Fill in the Blank Friday - Christmas Blanks & Pictures

 Linking up with The Little Things We Do
1) When it comes to holiday shopping: I normally do it all on Black Friday but this year I did no shopping. lol I have a feeling its going to all last mintue this year! I have a few things I got to ship to SC this year and the rest I just have Mom and my little brother, Adrian.

2) A few things that are my Christmas wish list: some new jeans... not exciting I know. I love to have a new lens for my camera and a few little girly things I have found on the web. But nothing exciting maybe just to me :P Oh an a MAC computer :D
3) An intangible gift I would like to receive:  Does seeing Curtis Count?
4) A gift I like to give this year is:  Mama dream Coffee Pot (tim hortons)
5)My Christmas will be spent: In Maine with my Mom and Brother in their new house. Which my mom is rather excited about. I am very happy for her. Also hopfully spent making tons of bake goods and with some new friends. Christmas party on the 22.... keeping fingers cross...
6) My most favorite Christmas gift of all time: This is rather hard... As a child would have to be my doll house, I remember waking up and it was sitting under the Christmas tree it was so exciting! 

Yep that's me and that doll house!!! :D

7) The Best thing about the holidays is cozying up around the tree and tv watching A Christmas Story and drink hot coco on Christmas Eve!


Curtis sent me some pictures today! I miss the him and the pups so bad! Its going to be a hard Christmas without him this year. I just don't know what I am going to do. Has anyone spent a Christmas without your other half? If so How did you deal with it? I think I will be ok I just know it is going to be hard, Thanksgiving was awful without him and I just want Christmas to be happy for the both of us.

They are not the best of pictures. Carter at the top the Boxer, then Wookie sleeping and Curtis showing off his new hair cut he got today.... He looking good from the side! hahaha

Where have the days gone!

Hey!!
I have very very busy!
Crafting, editing pictures, getting ready for Thanksgiving, and doing photoshoots! I just have been busy..
I have been having fun with my crafting, I have made bows and hearts, owls, and much much more!! I haven't taken an good pictures, which I will do very very soon.
I just wanted to do a real fast post. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and is excited about Thanksgiving and Black Friday that is coming up at the end of the week.
Oh and also add to the busy life of Courtney, I am watching my sister Doggie while she in wonderful cold Maine visiting my mom, which I get to fly up in DEC.. Which that is very exciting as well.
So how is everyone? What are yall's plans for Thanksgiving?
This year Curtis and I aren't cooking the big meal, we are going to his mom's and we are going to my Grandmothers. So I am baking 2 chocolate Coke cola cakes and Sweet potatoes.

Well I better I gotta get some things finished and I wanna up date my Photography Blog! 

Late night Walmart shopping 

The Happiness Project & Crafting

Hey lovely Readers! 
I hope everyone is have a nice chilly week!! A lot has been going on and I have a busy weekend ahead of me!!!

First off: Week one of The Happiness Project didn't go over so well.. One I hurt my foot, which it is still hurting. I can't walk a lot and if I do it starts to hurt a lot! It sucks because it has been going on for a week now. And no its no broken which is good I guess... hmmm But I have been trying to not get too many sweets which is good right??

Anywho You saw on my last post that Melissa and I made super cute sugar skulls... Well today I finished my girl sugar skull and also made a Cupcake Hair bow! Which the Cupcake is my favorite.. I hoping to make a few more... and I am working on some other crafty things... ( I so wanna be crafty) So Thats what I am going to do...  So... Who wants to see pics!!!??? I do!

See aren't they super cute... (: Please let me know what yall think.. I am thinking of creating an etsy store which I wanna sale these, my photography, and jewelry that I will make and anything else I can think of... 

So Trashy Betty and I have getting ready for good old Christmas! Which I am getting excited about. This year for Christmas I am doing Cheetah Print and Red for my Christmas Decor Colors. Which I think its fun and Classy... And of Course lots of Glitter!! You can't have Christmas without it! -LOL

hmmm thats about it!! Busy Busy Oh yea let me not forget about I am doing Family Pictures with my Fam. Sat... this should be_______________! hahaha

Week 2- The Happiness Project:
Be Crafty and Crafty all week!!!

Featuring Adrian, an Aspiring Maine Photographer

Hey yall!!
I am doing a Feature on a Aspiring photographer which happens to be my little brother! He is living in the snowy Northern Maine with our lovely mother.. After seeing his wonderful, unique work... I thought to myself I have to do feature blog post on him!!! So please go on and read and enjoy his photography.

You can contact Adrian through Facebook. 

