without measure…

the world has a funny way of measuring the value of things…

I am completely convinced that the world can be as much a benefactor as it can a thief…

it all depends on how you choose to live in it…

I have had much on my mind these past weeks…I have been quiet here…I have been trying to reconnect with the mother, the wife, and the artist I want to be…

you see…i was measuring things all wrong…mostly the order and importance of each of those things…

how blessed i feel to refreshed my perspective and gleaned…again…how nothing will ever rival the time i work, invest, and spend doing the most important work of my life at this time…

for time passes swiftly…

 today I love my babes, my jason, and the life I am so blessed to live…by what is in my heart…not what the world measures up…

i am thankful for the time I have to pursue the crafts I love…and I know that blessing always come when we put what is first…first…

happy wednesday!

Tonya

 

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xoxo

Tonya

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deeply…

there are just some people that seem to get it right…

they find each other…

two souls that were just meant to be…

and fall in love…

deeply…madly…truly…

in love…

this pair has got me a little weak in the knees as well…

as they kinda swept me off my feet…and am so excited to be shooting their wedding in may…

meet the stunning miss jenn…

she is alluring, sexy, and beautiful…

and her man…

byron…

his sense of style is awesome…let me say that again…i love love love his style:)

yup, any guy that can pull off a red velvet bow tie is rad in my book!

together they are stunning…

stylish, real, and freshly aware…

…of how blessed they are to have each other…

i admire that completely…

( had to throw one in of their cute lil pup gucci (that is the name right?  so cute)…sweet little family pic:))

to find love like these two have is a gift…can you guys imagine a world with out each other? 

Sometimes I wonder how I ever lived a day with out the people I love in my life…

we stopped off at an abandoned dairy…

i am such a sucker for putting something really beautiful into something really broken down, rusted up, crumbling…

the contrast is kinda amazing…

(granted jenn is a beautiful girl…it doesn’t hurt that her make-up artist friend Sandi Bugbee of Sashmakeupartistry, dolled her up for the shoot…I can not say enough about what a beautiful touch hair and makeup makes on your photos.)

after a few minutes shooting at the dairy we headed over to one of my favorite new locations to catch the pretty light…

i was so excited to use this settee i revamped after finding it for a steal on craigslist…after some paint and a reupholster in some beautiful velvet…I knew Jenn and Byron were perfect for it…

I thought it would be fun to bring out a chandelier for the shoot too…

so we found some pretty light…

Byron worked it…

jenn basked in it…

and together they are incredible…


a quick wardrobe change…

a few more relaxed portraits followed up by some candid charm…

and we saved the last of the buttery light for some of my favs from the session…

I was posing them and then I told byron to just hold her and sit how you would if you two were just hanging out…

then I asked him all the reasons he loves and wants to marry jenn..

he is telling me here in this image how much he loves jenn…he loves her because she is just the most sincere, genuine, sweet, and beautiful person he knows…

(i think from the look on her face…she approves…:))

thanks for sharing your love with me…

can’t wait to share your wedding day with you…

xoxo

Tonya

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it’s my birthday…a giveaway…

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sun kissed joy…baby kate turns two…

magical afternoons are made of sweet little girls draped in dresses fit for princesses:)

they may not always start out magical (nap time was interrupted by our little outting:))

but after a few moments of play and discovery…

in a sun kissed citrus orchard…

the magic begins…

simple things…like hide and seek with mom and dad…

with the love, encouragement, play  and help of a photographer named (“guys”…i like my new name kate;))

…bring out the beauty, spirit, and love of a little girl named…kate…

oh, our sweet kate…

some fun little props that made their way from new york flea markets to our citrus grove…helped to add a little charm (and a place to keep this little one contained:))…to our little afternoon outing…

evidence of the babe still transitioning into this little girl…

two years already…

two years of a life that i am sure brett and tammy wouldn’t trade the world for…

 a little wardrobe change…

a game of catch…

some silly noises compliments of daddy to inspire some giggles…

daddy always knows how to make the little ones smile…

and our afternoon was blessed and so much fun!

oh…she is bursting with joy:)

kate,

 I…we…your mom and dad…grandma’s and grandpa’s…everyone who knows you…

we love you:)

keep growing little one…we will be here to watch it and love you more and more…

xoxo

“guys”

a.k.a

ms. tonya joy

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