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I sort of went on a blogging break didn't I? I try not to do that, but sometimes it just happens. This weekend was a very busy one! First, I took the SAT early Saturday morning. The night before I kind of freaked out (I may or may not have ripped an SAT ad into shreds in rebellion against the system), but by the time I woke up ridiculously early, I was cool. Didn't even feel nervous at all, before or during the test.

It's actually quite silly. It's long, yes, but the test administers just read verbatim out of an SAT guide, repeat themselves, and you fill in little circles. I mean, all that hype and it's really quite lame. But then, most man-made things are much lamer than everyone makes them seem.

Here's something most of you probably don't know. I've never taken a test before. :o Not a timed, officially administered test by any educational institution - minus a funny little test I had to take at home when I was like 10 to prove I was home schooled. Anyway, I guess the SAT is as good as any to be my first, and since I'm not aiming to get into Princeton, I'm not worried about it.

It rained during full sun the other day - it was so pretty! And on the same day, Lucy played in a washtub of water. She is so funny. You'd think she would be pretty tame to look at her blue eyes and tiny little face. But she splashes like a banshee, laughing even when Henry violently splashed with her.

So, right after I took the SAT, Mom picks me up and we go straight to a catering job in Madison. It was hot, I had been up since 6am, and for the first part of the morning I felt really lightheaded from the heat. The wedding was okay - lame reception with no alcohol - my feet were killing me by the end and I had drunk five bottles of water just to keep up with the amount of liquid I was sweating. But again, not complaining, I enjoyed it all! :D

We get home - luckily dry receptions end EARLY and we got home not too late. Four to five hours of sleep later and we head out to the Red Dress Boutique's summer fashion shoot! It was really fun. Luckily we got to shooting straight away and managed to all but beat the hot sun. We shot from 6:45 or so til 11:00, pumped out over 30 outfits, split between 5 different girls. Logan shot primarily, while Sara did hair and make-up as snappy as possible before joining us. The girls were so lovely, the garden (owned by Magdalena Williams of European Floral) was so beautiful - everything went so well!

Believe it or not, we were out of there by 1pm. After the girls were finished, we took some time to take off-body shots of outfits and jewelry, then headed home. It was so cool. I was exhausted, but when we came home we watched Doctor Who (holy crap I haven't stopped thinking about that fantastic episode since I watched it) and Justified (gonna miss me some Raylan Givens over the summer). 

This is last night's sky. It went from stunning, to even more stunning, to wow stunning.

So, I'll be working on the pics from the shoot for a few days - maybe you'll get a few that I shot on my blog. I didn't shoot many. I meant to shoot behind the scenes, but the fact of the matter was that I wasn't really behind the scenes much. I sort of dashed back and forth between Sara and Logan, answering questions and keeping track of everything. So there isn't much that I shot, but perhaps you'll see something... :)

Oh! Speaking of not taking pictures - I wish I had brought my camera with me tonight. I left it home because I thought I'd be holding Micah all night. Logan, Erin, Micah and I went to Shakespeare on the Lawn at the Ashford Manor. It was so cute! I only got to see the first act, so I want to go back Friday.

Have a lovely night,

- caroline

P.s. I'm too tired to spell-check/grammar check. For that I do apologize (Boyd is rubbing off on me).

a taste of the last four days

This weekend I'm taking the SAT. I haven't studied for it since I took the online practice test. I know it's not smart of me. Regardless, the whole test ticks me off and I can't bring myself to spend time thinking about it/studying for it. We'll see how that goes. 

More interestingly, the Red Dress Boutique summer fashion shoot is on Sunday and it's going to be awesome. Logan, Erin & I spent hours picking out clothes today for the shoot. Hehe, I can't wait to start designing the lookboooook. 

