Candace Pridgeon Photography

Now I know why...

Now I know why I didn't post very often.  I am terrible at coming up with a topic!  So, it is Monday and I have to post...but what about?  I don't know.

How about daylight savings time?  What do you think of it?  I would love to know.  Here are my two cents.  As a mother of young children I don't care for it too much for a couple of reasons.  First, I really can't afford to lose an hour (of sleep or otherwise!) I have more than I can do (and less sleep than I really need) in the few hours I have already!!  Second, it really messes with the younger kids schedules!  So then for a week or two I have to fudge bed time, nap time and eating time to try to get back to where we were.  What a pain!

Also, in Florida in the summer, I really don't love that it doesn't get dark until like 9pm.   Sometimes I would like to do things with the kids after dark...but we are all too tired by the time "dark" gets here!  Wow.  I sound like a whiner!  Oh well, I am just not loving it.  What can I say?

Leave a comment to tell me what you think of daylight savings.  I would love to have some affirmation or another perspective so I can be more positive about it!  As a side note, I don't mind "falling back" (when we gain an hour) nearly as much as "springing forward"!

Have a super week!
C

Photo Books + Kdub Designs = A Cool New Offering! (and some other random stuff)

Happy Monday everyone (all three of you ;)!

I am home from a whirlwind tour of Daytona Beach for another gym meet with Chandler!  And my adorable husband and Sammy went along too!  It was a fun but quick trip.  (The girls stayed home with Yia Yia.)  Chandler got 3 medals...we are very proud of him.  Only two more meets this spring...

And on to my real reason for posting...

About 2 weeks ago, I was surfing some photography boards that I frequent and came across a new designer, Kimberly Whipps.  She is the creative genius behind K Dub Designs.  She creates wonderful graphic design templates for photographers...cards, books & marketing set...so far.  But I bet that is just the tip of the ice berg! Oh, and she creates hand made knit baby hats...so cute.  She markets them for photo props...which they are great for.  But I could totally see some Tally babies and toddlers sporting them in the recent cold weather.  Each hat is unique and totally awesome!

Anyhow...she was running a little contest when I visited.  Seems she loves quotes...movie quotes seem to be her thing, but as a "quotey" myself, I am willing to bet it doesn't stop there.  I personally love any quote that touches me is some way.  But I digress... in her blog post she had "hidden" a quote.  And the first person to identify the quote and its origin won...

Well, my vast knowledge of all things unimportant finally came in handy!  And it didn't hurt that the quote was from a Disney movie that my kids have watched 10,526,025,245 times.  :)

So, the point is(and there is a point), I won a template and chose a book template.  It is K Dubs Simple Book template.  I have always "offered" books, but never got around to designing one or getting a sample...so now I have a reason to get going!

Custom photo books are a cool way to showcase images from your session.  I will be sure to post a sample as soon as I get one together and ordered.  I am super excited about this particular template Kimberly designed because it is simple (duh...that's the name!) and it will allow easy customization.  Want to add color?  Easy.  Quotes?  No problem.  It will be an awesome addition!  I can't wait.

So check out her site... and check back for a sample hopefully sooner than later.

Also, I will be posting pics from Chandler's meet this week.  Just not today! :)

Later.
Candace

Ground Hog Day and other stuff...

Sorry to say (not really, I live in Florida) that Phil saw his shadow and that means 6 more weeks of winter!  But that is the least of what is exciting around here on this day!

My children woke up to remind me that it is Ground Hogs Day...which also means it is Pop Pop's birthday...which to them is much more important.  They were very concerned about when they would see him to wish him a Happy Day!

Actually given the way my kids have been behaving lately, it is very nice and refreshing (and encouraging) to have them focus on someone else besides themselves.   Although, maybe they are motivated by the fact that there could be cake and ice cream in their near future!

Either way....Happy Birthday Pop Pop!  From your adoring "fan club"!

Completely unrelated...other than she is a member of said "fan club"...my youngest, Campbell is, well, prissy.  I find it funny that both my girls are fans of dresses and dressing up as I was (and still am) a tomboy.

Anywho...Campbell received several very lovely and dressy dresses around the holiday season from adoring grandparents (and even us).  The one she got from Nana (my mom) was red velvet and white and not as obviously "Christmassy" as some of the others...so I saved it.  Well everyday for like a month she has asked to wear that dress and today I gave in...  She loves her fancy dress!

 

And her Dora shoes that she wears everywhere we will let her...even to bed if she can get it by us!  For the record...(and in case Nana sees this) the deal we struck was she had to take the dress off at lunch so we won't mess it up!  But she is loving being all fancy! 

 

Happy Monday everyone!  Have a great week!  And Happy Birthday Pop!

International Talk Like a Pirate Day...September 19th!! Arrrr!!

Ahoy!  Buccos & beauties!  Mark ye calendars!  This Friday be International Talk Like a Pirate Day!  (Actually, every September 19th is ITLAPD.)

As ye may know, I be the ma of two young pirates me self!  This be just another silly "day" but it can be lots o' fun!

This link is for the official site for TLAPD... http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html.  Be ware...this site may not be meant for lads and lasses.  It be for the elders of the group...arrr!  But there be some junior pirate booty among the webpages!

Ye be sure to check out one o' the pirate name generators!  Some be involved and some not, but they be sure to give ye a true and smart pirate name!  And ye check the page about pirate talk for sure, savvy?

Me hopes ye have fun with it!  Ye be sure to leave me a comment with ye Pirate Name, savvy?   Arrrr!!  :)

 Poop Deck Brandy (aka C)

P.S.  I got my pirate name here (http://gangstaname.com/pirate_name.php)