Wow! Was it ever a crazy day yesterday! It was so much fun, though! Thank you all for your kind words of support! I know I owe so many e-mail and promise I am going to start getting to them tomorrow! It is a pretty lengthy list, though, so it may take me a few days.
Due to Lillie being up sick for a good bit of the night we ended up deciding it was best for her to stay at home. My mom graciously offered to stay with her and not go to the shoot. It was a tough decision to make, but I am definitely glad we did. I don’t know if she could have handled five hours in the car and another four at the shoot. Plus, she had the best day ever! Haha! She ended up feeling fine so my parents took her to the Friendly Farm in Dublin and they had a ball! In fact, when she hopped in their car this morning she said “Yay” and started clapping. I think my animal-obsessed child thought they were headed there again. Haha! They also made home-made play-doh and painted! Lillie had so much fun she didn’t miss me at all! =( It was the longest I have ever left her so it was quite hard for me, but she had so much fun I think she was a tad disappointed when I returned!
Jamie and I headed on down to the shoot where there were a whole bunch of little girls excited to model tutus, a few tanks and some hair clips and headbands. They were all adorable and so sweet. It was so much fun, and so exciting, but absolute chaos at times with, around twelve little girls (I think?) ages one through seven running around! I am so grateful to Ashley and Rich of Pizzuti Studios for doing this for us. After all the kiddos left, Jamie and our cousin Michael’s beautiful wife, Dani, modeled our women’s shirts and dresses. That went smoothly and quickly! As soon as I have some photos I will share them all with you. As it is summer, and therefore, peak wedding season, it may be a little while before they are able to get them to us. Along with a huge thank you to Ash and Rich, I want to thank all of the beautiful little girls, the moms and the two dads, and Dani and Jamie! We appreciate it so much! And thank you so much, Mom and Dad, for taking Lillie for the whole day!
So, although I don’t have any pictures from the shoot to share yet, I will post a few pictures of our newest clutch, The Montgomery, in two new color ways (I posted some pictures of it in ivory a few weeks ago). Please pardon these horrible photos. I felt like my photography skills were getting better, until I took these shots where I somehow regressed terribly – haha! In my defense, the lighting was horrible when I tried to take them and that certainly didn’t help any.
And here are some pictures from Lillie’s fabulously fun trip to the Friendly Farm with “Moo Moo” and “Papa”
We also have several other new items we are working on. My mom and I went and got some fall fabric tonight and she is going to be making a skirt and jumper – I can’t wait for them to be finished so I can show you all! She also is almost done with a white skirt that we will be listing when we reopen. I am hoping to take some pictures of it either tomorrow or Monday.
Oh and does anyone know how to fix the time settings? I had someone point out to me yesterday that my last post says I published it at one-something and I actually posted it at just before four. At first I thought I must just have my time set to the wrong zone but I checked it and it was set for EST, so I am not sure? Any ideas on why it did this or how to fix it? I have actually had it happen several times now but it never mattered until my last post when I stated that it was 3:30 as I was writing it and it looks like I posted it at 1. Arghh!
Well, goodnight all! I hope you all have a blessed Sunday!
Okay Jenni! I feel kinda weird saying this as an old married woman with 4 kids but your brother is a hottie!!!! I LOVE the pic of your brother leaning against the barn. Totally red right now! Hee Hee! Great pics! Can't wait to see the new stuff! You are soooo great at picture taking!
Thanks, Jenn! Haha – you will make Jason's day! I will tell him to come on and read your comment… =) I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures you took of Stella Marie yesterday. Especially that first one. It truly looks like it came from a magazine!
Great Pics. I looooove the Montgomery in Ebony clutch! It is my new fav. Oh and Jason's blog is great but I am pretty sure your dad's is the best out of all of ours! 🙂 xo.
I LOVE the clutch with the burnt-edge flower!!
I also adore your photos from the farm, especially the one of your brother by the barn in color- his eye just pop!
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Ha! Jennifer, you took the words right out of my mouth! Glad you said it, cause now I feel like I can too!
Jenn, you did a great job taking his pictures! I am impressed! The one where Jason is leaning on the red barn and he is far away and we can't see his face is such a cool shot!
Lillie is so cute at the farm, cracking up at her going under the building almost to get to them!
The clutches are beautiful!
Your brother is a cutie! 🙂 And I love all of the clutches!
Thanks everyone! And yes, Tamara, I am going to have to agree with you. The rest of ours pale in comparison to Woody's! =)
Bad pics say what?!?! I don't see any bad pics here Jenn:)
Now that all the other "married" woman have opened THAT door I'll have to agree! Your brother is a HAWT!! My fave is him leaning on the barn! AWESOME pic.
Ok, good thing Jorel doesn't follow blog land or he may get a lil jealous, lol:)
Wow!! Jenni, your family is the most gorgeous on the planet! Jason is so gorgeous and your little Lillabel is the cutest little girl. Your pictures are fantastic by the way. I am not seeing the bad lighting on the clutch photos at all- they look wonderful & I am crazy about the ebony clutch.
Like the rest of your fans, I cannot wait for your shop to open up again so we can see all the beautiful pictures from the shoot. Just went over to follow Jason's blog too. xo
ok, I'm totally dying…I went over and read your brother's post and he has ALL GIRLS following him and ALL GIRLS commenting! I LOVE IT!! ha. He is a cutie…maybe this is God's way of sending him the right "girl". 🙂
And wow, that clutch is DARLING. Good job, you all are beautiful! I love little lillie! xxo
haha sorry, that comment from brandon is really me, amy! sheesh…
Haha – I was wondering who Brandon was! I did that the other day. I was on my parents computer and left a comment on Jennifer Wiggin's blog as "Papa Moose"….haha! Fortunately I caught it right as I was hitting the "post comment" button and logged out of his account and logged back in on mine!
LOOOVE jamie's new clutches!!! i feel like i'm missing out on everything down here =(
WOW!! I REALLY like these new clutches!! So pretty. — I love your blog! =)
Yep. Your bro IS a good-lookin' guy! 😉 (And I'm not an old married woman! Ha ha ha! Just had to say that!) =]
The new clutches are stunning, Jamie did a wonderful job on them…
I love all the photos of Lillie, she is too cute with all the farm animals. That is so sweet about her clapping her hands the next day thinking she was going again 🙂
I have to agree with the rest of the girls, Jason is very handsome. I am sure he is a total heartbreaker 😉
I love love love the clutches!! When will they be available to purchase?? I am in a wedding Aug 28th and it would look perfect with our bridesmaids dresses!!! I am in Richmond so shipping won't take too long!!! Let me know! Thanks!!
We re-open on August 16th, but if you let me know which clutch you are interested in, I can possibly make it before then and send you a Paypal invoice. You can send me an email with the info at dearlillie@hotmail.com.
P.S. This is Jamie, Jenni's sister. I do the clutches, and I live in NH but it should still only take a couple of days to ship. Thanks!