"Hi… my name’s Adrian, and I’m the type of person to change very frequently. Being that type of person, I find it hard at times to keep up with what I really want, or need. But recently, I found something that helps me with that. Pictures. With pictures, no matter what my mood might be that day… no matter what I may be feeling at the time, I can just pick up my camera, take a few and do whatever I please to them. It’s a freedom that I think I always will enjoy, to capture the moment in anything.

I’m inspired by mostly everyday things; things that people don’t always quite notice. The things that are right in front of you but yet you have no time to slow down and really see them. Whatever it may be, I think it makes the best pictures. It’s when I see something that sparks my interest and my mind tells me “oh, you have to get a picture of that.”


I think my favorite photo, or photos, may be the few I took on the morning of October 29^th. It was a beautiful morning, and the images I captured came out almost surreal to me. They really showed me you can capture the beauty in just about anything. Adding in the right effects, I almost made them look like paintings. They are my absolute favorites."

(ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT BY ADRIAN MARQUIS-HARBIN DO NOT COPY NOR WEHEARTIT PHOTOGRAPHS WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM PHOTOGRAPHER) 

I am one year older

Hey yall! 

I have been such a slacker when it comes to blogging.. Well this past Saturday was my Birthday, I Turned 23. I don't feel much difference, but there are some things I want change and do. I want to be a more creative, better, and loving person. And still be the artist I am today. Sometimes I don't think I am an artist, but an artist can be many things. Right? I also want to become a better writer and write meaningful things.

There are other things I like to get done with this new year, my new year. Like work on my  Gypsy and Hippie sitting area and paint my Kitchen. Which we have picked out the colors.. I am going for a wine theme (: Lots and lots of things and places I am going to see and do in my new year. Did I tell yall we are going to Salem, MA and Maine in Oct! yes we are.. We are very excited, well be going during the prettiest season and Halloween is the time to go to Salem.. (: We like to travel, we just haven't done anything year, now we take little day trips and site see. Curtis and I have been doing a lot of hiking and going to waterfalls here lately. Which its very nice. Anyways I am going to go... Curtis should home here soon Night everyone

Us at my Birthday Dinner @ Carolina Ale House of Greenville 

A lot has happened!

Hey yall!!
It has been awhile since I have posted anything and i feel really bad! I have been very busy! So to catch yall up on everything this is what has happened:
I got my awesome new Canon!
I have done some really neat shoots and my Gypsy shoot is this Saturday (:
The flower beds for the font yard are finished! I just have to add some more little plants and flowers..
Father's day weekend I went to Anderson Car Show. I got some pretty neat photos...
then.... I lost my internet for a week and half ): and I just got it back yesterday. I used up all my 8gs. I so wish I had regular internet. !!
I am very sad that I missed The Tea Party that was on the 25th. ):
Monday Curtis and I went water fall findings.. which was really awesome!! We took some awesome photos!

things I need to finish and start:
Curtis' mom gave us this awesome bench which we going to sandblast it and paint it bright red!
Work on my prints for my living room wall.
hang 21 pictures picture frame.
Paint Kitchen
Plan more theme shoots
Also Plan Maine and Salem Mass. Trip in OCT... [ very EXCITING]
hmmm Save some money and get a little part time job. besides my photography.

Ok now who wants to see some photos???

Oh yea I have a pinterest! Follow me

(all photos are copyrighted Courtney Revels please do not take without permission)

Theme Shoots

I am hoping to start planning some theme photo shoots. I would like to do one a month, at least. I also would like to have 3 to 5 models for each shoot. With each shoot I am hoping to have a make-up artist, but I am not 100% sure. Each photo shoot includes 10-25 photos, 1 1/2 hour photo session time.  I will post prices later.. which I start getting more details together. ( : 

If you have any question message me or send me and Email: at courtneyrevels@gmail.com or you can Call me: at 864-353-8225

___________________________________UPCOMING theme SHOOTS ___________________

• Gypsy/Hippie Theme - July 2, 2011.  If this has a problem with being before July 4th i will change the date. (Planning of having the Shoot up at Twin Falls in Pickens. Will meet up in Pickens and will carpool up to the falls.) 
• 20's Theme -  July 15th or 30th.  Ideas for location are welcome. There is an INN I love in Walhalla, its very 20s like. 
• Pin-up Girls-Aug. 6th
• Horror/Halloween- October

Also this Saturday I am have $25 shoots in Anderson ONLY! If you like to book an appt contact me ASAP spots are limited. Thank you! 

