Sewell Photography : the Blog

oh boy

A celebration for our good friends new baby boy on the way!  Stay tuned for more photos of Katie and her cute baby bump...

Thanks to :

Katie Rose for being awesome and for planning this shindig with me!

 Just Bloomed for the lovely floral designs (and helping me whip the studio into shape!)

Nikki at Lovely Scribbles for her adorable cupcake toppers and "Candy Bar" Sign

First Course for the yummy sliders and fries

Apres for being my go-to for all things rental

Baby Dillon for blessing your parents and our lives already!

 

the big three-oh

Last year I hit a "big" birthday and my sister and husband surprised me with an amazing party at the studio!  It was a crazy fun whirl of great friends, food, music, dancing and pink!!  Today is exactly one year later (the year I turn 30... again), so I thought I'd share a glimps from the night.  THANK YOU again to my favorite party planner/florist/photographer/bestfriend/sister extraordinaire!

open for business

Ok, well the studio has actually been open for business for a while, but we are now "officially" done.   It's a great feeling to be finished with the projects that we've been working on to get the place fixed up.  It has definitely come a long way... check out some the the "before pictures" here.  Here's a peek at how it looks today...

 

 

 




 




 

celebrate

With the completion of the major projects at the studio, we decided it was time to celebrate!  Here are a few pics from our festivities of the weekend.  Thanks to everyone who stopped by!

Thank you to Travis from First Course restaurant for the wonderful food, (if you have not visited this restaurant yet, you are missing out on a gem!).  Also to Katiee from Apres for the beautiful linens, tables and glasses (Call Katiee about rental items for your next event, they are the best!).  And last but not least Jackie from Just Bloomed for the fabulous florals, oh yeah, and also for coming up with this crazy idea!

  Also thanks to Susan and Callie for making everything go so smoothly.  Cute aprons ladies!

  
 
 
     

 

 

 

 

 

sign me up

We're so excited that the sign for our studio space is finally done!  The sign was installed this weekend but we're still waiting for the lights.  The space almost complete... more photos to come soon!

yeah!!!

please vote!

So I just thought of an idea that maybe you can help me decide on my studio prints by voting on your favorite 3 horizontal photos and 3 favorite vertical photos...  I appreciate your help!!

back to business

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!  I SO enjoyed spending time with my family, but now it's time to get back to business.  The studio is coming along although we still have some work to do.  Check out our progress...

Our temporary sign...  The outside still needs work, but there's not much we can do until spring.

Our table top concept...

The frames are up and we still need prints, but it's so hard to choose 9 photos of the thousands I have taken this year!  Possibly this config...?

The shelves are done, now we need to finish the damask "idea board" and desk ...

a work in progress...

So I have been a little behind on blogging (and everything) lately but I have an excuse!  My latest project is a studio space that I am opening with the ultra fabulous florist Jackie from Just Bloomed.  She also happens to be my sister, but even with out my bias, she is extremely talented at what she does.  Don't take my word for it, she was recently selected by real brides as one of the top ten florists in Minnesota as featured in "The Knot's Best of Weddings 2008 Guide".  

Anyway, Jackie and I have decided to create a shared space that we can call home base for our separate businesses.   Being the visionaries that we are, we decided to renovate a space that needed a little makeover and start from scratch. 

Beware it is a work in progress, but I wanted to share our ideas and work so far...stay tunes for updates...

storefront sign concept...

concept sketch...

a view from the outside, still needs work...

Yikes!  The interior before we started.  Sheet rocking the ceiling...

The walls are starting to look better.  Now we're working on some shelves...