a plug for some amazing bags!

teamwork -
These guys make one sweeeeet bag. Ok many sweet bags. Click on the image to link the the website. The site itself is pretty amazing. Oh, and Nick is wearing one of Tim's hats in each photo on the main page.... kinda fun. But seriously check out their work. We visited their studio and were blown away - they are seriously good at what they do! The bags rock... they are made of sails - yes sails from sail boats - see the website for more info - I can't wait to get one of my own.

Info on Tim's hats...

... quite a few of you have emailed me or sent me messages on flickr to get contact information for Tim... to get information on his hats - so here is his contact info. To contact him via email - timgunnett@yahoo.com - please write "hats" in the subject line. Thanks - his hats have been quite a hit... thanks for asking about them. For those of you that already own one... email him a picture of yourself in it and he will post it on his blog. We hope to have a website up soon with an area for "hat sighting photos".

Computer Down... for the count

My computer is toast - hard drive is fine... go figure. Will be buying a new comp - hopefully - in the next week or so. This has all been such a bummer! It was only 3 years old and our Apple Care expired in April - guess that's how the cookie crumbles. On the positive side - it is amazing that my hard drive is ok!!!! Yay> and double Yay! I will be using it as an external for now... No matter what people say about the excitement of getting everything updated... and brand spanking new... it will be a little while before I will be smiling about it. Would love any suggestions... from you other Mac users out there... if you had to start all over what would be on your wish-list?

for those of you that I sent the update link to... please click on the Urban Space Banner at the top to view the blog... thanks... Sandi

lost art - snail mail - revival

There is nothing quite like getting a special letter or card in the mail - no not email - but the real mail... you know - snail mail. Rick and Brenda Beerhorst are the best in my book when it comes to beautiful mail. Not only do they send it they also create cards for others to purchase and send... reviving a dying art. Check out their blog - Studio Beerhorst. To purchase their work online check out their Etsy Store.

in the shade on a hot day - drawing with chalk... at grandpa and grandmas house

Slomp Family Blog

News...

Hi - news...

Wojtek and I have teamed up to shoot engagement pictures and weddings. We are scheduling 10 weddings a year - For more information contact us by email. sandigunnett@yahoo.com or wojtek1977@gmail.com
please write "weddings" in the subject line.
We do have a temporary site... our site is under construction- here is the link for now.

dandgweddings
Weddings by photographers Wojtek Dabrowski and Sandi Gunnett

Thanks
Hope you are having a great summer.
Sandi Gunnett and Wojtek Dabrowski

Shooting a wedding is a huge commitment... I have always admired wedding photographers... Wojtek and I both enjoy shooting weddings but found it a bit overwhelming to do alone... by teaming up we cut the work and the stress in half... by each doing what we do best - for our clients. We are excited to be able to offer wedding coverage but are limiting the number of weddings we book a year to 10 - so that we will be able to do our best work for our wedding clients and for our other clients.

We would like to thank Dusty Brown for his advice and encouragement and Tim and Cheryl Halberg for the never ending inspiration... you guys rock.
Thank you!

Sandi Gunnett

Painful!!!

How high will they go?? How are you coping? Has anyone out there dusted off their bike? Tim rides about 15 miles every day - to work and back. He is my hero.

summer glorious summer!

working...

Click on Image to link to site

they grow up sooo fast

Inspiration from a friend...

"As I start my week, please enjoy this quote by Marianne Williamson while I stoke the flames of my spirit." -Tommy Allen

Thank you Tommy!!! Thank you for the inspiration.

XO
I so needed it!
Sandi


"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?'

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Tim's Hats

Tim will have new hats for sale at SPACECRAFT starting tonight. Nick and Sally have a really great shop. Stop in and see whats new!

... they grow up fast

Young Love

So Sam...

Peace

She passed away in her sleep this morning.... quietly and peacefully.
The sun is shining today and the sky is blue.
Thank you for your prayers.

Life passing...

Life is a strange and wonderful thing.
At this moment in time... there are no words
I am at the hospital.
My grandmother has said her goodbyes - she is ready to go.

Please pray that she passes quickly and peacefully. She has been fighting so hard - she is tired - and ready to go home...

Sandi

this exit? feelin a bit like Alice...

`Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.

`I don't much care where--' said Alice.

`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.

`--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.

`Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, `if you only walk long enough.'

contact?

[Land] is convinced that images can be as effective as words and that every person has a latent ability to make effective contact with another through visual statements.
-Ansel Adams

the great puzzle....

Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: `Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, THAT'S the great puzzle!'