Neglecting My Blog

I just can't seem to stay in the groove of blogging on a regular basis. I really want to. I just haven't found a way to do it. Maybe if I schedule a certain time every few days to sit down and write I'll finally get in to the routine. So whats new since I last wrote?

Personal life: We had a wonderful holiday break. My 28th birthday was a blast and on XMas day, Aaron proposed to me :) And finally, my son broke his toe...swinging his legs under his desk and accidentally kicked the leg of the table. He's such a train wreck.

Purple Monkey life: The site is undergoing a full renovation. I've been doing extensive research on Google rankings and social media marketing and I have all sorts of cool new ideas to integrate in to the site. I am working on a newsletter explaining all of the new services so please sign up for the newsletter so you're the first to find out when these fun new things are rolling out!

I have lots of new pictures to put up on here but I'm about to leave for lunch so I'll blog again tonight! Yes, twice in ONE DAY!!

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

REALLY??? I forgot to blog about this?? I'm such a slacker...let's just pretend I wrote this on Oct. 30...deal?

So, our adventure started at the Vienna Metro...which was PACKED



and not just a little packed...but like a whole lot packed..that whole bridge/tunnel thing was FULL



So we decided to take our chances and drive...and it's a good thing we did, cause NOBODY else thought to drive!



The traffic was lighter than on a regular day in DC



And we found a primo parking spot...couldn't have possibly been any easier



Since we got there so early we had some time to stop and enjoy some flowers...since umm..they're purple ;)





We found an interesting lady sitting on the other side of the flowers



Aaaaand we made it!





This guy was super cool...and these kids were super cute



The signs were an endless source of entertainment













More cuteness...



And the tea-bag family







<3 these guys





Tons and tons and tons of people



Interesting people along with their interesting signs













I found Bender!







It was all such an awesome experience



I love photo blogs....I hope you enjoyed it too!

Some Lols for the Holidays!

I have a list of hilarious websites that I frequent when I need a good chuckle and I got to add a new one today. I love to laugh at Aaron's hilarious texts when the auto-correct turns his words in to something completely off topic...sadly, this no longer happens with his new phone. But now I can laugh at everyone else's auto-correcting mishaps







I know I'm easily amused...but I know a lot of you are too!! ENJOY!!!

http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com

~Kirs

P.S. Sorry for being MIA for so long...I'll be posting more now :) Promise!

Love This One :)

Even thought these invites were never printed due to time constraints, the design is still one of my absolute favorites :) I'm hoping to put together a few Christmas designs in the next month or two so I can offer custom XMas cards on my site. Either way, birthday invites are always fun!



I can always switch the 1 for a 2 and use these for Mia next year!!!

What Better Day

For those of you who are friends with me on Facebook, you already know that I have decided to write a book. I have not disclosed what this book is going to be about but this is going to be a pretty extensive project. So my big announcement, I will begin writing today! That will be my big 10/10/10 celebration! I won't have much time to write during the week because I have a few new clients on the horizon and one that I'm finishing up pretty soon. I'll be sure to post pics of all of my new projects soon! Be sure to follow me on Twitter for book updates @misskirs :) I'm excited!!!

My Latest Creation!

I've been working on a project for Dan Sperry (best magician on the planet...youtube him...you're welcome) and I've always loved working with gothy images so when Dan announced a call for images to be used on his new site, I was super psyched. I'm working on my own website project for him so I get to use all my gothy stuff for that BUT I threw together this image to submit to his little image contest. Hereeee she is!



Now, this is a story behind this one. It is a well known fact that I LOATHE spiders. Even tiny ones are out to kill me and last summer I had to go to the ER for a spider bite that made my whole arm swell up HUGE. So, you might be wondering why in the world I would pick a spider to use for this project. Well, several months ago I had a very vivid, crazy, creepy dream that really stuck with me. The most memorable part of the dream that I could always picture in my head JUST as I saw it in the dream was this spider with an eyeball on its body. Despite my hatred for spiders, I thought this eye-spider was totally awesome and I knew I was eventually going to have to make it on photoshop. So the Dan Sperry thing gave me motivation to finally put it together. I found the perfect image of the spider and then I set up my camera on the tripod with my super duper macro lens. The eye in the picture is none other than Chance's eye. The same eye that I have used in two other images that I love. One of which was actually picked to be in a gallery:



And this one I just made for fun (this was even before I watched Pans Labyrinth):



He makes a great eye and hand model :) and he even complains when our "photo shoots" are over. He's loves loves loves anything to do with photography....I'm so proud :)

~Kirs

Bringin back and oldie but goodie.....Favorite YouTube Moment #1

First of all, I am going to address the fact that I am blogging at precisely 12:17am. Aaron works late and doesn't get home until 11:30 most nights so after dinner and watching all of our DVRed shows from that evening, I don't end up falling asleep until well after 2. Aaron is out of town so I was very excited that I got to go to bed at a normal hour (10). I fell right asleep but woke right back up at 11:30...I guess my body considered it a nap? I had two choices...lay there and try to go back to sleep, or get up and do some work. After about 5 minutes of weighing the pros and cons of each choice, the winning factor was, if I get out of bed, I could eat a Swiss Roll. That was the deciding factor...and that, my friends, is why I'm blogging at this hour.

Now back to the real reason I'm writing. Years ago, when you actually had to qualify to be a member of Facebook (ok, maybe not that long ago, but awhile ago!)I compiled a list of my absolute favorite YouTube videos and posted two lists of them on YouTube and titled them "My Favorite YouTube Moment Part 1 (and Part 2)". Due to the fact that these lists are over three years old, many of the links don't work anymore. The videos no longer exist or they have been moved to a different URL. Anyway, what I'm getting at, is this is another fun Blogging project for me to resurrect the old YouTube funnies and throw in some new ones! There is one disclaimer, some of the videos are NOT YouTube videos....but just like all facial tissue is not Kleenex, I am using "YouTube" to describe all internet videos. So sometimes my favorite YouTube moment might be from MetaCafe....you're just going to have to deal with that....because "Kirstin's Favorite Internet Video Moment" just doesn't sound as cool. Again, like my favorite sites, these YouTube videos are in no particular order however this first one might very well be my absolute favorite video of all time.

SO HERE GOES! My Favorite YouTube Moment #1. This was a commercial that I saw on TV with Chance. With the help of DVR we got to rewind it and watch it over and over and over....and over again. We were laughing so hard that my landlord who lives two floors up from us actually came down to check on us to make sure we were ok. I suggest watching this 10-20 times because it keeps getting better each time. I'll stop rambling and let you have it...