Those Bookbinding classes paid off

I thought I'd share a video I got today.  I am a concept designer for Walt Disney Imagineering (I design theme parks to put it plainly.)  Anyways, President Obama is being placed in Disney World's Hall of Presidents.  The team working on the project flew to D.C. to record Obama's voice for the animatronic (robot).  They asked if I would dust off my book press and make a nice book to present to him, which features the process of the project.  I didn't get to go to D.C. because I am on another project.  But I got a nice box of chocolates with the presidents seal as a gift.  I do have to say that the White House is cheap and uses Whitman chocolates  As a friend of mine says, "thats the waxy chocolate you buy at the grocery store for your 5th grade sweetheart."  Glad to know mr. Obama regards me as highly as a 5th grade sweetheart.  Maybe the Bush administration used something nicer like See's, but when the new administration that was considered "pork barrel" spending.  Anyways, If you pay attention to the video, they are looking at the book I made.  

Watch it here!

Elle's Crib Sheets

I have had a very busy (or sick) past 5 months, sorry for the lack in posts!  I've had people ask me what colors I was thinking for the baby and I thought I would post my "crib sheets."  I've been told not to put bumpers on the crib (because of SIDS and strangulation concerns.)  Anyone else heard this?  So we will try without, and see if she bonks her head and then add them later.  I picked out some fabric on Saturday designed by Amy Butler, she has some great fabric on her website.  I found a little store in Pasadena which sells her stuff.  My mom is kindly making a bed skirt and sheets and a blanket to go with the set.  If anyone is looking for crib sets out of Amy's fabrics you can pick up custom made ones on Etsy.com.  They are around $200 but compared to some resellers, that is a steal.  Even Target can be pricey for the non "cutesy" animal print ones.  We do have a few things from Target which are from the Bird collection from Dwell Studio.  They go well with the pink and brown color scheme.  We even got the matching Boppy pillow.  

We  have also chosen the name Elle Madelyn for her.  It seems to have stuck, so I don' t expect any changes.  On another note, I am finally done with editing weddings and portrait sittings, and I am editing our photos from france.  I will blog them soon.  I have gotten requests to see my belly bump, and there will be some pictures of it in France, but I'm not going to be taking any posing maternity photos....I don't want nice pictures of my fatness:)  I will take pictures of the baby when she comes in October:)  

Happiness is J&J's Wedding

This one has taken longer than normal to post, because of the trip to France.  So thanks guys for being patient with me.  Jonathan and Johanna had a beautiful wedding.  Everything happened out of the usual order, so the slideshow reflects that.  But it was a perfect two days!  You could tell that the were SOOOO happy together.  These two have so many people who love them, I've never had a group temple photo with sooo many people.  You can tell that Jonathan and Johanna have big hearts that people love to be around!  You can see the slideshow here

If you missed their engagement slideshow you can see it here