Camera and pictures

So excited because I finally got my camera! I got a Cannon EOS rebel T3i. I decided I needed a decent camera to take pictures of Jaxon and I thought if I got pretty good at taking and editing pictures that I could start doing it professionally. 

So I still have tons to learn with the camera and with photoshop elements! It's all a little overwhelming! Any one know of tutorials on how to learn on the camera/photoshop?

Here are some pictures I took of my baby

California...here I come!

So we got the call from our time share and we get to go to... Cali!!! 

We gave up hope thinking we were going to go, but the the 2nd to the last day that we were on the waiting list we got the call. I am so stoked!

I need a vacation so bad that it's not even funny. 

We leave in a couple of weeks and get to stay for about a week. We will be staying in Oceanside, which me and my family love. We were hoping to try staying somewhere different this year but we will take what we can get! 

I can already envision the smell of the ocean, the sand between my toes, sun on my face, and the sound of the waves crashing on to the shore...awe paradise!

Now let's just hope the weather is nice! 

Thanks for all your good thoughts!!! 

Inspiration Workshop {Favorite Color...Cerise}

Today is week #13 of inspiration workshops and this weeks prompt is your favorite color. I am such a girly girl and I love purple and pink, but I love purple more! So I thought I would do something fun and do a color combo of the two which is Cerise which is also my name just spelled a little different. 

 ce·rise  

n.

A deep to vivid purplish red.

[French, from Old French, cherry; see cherry.]

Pinmarket via Cerrisse  on Pinterest

Lelanewyork.blogspot.com via Cerrisse on pinterest

Via La bastidane creations improbables via Cerrisse  on pinterest

Via B Comme Bon via Cerrisse on Pinterest 

Tumblr via Cerrisse  on Pinterest

The Warehouse outlet via Cerrisse  on Pinterest

Tam Mc Tamalams via Cerrisse  on Pinterest

Dessy.com via Cerrisse  on Pinterest

Kisses and Crosstiches via Cerrisse  on Pinterest

EmmaLamb.blogspot.com via Cerrisse  on Pinterest 

What is your favorite color?

Vegas!

So I went to Vegas last Saturday and it was a fun filled day shopping, shopping, eating, and shopping! So I have to drive almost 2 hours to Vegas to get the up to date current trendy fashion. Here in good ole St. George we have one tiny baby mall with a handful of stores that I like. So we go shopping to Vegas every couple of months or so and I can't tell you how fun it is for me. It's like a kid in a candy store! 

We went to the fashion mall and spent about 4 to 5 hours there and then walked the strip down to Caesars palace to eat at the Cheesecake factory. It was like I died and gone to heaven! I love that place so much and got the four cheese pasta (which I shared with my mom, those portions are too big for me) and then we all shared some red velvet cheesecake, yum! 

Dumb me forgot my camera so I only took a few pics with my phone. 

Taking a break, too much walking!

Love this store :)

At the cheesecake factory

Jax taking a baby snack break

So I got a few goodies on my little trip. I made an outfit that I was envisioning the whole time I was shopping. I didn't buy the whole outfit but got the jeans, jacket, and purse. 

Picture perfect

  

I LOVE this picture, one of my favorites! 

 Linking up today with The Paper Mama for Wordless{ish} Wednesday  
and

Beautiful Southern Utah, where I call home.

I just thought I would share this video because it was so beautiful and let you guys take a look around my world :) 

FYI- Please press pause on the playlist at the very bottom of my page, so you can listen to the video :)

Inspiration Workshop (Porches)

I wish I lived in the south, you know those huge houses that have the wrap around porches? they are gorgeous! 

I just have that image in my head of an older white colonial home with a white porch that wrapped around the whole house. Everyone sitting outside having a bbq or just relaxing with a good book and some ice tea in the summer time, or wrapped up in a blanket with some coffee in the winter. 

I think I could live on a porch if it was cozy enough with big couches and lot of pillows, and of course it has to have a swing. 

Or sometimes I envision having a house right on the beach with a small porch that overlooked the ocean. Sitting out every morning and taking in the scenery, the smell of the ocean and watching the marine layer burn away in the sun! ahhhh....I am dreamin! 

One day even in the hot desert of southern Utah I will get a porch, ill just have to have a lot of fans and some misters put in! ;) 

These are my porch dreams

Um...can I have the middle one, it's to freaking cute and I just love the colors. 

5 Things my front porch would have

-A lot of seating, and comfy seating
-a table so we could eat on the porch
-good books and magazines
-candles, to make the mood if you need to ;)
-speakers, to listen to music.

WILW {Summer Lemons}

1.Lemon Necklace

2. Lemon Wreath

3. Lemon cake pops

4. Lemon print

5. Lemon hand painted wall clock

6. Gorgeous lemon clutch

7. Lemon buttercup earrings 

What do you love today?

Giveaway over at Gussy Sews

I was scrolling through the blog roll today and saw that Gussy Sews  has a new clutch. 

This fabric is a upcycled material from a vintage house coat. I love upcycled stuff! 

Ok I love the colors of this and I really want it!

You can go enter for yourself and maybe you might win!!!

good luck :)