Austin Wedding Photographer | Elissa R Photography

Glimpses of my week - 

We got our new stove so I’ve been making as many things that require a frying pan as possible — including eggs and a protein oat pancake with berries (nomnom)! – This week was the 2-year anniversary of picking up our kitties, so I thought I’d take a photo of fat Scout, who is a Chubby McChubberson – as I mentioned earlier this week, I did a project with my friends Eran and Lori, and Eran took this photo of me lookin’ all professional – my new Kindle case is ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE AND AMAZING!! I’d been using an old knitted cap to house my Kindle for a while, since this case came from an Etsy seller in Thailand, so the create time + ship time was about a month! SOOO worth it, though! I get so happy looking at my little Totoro poking out of my bag.

On my nails: China Glaze’s “Stone Cold” (a matte charcoal grey/black from the Hunger Games collection)… I was really disappointed in this formula; after a few days, even with a matte topcoat (Essie’s Matte About You) it chipped like crazy. As you can see, I Frankenstein’d my thumbs a bit (first photo: Designer… de better from OPI’s Muppet). I took off Stone Cold, let my nails breathe for a day, then applied OPI’s “A Oui Bit of Red.”

Posts you may have missed - 
Lori & Eran – just one photo from a post-project photo session
Diana & Michael | DIY Crafty Wedding at Mercury Hall – LOVE this wedding!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

I think I should just rename “Hello, Friday” to “Nail Polish Friday” or something… seriously, my addiction is getting to be pretty bad. Last week I went out to buy new thank-you cards, and next to the paper shop was a little cosmetics shop. I ended up scouring the bottom rack for the discontinued polishes. (I might have a problem, but I’m not totally insane.) I scored a few awesome OPI colors on sale because they aren’t being made anymore.

No more nail polish! Not until I’ve actually used every color I have already. I’m just glad that my spending habits happen to be for something relatively inexpensive like nail polish, instead of shoes ;)

On my hands: China Glaze’s “Fast Track” from the Hunger Games collection. I lovelovelove this color. I’m thinking of stocking up on a lifetime supply of bottles of this and “Dress Me Up,” because I don’t want to find myself without those two shades when CG discontinues them! OPI colors are: “I Want to Be A-Lone Star” (pearly grey, from the Texas collection); “Divine Swine” from the Muppet collection; “Sparrow Me the Drama” by the Pirates of the Caribbean collection; “I Juggle Men” (a sparkly topcoat); “Stranger Tides” (again, Pirates); and “Animal-istic.” I don’t know what I was thinking when I picked out “Sparrow Me” because the shade is far too cool for my skin tone!

Posts you may have missed -
Diana & Michael’s Wedding Preview
Some of my favorite things about being a wedding photographer 

Happy Friday!