If you’ve got a dog named after a fashion icon, she must be fabulous. She must be. Why? It’s an unwritten rule and it’s a requirement…it just is! So without further ado, I give to you the fantabulous Chanel…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
The Valdez Family
2004: I went to FIDM to study fashion design. 2006: I traded my dress form in for a Canon Rebel XTi. I stumbled off my uneven cobblestoned path and paved a new one. My new path is still in cobblestone and uneven, but that’s what I love about it. It’s not so perfect and boring – besides…I’m a texture girl and at the end of the day it just makes for a better backdrop. Ha! : ) Life is unscripted and beautiful moments happen when we least expect it to and that’s the best part.
9:30am: Meet the Valdez Family at Manhattan Beach Creamery for a family shoot. 11:30am: Shooting family session at a luxury boutique hotel in Manhattan Beach. For months, we’ve been exchanging e-mails and ideas for the perfect location and agreed on the quaint ice cream parlor in downtown Manhattan. I looked forward to shooting there and we did, but because life is unscripted and beautiful moments happen when we least expect it to…the best part of the shoot was everywhere else but the the ice cream parlor!
Thank you, Mom and Dad for coming the extra mile to be in front of my camera. You guys shine and it really shows in your pictures! Ariana is the cutest lil’ 8 month old (I couldn’t stop smiling when I was editing her pictures) and quite the ham! Hope your trip back to San Jose was swell!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend!
I love the expression on Ariana’s face! Can’t you hear her saying, “Oooh weee!!!!”?
The Tomkat Studio: A Place for all Things Pretty
Since Mya’s Sweet Shoppe themed party last year, I’ve been getting alot of inquiries as to where I got the paper lanterns, where I found the centerpieces, where the giant lollipops came from, etc. The truth is I love planning a party, creating a custom theme from an inspiration and realizing my ideas. The gratitude that I get from the end result is simply bliss! It’s quite a challenge but for me, that’s the fun part! I’m crazy! I know! The hard part is trying to find the perfect pieces and that special something to tie in all of the details for the party that I envision and even if I cannot find it…I resort to making it! It’s as simple as that!
Now, you’re probably thinking to yourself, “Make it? Yeah. Sure, Navy!” Okay, okay. So – if I didn’t get pleasure from cuttin’ and pastin’, I would probably find myself at The Tomkat Studio: A Place for all Things Pretty! Kim from The Tomkat Studio specializes in invitations, party planning and decorating. The shop offers complete customized party packages that are one of a kind and to die for! You know all that cuttin’ and pastin’ I was talkin’ ’bout? Well…none is required, because it’s all done for you by Kim! Yes, she’s heaven sent! I adore her creations and I really wish I could’ve known about it sooner so I could incorporate it into my own parties! Now isn’t that fantabulous? Go on by and check out her Etsy Shop and OH – stop on by her blog as well to see what she has to say about Mya’s Sweet Shoppe party! Happy planning! 
***The Tomkat Studio is offering 15% off any party order over $25 for my blog readers. Simply type in NAVY15 as the discount code when you checkout! Aren’t they awesome for that! Gotta love it!***
Here is a lollipop themed package that is oh-so-adorable!!!!
Fabulously Fabulous: Jasmine
I know, I know! Long awaited and much anticipated, but I promise it’s worth the wait! Drumrolls please….I introduce to you…the fabulously fabulous…Jasmine! I’m really at a lost for words to describe how powerful this little girl is in front of the camera. She’s got that “it” factor and I am willing to put money on it that she’ll be doing big things one day. Please believe me when I say she needed zero direction. Where she got these poses and looks from is beyond me, honey! I ended up accusing her mama for it, but even she didn’t know where the girl got it from. I still say she got it from her mama…
by Navy Sou
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