Look What Else I Got Last Night !!!

Posted by Liana at 1:34 PM

Look what else I got last night on mine and Mikey's 1-Year Anniversary date (besides Hello-Kitty candy charm bracelets)...



Yes, I know I'm a blog-tease. I have to run out to meet up with my Fiancé for lunch though and run some errands then I'll be back to blog all the romantic details and juicy gossip :)

Look what I got!!

Posted by Liana at 10:34 PM

Mikey took me out for our 1-year anny tonight and look what I got
(yes, the adorable hello kitty candy bracelet!!) sooo cute! Right now
we are about to head out after having chocolate and champagne just
like on our first date :)

Announcing Photo Biz Boot Camp in 9 Cities :)

Posted by Liana at 12:56 AM

I'm so excited for this up-coming "tour" as I like to call it of Photo Biz Boot Camps!!! There are so many gracious studios out there helping me make this happen so we can make it easy for photographers all across America and even in AUSTRALIA able to attend a Boot Camp.

We're introducing a new program too this month that gives studios wanting to attend a Boot Camp an AWESOME deal and hooks them up with lots of extras so they can continue with change and info-year round. Only $99/month and that includes a Boot Camp!! Click the picture below for more info.



NEW DATES ANNOUNCED:
September 23-25, 2008 : Chicago, IL
October 19-21, 2008 : Phoenix, AZ
October 22-24, 2008 : Fort Worth, TX
November 11-13, 2008 : Lancaster, PA
December 2-4, 2008 : Hickory, NC (Charlotte/Ashville/Winston-Salem)
January 25-27, 2009 : Norcal, CA (San Francisco)
January 28-30, 2009 : Vancouver, WA (Portland)

April/May 2009 : Melbourne, Australia (exact dates TBD/posted no later than 9/1/08)
April/May 2009 : Sydney, Australia (exact dates TBD/posted no later than 9/1/08)


You can ***CLICK HERE*** to find out more and sign up ASAP as they are super duper small (intense) classes and are already booking up!!

I can't wait to meet all of you out there and get a taste of some places I've yet to be in the US and abroad!!

Laurel's Bridal Shower in Ohio

Posted by Liana at 6:05 PM

My little sister Laurel is getting married next month! In true-Laurel fashion, we brought out everything PINK and BLACK and Karen (matron of honor) and my sis Lissa hosted an awesome Bridal shower for her two Sundays ago while I was visiting in Ohio.

We had lots of yummy treats to eat and played "bridal mad libs" which had us all tearing up from laughing too hard while Karen and Lissa read them to the rather large group before Laurel endured about an hour of gift-opening in front of all of us!

Here are some details and pics from the festivities.

A fun gift-bow and Laurel's flower that went perfect with her dress we picked for her at Anne Taylor earlier in the weekend.


My mom ordered these super cool flower arrangements that they did up in martini glasses


While the kids stayed upstairs and played, we had the grown-up fun downstairs :)


There were a BUNCH of people there I hadn't seen in ages... including my godmother, Carol (green), who is here with my mom (pink). She was also my mom's maid-of-honor in her own wedding.



Another portrait of my niece Sophia I just can't help but sneak in here



Here's Lissa (with Chloe sitting nearby) and Karen reading the mad libs with Laurel as the main audience


Then it was on to the gift-giving. I was sure to tie LOTS of ribbons onto my gifts to her so she'd be sure to break them (supposedly it's bridal-superstition that every time the bride breaks a bow/tie at the shower then it indicates how many kids the couple will have in the future). My sister and Jim should have 5 or 6 I think was the final count - including twins!! LOL.




Grandma Lehman was brought by just in time for the gift-opening





We saved my more-personal and somewhat-embarrassing-to-open-in-front-of-grandma gifts for last for a good laugh... including something extra special I got her at the Victoria's Secret in NYC that you can only get at that location :)



I'll be heading up to Ohio again next month to do my MOH and sister duties as I'm actually IN the wedding so I won't be taking (as many) pics of course :)

***CLICK HERE*** to view more pics of the shower in the slideshow

Travel Schedule

Posted by Liana at 2:22 PM

This schedule will be updated as new travel dates are added throughout the year and can be referenced on the top navigation of the blog anytime. This however is not a complete schedule... Atlanta meetings, photo shoots, etc are not on here so please contact us to see about scheduling things :) Cheers!


