The Connecting You & Yours contest ends in 4 days! Be sure to submit your entry here for at least 1 in 50 chances to win two prints up to an 8×12 at my Etsy shop! :) We’ve reached over 1,800 fans, can you believe it??? I sure can’t but am overwhelmed with joy!!!

I’m also filling in my Pinterest board all over again because I didn’t do it quite right the first time, so here’s a feeble start.

And of course, here’s another jellyfish shot, as promised!

All I have to say about the jellyfish is WOW. I’ve actually never seen one in real life up until now. I’ve only seen them in movies. They had a whole bunch of them at the Ripley’s Aquarium and I was beyond mesmerized. I must have stood behind the glass for 30 minutes, just watching them float and dance around, upside down, inside out. I must have taken 200 pictures, too, because they kept changing. Every single movement was a beautiful transformation and every shot was drastically different from the other. I am now obsessed with the jellyfish. Capturing them in colour would have been phenomenal but most of my pictures were in black and white because the lighting in the aquarium was pretty tough to work with. I’m happy to see that they turned out quite lovely anyway! I’ll post more soon.

Also, happy birthday to the best dad in the world. <3

My mom and I packaging prints with love. Many of these are going out to the first batch of contest winners from the Connecting You & Yours contest. If you haven’t already entered, you should submit your entry here! :) There is roughly two more weeks of the contest left, so there are still prints to be won!

The Ripley’s Aquarium was AMAZING last night. I have a new obsession. The Jellyfish. I’ll share photos soon!!

We’ve officially booked our trip to San Francisco for April after my exams. I’ve been waiting for San Fran photography for quite literally years now. The time has finally come and I feel an urge to squeal! Eeeeep. We’re actually splitting the trip between San Francisco and Napa Valley. Just a quick Google of Napa Valley takes my breath away. I can’t wait!!

Tonight’s a date night with Chris at the Ripley’s Aquarium. I can’t wait for that either. :)

E-Greeting Postcards by Charlene Precious Fine Art Photography! Check it out here!!!I am SO behind on my school work trying to get all of this launched. I have to start a paper. Ciao!

I love this look. Reminds me of Christina Aguilera’s Candyman music video. Pretty pin-ups.

The Facebook fan page has reached 1,000 fans as of yesterday. To be exact, we are at 1,033 fans. This is extremely exciting! :) Thank you so much for becoming a fan!!! I’ve got a lot of work to do fulfilling contest prizes but it’s definitely all worth it! I’ll be spending some time this coming weekend to package and ship some of the prizes out. Remember to enter and share the contest if you haven’t already. :)

I wanted to also quickly announce that this postcard set of 8 is on 30% off clearance sale at my Etsy Shop because I’m looking to make new ones. So check them out, there are a few of them left. They are great for sending notes to friends or loved ones or simply for gift giving. :)

Is anyone else watching House of Cards? Chris and I just finished Season 2 yesterday. No spoilers here but that Frank Underwood is quite a guy. I actually despise him and love him at the same time – does that make any sense? I think that’s the whole idea. But I think I despise him more than I love him.

Oh, I just love aviation. These flying machines quite literally make me very happy.

This was from the drive out of Switzerland to Austria. I think I could get used to living a quiet life among the mountains.We have to head out to Pontypool today for menu tastings for the wedding. I’m excited!

…with goals and aspirations and I just keep driving hard at them. This one’s from Rome. I was missing my Euro Trip and dreaming about having all the time and money in the world to just travel. There are so many things I want to do… NOW… TODAY… but don’t have the time and capacity. I’ve taken on A LOT in the last three years, more than my head of hair could handle, but there is still so much I want to do and get done. One thing at a time??? Forget it! Several things at a time and there still isn’t enough time. Anxious for so much more. Traveling (everywhere!!!), growing my business (I’ve never been so addicted to this), continuing to build my career in the amazing field of marketing, finishing Schulich’s amazing MBA program, getting married to my amazing hubby-to-be, buying my first home, building my studio in my first home, and so on. My heart is constantly exploding.

We didn’t book San Fran yet. We are signing up for an AMEX credit card that pretty much pays for the flight to San Fran, so we’re waiting for that to come through. Should be Friday. :) Anything for a bit of savings! I have to do some school work now, ciao.

This Surf Love Set order was sent out yesterday to a lovely customer in England! :) I had to take a photo before packing them up because they looked so pretty. I love this set so much!

I’ve convinced Chris that we should go to San Francisco in April. We are probably booking today. Oh my gosh!! :) If anything can make me lose sight of budgets, it’s travelling. Oops. I’ll sacrifice my hair, clothes, shoes, nails, purses, and whatever other girly materialistic wastes of money… all for travel. I’ll lodge in a tent on the side of the road. Who needs a 5-star hotel?

We are just TWO weeks into the Facebook fan page and contest launch and already at 850 fans. It warms my heart so much. If you haven’t already entered the contest, you can do so here :).

I also forgot to mention that I did an Etsy shop overhaul the other day with the following changes:
1. From now on, there will be an ongoing SALE section offering 25% OFF select prints!
2. There are now SET DISCOUNTS available to save money for those who are ordering multiple prints at a time!
3. Prints are now neatly categorized to make it much easier for you to shop!

Happy Tuesday! My Managerial Accounting class starts tonight… ahhh. It’s going to be a tough course.