Christmas Faves
We were in NYC over the weekend. (Unfortunately, this is false. We were snowed in in Boston…)
For now I’d like to share my favorite Christmas time things.
Favorite Christmas Song: Mariah Carey “All I want for Christmas is You”
Favorite Christmas Album: Sufjan Stevens “Songs for Christmas”
Favorite Old Time Christmas Movie: White Christmas
Favorite New Christmas Movie: Elf
Favorite Christmas Eggnog
Christmas Cookies
Heidi and Dan invited us all over to make Christmas cookies after the visit to the Cactus Garden. I haven’t made Christmas cookies since I was a little kid so I was pretty excited. Evidenced by the full plate of cookies I took home.
Cactus Garden Holiday Style
You may have seen some photos from the summer on my blog before, but there is nothing like Ethel M’s Cactus Garden at Christmas time! They actually wrap almost all of the cacti with Christmas lights. It’s really a sight to behold. Nothing like Las Vegas for Christmas.
Jenna & Steven Smith along with Heidi & Dan Goodrich and baby Austin joined us for an evening of fun. There was even a bit of free chocolate too!
Merry Christmas from the Stays
We’re off to Boston today for Christmas. I will do my best to keep this blog going over the holidays, but I am making no promises as I fully intend to spend all of my time frolicking in the snow and snuggling with Sir Luke.
This is the Christmas postcard I made this year. I think it’s fairly awesome. Hopefully I have your address and I’m sending you one. If you’d like one shoot me an email and I’ll get one off to you ASAP! meganruthstay (at) gmail (dot) com
We’ve had issues with Overnightprints.com in that our postcards arrived totally mangled and we still don’t have our replacements. So you might not see these until after Christmas…
Phylum Kingdom
One of the many shoots I did over Thanksgiving included one for my friend Adrienne. She’s starting a gorgeous new jewelry line called Phylum Kingdom based around nature. We shot in the Bean Museum on BYU’s campus.
Being that I have an intense fear of taxidermy I was a little concerned about how I would do for hours being surrounded by stuffed animals. But after a lap around the museum clinging to Sir Luke‘s arm I was able to muster my courage and got through the shoot unscathed. And on top of that I think we got some really great stuff.
Here’s a little preview. You can purchase Adrienne’s jewelry on Etsy.com
You can view the entire shoot’s photos here.
