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WHO LOVES TO DECORATE?!

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27 trees and counting!

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Thanks to everyone that came out to the 1st annual “Hip Holiday” studio open house on December 17th. Wow-wee, did we have fun!

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I met my funky bride Amy’s baby Avery. Beautiful!! Can’t wait to do a portrait session in the Spring-

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Avery’s first experience with a balloon. Heavy, heavy stuff…

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So much fun to re-connect with past clients. Notice Meryl giving his best “GQ”-watch and all!

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Donna and Meryl’s wedding was photographed at The Beechwood Hotel in 2010!

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I photographed Jess and Josh’s wedding back in 2008 at The Harrington Farm. Aren’t they the cutest muffins?!

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Felice and Seth are crazy about each other!

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I love you mom!

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I love you Bro!

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I love my hunny Morgan-

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Ollie clearly isn’t “havin it” with the collar-

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I really thought Rob should have won. Anyway!-

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MAN CRUSH OF THE SEASON

I’ve always had a huge crush on Andy Samberg from Saturday Night Live. A-D-O-R-K-A-B-L-E! It’s ok, Morgan knows as he has HIS crush on…

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Ana from Dancing with the Stars! Who is YOUR celebrity crush?

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I’m ready to share what the heck happened…

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I decided to get with the times and create a facebook business fan page for Linda Jae Photography. Sounds easy, right? If you have a degree in web design from WPI, yes. If not, you’re basically out of luck. Or, out to lunch…

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I had no idea that a fan page is COMPLETELY different than a personal page. It can be as technically complicated as developing a website. At first, I was pumped! Then…I did something absolutely horrifying-

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Apparently after you have 25 “fans”, you can create a “username”. Naturally, it would be the name of your business. Guess what? This username is PERMANENT. Face book will not let you change it (for the fan page). Unless you want to delete the page and start all over again. Boy, wow-weee-you should’ve seen me 2 Fridays ago. I spent the whole day crying. Ridiculous, yeah?! There are way more important things to be crying over, I’m sure!

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When I created the username for the Linda Jae Photography fan page, for whatever odd reason, I thought they wanted a “password”. I SCREAMED IN HORROR when this username went viral, for the whole world to see, not being able to change it! What do you ever suppose this username could be?

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You sittin’ down for this? I named my new, swanky Linda Jae Photography fan page;

BOO BOO GOOD KITTY42!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you MEAN I can’t change my username?! Good God Lucy! Am I going to tell people “hey, check out my new face book fan page at facebook.com/boo boo good kitty42!” Sounds like the name of a stripper! I’m in such trouble…Now what?!

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I felt alone, confused and thirsty. Like a real dummie. Are you telling me that people are going to have to connect to “Boo Boo Good Kitty42″ on face book in order to be able to relate to Linda Jae Photography?!!

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And of course there is no such thing as a “live” person to speak to over at this small face book company. Don’t ya hate spending the whole day looking for an answer online? The answer was…after all that hard work I did putting the page together, I had to delete the entire thing and start all over again. Not fun-

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Even my cat Ollie was giving me dirty looks. AND, he was jealous that I didn’t use his name-you could see it in his eyes. I know, call me crazy!-

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Here we go again! I know I’ve been a bit of a pest lately, inviting many of you to “like’ the new fan page. Would you help a gal out after all of that hoopla? It’s easy! All you have to do is go to: www.facebook.com/lindajaephotographystudio

Click the “like” button and I guess we are good to go. Thanks for listening and I hope I made you laugh! I’m laughing about it now, not back then though!

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AND HOW WAS YOUR THANKSGIVING?!

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Who will win?! Viktor has been my fav all along. If it wasn’t for Joshua’s eyebrows, I would tell him to take a hike! “Drama Queen” or what? Cannot WAIT for the season finale!

Yes! I now really do like Rob Kardashian! And Cheryl is finally smiling these days. She’s a cold fish-isn’t she?! Love Carson. Knew him and Chaz would go. After all, it is a competition…

Len is a bit cranky this season. The “terrible while it’s happening and a joy when it’s over” is a Len-ism. I was crying with laughter!

My FAVORITE commercial on TV right now; Walgreens with the twins (Frances and Iris)-what a scream!

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Angela and Andy’s wedding, photographed at The Chocksett Inn in Sterling, MA!

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Fear of technology I suppose…

Drop me a line on facebook! Go to the fan page; linda jae photography! You’ll tell two friends and I’ll tell two friends and so on and so on…

I’m excited! 

