Temple is a small(ish) town surrounded by huge cities, and I constantly hear people talking about going to Austin or Dallas to get their culture fix. But pretty soon, that will be easy enough right here in town.

Enter: Art by the Glass.

When you attend Art by the Glass, you get to begin and finish a painting all in one night, taught expertly by the unbelievably, incredibly talented and skilled (I can’t emphasize this enough) Geoff Kilgore. Bring some wine, eat some good food, and create a work of art all in one night.

I love that this is a class for self-professed artists and non-artists alike. Their sign is so great: “No talent required”. Sounds like my kind of painting class! They’ll even be hosting kids’ birthday parties!

Co-owners and operators, Geoff Kilgore and Stacy Brocker, have created a beautiful and relaxing studio for Art by the Glass, and classes open to the public will be starting in a matter of weeks! Having witnessed their first class, I can tell you this is not something you should miss! I was truly honored to be involved in this project in any way and was so thrilled to take photos for their website and marketing.

Anyway, I’ll get you more information as soon as they’re up and running and I can get MY hands on more information. Meanwhile, enjoy these photos! Don’t you want to just jump in and start painting? I know I do!

Meet the owners!

Isn’t she gorgeous? I mean, seriously. Who here wouldn’t kill for that hair?! If my hair looked like that I might actually grow it past my chin at some point. Ha!

This high school senior was a lot of fun to spend time with and she has so many great shots to choose from! I’m so excited for her to see her whole album. Here’s just a small peek into her images.

My husband and I are both pretty busy these days so the other night when we were both home we decided to set everything else aside and just spend time with each other, with our daughter, and with our dog. So we passed the camera (and baby and dog) back and forth, and I have to say I’m so impressed and in love with the images he got of me and my baby. I’ll always treasure them.

Six months old already. Wow. The thing is, I can’t believe it was only six months ago that I had her (feels like a very long time ago), but at the same time I can’t believe she’s already sitting up and halfway through her first year of life. Sad! And yet it’s so fun at the same time. So many mixed emotions that go along with this parenting gig.

Everyone says to me, “I bet you take a ton of pictures of your baby, don’t you?” But then I realized…lately I’ve been so busy with other people’s family photos that I hadn’t been taking as many as usual. So I pulled out the camera today to document her first days sitting up on her own and thought I’d squeeze some personal photos in between sessions here. She’s still pretty wobbly but it’s a big step.

I love the one where she’s scrunching up her nose because this is so her lately. She scrunches up her nose and breathes really fast in and out her nose to whine at me. I think it’s so cute, especially for a whine technique. I love this kid!

This last weekend, I held my first day of mini-sessions in San Antonio. It was a humid, humid day and my legs are covered in bug bites (I’ve counted over 20 on my right leg from the knee down alone!), but I had so much fun meeting a lot of really cool people and some of the happiest babies ever. Seriously, one baby thought my camera was hilarious — wish they all did (but you’ll see her preview another day).

This preview is actually from one 45 minute session if you can believe it! We had a LOT of people and broke up a mini-session into five 10-minute micro-sessions. Here are a few photos from their gallery!

Before moving to Texas, my husband and I went to Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, and while we were there we had a very close group of friends that we try to reunite with every year now that we’ve all gone our separate ways.

Well, this summer they scheduled two reunions two months apart…with weddings. Reagan (the groom below) got married over Memorial Day weekend (and I’ll be headed out of town with the other one later this summer), so while I was up in Ohio we squeezed in a pre-wedding session for them since they never got professional engagement photos. Here’s some of what we got for them!