I don't think we're in Atlanta anymore

Sweetwater has a way of making you feel like you are in your own little world. We were there for a fundraising event for the Georgia State Physical Therapy school and had no idea that there was a tornado passing through. We were all just drinking and having a good time and didn't think anything of it since ajc.com said that it was strong winds that caused damage to the Georgia Dome...I think not. Afterwards we wanted to see for ourselves just how bad the damage was; we were newly born storm chasers!

At first it was more of a fun adventure for us, but little did we know it would end up being very surreal and unimaginable. It was a such a shock and a very sad scene to be looking at, especially since it was in the heart of Atlanta.



Yes, that is a billboard that fell on top of a car. I'm sure these pictures don't really grasp the tornado's effect on the city, but you can see just what type of damage it caused.



There was just debris and lots of glass EVERYWHERE! Here is a shot of Centennial Olympic Park. A couple of the towers fell.

It was an unfortunate night, but I'm glad we went down there to see it for ourselves. It really was a historic, but tragic event in Atlanta.

Gianna and Brett sitting in a tree

One of my friends, Gianna, who by the way I've gone to school with since elementary all the way up to graphic design classes at UGA, designed her wedding invitations and I helped her print them at Praxium Press. Her and Brett are getting married in May. Aren't they bootyful?? We took a couple of videos too!

All Dogs Go to Heaven

I had created a painting of Hunley, Justin's bagle (Beagle/Basset Hound), for a personal gift one Christmas and since then I've gotten requests of other people's dogs. Here are some that I've just finished:

3rd Annual Breast Event Ever: Art, Music and Fashion for a Cure

The “Breast” Event Ever! has partnered with the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer to become the official kick-off event of the registration season. The fundraiser combines a high-energy fashion show, live music and celebrity studded silent auction items to create an entertaining night on the town.

With All the Hit’s Q100 radio personality and Atlanta 2-Day Walk participant Jenn Hobby hosting, the 3rd Annual “Breast” Event Ever! is sure to be the best yet. Female fronted quintet, The Bridges, will delight the crowd with their memorable melodies following the fashion show featuring Atlanta inspired designs by Esperanza and fashions from Mitzi & Romano.

Everyone who registers for the Atlanta 2-Day Walk at the event will receive a $50 gift card to Rapport Salon in Dunwoody.

The 3rd Annual “Breast” Event Ever!
Park Tavern Garden Tent, Atlanta, GA
Thursday, March 27, 2008
6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Enjoy an open bar and a dinner buffet provided by
Doc Greens Gourmet Salads and The Flying Biscuit

For ticket information and donations visit, www.thebreasteventever.com

The mission of The “Breast” Event Ever! is to raise funds towards finding a cure for breast cancer through a vivacious event focused on music and fashion. Since 2006, the fundraiser has raised over $20,000 toward the cause. Co-chairs Heather Quinn and Kelley Hagen work in event planning and marketing in the Atlanta area and produce the event on a volunteer basis. For additional information please visit www.thebreasteventever.com.

Justin passed his boards!!

So, I went a little crazy tonight with the blog entries, but I wanted to catch up!!

The latest and greatest news is that Justin passed his boards!! Woo hoo!! I knew you could do it, Dr. Justin Lewandowski!! I'm so proud of you! All of your hard work has finally paid off.

Can't wait to celebrate this weekend!

Carrie's getting married!

Check out these bridal shower invitations I did for Carrie! Some of her bridesmaids asked me to design her bridal shower invites in the same colors as her wedding invitations. At the top of the invite is a silhouette of one of Carrie and Keaton's engagement pictures. It was very inspiring and she knows that I love this picture of them!! Carrie and Keaton are getting married May 31, 2008! Check back for a picture of the wedding invitations! Carrie is such a sweet person and a great bride-to-be to work with!

woodward & rick photography

YEE HAW Industries

While we were walking around Knoxville, I was suprised when I came across Yee Haw Industries. The first time I heard about Yee Haw was at the AIGA Design Conference in Denver. Yee Haw had created a letterpress flyer (well actually it was a card) for the 2009 AIGA Design Conference in Memphis.

It was just so unexpected when I was walking out of an art gallery and Yee Haw was right across the street. J. Wo and I went crazy in there. As soon as I walked in, I told them that I was so excited to be there and told them about how I saw the card at the AIGA Conference. They allowed us to walk around their studio. It was very inspiring!! They do AMAZING Letterpress work, mostly musical artist poster, but there were some stationary that we bought. Their artwork has a lot of southern influence and great color! Please check them out!

I heart cupcakes: Recap of the last couple of months

So, it's been a while since I have kept up with my blog and just wanted to keep you guys informed of my happenings these last couple of months. A lot of wild and crazy things have happened so brace yourself...not really but this could be a long night or if you are not wanting to work this is your lucky day!

Since my camping extravaganza, the holidays were upon us and that just blew right by. Seems like the holidays aren't as they used to be when you were younger and now that the days just go by so fast the holidays are pretty much a blur. Sad, but true.

I was able to take a breather from work with a week and half long vaca. Mags and I went to NYC to visit Erin. That was so much needed time away from work and ATL. In a nutshell, I bought a Vera Wang dress, I was a superstar on stage, I saw some superstars
on stage and I definitely saw Frodo.

New Years Eve came a long the same day I came back from NYC and Justin experienced his first Filipino New Year's Eve Party. Hope we didn't scare him off! Here we are...I'm wearing my Vera Wang dress. :)

It was a busy month in January...that's all I can say there. Outside of work, I picked up a couple of design jobs for wedding invitations and requests for paintings of dogs. (I'll keep those as a separate blog entry.)

This past week I was at a photoshoot in Buffalo for one of our clients. That was quite a different experience..weather-wise!! I think we experienced all kinds of weather...sun, rain, clouds, 70 mph winds, snow, ice and sleet. The day of 70 mph winds apparently was equal to a type 1 tropical storm, but instead of rain we had snow. It definitely was not the same as the two days we had snow in Atlanta. The visibility that day was well... you can see for yourself. This was taken outside the HSBC Arena, where we had our photoshoot. The other days, when it was somewhat sunny, you can see the harbour, the Niagara River that leads into Lake Erie and Canada. Basically I couldn't even see the harbour.

After a week of Buffalo, I made my way to Knoxville for Mags' 26th Birthday! The Big 2-6!! The theme of the weekend:

"Cupcakes make people happy!"

Long story short: we spend a couple of hours driving around Knoxville trying to look for cupcakes..first Magpies=closed! then VG's (not really sure what the actual name of the bakery)=closed! Well we actually never even found it, so we had to succumb to Butler and Bailey's mini cupcakes.. yea these were devoured pretty quickly! They did make us VERY HAPPY!!

Mags' family came up soon after our cupcake trip and we celebrated Mags' birthday with a Mardi Gras celebration. We had shrimp creole and KING CAKE..mmmm!! The next morning we had beignets to cap off a very good weekend. Hope you had a good birthday Mags!!! Love you like a cupcake!!