years after this photo we lost everything in a fire except for our cat and the clothes on our backs. Our parents were divorced by then so my father kept some of these pictures which was recently found in a book. I was so excited that I ran down to a local lab and had the negatives copied onto a CD so I could make prints and cards. This is one of the 8 pictures we found. I just love this one and I have another one I will work on this week as well and post up.