In the life of The Good Witch

So I haven’t done this in awhile. Life has been busy and hectic with work and everything else. Summer break is upon us and now my little boy is hanging out with my sister for a month and my daughter and I are spending quality time together. So I’ve had other things on my plate. I hope you understand.
Not much has been going on around here. It’s been a really quiet storm season. As in we didn’t receive our first tornado warning in Kansas until I think yesterday or the day before. It had been a year. I mean c’mon!
The other night I did get a chance to watch some pretty awesome stormage come in.

Nothing better than setting up your camera on the sidewalk at midnight to stand out there for an hour because you thought the storm was coming faster than it really was.

This is actually a shot of a sheriffs cruiser going by. Pretty groovy, huh?

Another shot of a car going by. I really love those lol

WOOT!!! Finally it shows up!!!

Day Five: I'm so good at this, and soon I will be left high and dry with no outlet for my talent. 

So so pretty!!!

A really pretty sunset graced us sometime last week.

And we saw some awesome cloudage.

I got a new hedgie!!! Meet Hermes. Isn’t he adorable?! And the ruby slippers and yellow brick road are cellphone charms!

My petunias are looking so gorgeous!

And I have Dorothy staying over.

SO there’s a recap of the last few weeks. It’s been boring, to say the least!

A certain prop makes all the difference in the world

As a portrait photographer, I'm constantly on the lookout for new props. Sometimes they're expensive, gorgeous, unobtainable beauties.

Others are cheap, easy to find or easy to make.

I love anything shabby chic. Anything rustic or old.

So I came up with these

All I used to make this was an old mason jar, some twine, rock salt and a battery operated tea light candle. Just wrap the twine snugly around the mason jar lip and tie a "handle" to it. Fill the jar with rock salt and put a candle in it. Voila. Instant hanging candle holder.

I'm currently on the lookout for different colored mason jars to make even more of these beauties. Once the weather warms up I'm going to take my girly out and have a little twilight session so we can actually get some great shots. These worked out well, but I think they'd be better if it were darker.

At my engagement session this last weekend I used some mug hooks to hang them in the entry way here. Looked fabulous.

Not too shabby, eh?

Completely unrelated, but never-the-less gorgeous... Another shot from my engagement session. I love the bright pops of red and blue. *sigh*