Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Very Hungry Caterpillars

It's been a very long time since I have written a post and I don't want to wait until January and say that my New Year's resolution is to keep up with my blog. I am going to start now!

Even though this event was earlier this year, it was special and I thought I would share some pictures of my twin nephews' 1st birthday party. My sister wanted to do a theme of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle since it is the boys' favorite book. I was very excited to help with the party and decided to bake a caterpillar cake. It was my first time using fondant and although the cake turned out cute, the fondant did not taste very good.



We decorated the walls with images from the book and my sister made a caterpillar out of paper lanterns which hung from the ceiling and brought delight to the kiddos.

When it came time for the birthday cake...the boys were a little hesitant and resistant. After a few pokes, pats and inspection, it was a hit.



All in all, it was a fun time with family and friends!


If you are interested in checking out what life is like with the twins, go check out Tristan's blog (twins' dad), and YouTube videos. Since he is also a musician with his band, Country Rockin' Rebels, his blog and YouTube videos are appropriately titled Rockstardaddydaycare.

Please be sure to check out more of my photography at www.DigitalWonderlandPhotography.com or "like" my page on Facebook.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Fog

I have a love/hate relationship with fog. I hate when fog affects my job as a flight attendant. If it is too foggy, at times we cannot take off. On the other hand, as a photographer, I love it! There is something magical and mystical about it.



My friend and I decided to go shooting early in the morning in the foothills.  We were keeping our fingers crossed that the area where we wanted to shoot had fog.  It did!  We hiked down to the river, set up our cameras and started taking pictures.







I loved the way the water was flowing around the rocks and wanted to experiment with getting the "soft" effect combined with the feel of cold environment .  Let me know what you think!


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Monday, January 23, 2012

Bottling Fine Wine



I have a few loves...amongst them are photography and wine.
 







I recently was lucky enough to help friends bottle wine at one of my favorite wineries, Mount Aukum Winery in Somerset, California.

The winemaker, Michel Prod'hon, and the rest of the Mount Aukum Winery family are very hands-on and involved with the entire process from the grapes to the bottle.

They created completely new labels and it was cool to see wine bottled with these new designs.
 




If you have never had a chance to go wine tasting in El Dorado County, this coming weekend, January 28th and 29th, would be the perfect time to check out what the wineries have to offer.  There is an annual event going on called Bring out the Barrel and $35 covers both days at all of the participating wineries. 

Be sure and stop by Mount Aukum Winery  where the views are breath-taking, the service is excellent and the wines are delicious!
 

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