Just Busy

Hey yall
I am still here and alive. I just have been pretty busy with life I suppose. This past week I haven't been feeling well. I don't know what wrong, I have the pain in my lower rib area and it is very painful. I have been off my diet so I have had crappy energy so I have been sleeping all day and getting zero done :\ I think it because of all these dang carbs I am in taking. Tuesday I felt awful with pains and a massive head ache! But I got out of bed at 5!!!!! PM and met Curtis for dinner, we went to Outback. Which I had a glass of cold sweet tea.. Which I think my last glass was back in the 1st of April. I gotta get back on track. I am going insane and I think I have gain some weight back :( Which makes me upset! If we are going to go to FL in July I gotta get back on this diet.
I feel better when I limit my Carb intake. I just got to get back in the groove of things.
Well tomorrow we are hoping of picking up my new camera which happens to be a DSLR. yes, my VERY own!! No more borrowing.. Anywho I am going to, I just feel awful and I think i am going to try and get some rest.

I hope not all of my followers have forgotten about me!!

A Southern Summer is here!

Happy

Hello! Down here in South Carolina Summer is officially started! It was 99 degrees ----> very hot when you add the humidity to it! Today Is June 1st about to be June 2nd and I wanted to do a little post of the things I want to do this summer and such here in the month of June. As you can see I have my little list on the right side of this little blog. But these few things are simple and small. (nothing too crazy) :P 

• Create a Summer CD/Playlist for little road trips Curtis and I may take this summer (: What is ya'lls favorite summer music? 
• Paint my kitchen! It has been white for way too long! Our cabinets are white with gray/blue counter tops.  We are wanting to paint the walls an Olive Green color. And add touches of blues, blue/green.
• Read a good summer/love story. I love the Notebook, Dear John, anything that is based here in the carolinas. Do ya'll have any good reads? 
•  Go to the Beach, I want to go somewhere this summer. We haven't been to the coast in a year. We went to Charleston SC which I loved! But only spent one day at the beach. Since Charleston on a harbor the beach is about 45 mins away. I am wanting to go some where in FL or if we go with our friends it would be in here in SC. 
• Go to the Smokeout Which this is a Motorcycle Rally. We Might go we might not. Too many of our friends that were going to go are not now. We really want to though. 
• Do more Photography work. 
• Get more Fit. 
• Go on a trip with my best friend kayla! 

There are I am sure many other things I want to do this summer and have done within this month. But Theses are the main ones (:  

Latest Photography Shoot ---> Emily & Erica

These girls are sisters and they had a blast doing this shoot You can check out all photos here: CourtneyRPhotography. 

It was so much fun doing this shoot! I hope again I can do their photos again (: 

I would love to hear everyones thoughts on the photos!
♥ 

Friday Night!

Hey y'all,

It has been an ok Friday, I haven't done anything wonderful today  but I did go for a jog with Miss Chelsea, my Aussie Shep. Which she loves to run and a great partner that will never say, "I don't feel like it today"... hahaha anyways. I made yummy egg-less cupcakes, I had a box of devils food cake mix but no eggs.... So I decided who needs eggs lets try without them. Which they turned out to be very moist and yummy, they just didn't rise as much as they would have if I added the eggs.  Today was the 1st day in month since I have baked anything and I was kinda guity because Curtis and I haven't had any bakes goods in a long time since we have been on a low-carb diet. Which I have lost a good bit of weight my clothes are much looser! (: I say at least 10 lbs. Which Curtis has lost over 20 lbs. Yay!

Well Tomorrow I am doing a Lady Gaga/80's theme photo shoot. Which I have 3 models and a make-up artist. We are all very excited and as soon as I can I will post a sneak peek. So I have on Weheartit.com looking for inspiration and trying to get a look together... I have a vision all up in my head just trying to get it together. here are some lovelies (:

Blondie! 

Gaga Herself (: 

Lady Gaga is so crazy and colorful and we are all so excited to get started on the shoot, and I have a feeling its going to be an all afternoon thing!
♥  

My Photography Page

[ Model: Brandy Duncan] 

Hey guys! I have started my online photography portfolio and I would like to share it with you all (: But while I was creating this page I was trying to come up with a name... I wanted it to be very simple and straight to the point. So I decide to call it courtneyRphotography and I am very excited to be sharing my work with the world.

I have been so effie about posting my work and sharing it because of some do try and take peoples work and call it their own. And well I am a little worried about that. But I decided to give it a try! I really want people to see what I can really do. I haven't posted many photographs yet just a few.

I hope Y'all can go see and "like" the page. It is on Facebook so you might have to have one to do so.
Its very exciting!! I am working on so new things photography wise and I am very excited!!! I won't just yet say what I am working on, but it going to great!


 Ps. Still looking for guest bloggers! Working A guest blogger post guideline and such! (:
Email at courtneyrevels@gmail.com if you like to do a post!