Gretchen Fawn Photo - part of the Snoqualmie Moms Support Collective

It's been two weeks and I still have not gotten my blog post about this. I think I have been on Facebook using all my time to like all the pages we have been sharing on the ReSTARt pages. I am on three! It's been my new hobby, liking pages. But let me get back to the reason I am blogging.   ReSTARt! What is it you may be wondering? Well, I'll fill you all in on the details. I came in late to the game myself. One day, I get a email from my hubby, Joe. It's a forward from Creative Live studios here in Seattle, WA asking if you would like to be part of a studio audience for an upcoming show with Jasmine Star.  I have a flexible schedule so I fill it out and think nothing more about it.  A few weeks later, I get an email saying I have been chosen to be on the show! Then I start getting excited! Someone starts a facebook group for those of us in the audience and we get to know each other. It's only got about 20 or so people in it. Then one day I get up and ...

Hello friends, Isn't this weather glorious? My kids think so, however, they had to go get some blackberry leaves for our stick bugs this morning. When they got back in, my 6 yr old said with disbelief, "It's COLD outside!!" We are getting spoiled with these warm days in October aren't we? All the better for our outdoor natural light photography. Here is a photo of my friend Heather! Over the weekend, I was able to help my brother, Alex take his first portraits. He recently switched majors to photography at UW. He came over and we went over the basics, then went outside, the clouds parted and we actually got some sunshine! He had the idea to shoot in front of the fall leaves! Red and crisp. Love it! He fb me and called me that he wanted to shoot more! Creativity is in the blood I tell you. My sister Julie has her BFA from Southern Oregon and has lived there for the last 10 or more years. She has her own printmaking studio called PROOF in Talent, OR. You can find...