Whimsicals by Margot

I had a moment of artistic genius yesterday. I must have just been in the mood to create. For Christmas, my mom gave me a clear teapot to add to my collection of teapots. I love teapots, and I have several, all of which I use and love. But, what made the new one so special is that it came with the herbs in a tight little ball that gradually opened into a flower as the tea steeped. These pictures were all taken while I was caught up in the grooviness of watching my tea. And I am super excited about them because it's been awhile since I felt this inspired!

A friend of mine's little sister recently brought this adorable little man into the world. For a baby I was informed slept all the time, he certainly had no interest in napping for me during pictures! He was easy to amuse though. One little bop on the nose, and he lit up like a Christmas tree. It tickles me how simple little things like that can delight a baby. Congrats Lizzy! He's a cutie!

This Sunday, I worried myself sick about my first maternity shoot in over a year. But I'm a professional worrier. In fact, I worry better than I take pictures. I had all the components of either an amazing shoot, or an epic fail: a small space to shoot in, subjects at least a foot taller than me, and a boy approaching two. And, as always, I fretted for no good reason. Once I started working on the images I got, it was all I could do to take a break to bring my lunch to the computer or take the dog out. And narrowing them down for my blog was even harder. I got it down to 16 favorites. We did some artistic black and whites as well as a finger painting extravaganza with their son. I hope you guys love them as much as I do. I am so excited about these!

Last weekend I met up with the couple whose maternity photos I did last year. Now, the baby is a whole year old already! She's not quite walking, but she is ornery, smiley, oozing personality, with a single tooth. We wanted to do most of the pictures outdoors, but the December rain foiled our plans. I'm pretty happy with what we did capture!

A special shout out to www.SimplyAdornedJewelry.blogspot.com. These pieces were created by a fellow artist, and she requested some photos of a few of the things I have accumulated by her for her blog. The following are some items she has made over the years, several of which I wear on a regular basis, and if you want anything similar, contact her on her site because she is very reasonably priced, not to mention flexible about adapting designs to your personal style.

I wear this one all the time!