Crazy Week!

So... a lot has been going on for Joe and I this past week! My week was horrible, but Joe's was awesome. Mine started out alright- I coloured my hair, and I love it! But... my week decided to derail halfway through. If you didn't know, besides running Bella Terra, I also work for a professional beauty supply company- Cosmoprof. I travel to professional salons in the northern NY area and set up salon education, show new products, and order all their supplies for them. So anyways, I was heading out to work in Potsdam- it was a gorgeous day, I was rockin out to some Postal Service.... annnnd was going 75 in a 55. Oooops. So.. I got pulled over, and then found out that my liscence was surrendered because I hadn't renewed it yet! I totally didn't even realize! So the cop wouldn't let me drive home, and he wrote me 2 tickets. I just took my car in to get inspected 2 days prior [thankfully!], but I found out that I needed new tires and brake pads in addition to an oil change and inspection. So I had that extra expense and now I have to pay for 2 tickets! So I basked in my horribleness as I sat in my car for over an hour waiting for my grandparents to come pick me up. What a horrible day. So if you want to book a holiday session, I could totally pay my tickets. Haha.







On the brighter side, Joe has been looking for another job for a while. After wedding season, our income isn't as steady. One of his friends told him about a job at this loan company, doing customer service. So he applied, and had an interview a couple of days later. There were a bunch of people interviewing that day also, so he was a bit skeptical about being hired. But apparently, he nailed the interview and they hired him on the spot! He starts in a couple of weeks. He will be working monday-friday 2:30-11 with weekends off, so we'll still have plenty of time to book shoots and hang out! He also makes a pretty awesome zombie basketball player, so he's got that going for him.

In other news, this year we started using a new publishing company for our custom photobooks. They come leather bound, linen bound, or hardcover. We just got a few in that we had ordered, and I am so impressed with the quality! We custom design them, the client goes through it and we make it perfect, they choose what sort of cover they want, and then we ship them out! The printing is super bright and crisp. These are a far cry from the plastic pages with 4x6 photos pasted on them- they are printed right on the pages, like a magazine. I love them! Check out these examples of them:

Linen, leather, hardcover.

Leather- by far the nicest option.

Gorgeous imported linen- comes in a variety of colors.

Hardcover- the photo is a dust jacket, underneath the cover is plain black.