m•o•m : stitch

mother's day and photography

mother's day will be upon us before you know it -only 7 weeks away.

i'm not sure you noticed the new page we added to the blog called photographs a while ago (it's on the righthand side bar). it was my attempt to quietly and sheepishly put my work out there. i didn't say anything about shooting again, i was just adding images every now and then to show you what i see and what i create (outside of m•o•m).

well it's time for me to really put myself out there (complete self-doubt as i type that -must force myself continue and not delete -i am worth persuing what i want)... sorry, mini-therapy session going on right there. okay finished, i'm back.

so... i take pictures. i used to take lots of pictures and then i stopped. i want to do it again. suddenly i have ideas, new ideas for me, i am daydreaming again about photography. it feels both good and scary.

images of children, mother + child, the whole family, siblings, dad + kids, or how about mom on her own -any of these would be a great gift for mom.

my photos are a bit different, so look them over to see if my style suits you. i love to shoot with film, medium format specifically, but of course i also shoot digitally. the last image in the post (of my late dog stella) is expired 4x5 polaroid film -it's perfect, flaws and all!

if my work is your cup of tea, shoot me a line at bethanyjensenATmacDOTcom so we can talk about working together.
thanks a mill.

 

what do you think?

tomorrow, sunday january 22nd our extended family is having it's christmas. we couldn't get our acts together in december -too many performers, athletes, and jobs that get busy that time of year.

in our family, all kids under 18 gets gifts from everyone. once you're 18 you join the grown-ups and we each just buy one gift. we play that fun game where every person gets a number and starting with #1 they choose a gift then #2 can either choose a new gift or steal #1's - you know what i mean right? it's actually a lot of fun... if people take from others!

our rule is that the gifts stay around $25 -makes it easy on everyone. there is usually some good beer or wine. and of course there is that one awful gift that gets recycled every few years. one year the gift i brought was a 24 pack of toilet paper, boy was that a popular gift! lot's of stealing with that one.

this year, at moms suggestion, i'm going to do something different. i've decided to offer a small photo session with me. obviously this gift is worth more than $25, but i think mom was right, it will help me get back in the saddle as it were.
so what do you think? will my family fight over this one?

i don't think anyone in our family reads this blog regularly, so no sweat in letting my gift out of the bag a day early (fingers crossed!)

new stuff

hi. how's the year going for you so far?
for us, so far so good.
we've added two new links to the right hand sidebar: photography and recipes. these links will open new pages that will be dedicated to their titles. we've been posting recipes for a while now, but i've never had a dedicated section for photography; this is my first time really putting it out there... be kind, i'm self-conscious.
we are just starting to add to the new pages, so keep checking in for more recipes and photo's.
hope the rest of your week is great!

so have you checked out the other new-ish links on the sidebar? let's see, there is: shop DECOR, 42nd Prop House, Antoinette jewelry shop, the official m.o.m website, and the official m.o.m on-line shop. sheesh, we're a freakin' conglomorate! go, go forth and click away!

sunshine

this is kathryn, aka sunshine, a local hairdresser and make-up artist. i've been friends with her extended family for 22 years (wow, that makes me feel old). these photos were taken back in march a few months before kathryn turned 21.

 

 

mobile portraits

last month i set up an outdoor portrait studio at the market place at magnolia creek & co. atelier. it was fun.

the sandwich in her hand kills me.


i even got some grown-ups to get in on the fun.

this little girl was a rock star, she kept playing the fairy wand like it was a guitar.

three generations.

this was a lot of fun. i hope we get a chance to do it again.

let's catch up

Hi! It's been a while. Let's just dive right in with all that's been going on around here.

The minikin fashion show was a blast! It was great to see our clothes on a bunch of kids -we don't really get to see much of that, so it was a real treat for us.

outfit by m•o•m

skirt by m•o•m

outfit by m•o•m

outfit by m•o•m
Aren't they all adorable?

Sarah, my cousin from North Carolina came for a visit. We had sooo much fun! What a blast, we miss her already. We pretty much ate our way through her stay: The Kebab Shop, downtown; Bety's Taco's, Encinitas; Roberto's, Solana Beach and Siamese Basil, Encinitas. Sarah got a haircut from the awesome James Mendoza, bought a pair of Raen Optic sunglasses and has incorporated the word groovy into her vocabulary -she's an honorary Southern Californian now.

james, working his magic.

