Every once in a while there is a product that is just so great that I can’t help but share it. If you haven’t heard of Vol. 25 yet, well… you need to get on over there. She has the cutest overlays, templates and art to fancy up all your artsy needs. I collect Etsy art for my daughter and when I saw all this goodness, I had to add it to our collection.
And the even more lucky part for me? Jessica uses my images for her template displays! There is just something about seeing that added little something to my images that just makes me giddy :) Check out the Punk Album and Rock Star Overlay Set…
and the collaborations with ZozoBugBaby… (you can win the “Inspired” set right here over on the Dreamer Blog right now!!)
and this one… could NOT be more me. SO in love!! (and guess what? You can win it below!)
Just join PunchTab below and you can win the “Free To Be Me” album template :) You can also meet Jessica and hear more about her story in the Dreamer interview here.
Please hit your ‘refresh’ button if the PunchTab give away does not show below!
First, thank you so much for all of the wonderful & kind words about this issue of Dreamer. The emails and comments have been sweeter than we could have ever expected… to say that we appreciate the amazing support is an understatement!
I had one other feature in this issue I wanted to share. It was the finishing touch on another project I have been working on for the past several months.
I have been in business for 7+ years now… the girls that I work with have moved from sweet little girls to trendy tweens. Through the transition I have found it more and more a challenge to wardrobe & style the shoots with the options out there. There are a million choices for little girls and adults but getting that older (but not too old) look that these little ladies were wanting was frustrating. I love styling and you can regularly find me ‘altering’ pieces here and there, throwing unexpected items together and playing fashion designer in my own closet. So, when Lisa and I started chatting about this dilemma, a little idea sparked. Why not do up a line of our own? (Lisa actually went to school for fashion design making this crazy idea totally doable).
We asked our girls and I interviewed my clients. We found out what they liked and what they didn’t like. We designed a line that fits every function of their daily lives while still allowing them to look totally adorable & stylish (& stay super comfy, too). Every item has been tried and tested by our little ladies, tweaked until we got nothing but oooh’s & ahhh’s (the soft cotton used in these pieces actually had the girls commenting on the fabric… when do 10 yr olds do that?) All the pieces can be mixed & matched (which was another must on their list). I finally got what I had been searching for.
I was so excited when the line was completed just in time to incorporate in my shoot for Dreamer. I love working with this age group and with a little help from Jen (art director extraordinaire) & Michelle (my go-to hair stylist), this line allowed the shoot to come together beautifully.
Without further ado… our first Wander Clothing line. I hope you love it as much as I do!
clothing: wanderclothing.com
art director: jenifer johnston
hair: michelle elliott
portland | OR
Juliet Carey: Absolutely STUNNING!!! WOW girl...you rock my world!!!! (03.08.2012 12:57am)
Lisa: Starstruck! Wow. (03.08.2012 02:08am)
Alicia Thurston: I LOVE THIS SHANNON! The colours are my thing right now, as I'm revamping my branding, all of these colours are exactly what I'm going for, maybe I'm a tween at heart. ;) Can't wait to see the site up for the launch of the line tomorrow, hoping these gorgeous clothes come in smaller sizes too because I NEED that romper! Perfection in your images as usual. xo (03.08.2012 02:32am)
remi lai: I TOTALLY LOOOOOOOVE THAT FIRST GROUP PHOTO!!! TOTALLY ROCKiN'!!!!! SUPERBLY executed pose!!! Great style!! (03.08.2012 02:52am)
Scarlette: Of course you did. ;) I'm amazed and speechless and at the same time not surprised that you and your fabulous co-artists could create something even more wonderful. Love the clothes, the photographs, the art, the hair and adore these girlies I've watched grow up in life and in front of your lens. :) (03.08.2012 03:24am)
zalaine: Wander, indeed! (03.08.2012 05:48pm)
Tamara: Love these and the back drop. Did you make it or get it somewhere? (03.08.2012 10:33pm)
josh: These are f'in beautiful. (03.09.2012 02:09am)
Deyla Huss Photography: Yeah yeah yeah!!! love it! way to go girl! (03.11.2012 09:00pm)
kristin eldridge photography: wowza. such great contrast! love this shoot! (03.13.2012 02:13am)
Joni Schrantz: I am admittedly not the biggest fan of children's photography, but I absolutely adore your work. This is fabulous, it feels so fashion inspired, I LOVE it! Amazing work! (03.15.2012 12:15am)
Karen: I just wanted to drop you a line and say AMAZING styling and photography .I am so glad I have found you. You Frida Kahlo inspired shoot was AWESOME. (03.15.2012 11:57am)
I have tons of different interests, passions, directions I like to take things… this last week has been an accumulation of A LOT of them! I am not sure if I am creatively bursting or creatively spent… I can tell you that being able to see so many visions become reality is a pretty great feeling (whether it’s pure high or pure exhaustion). If you’ve ever chatted with me or been to one of my workshops you know I am BIG on opening up your world to everything that interests you. I don’t believe in not doing something just because you haven’t done it before or because it isn’t ‘you’. I say if it seems interesting- dive in! The worst that can happen is that you learn something new to can incorporate in your life. Best thing that can happen? You find what you were born to do.
