Today I am featuring another set of outfits for you. This time every single piece of clothing and shoes you see here can be found at LL Bean.  I love LL Bean.  I love to look through the catalogs and imagine that I too live in a gorgeous cabin in the woods and can snuggle up with my family and flannel and golden retriever after a day on the slopes.  Nevermind that my idea of camping is staying at a Hampton Inn and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a snowboard in person or even skied downhill.  I love the look.  I love the style.  And I think it works perfectly here in the New England area.  So today, I bring you pure LL Bean fashion.

For this set, I worked off of the outfit for mom.  If you take a look around, a lot of websites are starting to offer “full outfit ideas.”  It’s a great way to scroll through and get ideas of what works together.  You don’t have to buy the clothes on that site, but print it out or mark it down and shop for the same style of look at your favorite store.  (And I personally do this for all clothing, not just for shoot ideas and I do it at the outlets!!!)  For this I played off of the berry color and the neutral bottoms on the mom.  Then I found a girl’s outfit that had the berry and pulled in the green and did the same for both brother and dad.  So you have a great color palette of rich fall colors.  Berry, green, and neutral khaki. And I echoed the corduroy look/feel of mom’s pants in dad’s jacket.

Okay, so this was supposed to be Freebie Friday but due to a change in family plans, some horrible traffic and exhaustion, it will have to be Freebie Monday instead 🙂  So tune back then!!

I have been featured by Jaidean Baker out in Spokane, WA for a photographer interview.  Make sure to check it out and see some more of her work and leave some love if you’d like to! 🙂

Jaidean’s Blog

I am finally home from a FANTASTIC weekend in the Outer Banks with 10 other amazing photographer girlfriends.  Here are two sneak peeks of the workshop sessions that we did while we were there!  Many many more to come along with of course photos of the other girls!

And most importantly (to some of you!) the winner of the gorgeous bracelet is Molly.  So Molly, please contact me and I will arrange to get this all shipped out to you!  Thanks to everyone that entered and check back this Friday for the third freebie!!

First I start on a serious note.  I would like to take a moment to remember those who lost their lives 8 years ago this morning.  I will never forget where I was or what I was doing when I saw the news.   My thoughts go out to all of the 9/11 victims and their families as well as the survivors.

So this, my friends, is a Super Special Freebie Friday.  First, because I am actually, as you read this, on the gorgeous beach of Duck, NC in the Outer Banks with a bunch of other photographer girlfriends.  But mainly it is because when I received this goodie in the mail I did NOT want to give it away.  At all.  In fact I considered selecting another piece to give away instead but decided to stick with my original plan.  Unfortunately for me, it is a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry with no repeats.  I first saw this GORGEOUS bracelet after it was highlighted on Twitter by someone I follow.  The artist behind it is Wendy T of Designs by Wendy T on Etsy.  She is a local gal, from right down the road in Warwick, RI.  She will also be at the Pawtucket Craft Festival this weekend if any of you locals would like to check out her other work in person.  (Me, I am still eyeing THIS beauty for myself since I had to give the bracelet away.)

The official description on Wendy’s site is (was):  a stretch bracelet and features 16mm genuine turquoise rondelles with jasper nuggets and a large brown bone bead accented by a brass chain with a brass filigree bead.  My description – a gorgeous, earthy, fun, chunky bracelet.  Perfect year round wear.

Once again, all you have to do to win is leave a comment.  You may retweet or FB for extra entries (one extra per person) and this contest has a bonus and runs until midnight Sunday September 13 since I will not be back in the ocean state before then.  As before, feel free to enter no matter WHERE you are – this is not restricted to local clients at all!