The Market Place at Magnolia Creek Atelier happened this last Sunday. We had a mobile portrait booth and captured some fun shots.

here is sarah snapping my picture.


jessica got this great shot of the our set up with her iphone. isn't it cute?


sarah, rockin' her new do and sunglasses.

one of my favorite guys, ben.

the super cute and funny keep-a-breast girls, kayla and brooke.


my sister jessica.


the talented and so, so pretty girls of modern crush; see their photo's of the day on the modern crush blog.

News at the store: The second shipment of Fashionary journals arrived last week. As before, we only orderd 5, so don't wait too long to come in a check them out. Plus, we found a few more books that we believe you will really like.

this is a great adult + kid craft book.


love the silhouette cup cozy and check out the robots!

saweet!

And now for the grown-ups... Paper + Craft is gorgeous, as are the projects.

Our store is small, therefore we only order a few of each title, so if you're interested in anything you see here, come in or send us an email: mom(at)42ndandorangeDOTcom.

We've also been busy making accessories. Our new favorite is the Happy Flower.



I'll get a picture of one of us wearing them, they look great in sets of three.

Well, I think that brings you up to day for now. Stay tuned, you never know what's around the corner.
Oh wait, there is more... for locals: I will be at the Encinitas Pannikin Nov. 26th (Black Friday) 10am-3pm with our book, Balanced Days, Balanced Lives. Come say hi, there might be cookies!


And then on Sunday, Dec. 5th out in front of our store and Univ wil be Zig Zag -an afternoon of craft. A great group of local talent will be at this event.


Okay, now that's it. Thanks for checking in.

 

this is what we like to see!

take a look at these awesome photo's of the adorable p.j. wearing her m•o•m outfit. the photo's were taken by p.j.'s mom julie of Lot116 photography. read the nice post on her blog.

 

these pictures totally made our day.
does anyone else have pictures of their kids wearing a m•o•m outfit or item? we'd love to see them. send 'em on in, momAT42ndandorangeDOTcom, or shoot us a line with a link to a blog, flickr, or FB page.
on the Lot116 FB page, someone asked if the plaid pants were available for boys -yes, they are unisex! we have two one pair left, they are in our etsy shop in the sale section.

did you know that m•o•m has a facebook page? come on over and "like" us; a lot more stuff happens on a daily basis over there.

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happy 4th of july! we hope you have a fun and safe weekend filled with friends, family, good food and awesome fireworks!
we will be enjoying the holiday by closing the workshop + store the 4th and 5th. see you on tuesday the 6th.

not impossible

this is very important and makes me extremely happy. the impossible project's first batch of new instant film for traditional polaroid cameras goes on sale tomorrow, march 25th. go to the site, watch the video, sign up for the newsletter, and be utterly impressed with the people that made this possible.

did you smile pretty?

saturday was a lot of fun.
people stopped by to have their portrait taken, ask what was going on, and some just slowed down and stared as they drove by....hiya!

we're already thinking about father's day and are nearly set on doing this all over again. we'll let you know what we decide.

besides sharing behind the camera duties with siobhan, and being in front of the camera (i have a mother too), i also got some "behind the scenes" shots.
take a look.

aw-yeah.
that's nick from univ

the rad backdrop made by m•o•m.
and check out the 12'x12' silk overhead -i love that thing.

siobhan shooting some of our younger clientele.

 
our worktable for the day.
see the boxes of 4x5 polaroid? that's it, they are all gone now. :(

shots from an opened box of color polaroid film (13 years old!) I found in my 4x5 camera case.

jordan and jackie were having waaaay to much fun. they brought props! so cool.

props were definitely welcomed.

the view from the street.

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here's a photo of mom putting the finishing touches on the backdrop friday night.
we thought we'd be able to continue shooting on sunday, but we used all the film saturday.

thanks to everyone that came by. we hope your mother's enjoy the gift.

saturday portraits

we're adding the finishing touches to the backdrop...

the banner is looking good and we're super excited about tomorrow -praying it doesn't rain!