New toy!

I mentioned in my post the other day that I just ordered a new lens and I'm anxiously waiting its arrival! It's the new Nikon 35mm f1.8 AF-S lens. You can read more about it here. It's a fast, reasonably priced prime lens that's great for low light and awesome depth of field.





I currently have the 50mm f1.8, but unfortunately (or fortunately) can only be used in manual focus on the camera model that I have. Which was good practice, but was mainly only good for taking pictures of things that weren't moving. :) So needless to say, I was psyched when Nikon announced the release of this lens, which would auto-focus on my camera.

It's supposed to arrive tomorrow, so I'm sure there will be much picture taking this weekend! Stay tuned.

Kelly's Bridal Shower

I'm a bridesmaid in one of my best friend's wedding in July. A few weeks ago was her fabulous bridal shower. Not to toot our own horns, but we did a pretty good job with it! :) We decided on a cocktail party theme, and it started a little later at 4pm.

We had 'signature drinks' for the bride & groom, which flowed freely during the shower!

We decorated the tables with large martini glasses with purple LED lights and glass stones & flowers.

The favors were personalized cocktail mix packets, "perfectly blended". You can see them here. See that framed invite? I designed and printed those, pretty sweet if you ask me :) (contact me if you're interested in design services, I'm getting an etsy store up and running.)

The only "game" we had was a how well do you know the groom sort of thing. We had a timer that went off while she was opening gifts; she was asked a question from the quiz gave the groom, (i.e. what does the groom love most about you, etc) and if Kelly got it right, whoever's gift she was opening got a prize. Kelly was very excited when she got them right :)

And finally, perhaps the best part of the evening, was karaoke! It was a hit and everyone got into it. Of course we had to force the bride into a solo performance :)

A good time was had by all! Can't wait for the wedding!

I'm a terrible blogger!

I'm outing myself, I suck at blogging :) It's not that I don't want to, I swear! But I spend all day in front of the computer, so most of the time it is the last thing I want to do when I get home!

So here it is, I herby promise to be a better blogger! :) And I just ordered a new lens that I have been lusting over, so expect a lot more photography around here.