July
19th: Athens, GA - Ashley and Brant's Wedding

August
20-25: Medina, OH - My little sister's Wedding


September
9-11: Los Angeles, CA - Speaking at the Pictage Partner Conference
23-25: Chicago, IL - Photo Biz Boot Camp
27th: North GA - Becky and Todd's Wedding

October
19-21: Phoenix, AZ - Photo Biz Boot Camp
22-24: Fort Worth, TX - Photo Biz Boot Camp
24-26: New Orleans, LA - Lisa and Cale's French Quarter Wedding


November
11-13, 2008 : Lancaster, PA - Photo Biz Boot Camp


December
2-4: Hickory, NC - Photo Biz Boot Camp


January 2009
18-23: Southern CA / Mexico - Annual Charity project/retreat
25-27: Norcal, CA (San Francisco) - Photo Biz Boot Camp
28-30: Vancouver, WA (Portland) - Photo Biz Boot Camp

February 2009
16-19: Las Vegas, NV - WPPI Convention

April/May 2009
Melbourne, Australia - Photo Biz Boot Camp
Sydney, Australia - Photo Biz Boot Camp

Blue Cupcake Face Picnic

Posted by Liana at 11:20 AM

Yesterday my little sister Laurel had a family picnic/reunion here at her and her fiance, Jim's, new house. We had over 30 people show up and 4 dogs here so it got quite crowded!

At one point I was relaxing in the hammock in the back yard while the guys were playing badminton and the little gals were building sand castles in the horseshoe sand. It was so relaxing and I was thinking about taking a bit of a nap when my sister and Jim came out with three bins of water ballons and called all the kiddos over to load up on ammunition. All of a sudden I hear Jim say "aim for the gal in the blue dress" (me) and about 5 seconds later I was soaking wet on top of my dress and I declared WAR on the 2- and 6- year olds. Muahahahaha.

They managed to get my grandma up a bunch of stairs and when she made it inside the first thing she requested was a cold frosty one!!

Here's a few pics.... from left top clockwise around. #1 My grandma having a beer with my dad. #2 Cousin Andy with his son Hudson. #3 My niece Sophia chowing on a hot dog. #4 Little Chloe (girl) with Chloe (dog) and Lydia playing in the sand. #5 Two of the other bridesmaids Ashley and Karen with sister Laurel. #6 The kiddos arming up for water-ballon wars.



Little Paige had a thing for the blue cupcakes and started quite a trend here yesterday. Even Chloe (dog) partook! Here's Paige, Paige with Laurel, Mikey, and Chloe with their blue-cupcake faces :)

Hometown Date

Posted by Liana at 3:01 PM

On Wednesday, Mike and I flew up to my hometown where we are for the 4th of July weekend for what I am referring to as the "hometown date" !! LOL

It's a big weekend for the Lehman clan this weekend as we're having my sister's bridal shower on Sunday and have family GTGs on Friday and Saturday.

Here a few pics from yesterday. We went over my sister Lissa's house for a while for the 4th and it had been 2 years since I'd seen them or the kiddos and they got SOOO big!! I grew up working in my brother-in-law's Italian restaurant where most of his family works too so it was a ton of people there I hadn't seen in forever.

My big sis Lissa with my niece Sophia



Another addition to the Carrino clan - so cute!!


On the way home we stopped by my aunt and uncle's house (My dad's brother) to see my grandma. Mike's met my immediate family and grandmas before but not my extended family so he got to meet a TON of folks yesterday. Here he is when my grandma claimed to remember him because of "his big brown eyes" :) She also thought I was my sister and said she was really excited for "my wedding" and had her outfit all picked out, etc. Hahaha.



My cousin Andy and his wife Cara were there too and I got to meet my baby second-cousins for the first time. Here's Lydia



and the oh-so-adorable (and quite the ham) Hudson:



My grandma made a point of asking to say goodbye to Hudson before they took her home



Here's Uncle Roy and Aunt Aileen



Mom and Mike




The guys (Mike, Dad, Uncle Roy) feeding the fish bread so my Uncle can go catch them later for dinner!



Okay... the next picnic is starting soon so I better get off the computer and help with the BBQ...

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!