tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61687254518143920752024-02-19T01:58:17.481-07:00red.ink.art.photography.&.designlove your life ~ live your truth ~ be yourself ~ honor your heart ~ calm your soul ~ breathe
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-53442968165319353882013-09-09T10:30:00.000-06:002013-09-09T10:30:19.263-06:00Sweet love.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This coming Saturday, September 14th, these two sweet girls will be married - well, technically they'll be "civil union-ed". Doesn't that sound ridiculous? I think it does but it is all that our lovely State - Colorado - offers to same gender couples, so a Civil Union it is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Truth is, the only thing that will be lacking when these two say "I do" will be the many rights and responsibilities afforded opposite gender couples because their love is real, their commitment is strong and their union is truly blessed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are amazing young women, each a strong individual, gifted in her own right but together they are a force to be reckoned with and they are one of my greatest joys!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love you my Ana-girl and dear Amanda and I can't wait to share your special day!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-65774534314785027992013-08-26T14:40:00.002-06:002013-08-26T14:40:51.629-06:00Denver Cutthroat Hockey Try-Outs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I love this game, every single part of it and am so heart-happy when I get to capture it with my lens! You can see the full gallery on my website, <a href="http://www.redinkart.com/Folders/Denver-Cutthroat-Hockey/Cutthroats-Try-outs-2013-14" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-65151713002199505022013-08-21T17:19:00.002-06:002013-08-21T17:19:51.209-06:00Personal Mantra - Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-16963326918800859572013-08-19T09:38:00.000-06:002013-08-19T09:38:54.259-06:00So Good!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was going to start talking about our home projects and show some before and after shots today but something incredible happened yesterday and I just have to share!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week I made the conscious decision to expand my work to include not just my photography - which I love - but also get back to my roots of creativity in design, specifically hand lettering and calligraphy. I went so far as to change the name of my business to add the "design" part and made those changes on every place possible. It felt right and for the first time in quite a while, I was truly excited again about my path.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, the Universe decided to give me a giant "thumbs-up" - clean out of the blue and that is what I am sharing today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the photo above you will see a silly me throwing a kiss out to my recently self-penned tattoo which is half of my new mantra: "love your life ~ live your truth ~ be yourself". I had reached a point in my journey where I felt I needed a constant, in my face reminder of what I needed to focus on, no matter what was happening - or not happening - in my day-to-day and since I love ink and was way overdue for a new tattoo, it was my logical choice. Tattoo's are not for everyone and I totally get that, but I love them and I knew that this was how I wanted to express a bit of my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Part of the impetus to get a new tat was because one of my main photography clients, <a href="http://lucky27socialclub.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Lucky 27 Barbershop</span></a>, was adding a tattoo parlor to their business and I was going to have access to some amazing artists. So, I spoke my desire, they got me in the chair before the official opening and I am the very happy recipient of some amazing ink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But here's the part that has me most excited ... yesterday I received a call from the owner of Lucky 27 asking if I'd be willing to pen a couple of designs for a tattoo client of theirs and I was off! Two hours and two designs later, I had a very happy client and a new venue for my work. I am now an official lettering designer for <a href="http://lucky27socialclub.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Lucky 27 Barbershop & Tattoo Parlor</span></a> and I'm thrilled!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, today is an update on all of this goodness and a quick get back to creating an additional page on my website for the design side of my business. It's a good day and I'm grateful and blessed and over-the-moon excited with it all.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-17511550036202909742013-08-18T11:14:00.002-06:002013-08-18T11:14:54.843-06:00Taking Aim<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-90296649232961786652013-08-17T22:18:00.001-06:002013-08-18T11:16:46.864-06:00Inhale.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-6188596485190728982013-08-16T11:55:00.001-06:002013-08-16T11:55:41.305-06:00Aloha Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-80863244726912664492013-08-15T13:21:00.000-06:002013-08-15T13:22:06.518-06:00So it begins...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many things have changed in the past 8 months and there is much to bring this site up-to-date on - my immediate goal is to figure out how I'm going to accomplish that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't decided if I'm going to be posting on a daily basis or not but I do know that I'm going to try to be consistent and honest and open - not only for the site but for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Part of our changes have included moving into a new home - new to us but far from new in the world, it was built in 1901. I'm excited to share the before and afters of the work we have done - again, more for me and to remind myself that even though there is still much to do around here, progress has been made and it's been good progress at that. I'm planning on starting my active blogging with those accomplishments and see where it leads from there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In addition, and always, I will be sharing from my heart - my personal life has taken a dramatic turn since the first of the year as well and again, I need to document the positives as encouragement for the changes that are still before me and there are many coming my way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, that's where I am today, planning, scheduling, picking my brain for ideas and hoping in my heart of hearts that returning to this path on my journey will indeed strengthen, enlighten and encourage me to continue the search for my inner voice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you choose to follow along, I thank you and I hope that my words and photos will also create a sense of awareness that you can apply to your own life and I hope you'll feel free to share your journey with me as well.