Now for some Justified. :) 

Goodnight,

- caroline

catching up

I seemed to disappear there for a bit, didn't I? Well, to catch up, I must tell you that the Red Dress spring shoot went AMAZING-ly. It was so, so cool. When we were out there, it was like walking through a magazine. I've only been to a few shoots like that - one was Andrea & Ryan's wedding - you walked around and you just felt like you were in this big, beautiful production, and that no matter what you took a picture of, it would contain a beautiful location, a beautiful person, beautiful clothes and beautiful light. The intense wind and chilly temperature was a bit challenging (okay, fine, I'm romanticizing the day slightly), but that makes me all the more proud of the photos.

So the fashion shoot was a success, I would say. I am really looking forward to planning the next - I should probably get started on that pretty soon! :) Hehehehe! I am going to post some behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot soon, possibly on Sara's blog.

This is what post-production looked like for the shoot. So messy.

We took over 3,000 images. Yes, we know that's excessive. But I am so glad we did, they are so beautiful. Logan, Sara, you took absolutely amazing images. 

Okay, I have about three more blog posts lined up. So, stay tuned for the next few minutes while I post. :) Then I'm going back to posting everyday!! 

À bientôt!

- caroline

YIKES

Tomorrow morning is the shoot! Okay, off to bed for me...

pizza & friends

Hahaha, no, not ordering pizza and eating it with real live friends, silly! That's what normal people would do. I'm talking pizza from home and friends with a capital F.

Pizza:

And Friends:

Say what you will about Friends -- it makes me warm and fuzzy inside. I was just exhausted at the end of today, which I feel bad even writing out loud. But seriously, I did! I know, it's lame, I don't work a full time job or have babies to carry around, but heck, I wasn't that exhausted. Just moderately exhausted. So much phone talking to plan this fashion shoot, my voice was disappearing.

I got to shoot the website images for the Red Dress Boutique today (Logan had to work) - it was quite fun, really. Then I took a short walk in the drizzly weather to Dynamite, which is this vintage/used clothes store down the street. I'm looking for a new apron. My red polka-dot one is really slowly ripping to shreds. Which, you know, isn't conducive to protecting my clothes... Unfortunately, Dynamite only had two waist aprons and a painting apron. I need to check Agora and Minx...

Okay, well, I'm going to go to SLEEP. Yikes, only ONE day left until the fashion shoot. Did you hear? It's going to rain. And be generally cold and wet. Of course. >.< However, we are going to stay positive, shoot indoors and deliver a fantastic lookbook, nonetheless. :)

Good night!
- caroline

the grass is getting greener

I finally bought new underwear from Aerie online a few days ago - it took forever to get them! I am kind of psyched about it - what is it about new underwear that makes me so happy? Is it just me? :)

We drove over to Tucker Plantation today. This big farmland/wedding venue is going to be the location of the Red Dress Boutique spring fashion shoot. I've been organizing the shoot for about a month - still had some loose ends to tie up. Unfortunately, our lovely consultant at the plantation was unexpectedly busy today and we didn't get to see the pond, but now that my camera is back, I took lots of pics of everywhere else. These were my favorites.

Can you believe how fast the grass is turning green again? When we talked about this shoot a month ago, we were all worried that the scenes were going to look like winter. But no, Georgia weather is fantastic and the grass is getting greener and the patches of purple flowers are gorgeous. By next Sunday (the fashion shoot), it's going to be perfect.

You may be wondering how we are going to take fashion photography at these locations - there are more places that I'm not posting. It's going to be awesome. I'm so excited.

Basking on the front porch steps has been so nice. My cheeks are all pink from a slight sunburn. It is such a strange feeling, when the sun is hot and the breeze is cold. The sun isn't just warm and the breeze isn't just cool. It really is hot and cold. But it's so refreshing.

Did a bit of spring cleaning this evening, washed my sheets and cleaned up my room, did laundry. A clean, made-up bed is the best. One of my favorite things in the whole world.

We had oatmeal for dinner tonight. Oatmeal and toast. It was super yummy - I love mixing up meals.

Time to study some French. Four exams to go!

Much love,
- caroline