Doing the type of photography I do means I spend a lot of time with clothing designers, fashion blogs, graphic design… all of them inspire me and weave themselves into my work. I found myself being more and more drawn to these things so when Julie (Ms. ZozoBugBaby herself) and I kept bringing up how fun it would be to create a place where we could put all our ideas and interests, it became pretty apparent this was something that had to be done. Over the next few months Dreamer Journal began to take shape. There were a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of mistakes, a lot of re-do’s and start overs but, in the end, we did it. We created the place that we had dreamed of. It is with much pride & happiness (okay, there were some tears and curse words too) I share with you our second (woo-hoo) issue… the Spring issue of Dreamer Journal :)
clothing: Lisa’s Mini Mad Hattery
hair & make-up: Madeline Roosevelt
styling & photography: me
portland | OR
Kara Layfield: These girls are dolls!! Looks like such a fun shoot! LOVE the clothes. (03.07.2012 01:58pm)
sara: Wow... you can already see the kind of ladies these two beauties are going to grown into. Gorgeous expressions and perspective. LOVE Shannon! (03.07.2012 02:02pm)
Becky: the sweetness in these images just jumps off the screen!! I was so anxiously awaiting the new issue, can't wait to dive in!! (03.07.2012 03:36pm)
shannon @ Lifelong Impressions: Love it! (03.07.2012 03:37pm)
jeramie ritchie: Shannon..you are AMAZING! YOU inspire me!!! I love how you follow your interests and look at the insanely fabulous results...over and over! The issue is fantastic...and your shoot is adorable. Perfection! (03.07.2012 09:12pm)
Tiona Fuller: Your shoots look like they are so much fun! I love all of the styling...and of course - the images!! (03.13.2012 06:57pm)
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Betsy King: I LOVE the Zozobugbaby template! (03.15.2012 04:20am)
Alicia thurston: I love the free to be me template!!! :) (03.15.2012 05:07am)
Tania M: I love the Rock Star Overlay set! (03.15.2012 05:27am)
rachelle codd: Everything is so amazing. I love the saltwater collection album template!! (03.15.2012 06:14am)
Nadia Stone: I love the INSPIRED 12X12 FOR WHCC so full of color.. thks for the giveway ...love your work <3 (03.15.2012 11:15am)
Karen: I LOVE the free to be me template. But I would be tempted by the new Facebook timeline templates. I am too scared to change my Facebbok page and the date is looming fast, for when it will eventualy all change (03.15.2012 12:13pm)
jackie pulkrabek: love the rock star overlay! (03.15.2012 08:22pm)
Linda: I love everything but really love the new free to me templates (03.15.2012 08:36pm)
monet: I love her versatile 365 album template. An inspiration for a 365 project. (03.15.2012 08:39pm)
Nancy Wyatt: These are amazing!! I can't pick a fave, they are all so awesome! (03.15.2012 08:41pm)
Linda: I want and love the album template! So, please pick me. Vol.25 I love your stuff you are fabulous! (03.15.2012 08:50pm)
Amber: my favorite vol 25 product...hmm...wow! thats a hard one! she has so much adorable stuff...but ill go with her overlays! they add so much personality and a handcrafted goodness to even the most basic photos! LOVE! (03.15.2012 09:09pm)
Kara: I love the 365 sketched album pages. Just used them to make a book with Blurb for my 2011 Project 52. (03.15.2012 09:10pm)
Melinda T: Love that its so versatile, so many options and possibilities! (03.15.2012 09:33pm)
jess: ooooh i LOVE the calendar templates ... i have used those oodles of times in the last few months!! :) (03.15.2012 09:38pm)
stacie: wow, very cool templates! (03.15.2012 10:39pm)
Frances Sherota: I love the "edgy corners" overlay! (03.16.2012 12:11pm)
Suzanne Juneau: The zoo template - bright and cheery :) (03.16.2012 11:54pm)