Carnival : The Greatest Show On Earth!

Images from August's Carnival photo shoot are now going up on Flickr. Life is extra busy now (isn't it always?) but I'm in the process of : editing some photos taken last week for Head to Toe Restoration, preparing for some more commercial photography this week, as well as priming and painting a board that will eventually feature Bat for Lashes' giant head on it. (I have to admit, I'd like to be further along on this project than I am and am currently in the "It's due in a week!" freak out stage.) Today I'll be doing a class presentation with Carolyn on the Rococo period, aka, one of my favourite fashion periods of history. The dresses and garments were insanely beautiful, although I do have to wonder how extra creepy everyone looked with their white zinc makeup, belladonna enhanced pupils and highlighted blue veins. Beyond all that, somehow, mysteriously, I busted up my foot real good so have been hobbling around town lately. No idea what I did to it, but at least Advil works.

Also, soon the redesign will begin for this website. The blog will still be available for updates, but there is also a facebook page you can join! 

Here are some images from the Carnival!

Music Video Monday : THRILLER! + Muppets!

Mel and I would watch this video over and over and over again when we were kids. These days, I even have it on my iPhone. Nothing puts me more in a Halloween mood... except maybe also the video appearing below it. Muppets + Alice Cooper has to be the best thing ever.

French Bull Dogs + Lightning Bolt Necklaces

1. Check out these ever so lovely and pretty easy looking sewn owls.

2. Adorable plush things at Sleepy King. Especially this red fox!

3. Oh My God It Even Has a Watermark - The most amazing business cards you've ever seen!

4. On why Jamie and I want a French Bull Dog. ... someday. 

5. DrCraze. Specifically, this super awesome lightning bolt necklace.

Leitura Paper Swashes

Music Video Monday : Mumford & Sons

Love them. "The Cave".

Pumpkin Patch Day + Magician Photo Shoot + Belated Turkey Dinner!

Today we're taking our Pumpkin to the Pumpkin Patch, pictures to come, followed by a lovely family turkey dinner, the first ever, at our apartment! Yesterday we somehow managed to squeeze a crazy photo shoot in before work in further shoots for the Circus. We even had Emily pose in front of a giant pile of manure... crazy, high fashion manure, I guess? But it doesn't look so gross in picture form. Clothing by the lovely Macey Faulkner, Hair and Makeup by Elizabeth Toney and the model is the ever fabulous Emily Hamel. (Crystal we miss you!!!) Here are some of the early ones put up:

How much do I love this print?

A whole lot. "Animals" by Judy Kaufmann.

Five Things of Inspiration : Projects & Lovely Things

1. Project Doily. I'd like to make these and then hang them in the little mini-library Jamie and I shaped between our office and sitting area. Right now it houses a chaise lounge that continually gets all my junk thrown onto it slash a very happy and contented Jax cat who somehow finds a way to sleep under the rubble. {Link via Poppytalk}

2. Personalized Chevron Calling Cards. So simple and pretty! I'd like get them in the yellow or aqua. {Link via The Happy Home}

3. Love these polaroid prints of little lions and etc from esoule.

4. I would love to put up some wall stickers in the apartment, easy to apply and easy to remove. Like this dandelion, or maybe my own custom design.

5. Love love love this song + video by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's. "Home".

Ten Things I'm Thankful For About Autumn:

1. Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

2. Alpen Secrets Soy & Sunflower Milk Bath. 

3. Individual Photo Shoots for The Carnivale. Spirit of the Circus is now up on flickr!

4. That things like this crazy Urban Outfitter's Snuggie are for sale. I would never take this off. I would like, wear this to work.

5. Road trips with my mom! We went to the States this past weekend and got lost trying to find a Walmart. ... that was open 24 hours. I can't believe how many people were wandering around that store at 11 p.m., buying cheese and irritating stock boys.

6. Pumpkin patch awesomeness. I'm hoping to go this Sunday with my brother and his little Pumpkin. I'll have to bring my camera along because Connor + pumpkins is likely going to be so cute my brain is going to explode.

7. Surprise pie at work! Hannah brought by Surprise Pie, Thanksgiving Dinner and a Starbucks gift card and she is awesome!

8. Reading beat up old books. Right now I'm reading "It" by Stephen King for Book Club.

9. The fact that I am going to be painting a huuuuuge painting of a celebrity's face for Painting class. I'm still in the process of picking my celebrity -- which has to be meaningful -- but I'm leaning towards Janis Joplin. I'm in the process of working up my 9x9 square MDF board right now.

10. Most comforting show ever, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, which is best watched on a stormy day with a great big blanket and some tea. The shows are available on iTunes right now for $1.99 apiece.

And of course, I'm very thankful for good boyfriends, great families, lovely friends (even if some are very far away) and a very content and slightly chubby cat named Jax. 

The first part of The Soldier and Death :

Updates + Redesign!

Some changes are in store for this website! I'm in the process of doing a redesign that will update all the galleries and change the layout and look of the entire site. This is all being squished in between all my other projects, so hopefully it'll all be up and together in the next few weeks. This means the site may be unavailable here and there, but this blog won't be affected so you can always get updates from here.

Tomorrow I'm taking some photographs with Chelsea, so fingers crossed for a sunny sky ... or at the very least, no rain!

The Book Man 20th Anniversary Photo Booth Pictures!

The first round of pictures has been sent out with more to come! Please remember to check your junk mail in case it was filtered through there. If you still haven't received your picture by Friday, don't hesitate to email me at sarah@sarahsovereign.com -- I've had a handful of undeliverable mails returned and may need an updated email address to re-send. Thank you everyone for being involved! I had so much fun!