abby try again

say goodbye

 

 

 

I'm not a fan of long goodbyes.

Who is?

I really do love this song, though.

The nice thing about saying goodbye to Portland people and places was knowing that I will return there this November for a very special event.

Right now I am putting together a little book of all of my favorite things about Portland. It's actually gonna be a bit bigger than little-but you get the idea. Just something self published-nothing fancy-but it'll keep me busy for awhile.

These photos feature three fun Portland things; Byways Cafe, Powell's Books, and my friend Summer.

Hope you are having a lovely Sunday!

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and P.S. I've gotten some inquiries about when I'll be reopening my photo shop and my etsy shop. I'm not exactly sure-but email me at abbytryagain(at)gmail.com and I'll send you an email when I do. Thanks!

one foggy day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's really nice to have photo geek friends.

Case in point: I make plans with Cori and say only "let's have lunch in St. John's and maybe shoot pics" and what does the girl do? Shows up wearing super cute tights, Polaroid and funky umbrella in tow, and a change of shoes-just in case we need a different shot.

She knows what's up.

After a nice lunch at Proper Eats we made our way down to Cathedral Park and oooed and ahhhed over how pretty the bridge looked in the fog.

Seriously one of the prettiest things in Portland.

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Thank you for all of the nice comments about Portland Places and also for all the nice comments lately about my work. It was a really scary and tough decision to leave my day job in order to pursue this...but your support has made it a lot easier.

Thank you!

(And I still have some sponsorship/advertising spots left for February. The spots start as low as $20 and are meant for small businesses, indie crafters, and artists. Please email me at abbytryagain@gmail(dot)com if you are interested.)

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Oh, one more thing. Thank you Summer for naming this photo of mine as one of the top ten photos of 2009! That made my day.

a warm glow

 

 

 

 

Last night we had the pleasure of attending a party thrown by my friend, Summer. It was, of course-a holiday party-but I really think it should've just been a celebration of her success. Summer's blog was just named #11 of the top 50 design blogs in the world. Wow. Summer, you totally deserve it! Thank you for the yummy food and festivities and gosh-those confetti systems decorations were sure cool, too.

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I hope that you are enjoying a great holiday season. I'm getting all mushy and sentimental today-James and I are going to watch an old childhood favorite of mine and eat donuts and hot chocolate.

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I can't help but be excited for the year to come...so many ideas floating around in this head of mine..happy day to you!

once again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some more photos from my Aunt's home.

I wish I had something cool to write, but I'm going to be honest-I don't, ha!

The past few hours I've been working finalizing some of the new things I'll be selling when I travel to Second Storie at the end of this month. I can't wait to show you...

fernhill one year later part two

 

 

 

 

 

more photos from this day...

the ladies of fernhill one year later

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About a year ago, a bunch of Portland photographers and bloggers got together to meet up and shoot some photos. Since then, every once in awhile we meet to hang out and shoot photos.

Yesterday, many of us met at the pumpkin patch to pal around and take some pics.

In true Portland style, it was grey and muddy-but the awesome part about that is grey skies=great light for my camera!

If you'd like to find out more about the original meet-up you can read my posts here and here. To see more photos go here.

Thanks for a great day, ladies!

a happy day

 

 

 

 

 

My Friend Lisa is a rad woman.

She's one of those people who is always upbeat (but not in an obnoxious way), always making you laugh and so good at what she does-you don't even realize how hard she works. She makes everything seem easy. I totally admire her modern grace.

At the moment, she owns a ridiculously cute little coffee place down in Gladstone and recently started a hot dog/pinball hang out joint as well. Gladstone is kind of one of those places that time forgot; every one knows every one-the sidewalks are clean, just a small American town.

When I visited her the other day I was happy to see the steady stream of friends and customers in the little shop. The outside area even has a fish pond with some GIGANTIC koi fish who are far too spoiled. Lisa is DIY to the core; she roasts her own beans, makes her own chocolate sauces, is meticulous with her tea brewing methods-she definitely knows what she is doing. I was happily shooting photos all over the place and the ones above are my personal favorites.

Over all, I took seven rolls of film for Lisa-so hopefully she'll have some shots to update her website.

If you ever find yourself in Gladstone-stop by Happyrock!

Happy weekend...

one store opens, another closes...

 

Well, I am blatantly ripping off the theme of this post from Susan's, but I'm sure she won't mind.

By now you may have seen that the lovely Alyson has opened up her new shop, Postal Press.

She debuted her goods at Summer Social and I fell in love with pretty much all of them. Shown above are the ones I traded her for and believe me-if I had my way there would have been more! But a girl must show some restraint, right?

I wish I could show you better photos of them, these goods are truly gorgeous. I have yet to use them as I enjoy looking at them far too much. I must use them soon though-it's silly to have such pretty things just sitting around.

I dream of a day where this is my personal stationary stock.

Congrats, Alyson!

On the shop closing side, Monday my photo print shop will close for a few weeks before I unveil the new stuff! So if you'd like to catch the sale-grab up some goodies before it's too late!

Hope you are having a lovely weekend, friends!

flowers for Lindee

 

 

I am one lucky girl. I have one brother and seven sisters who are all totally amazing people.

One sister in particular, Lindee, has been much like a second mother to me.

If anything is wrong-you got to Lindee. If you need help, she'll help you. If you just want to have some fun and go shopping or share a good meal-she's there. Without her, I probably would've never lived in France, gotten married, moved to Portland and done many things.

I owe her so much and yet she expects nothing but love in return.

Happy Birthday, Lindee! You are one super cool sister. I hope you have a great year.

small, but wonderful

 

Awhile back I scored this beauty from small stump.

I think it's the most beautiful print I own.

I adore it.

Thanks for the kind words yesterday. Loved hearing about all of your fall plans.

I'm adding on to mine!