Jazz Singer Sue Bell/ Seattle Photographer

 

Jazz singer Sue Bell performs at the Tula’s.

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Bitter Sweet/Family Portraits/Seattle photographer

Sometimes life really pisses me off.  Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is not fair.  This is the most gentle of men ever.  Dammit.

I first meet this family about 13 years ago when I was commissioned to shoot one of the kid’s wedding…in this very spot in fact.  Ever since then we have all been orbiting around each other.  I’ve seen the kids have kids, enjoyed them as neighbors and fellow Seattle Sounders fans.  My husband learned about it while walking our dog past Liane & John’s place.  This was the same day our dog was attacked-in fact minutes before.  When he get’s home he breaks the news too me.  At this point in the day I had spent half the day cleaning up the crap some a-holes had dumped in our alley, then our dog is attacked and then THIS.  I had an incredible amount of anger.  I’ve not experienced that since I was a teenager.  Back then I would have hoped on my horse and rode it out.  Didn’t really have that option now.  So I did the next best thing.  Hoped in the car, turned the music to butt rock-LOUD butt rock and drove really really fast.  That didn’t help.  So I tried the opposite.  I went to the Chinese Gardens at South Seattle Community College and tried to meditate.  That didn’t really help either.  So I just came home and stayed in a pisser of a mood.

It was a very bitter sweet shoot.  An honor, no doubt.  But dammit all to hell…………….

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DIY Dishwasher Detergent

It’s cheap.

It works.

And it’s better for the environment.

What’s not to love.

DIY Dishwasher Detergent
Ingredients:
1 box Borax (4lbs 12 oz or 76 oz)-found in the detergent isle-$3.38
1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (55oz or 3 lbs 7oz) found in the detergent isle.-$3.24
Citric Acid-usually found in the canning isle.  I used Fruit Fresh which is mostly citric acid-$3.58
(the recipe I found online said to use 24 packages of unsweetened lemonade drink mix-like Kool aid, but that just seemed silly to me).
3 cups Epson Salt-~$3
Vinegar as a rinse aid.  (the recipe I found on line suggested using Lemi Shine as a rinse aid, also found in the detergent isle.  But if Vinegar works why not use it)

Grand total ~$13 for a year supply of detergent.  Come on!-what’s not to love about that.

Mix all together.  Store in an air tight container.  Scoup in as needed per your machine.  Fill rinse aid with vinegar.  If your dishes are coming out with spots on them that means you do need a rinse aid and might want to try the Lemi Shine.  To date vinegar works just fine for us.

DIY Dish DetergentMix well

DIY Dish DetergentStore in an air tight container.  We reused a container that dog treats came in.

Enjoy

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Kaija/Head shots/Seattle Photographer

Wow

It’s been a while.  I almost forgot how to access my dashboard.  You know your a bad blogger when………

Anyhow, meet Kaija.  You’ve seen her before I just love working with her so here she is again.  Kaija needed some new head shots.  That’s it-just head shots.  It’s amazing just how far off course you can get when there are 2 creative people in the room.  Kaija is also my make up artist and she’s a dancer……yeah, she a hot tamale she is.

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Flat Stanley visit Seattle

 

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DIY Laundry Soap

What’s this have to do with Photography?  Nothing.

It’s just that I very sensitive skin and this is one of the few detergents that work for me.  And it’s CHEAP!  And I like making stuff.

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and waterYou will need:

4 cups of hot tap water

1 Fels Naptha Soap Bar, ~$3.99 a bar

1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda, ~$2.99 a box

1/2 cup Borax, ~$4.29 a box

Approximate cost to make 5 gallons of laundry soap $4, and 30 minutes of your life.  How hard is that folks.

I hate Walmart, but sadly that is the only storefront place I could find the Naptha bar and the washing soda.  Easy to find online but I’m big on buying local.  So save yourself some time and just go to Walmart already.

You will also need:

1 5 gallon bucket

1 4-6 quart stainless steel sauce pan

1 stainless steal mixing spoon

1 stainless steel cheese grater

I bought all these items at Goodwill.  When picking out plastics please keep in mind that plastic will absorb chemistry….so give some thought to what was in it before and think twice about using it again.  All of these items are dedicated to making lotions, soaps and detergents.  Never used again with food.  But that’s just me.

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water.  Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan.Start by grating the Fels Naptha Soap bar into the sauce pan.

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water.  Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan.Add water.  Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved.

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water.  Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan.  Add water.  Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved.  Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket. Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket.

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water.  Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan.  Add water.  Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved.  Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket.  Fill bucket 1/2 full of hot tap water.  Add 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda. Fill bucket 1/2 full of hot tap water.  Add 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda.

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water.  Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan.  Add water.  Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved.  Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket.  Fill bucket 1/2 full of hot tap water.  Add 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda.Stir

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water. Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan. Add water. Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved. Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket. Fill bucket 1/2 full of hot tap water. Add 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda. Add 1/cup of Borax. Add 1/cup of Borax.

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water. Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan. Add water. Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved. Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket. Fill bucket 1/2 full of hot tap water. Add 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda. Add 1/cup of Borax.Stir

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water.  Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan.  Add water.  Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved.  Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket.  Fill bucket 1/2 full of hot tap water.  Add 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda.  Add 1/cup of Borax.  Fill the bucket the rest of the way with hot tap water and let sit over night.  Fill the bucket the rest of the way with hot tap water and let sit over night.

Now personally we like to just let it sit in the 5 gallon bucket and fill up a quart jar as needed (it’s easier to handle/pour into the machine).

