Friday, April 23, 2010

Wedding Clients

I was at the Craft Show in Mt. Pleasant for Creekside Grains last weekend. I was talking to a very nice woman, when she stopped talking, stared for a moment, then said, "You are a photographer!"
When I agreed with her, she said, "You photographed my wedding in Jackson, 29 years ago!"

As soon as she told me that I had photographed her wedding, I immediately remembered her. She wore a scoop neck gown, with a beautiful hat! I remembered her church, and what a beautiful bride she was.

The most fun part of this story is that we were in Mt. Pleasant. She had moved from Jackson to Mt. Pleasant a few years ago, so we met in a town that neither of us ever dreamed we would meet in.

I love reunions with a great twist!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Final Moving Day!

If you do not hear from us for a few more days, it is because the phone lines and computers and internet are moving to our new office.

If all goes well, we will be back in action on Friday afternoon. If the normal glitches occur, you will hear from us on Monday.

Back to final packing and moving!

Bye!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Almost Moving Day!

If you drove by the studio in the past few days,
you will notice that the Classic Gallery signs are gone.

Next Friday, we will be officially out of this office and into a temporary office.

Lots to do and little time to move it all!

We had wonderful friends who helped move most of the studio furniture
and files and shelves and lots of boxes on Saturday,
but my office is still very full.

I leave town for five days on Friday,
so poor Michael has to clean up after me.
He can do it! I know he can!

On Monday evening, I will be presenting a program in Frankenmuth for the
Mid Michigan Professional Photographers Association.
I look forward to spending time with old friends
and meeting new friends.

If the blog is empty for awhile,
I will fill it up when I return and unpack!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

I'm Back!

Has it been almost two months since I blogged? Guess why? I will tell you!

Michael is the Executive Director of Miss Heart of Michigan, which is a Miss Michigan, Miss America preliminary competition. I am the President.

Last Saturday, Miss Heart 2010 was crowned at the Leelanau Sands Showroom. Kaley Lynn Schroeder also took home a $10,000 scholarship! Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund was the co emcee with our Miss Heart 2009, Katie LaRoche. Kirsten and Katie did a wonderful job entertaining the crowd and helping to make the evening go smoothly.

Kaley is now preparing for Miss Michigan in June.

For the past two months, I have been planning the event, from ticket taking to Lodge room reservations, to script writing, to making sure contestants paperwork was correct, to answering over fifty emails per day, to preparing judges books, to you name it, I did it.

Whew, the pageant is done and we are starting to plan for next year.

We are also preparing for the Lansing Gift show for Creekside Grains, which starts on Sunday. Michael is busy packing mixes and preparing products and I am polishing up the brochures and order forms. We heard that over 600 people attend the show, so we are looking forward to a great weekend!

Have a great weekend! I know we will!