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-31413553696823490992013-08-14T14:37:00.001-06:002013-08-14T14:37:47.307-06:00Late Bloomer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I've decided that I need to reconnect with the voice within me and while I'm not sure of the path that reconnection may take, I do believe that this blog is to be an avenue that I pursue. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-52267896457463683552013-01-31T18:57:00.001-07:002013-01-31T18:59:55.757-07:00Same Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-667539427898394452013-01-19T10:49:00.001-07:002013-01-19T10:49:23.128-07:00Work and Play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-47498038654839303342013-01-09T13:00:00.000-07:002013-01-09T13:00:02.440-07:00A Moving Sea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-65507698353335317062013-01-05T11:04:00.002-07:002013-01-05T11:13:52.798-07:00Learn to See<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"... learn to see, then you'll know that there is no end to the new worlds of vision."</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-90049615630486792292012-12-30T11:44:00.001-07:002012-12-30T11:44:13.675-07:00Joy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-301568864232754782012-12-16T16:03:00.000-07:002012-12-16T16:03:20.264-07:00Love is Grand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-72474275789433853132012-12-12T11:20:00.000-07:002012-12-12T11:24:59.046-07:00Smile<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-85365451562437150012012-12-05T14:40:00.000-07:002012-12-05T14:40:06.512-07:00A Creative Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-15823708585833124172012-12-03T12:25:00.001-07:002012-12-03T12:27:00.376-07:00The Marvelous<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-88951562085768927842012-08-05T00:00:00.000-06:002012-08-05T08:29:38.419-06:00Just One More Game, Please<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Cutting off over 16” of very thick long hair has not only been a huge plus for me in the care and maintenance department but also in the self esteem area of my being. I feel more confident with my short hair, different, a bit more unique and as I’ve been told more times by more people than I ever would have imagined, quite sassy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I know that I have always used my hair as a shield, a cover of sorts and I’ve truly loved my hair long but each time I’ve cut it short – and I’ve always gone really short – I’ve felt empowered by the act and my new image. Looking back, I’ve also noticed a bit of a pattern in the long-to-short routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I realize that I have almost always been at a place where I’ve needed change of some sort. I’d cut it several times in my early years, always at times of internal struggle or crisis and in the past, 17 years, I cut it once because I was trying to fit into a perceived image that I wanted to portray (being more “lesbian-like” – HA!), once because my physical issues at the time could no longer support the maintenance required by long hair and now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I have sensed a change of some sort approaching for quite some time and while I do not believe that it is all happening at once, this haircut seems to have opened me up to the possibilities that lie ahead. There are changes in relationships – all good changes – and in things as basic as where I’m living and where I work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">And while the haircut has not in any way caused any of these changes or even had any effect on them, it has changed me and this time I realize how significant it is and has always been in how I see myself and the world around me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's time to move forward again.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391235692316120626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168725451814392075.post-16065105849415851522012-06-27T13:44:00.000-06:002012-06-27T13:44:34.313-06:00All Good Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> On Monday, June 25th, Amanda and Ana (Mowgli and Ono, not pictured) became first time homeowners!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> On Tuesday, June 26th, Amanda proposed marriage to Ana ...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> she said, "YES"!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A giant thank you to these two beauties, Breezy and Jana who helped Amanda pull it all together!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And thank you to Amanda's sister Lisa, brother Chris, sister-in-law Jess, niece Parker and sister Becci (who came all the way from Ohio) for all being part of the celebration.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Also thanks to Ana's brother Luke and sister-in-law Ashleigh who weren't able to join us but sent love and light to surround the happy couple.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Thank you John and all the other friends that didn't get photographed who where also part of this special moment as well as those that were not present but who support and love these two as much as Tam and I do - there are literally too many to count!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's been an amazing experience to be a part of and the journey has just begun!</span></div>
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