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 Remember the commercial for The York Peppermint Patty?! “I get a warming sensation every time I eat a York Peppermint Patty”. You know, when you get that excitement that leaves you speechless. A little kid in a candy shop!  Well, this sounds goofy, but there are a couple of things that give me that feeling;

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Watching the first couple of minutes of “Dancing with the Stars”- It gets me tingling!  The “duh duh duh duh…duh-duh-duh”. When the dancing partners come down the staircase- the music- the lighting- wow weeeee! Sounds goofy, right? Well what the heck happened?!!!!!!! They have a brand new stage. Oh, no… 

Their previous stage was just GORGEOUS! STUNNING! The curved staircase, chandeliers, beading and ambience.  

Good God Lucy! NOW look at it. An LED-lit,  plastic staircase that “separates”, isn’t curved and looks like it was made (dare I say) in China! Cheapity cheap. Just my opinion. Who knew Nancy Grace was so nice?!

The old set was exciting, mysterious and personal. Look at the stairs!

Oh…Now look at the new stairs. I just don’t understand…

And now we have Rob Kardashian. How MANY Kardashians are there- 87?! Don’t the kids just looked thrilled in the background?!

Yep. Rob was a mean jerk to his partner Cheryl. He is about as exciting as a Fig Newton.  Cheryl was trying to teach Rob about the dance steps and “counting”.  Rob insisted that he wasn’t interested in learning math…

 Lil’ baby too spoiled to count? It’s easy! 1-2-3-4, etc. Rob also said that he reads books every night before he goes to bed-

However, I don’t think he reads things like this.

Khloeeee and Kimmeeee were in the audience, cheering their lil’ brother on! Khloeeeeeee did not like those “bad remarks” from Bruno. She told him to “clean his ears out with Q-tips”. Lamar! Take off the sunglasses indoors for cryin out loud!

Whoa, wait…the Kardasian’s know how to use Q-tips?!

Hey Khloeeeeeeee- if you clean out YOUR ears, maybe you’ll develop a little class. Ahh, that’s wishful thinking. Doesn’t she remind you of a brunette Kim Kelly from the brilliant TV show “Freaks and Geeks?” 

Kimmeeeeeee (all I have to do is sit here and look fabulous) made one of thee most important statements of the evening about her brother’s performance; “I could…LIKE…cry”-

The Kardashians’ shed TEARS?!! Oh- la-la, the talent!  I thought of a good saying on a tee-shirt. Perhaps Rob could wear this during his next dance performance…

What do ya think?! And just remember…

This was Kloeeeee, Kimmmeeeee and Robeeee’s father.  Need I say more?

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I recently photographed a wedding at this amazing oasis called The Harding Allen Estate-

It is an elegant estate with old world charm. The Harding Allen Estate has an Old English Garden, which is one of the most  beautiful and peaceful places I’ve ever seen-

Lily Pond, wild flowers, birds tweeting and…

one sweet and adorable bride- Robin!

Her hubby to be- Dave. Looking dapper and GQ. Lovin it!

Husband and wife- yes!

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Wow weeeeeeeee! Good to have some “festive” characters on TV again!

Michael Kors is my favorite person on the planet right now. His one-liners are SENSATIONAL.  I started keeping a “Kors” journal of some of his comments. He said he is going through “Manopause!”  Ok, here we go…

“It looks like a Flinstones disco necklace”

“Why the sunglasses? Was she incognito in napkins?”

“The outfit is fabulous. Her makeup looks like Sea Vixon Barbie”

“Was she nursing triplets in that top?”

“She looks like she’s going to an Autumn Harvest Festival”

Poor Falline. I guess there are no places for puking clowns right now…

Incredible!

Viktor Luna is my fav right now. I have a lil’ crush on him- Yep, I know he is gay-

Joshua- you have thee most beautifully manicured eyebrows I have ever seen!

I really liked Oliver until we found out about his “fake” British accent. He is from Columbus, Ohio for crying out loud!

I hope Austin and Santino come back

Heidi! You need to eat 3 bags of donuts! What happened- no boobs no butt?! She seems like she is “on something” this season. I’m just sayin…

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I’m a lousy cook. And because of this, I really don’t like to cook. Or I cook “in spurts”

I have all these ideas as to the recipes I’m “going to” try to make

Even following the advice I give to my brides to use the colored post-its! I always end up with the SAME four things…

and…

Well…”lets go out to eat then”…

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Ok, I am REALLY dating myself. Remember Susan Powter from 1980′s? She was a fitness guru (as big as Richard Simmons),  that used to yell “Stop the Insanity!” Susan, you are more than welcome to go to Washington and give those ding-dong Politicians a good lashing-

Oh…what is this new ”gang of six?”

