Personal// Itunes Mix Monday

Starting a new post for every Monday, entitled Itunes Mix Monday.
Yes this may seem random and absurd but I love music. We have this thing going on, I hid it from Matt as well.
Every Monday I will post a playlist which I make up from my Itunes library. The playlist will consist of the music which I'm listening to alot or my mood. I hope you all enjoy this section of the blog and hopefully you'll learn more about what type of music I enjoy and maybe you'll find some new music you enjoy!

Today's Imix is entitled 'kickin it' because it's the music I listen to when I'm in my relaxy mood. It's pretty much what I listen to alot. My pandora station is built off this style of music. I wanted to make a imix of straight up Colbie Caillat because I heart her to death. She is probably my second fave of all, but I decided to throw a random mix in. So listen to these when your driving around, sitting at home and just relaxing!

FAQ- Albums

I get asked a lot, how do I put together my albums for my clients. I primarily use Shutterfly.com because of the price. I don't want to go quite insane on prices for my clients yet. Although Shutterfly is a good price they produce beautiful albums. I haven't had a complaint yet!
After my clients select their images they want in their album, I arrange them in chron. order. I make sure my clients are heavily involved in this process. I know photographers generally just design the album and be done with it. But I am not Jasmine Star quite yet so I want to make sure my client is happy even before they see the album in person.
They can preview the album online and tell me if any changes need to be made. Shutterfly offers a various amount of templates for their albums and they are super easy to put together! I generally do with the 'classic black' template and use the manually put together the album.
Overall it is super easy to use! I do plan on upgrading soon though so the albums can be just a tad fancier!
Below are some pics of the last album I put together! Happy Sunday!










Excuse the glare on this, I took these on a hurry!

Oh and this was my fortune from my fortune cookie last week. Doesn't it scream me? I somehow think I can do it all! Even my fortune cookie tells me so!

D.C

So I met the president last weekend. He was super nice and very well dressed. He offered me a complete tour of Washington D.C and of course I said yes!
...Just kidding. I wish I met the president and it would have been grand to get a complete tour of D.C. Matt and I went last weekend for three days for a vacation. We had a pretty good time.
On our first day we went to the Smithsonian Museum of History. We spent pretty much all day there because wow! Those museums are insanely huge! We did see a little bit of the Natural History museum but I had been to that one a couple years ago so I didn't feel a need for a repeat.
The next day we went to the Air & Space Museum which Matt was excited about for sure. It was so crowded. So many travelers. There were tons of people from Europe and Asia mostly. We stayed for a little bit but like I said it was way too crowded so we decided to leave early and headed to Pentagon Mall because I heard amazing reviews about it.
That was a bust though. I did love the mall but most of the stores were uber upscale. I did enjoy window shopping though! The main reason we went to the mall was to look for a bookstore because I read my book that I brought with me. And no bookstore! A huge mall and no bookstore equals a sad HeatherK.
We rode back on the metro and right by our metro station was a Borders. Yay! So whilst I was browsing my eyes stopped across a certain book and I gasped loudly. So loudly the lady next to me chuckled and asked if I found what I looking for.

I was not expecting the second of this trio to come out so early, so of course I bought it because I just could not do it!

The next day we met up with my grandma and my two cousins who live in Maryland and we visited the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial and the Capital. On our way to lunch we had to walk a bit which was about five miles I want to say. And it was insanely hot that day. I sweated like never before but it was a great time spending time with them. After that we headed home and proceeded to watch Interview with the Vampire because Matt had never seen it and he loved it!
It was a great trip and I LOVE traveling. Matt even said we should travel more. Yay!
Hopefully destination weddings are coming soon!

Tattered and Torn Pages

Has anyone seen the new Harry Potter trailer? Can you say EPIC? I cannot wait until November! As soon as I saw the trailer I immediately wanted to read the Deathly Hallows again...for the fifth time. I'm bracing myself though and waiting until October to read it again, that way I am 100% ready for the movie. Oh and in case you were wondering, I will be attending the midnight showing. I'd be a fool not too!
After typing all this I realize how much of a geek I must sound but I can't deny who I am. It also makes me realize I need to buy a whole new set of the Harry Potter series.
I'll take you back to a time, let's say six years ago. I woke up on Christmas morning on the crisp age of fifteen or fourteen, i.e I have a horrible memory. But anyway I walked into the living room and saw the first three Harry Potter books under the Christmas Tree and I was so excited! Needless to say after six years of those books and in addition in later years of the others they have received the HeatherK. badge of getting the living snot beat out of them.
I looked at them on my bookshelf and they are torn up. No really, my brother's beagle got ahold of the seventh one and there is a huge chunk of the front cover missing. The other books binding are torn, so many dog eared pages, and etc. It is time for a new, pristine set.
I once heard a quote, it went something like this. 'Show me a man's library where the books are all in pristine condition, no torn or dog eared pages and I will tell you the man has not absorbed the books into him, he has not fully read them. But show me a man's library where the books are torn, the binding wearing and the pages dog eared and there is a man who truly reads.'
That is me. I read my books so much they look awful, but it gives them character. I absorb them into my mind and take them in completely. So I will buy a new set of HP novels but I'll keep the old ones because they show something, something special.