holiday photo cards in the shop!

do you have your holiday cards yet? if not, i've made some for you. you can find them here. hmmm... is there a common thread to my photo cards. well, she's supercute. who can blame me. and she puts up with a lens in her face.

harper's bazaar!

back in august, an editor of harper's bazaar contacted me about submitting my black and white chevron notecard for one of their holiday gift guides. i was thrilled... and happily obliged.

it's fun to finally see it in print. and i love the black and white page. thanks harper's!
and i'm in good company. check out that kate spade plate, which i think i need. you can buy the cards right here.

be sure to pop over to the shop for the last day of free shipping (domestic orders only). use code 'blackfriday'.

black friday special!

use code BLACKFRIDAY when checking out to get free shipping on your order at pixelimpress!

and, new goodies in stock.

my staycation

my family was in town last week. at the request of my history-lovin' brother-in-law bobby, we visited dealey plaza in dallas, the site of jfk's assassination. yesterday marked the 48th anniversary of jfk's death. (steve and i just so happened to catch a documentary the other night on the national geographic channel showing actual footage of that very sad day.)

i took my new camera. steve just used the word obsession and camera in the same sentence in reference to me and my new toy. and it's true. i love it. i took 249 photos this day, between dealey plaza and the dallas arboretum, which i'll show you another day. (if you click on any picture below, it will enlarge and produce a slideshow of all the photos in this post)

anywho, here's the famous former texas book depository. now the dallas county administration building. the open window (2nd row from the top) is the one where lee harvey oswald was claimed to be.
just down the block from the former texas book depository (grassy knoll in the background).
this is ron, our tour guide. we happened upon him when we arrived at dealey plaza. he gave us a walking tour of the area. he was a very interesting man and knew everything there was to know about this site.
my brother-in-law
and steve paid very close attention to ron.the grassy knoll.
a plaque in commemoration of john fitzgerald kennedy.
the area is know as the west end historic district.
another shot of the grassy knoll.ron was intriguing. he spewed off tons of information about that fateful day, 48 years ago yesterday.

on a related note, stephen king has a new book out titled 11/22/63.
it's an 849-page novel of an alternative history of that day. the new york times has an article regarding this book here. i think i might read this.

and, on another related note....my friend denise just heard stephen king speak at a local high school. she has a great post over here about that night. pop over and read about what scares stephen king!

pardon us...

while we take a break to enjoy visiting family.
(pixel and her uncle bobby who she adores... and he adores her.)

can you tell...

i got a macro lens with my new camera?

i'm practicing with the best (well, and prettiest) subject around.
excuse her eye booger. she didn't know there was a photo shoot today.

finally....

this is in the house!! it arrived last week.


now just give me the time and patience to get through the instruction manual so i can shoot some great product shots for here.

suzani

i love suzani. i was inspired by this beautiful pattern i've been seeing everywhere...

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to make my own suzani pattern. and i put it on notecards.

you can find them here.

*** images from my pinterest.

house of fifty

congratulations to janell beals and her team over at house of fifty. their 2011 holiday issue hit the web yesterday and it's fantastic! super articles, fabulous photography, inspiring interiors and ideas. and i love all the festive colors in the issue. click here to enjoy the issue.

this is my favorite page. (click to enlarge or visit page 92-93 of the mag.) 50 ideas for giving.

and.... pixelimpress makes a small appearance in the magazine! i was thrilled to be asked to design a set of holiday hang tags in bright colors. see page 87.


i love the tags with that chartreuse wrapping paper. you can purchase the tags here.