Website Goes Live!

I am excited and proud to announce that the new website for my business 

has been launched and is now live!

Nine Acres Designs can be found at www.nineacresdesigns.com!

At this website you can find my bio, my portfolio, the latest news for my company, client galleries (password protected) and coming soon you will be able to purchase prints and cards!  Also, I will be eventually blogging over there too, but am not sure if that means it will replace this blog or if I will keep this blog for personal rants ;)

This website is a work of love with many hours spent stressing over 

learning the ropes of web hosting, website building, etc.

While I am proud of where it is right now,

it is a work in progress and will only get better and better

so please bookmark it and visit often!

It is exciting to share this with all of my blogging friends 

around the country who have been with me from the beginning.

Thank you to all of you for your love and support!

Also, if you'd like to be included on Facebook/Twitter only deals,

please follow Nine Acres Designs on Facebook:

and follow Nine Acres Designs on Twitter.

See you over at Nine Acres Designs!

*Sigh*

Ladies and gentleman, I am not a very political person. 

But this kind of thing drives me crazy. Don't get me wrong. I am all for helping those who need help. 

But this, my friends, is the typical use of our taxpayer money. 

Having spent over 2 years dealing with the system because of fostering, 

I had culture shock when I saw how our taxpayer money was being spent.

"I am not stealing because I am unemployed." 

"My conversation is rent..." 

"I am needy."

OMG.  Trust me, this is worth 7 minutes of your time.
If you all haven't had the pleasure of being around a whole society of people that think this way,
this should be eye opening for you.
Oh, and you have to watch all the way to the end...it doesn't end up how you'd think...

Just keep this in mind when voting this year. (I am not pushing any political agenda, but we must start standing up for our hard earned money.)

Fun With iPhone

This month I was excited to get the new iPhone 4S.

One of the things I love about it is the camera

and the apps for editing available to the iPhone.

All of these were taken with my phone and

all but one were edited on the phone as well.

One of these days I am planning on starting a

100 Strangers Project

and I am going to use the iPhone to do it.

I always have my phone with me and

I feel like it is less intimidating to have 

a phone camera in your face instead of a 

huge, honking professional camera.

We'll see how it goes.

First, I have to get over my fear of photographing strangers! 

Images:

Top left: The Long Road Home

Top Right:  My Big Brother and Me

2nd Row Left: Ty and his guitar

2nd Row Right:  A Seedy McDonald's

3rd Row Left: Cat Eyes

3rd Row Right:  Ladybug with Milkshake

Bottom Left: T1 and Me

Bottom Right: I Double Dog Dare You

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For those of you interested in following me on Instagram my username is thesenineacres.

If you follow me, I will be happy to return the favor :)

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I have a correction from last post.  

The gallery reception that I will be showing in is

on Friday, February 3, 2011 

from 7-9pm.

10% of the proceeds will go to help 

SARC,

an organization dear to my heart that works to 

end domestic, sexual, and stalking violence.

The five pieces I will be showing in the gallery 

are matted, framed, and ready to go.

:)

Now the nervous jitters set in.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!