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SIX SHOTS: june, two thousand and fourteen
1. 1950’s Sports Coupe
I took an early morning drive into the countryside for an appointment I had. I saw this old girl sitting at the front of a farm house for sale, so I had to pull over.
I love old cars. I wish I had one. When I was a little girl, I promised myself that I would buy an old car one day. Of course I also wanted a Shelby like Farrah Fawcett drove on the original Charlie’s Angels as well. It’s a good thing I’m not a rap star, because I’d have a garage full of cars and go broke.
It was a beautiful day for a drive through the country, a stop at a hamburger joint and time to relax and reflect.
2. Angels Hair Designs
This month, I accepted a commission to build two different web sites. I was happy to be able to integrate some of my photography and MUA skills, to use for one of the sites, Angels Hair Designs. Angel has been a stylist in the Houston area for years and has tons of experience, which I learned while gathering information from her for her site. I did also use pictures Angel had for her site, and she will be adding more before and after photos on her hair design blog as well.
3. VienneMilano Italian Hosiery
I received a very fancy pair of thigh high stockings from the Italian Hosiery company, VienneMilano this month. Since it is about 95 degrees outside, I decided that I was left with no alternative but to show off black lace, seam backed thigh highs…indoors. The company was right when they said that these are made for comfort and to stay up. I love them, and will be doing more VienneMilano posts in the future!
4. Vanity
I am finally finished setting up my new vanity area and it’s my new favorite spot! I do not know how I made it before without my own corner of the universe. All of my makeup is so much more organized with the added storage space. This also gives me a much better spot to do makeup when people come over to get their face done, and it’s a better ares to film makeup videos in!
5. The Sky Broke Open, The Light Shown Through.
Forgive this cell phone picture from my Instagram picture I had posted this month. It was a shy scene that took my breath away. Whenever I see the clouds with breaks of light shinig through… It reminds me of an afternoon that I was gardening years ago.
On this day, I felt eyes upon me as I was planting flowers, so I looked up to see two people staring back at me. One of the people was an angel who had a light so bright coming from his chest area, that the rays of light were cutting through the clouds. All sound ceased to exist in those moments. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, so I looked away to clear my mind and in a split second…they were gone. I am a very grounded, rational person, but I knew what I had seen was real. I ran in the house to call my dad and tell him.
Basically, now when I see clouds like this, with the breaks of light, I want people to be able to understand more clearly, what I saw that day. For me, it’s always a fabulous reminder of that moment. There is God, Jesus, angels, heaven and life beyond this world. I know this because I have seen.
6. Waste Not Want Not Creations
One of the business sites I was able to develop for a client this month, was for Waste Not Want Not Creations. It’s an eco-friendly accessory designer behind the brand, and I loved so many of the one of a kind pieces that she has created, including these glass hearts shown above. I love web building when I get to be creative and help someone dive a bit deeper into the social media pool and hopefully get found by the world. The shot above is just an ad button for her site, but you should click it and see her fun and whimsical creations from vintage or reimagined products! I wanted to share part of what I’ve been doing all month long.
-SDS
-June 30, 2014
TOP GOLF for HOUSTON FUN
We were invited to a brand new Top Golf facility on Sunday, which happens to be just a mile away from where my husband teaches at a Tennis Facility, so he was way more excited than I initially was to go. He was so excited, that it was cute!
I’d known of some girlfriends who had gone to the location on the other side of Houston, and they had said it was fun…but it was one of those things you need to go to and see and really experience. It was totally a blast!
While I took golf lessons as a child, I didn’t appreciate the sport as much as my brother did, which means I did not exactly excel. At Top Golf you do not have to be a golf pro to have fun! There’s great food , drinks and music as well as fabulous sitting areas overlooking the greens. It’s great if you just want to tag along with others who enjoy hitting because it’s still a great atmosphere.
Did I mention food? I was expecting the food to be of a low end quality like cheaper, fast food. I was so wrong! The food was impressive. Unfortunately, we ate dinner before going, so I couldn’t pig out as much as I’d of liked to! What a mistake! The food was fabulous!
The Top Golf facility we went to is the one in Spring, just a few miles from The Woodlands Mall area, and they continually served samples of their food items throughout the evening. The menu boasts a little something for everyone.
Top Golf also has enclosed banquet rooms with flat screens playing sports channels. Each room is attached to it’s own outdoor patio and sitting area for those who wish to hit a few balls. It’s a great concept for birthdays or workplace events of any size. Since they do hold special events, they take special care in the area of food service.
Did I mention to you that there were drinks? The drink options were fabulous and there was a huge indoor bar as well. If I were single, it might be a place to stumble upon my future ex husband. Just sayin. They are opened until 2 am during the weekends and crank the music up louder for an even more fun atmosphere!