All the negativity and whining in the media. It’s just incredible! Everywhere you turn.One of my friends got rid of his TV!  Can’t people just try to put their power and greed away and show a lil’ common sense and compassion?!!!!!!!

What we can ALWAYS do…

Is appreciate what we have and go with what we have. Yep, I’ve dusted off a copy of one of my all time favorite self-help books. Simple little chapters that put you back into the reality of what is really important; love and simplicity. I highly recommend this for a light read. Both inspiring and refreshing. Remember…

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Colorful creations… 

“You bet I’m handsome!”

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AN INCREDIBLE SUMMERTIME MOVIE YOU’RE MISSING

SUPER 8

 Heartfelt and full of suspense and childhood memories. This movie has EVERYTHING. An excellent, excellent film that keeps you guessing and engaged. Taking place in 1979, it is about a group of four friends trying to make a movie on their Super 8 movie camera. While they are filming, what they witness, you will not believe. Not too many people know about this movie. It has an “ET” quality- you’ll LOVE IT!

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AND DON’T FORGET TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR… 

Project Runway is back!!!!!!!!! New season starts next Thursday, July 28th @9pm. Don’t forget! It is on The Lifetime TV Channel (I know, I keep thinking it is on Bravo too)

Make it work!!!!!!!!!!

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And happy summer!

Every year, I get so excited about planting flowers! All gung-ho in the beginning, then towards the end, it’s like “I’m sick of the soil”. Do you get like that?

Then when you look at the end results, you say “wow weeeeeee, this was worth it”-

Oasis in the city… 

 Look; Herbs that I always forget to use!

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Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My mom’s condo complex had their annual “multi-family” yard sale. Here is some of my crap-ola

Now my mom Phyllis “means business” when it comes to yard sales! Oh yeah-big laminated maps, magnifying glass in tow. She’s the only woman I know who’ll drive 45 mph on the highway, but barrels down a back road at 70 mph to get to a yard sale! She even has a list of “not THESE streets”… I bought her a changer (on her belt) from a waitress at a diner! I found a kiddie version for myself at Homegoods (of all places)-

Do you think this pin is too big for the ole’ hat?! Phyllis wanted to make it clear to folks that she is collecting the dough-

We had a lil’ tiff over “how to display” our stuff. She wanted to put it on plastic bags on the grass. I opted for a more colorful presentation. I sold just about everything too!

I keep telling my mom that Christmas stuff does not sell in the summertime. Yup-we brought it back home-

Here was one of the people in charge of the shin-dig. His wife should be a little nicer, don’t  ya think?! Afterall, very few men like these types of activities, no?

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We got so many laughs over this sign. People even took pictures of it!!!!!! Doesn’t matter how much you make. It’s how much fun you have-

My man enjoyed himself. Who remembers “house coats?” I found these online. I wore it as a joke. It reminds me of my grammy back in the  60′s and 70′s!

Something else?… 

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I have a pocketbook obsession. Gals- don’t we just LOVE transferring our stuff from our old purse into the new purse?! It is a big project that is as satisfying as chocolate. I can’t help but wonder, though, why the pocketbook becomes so heavy. “What the heck is in there?”

“Things seem to be intact. Not too much. I’ll dig everything out”-

“Lets see”; wallet, garage door opener, mints, other mini wallet, calculator, cell phone, business card holder, note pad/pen/paperclip  and a bag of stale almonds-

“Oh…more than I thought”; makeup bag, lip gloss, measuring  tape, hand-sanitizer, face cream, hairband, lint pads, and sedatives (kidding!)-

“Oh, no…”  my Canon point-n-shoot and 3 Balance bars. Okay, so there is quite a bit in this pocketbook. Still doesn’t have to be this heavy- I thought it would be fun to show you some of my other pocketbooks, whom I’ll name for a couple of giggles…

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Lizzie Silver

Pat Pinz

Dotty White

Didi Beatnick

Molly Mod

Valerie Vinyl

Florence Henderson

Rose “I’m waiting for the big moment to still come” Dainty

And finally…

FLASHBACK

The year: 1982. I was 15 years old and this was my very first perm for the summertime. What a big flamin mess. Do they still even have perms anymore? I don’t know and I sure  hope not! And the tube-top paleeeeze…

Email me you “big hair” pics and they might just make it on the blog! 

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COMING SOON!…

Be sure to tune in for a sneak peek!…

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Took a little trip recently…

I watch a lot of CNBC. They have a commecial for Korean Airlines-one of the best I’ve ever seen! Whenever I saw the stewardesses in person at the airport, I just HAD to follow them. They fascinated me.

