The Fancy Farm Girl

Style me Fabulous

Just treated myself to these wonderful new items for spring and summer! Can’t wait for the weather to warm up now!

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My Studio

For many years now I have struggled as many photographers do, whether or not to invest in a commercial studio for photography. As any business owners know, overhead is a constant stress that we have to deal with. For years I was not in a position to own my dream studio. I would Google spaces and go on Pinterest drooling constantly over amazing white and airy lofts with 20 foot ceilings and loads of natural light.

I knew shy of winning a lotto jackpot, this was just not an option for me.

I decided that not having a studio was also not an option, and I went about finding a way to make my scaled down dream come true.

I took a good long look at my own home and what “real estate” I could borrow from. I obviously could not oust my children from their rooms, nor my husband. (although the way he has been snoring lately, that was actually my first thought

Like many typical american homes have, ours has a large bonus room that was a complete catchall for treadmills, unwanted Christmas decorations and clothes that simply did not fit. Right off our bonus room, many of you may remember that I had a small art studio. Since my bonus room has only 3 foot high knee walls, making it impossible to convert into a photography studio, I reclaimed it by emptying all the decorations, toys and such and moved all my art belongings into it, thus giving myself and my children and friends an even larger space to create in!

I then proceeded to take the once small art studio, or so I thought, and turn it into my photography home studio. Much to my happy surprise the room once emptied was much larger than I anticipated, and as furniture and knick knacks were removed, the natural light began to stream in, filling my heart to contentment!

Just see for yourself!

Already adorned with a pretty chandelier, I didn’t need many more props to fill in.

Now I have a space to bring women to feel special and PRETTY……

My advice to you is instead of pining over what you cannot have, find a version of your dream YOU CAN ACHIEVE.

In the long run, I promise you will find your happy

xoxoxo

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Cowgirl Campout

A few weeks back I celebrated my 39th (and last) birthday. My very dear, talented and generous friend Terri Brush and I came up with an idea to celebrate called Cowgirl Campout!

We invited some of our friends and Terri hosted the most amazing weekend of crafting and friendship. I camped out at her house in style, me and Audree and the truck packed up our gear and headed down I-5 to Terri’s.

I stopped at the rest area to pee (bigtime coffee drinker from seattle, remember?) and parked next to this. I couldnt resist taking a photo of the two side by side!! Something else funny happened at the rest stop

(isnt this how all good stories start????)

A man walked up to me and asked me if I bought my truck from a guy named Myron. The answer is yes! I was over 150 miles from where I purchased the truck, but ran into Myron’s neighbor none the less! He recognized the truck right away. Such a small world!

Anyway, I arrived and was amazed and shocked when I saw all the trouble terri had gone to! She had her entire back lawn decorated to the nines with vintage sofas, floral arrangements, a huge pink tent, photobooth and much much more for the festivities!! It was so adorable I almost fainted!

Cowgirls started to arrive one by one, ready to hoedown and craft. They brought jacked up 4×4′s, and horse trailers turned hotel, it was so fun!!

Here’s more of what it looked like …..

I even dressed up Audree inside and out for the party!

As the sun set and the party got into full swing, there was a huge surprise. Girls started screaming and clapping and out came this!!! Can you believe it?????

Ok and as if that wasn’t enough, the next day our art classes were absolutlely phenominal. We made belt buckles, enameled necklaces and more. Here is a snippet of my buckles and a necklace I made.

If you ever want to join in the fun, I urge you to check out some of terri’s camps, they are fabulous as you can see! I will be at the fall Terri Brush Art Camp at the beach next!! To find terri, click here!

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