HOLIDAY GIFT TAGS // SO FUN!

I LOVE presents and present giving. I really do. I am absolutely one of those people that gets really really excited to give someone a gift! I also love the challenge of gift wrapping creatively! I usually go to the store and pick out something really fun and gaudy but this year I was feeling the Kraft paper vibe and went for it. I knew I'd have to do something special to dress it up and so I decided to print out some of my favorite pictures from around Chicago in the Winter to use as tags and I like the way they turned out. 

I decided that I didn't want all my presents to look exactly the same so I used a combination of pretty ribbons from Anthropologie, bakers twine, and some different washi tapes from my hoard...er...collection! I think all three worked well with the printed out photo tags, don't you?!

Our tree is too small to put presents under so we have a present stack next to it! I can't wait to watch my family tear into these! Do you get as excited about paper goods as I do?!

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PHOTO Y O L O // A PHOTO A DAY

Have you guys heard of PhotoYolo? It's an email list that sends you a random picture a day. As a subscriber you'll eventually get asked to submit a photo, any photo of your choosing with no limitations, and that'll be queued up to be a PhotoYolo photo of the day in the future. I love that! Here's a screen shot of the email with my submitted photo in it.

Pretty cool concept huh? You can sign up for PhotoYolo here.

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azuree

STEVEN STOJAK // PHOTO FRIEND

Steven Stojak is such a fun guy to be around. He's creative, ambitious and a lot of fun to be around!  Peep his work on his Flickr. 

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ONA BAGS // BLOG FEATURE

I am so stoked to be featured on Ona's blog showing off how I use their Roma Insert bag. I am a huge fan or their well made and beautiful camera bags that don't look like camera bags. I recently bought their Union Street as my primary camera bag and couldn't be happier about it. You'll see more on that soon! 

The Roma is an insert made to go inside any bag of your choosing which was the major draw for me. If you have a large tote, that can be a camera bag! The Roma allows you to securely carry and store your camera gear in your roomie purse. I like to take the Roma with me when I travel because it allows me to have the option of using my purse as a camera bag (I usually travel with a Longchamp Le Pliage, pictured above) or you can take the insert out and just have a normal purse. You aren't tied to having to carry around a "camera bag". Here's a link to a review I did on the Roma last year.

Head on over to the Ona blog to read what I carry in my Ona Roma! 

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azuree