Hello hello! Sorry it’s been a while. Wedding season is here and I am excited!!!!!! Went to Jamaica with the man last month-

We tried (for the first time) an “all-inclusive” resort-type place.  I don’t know dawg. It was just ok.  The weather; GORGEOUS…

80 degrees. Nice breeze. Beautiful colors in the water. The only problem: we didn’t know what to do! We were kind of  lost-

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As you can see by the look on Morgan’s face (holding a menu), huh? “This is what we choose from to eat?”

Why are these men tap, tap, tappin these stones right outside of our hotel room window?! Could one of them be this “Mr. Ja Mon” everyone keeps talking about?!

I pondered lifes’ thoughts for a moment. I still didn’t know what the heck to do. Do I eat? Do I swim? Do I take a nap? Where do I eat and where the heck do I swim?

Morgan took this picture. Figures, although a lot of questions still remain unanswered-

What a calming view at night. Where do we go again?

I can take a picture of myself while  waiting to be “hurdled” down to the buffet-

We can take pictures of each other  looking excited for the “evening” buffet. Recycled from the morning buffet. Or the buffet two days prior-

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Again, wer’e confused, especially with the 4th one down and I don’t ever remember anyone smoking on a treadmill!

I love my hunny…

All in all, our trip was pretty good. Think we’ll put the buffets on hold for a while though-

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Speaking of moms…

It’s simple and fun! Your child will be much more relaxed and happier in their own enviroment!

By having the session done in your home, we can:

*go through their closet and pick out some adorable outfits together!

*have endless props with toys, play sets, swings and more!

*get personalized photos of your child in their crib, on mom and dad’s bed and other special places!

*follow your lil’ rascal all over the place- indoors and outdoors!

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Hi. It’s been a while…

Poor James Franco. I’ve been a fan since he was on that amazing television show “Freaks and Geeks”. Do these other faces look familiar?! All of these kids went on to do great things. Jason Segel; “How I Met Your Mother”, Seth Rogen; “The 40 Year-Old Virgin”. Busy Phillips; “Cougar Town”. Linda Cardellini; “ER”. James has always had that suave sex appeal with a bit of mystery-

Until this disaster. Oscar host? James, pay attention!!! I blame the producers and writers. Why on earth would they pick someone to host such an important show, who could not make the proper commitment?! Next year, I think “The Oscars” should be hosted by…

Charlie Sheen and Lyndsey Lohan. Why not? At least they’d be entertaining! Two spoiled brats getting away with whatever they want. Be careful driving to Looneyville guys. Anyway!…

AMERICAN IDOL

LOVE this show!! The judges’ chemistry is so warm and compassionate. And what a talented season for contestants! This show has had a drastic makeover, in a terrific way!

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As promised! I’ve chosen 9 kiddies to feature  from portrait sessions last year. We had so much fun! I’m looking forward to photographing a whole bunch more sessions, starting in May! Here we go-

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And finally…

Thanks for joining us and “think spring!”

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Lets make this new year a swell one!

Here we go!! Let’s look at some highlights from my 2010 wedding season. How did I choose? Good question! What I did, was put the names of all my 2010 brides into one big hat. Out of that hat, I chose 5 weddings to feature. I really wish I could show all the weddings, but I thought this way the best way to do it.  Enjoy!!-

Cassie and Ryan

Boys

and Chuck Taylors!

Cassie is “sassy”-

Ginny and Paul are sweethearts-

Amy is one of my former brides and Ryan’s sister!-

I smell trouble-

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Kim and David

Elegant-

Hannah wanted to let you know that she is “ready to go”-

Two of my former brides- hi Janet and Sarah!-

Oh, yeah…GQ it-

Our song…

and fairytale…

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Janine and TJ

Janine’s mom has her “flirty” pose!

The expressions on the guests faces: priceless…

Private dancer-

Grammy looks so colorful!

Pictures never lie; look how much Daddy loves his little girl…

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Terrie and Forrest

Joe cool. But his name is really Nick-

Forrest knows the importance of “GQ”-

To surprise her new hubby, Terrie sang for him! What a “wicked” voice she has!

Notice the cake-topper? The B&G are on a motorcycle. How cool is that?!-

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Julia and Brian

As Justin Timberlake would say- “Sexy Back”…

Brian is “pondering his thoughts”-

One of Julia’s fav pictures. Mine too-

Hold on tight!

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Now if you’re one of my former brides and don’t see your pix- good god Lucy, now please don’t be upset with me!! My limit was only 5 weddings to feature. As mentioned earlier, these names were drawn, at random. Everything is good, yeah?!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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COMING NEXT MONTH: Best of Babies- 2010!

and my brother Bill dancing…(kidding!)

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