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10 Years with The Heirloom Market

It really is hard to believe that it has been 10 years since The Heirloom Market started. 10 years of creating a market that focuses on small businesses who take pride in the things they make and the things they find. 10 years of building a brand that people would recognize and trust. 10 years of a following that would…

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End of Summer Thoughts

My Summer goal was to get the Print Shop updated. I really let this slide and I wanted to get it updated with not only more recent work but also of images I just never got on there. Figuring out what platform to use for this has been a bit of a challenge due to needing to not add to the small…

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Lost Canyon Ranch

Our family loves to go hiking together along the many available trails in our area. It’s not only a chance for us to get out together and be outside with our attention focused on something other than our phones or work, but it’s also a chance for me personally to take photos. There is nothing that I love more than…

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How I Make Photography Prints

Prints have traditionally always been part of the photography process. Negatives were always meant to be made into prints that could be held and displayed. Digital photography has sort of lead us away from prints. We get instant gratification after we take the shot and once it is shared online there is almost no need to have prints made. I…

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Notes From July

July has been hot here in Colorado which means gardening goes into survival mode for the plants and for me. Through the heat I still try to pay attention to moments of inspiration and remind myself it’s ok to stop and take a few photos.  While in Nebraska to be with family for the 4th of July, I made sure…

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My Ordinary Day

Spontaneous Creativity. That is what I am focused on this year. Getting back to recognizing the moments my heart starts to pitter patter a little faster because I notice something. The little cucumber tendrils trying to grab onto the jalapeño and how the sun rays are making it glow. The texture and deep green color of the fern I potted…

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Allium Buds Emerging

Sometimes you just need to see someone else’s perspective to get you to look at something very familiar to you differently. That is exactly what Jaime Brandel did for me. She posted a beautiful image of an allium bud just starting to emerge and I gasped, then took a mental note to pay attention my Serendipity Alliums. The buds have just been coming up and…

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For the Simple Pleasure of it

Last week we decided to visit the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms which we had not been to for a few years. It felt like an entirely new garden to us which in all honesty is a good thing. Nobody likes when nothing ever changes and it’s the same. But I’m not writing to tell you all about the gardens. I want…

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