The golf is still going on into the night because they light up the green with fun multi colored lighting, and you can tell if you made your mark or not with each stroke because of the electronic gaming machines stationed at each hitting post!
I would give this place a shot if you have a party to throw, have out of town guests to entertain, or just want to hit a few golf balls. It really was a relaxing, fun time! Click to check out other Top Golf locations here.
-SDS
-June 12, 2014
SIX SHOTS: MAY 2014
SIX SHOTS of the month
may, two thousand and fourteen
1. You Tube
I finally branched out and committed to doing videos on my new YouTube channel. It’s scary to make a video about things you may find fun or interesting and have to worry about being judged, but I’ve been inspired to continue and do it as log as I continue to enjoy it! Some of the emails or messages you get are so nice, that it becomes a great push to continue. I’m shy, so it’s like talking to people without having to talk to people… if that makes sense.
2. Pink
With other ventures going on and my focus being pulled in other areas, there hasn’t been as many fashion OOTD posts this past month. I loved this one though, because I liked showing off my black silk dress that I got on the cheap and really do throw on occasionally as well as my new Kors pinky!
3. GLAMOROUSNESS
This was just a phone quicky of me and Bella after having our matching mani/pedis done that I’d posted on my Instagram account. Funny.
4. STUDIO GEAR AD
I was once an idealistic child. During this time, I always thought it would be so neat to be an advertising executive and become the ideas person driving product marketing. Because of this, I love endorsing products that I love . I loved this Studio Gear Product and it was fun to get to merge media to build a strong visual for a product I like.
5. ROAD TRIP
This month I was guilty of NOT dragging my Canon Rebel with me and therefore I did not take a lot of high quality photos. I did, however, run away for a day, all alone to the L’Auberge Casino in Louisiana. It’s only a little more than a 2 hour drive, it was a beautiful day, it was last minute, no one could come with me and I chose to live. Drive. Snack. Relax. I sat outside by the pool for a couple of hours, checked out the glitzy shops, dove into a late night crab leg dinner, gambled lightly, drank 3 Red Bulls, and drove home. I did discover that you could, in theory, drive your boat right up to the back of the casino, park, and go in. I thought that was kind of cool. The “street style” shot of the old man going to dinner alone, was one of many I took of him. I have a friend that loves really old men, so I was sort of stalking him and sending her funny pictures of this gentleman. I’ve always been one to sneak away and road trip alone, am I the only one who does this?
6. Make Up Artist
I was taking shots for my new vlog, my Where the Magic Happens Room Tour... and ended up with a few good shots that I actually like. Lighting is so important in photography, especially since I don’t believe much in Photo Shop. I look sort of like a glammy drag queen, but I am totally a queen. I prefer taking shots of others, but it was a slow month.
Bunny Yeager passed away this month. Google her if you don’t know the name, but she was a woman who took tons of glam photos back in the day, and was also responsible for photographing some of the best shots of Bettie Page and published many books of photography. She also did a lot of work for Playboy and loved making women look beautiful. She was responsible for a lot of self-portraits as well as discovering many other models. I loved this woman’s work, and photographers today still try to emulate throw back shots in Betty Yeager’s retro style.
I am hoping for more photos of others to share next month!
-SDS
May 31, 2014
MY ROOM AND BATH TOUR
| LUXOR ROOM and BATH TOUR |
| Fun decor is one of my passions so after having the opportunity to recreate our bedroom, I decided on dark and romantic black Martha Stewart paint, and did the connecting bathroom as well! It’s a fun, dark and cozy room! Although some of the photos from my bedroom and bath Makeover have been published here on the site before, I’m having fun branching out on my Youtube channel, so I decided to add a video tour as well! |
After discovering that a large percentage of people do not actually read, and only look at photos, I ventured into videos specifically for those friends, and the other video blog was a success, so I will try to feed more in here and there.
This was just a quickie, nothing fancy…but it’s actually fun once you’ve finished up with the actual work involved. It’s like throwing bits and pieces of yourself out into the universe, come what may. It’s scary, risky, fun. It’s like participating not bystanding.
I still love my website and writing…especially on relationship fodder! I feel like there is something to be learned from everyone’s mistakes and successes and that we should explore and share. That holds true of not just decor ideas and cosmetics finds! However, I will continue to add more videos for the many people who prefer not to be burdened with the stress they may feel from having to read! ( Do you believe I even had a friend inform me that I TALK too much in this video???) It seems some people prefer to just see videos with a caption here or there and no words! Due to that feedback, I will a;so try to keep all future videos under 6 minutes when possible!
Thanks for your viewership!
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Thanks for your viewership for now, and enjo-SDS
May 23, 2014