What's needed for DIY Laundry soap. 5 gallon bucket, sauce pan, cheese grater, 1 bar Naptha Soap, 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda, 1/2 cup Borax and water.  Start by grating the Fels Bar into the sauce pan.  Add water.  Stir over medium low heat until soap is melted and dissolved.  Then pour into the 5 gallon bucket.  Fill bucket 1/2 full of hot tap water.  Add 1 cup Arm & Hammer washing soda.  Add 1/cup of Borax.  Fill the bucket the rest of the way with hot tap water and let sit over night.  Fill containers.Now my friend Pebbles who gave me this recipe likes to fill up old soap containers.  So figure out what works for you.

Either way, fill containers half full of soap (soap will be like a gel now) and half with water, shake each time before using.

Top load machines take 5/8 cup per load.  On our front loader we use 1/3 to 1/2 cup per load.

fyi-a 5 gallon bucket lasted my husband and I 9 months…..for $4.  It’s easy math folks.

 

 

 

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Allie & Kyle’s Wedding/Seattle Wedding Photographer

It’s that time of year where everything is grey.  Grey light, grey plants, grey, grey, grey.  And it’s when I find myself doing the majority of my album design.  As I sit here working on Allie and Kyle’s album it keeps making me smile and it’s inspired me to revisit their great wedding. All the wonderful colors.  The sunshine.  The emotions of the day.  So just to recap-bring some color to your day and a smile to your face here they are again:

Allie and Kyle.  August 28th.  Twin Willow Gardens in Samammish Washington.

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One of the best things about my job is making friends for life.  It’s time for beer guys!

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Citrus Candle/DIY

So it’s the day before New Years Eve.  And we’ll be hosting a small dinner party, well part of one.  Nothing fancy.  Just a group of neighbors.  We’ll be doing a different course at each house.  We have the main dinner course.  It’s going to be easy-baked trout.   We live in a shoe box sized house so we can do anything big and extravagant…..like sit at the dinning room table-CAUSE WE DON’T HAVE ONE.  We have to shove all our living room furniture to the side and set up a folding table to accommodate all of us……..a whopping EIGHT of us that is.  Did I mention I have a crafting problem.  And I’m coming off a holiday high of crafting, and I found myself wanting to make something fun and quirky for center pieces.  So here it is-Citrus Candles.

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Citrus-I used Satsumas

Olive Oil

Sharp paring knife

Matches

Optional: tooth picks, hole punch, crafting scissors

 

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasStart by carefully cutting the peel horizontally around the citrus.  You need to be able to separate the fruit from the peel so don’t cut too deep.  The ‘top’ or where the steam is actually becomes the bottom.  You can experiment with cutting in half or thirds to create different looks and heights.

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasCut all the way around.

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Carefully separate the peel from the fruit.

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasTry to keep as much of the ‘wick’ (the part that runs down the center of the fruit)-if you look closely you can see it in the peel to the left.

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DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasCut a ‘chimney’ in the top so the heat and smoke have a place to escape-like you would a jack o’lantern.

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasPour some oil in the bottom peel.

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasThis is what it should look like with the oil.

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasFeel free to get creative at this stage.  You could use a tooth pick to poke decorative holes int he rind.  Or a paper punch.  Or maybe even decorative scissors if your brave.

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasLight.  I found it helped to rub oil on the ‘wick’ and give it some time to absorb before lighting it.

DIY, Craft, craft projects, do it yourself, do it yourself crafts, candle, citrus, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Seattle, Center Pieces, craft ideasTurns out I’ll never be a hand model…..or can I now write off a manicure?……..

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Family Portraits/Seattle Photographer/Seward Park

 

Meet the Stanley’s.  I first meet the girls while covering Honored Elder’s Day at the Seattle Girls School last spring.  It was one of those moments when everything just clicked.  You know how that feels?-everything just lined up right so to speak.  Then this past fall we got together for a family session at Seward Park in south Seattle.  The timing couldn’t have been better.  It was warm (not like today), slightly over caste creating a soft gentle light and just the right amount of fall color.Portraits, Portrait photography, Family Portraits, Family Photography, Family Portraiture,  Family Photos, Children, Kids, Children's photography, kid shoot, photos of children, photos of kids, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Photography, seniors, high school senior photography, high school seniors, photos, family photography, photos of families, color photography, black and white photography, B&W photography, Seattle, Washington, Pacific North West, Puget Sound, Seward Park

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Raymond turns 2/Seattle Photographer/Children’s Portraiture.

In October little Raymond (v2 as I like to call him) turned 2.  A quick plane ride to Boise is all took to get home-made cake, icecream, baby bowling, visiting and a stop at the zoo.

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Ah, baby bowling.  How can you not love it.  It’s a right of passage isn’t it.  Even when Raymond get’s bossy and tells me to stop taking his picture and get in the darn pool.

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Portraits, Portrait photography, Children, Kids, Children's photography, kid shoot, photos of children, photos of kids, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Photography, seniors, high school senior photography, high school seniors, photos, family photography, photos of families, color photography, black and white photography, B&W photography, Seattle, Washington, Pacific North West, Puget Sound, West Seattle, Boise, Idaho, Nampa, Boise ZooOne of my favorite things about the Boise zoo is the ground squirrels exhibit.  It’s awesome.  People get to walk in these tunnels the pop their heads up like the squirrels.  At which point you are on eye level with the busy busy squirrels.

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Portraits, Portrait photography, Children, Kids, Children's photography, kid shoot, photos of children, photos of kids, Sheila, Sheila Addleman, Addleman, Sheila Addleman Photography, Photography, seniors, high school senior photography, high school seniors, photos, family photography, photos of families, color photography, black and white photography, B&W photography, Seattle, Washington, Pacific North West, Puget Sound, West Seattle, Boise, Idaho, Nampa, Boise ZooAnd these are the money shot.  Exactly what we came for.  Who knew he’d be such a little flirt.  Look out ladies

 

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