Tatiana Mango...

This picture totally kicks butt! Thanks Vanessa and Tatiana....Also, this is infront of our new studio :)

Career Day At Elkridge Landing Middle School

I was honored to be asked to come speak and present to a middle school class. We rotated every half hour and I told 6 different classes about what I do!!! My favorite conversation:

Middle School Student: "Are you allowed to chew gum when you are working?"

Me: "Sure, but as long as it is kept professional."

Middle School Student: " What happens if you drop it in their hair?"

Me: "I've honestly never thought about that situation but I will be considering using mints instead." Haha..

I had a total blast and here are some of the Thank You notes I received!!!

Incase you can't read this bottom one, it reads:

" Thank You Ashley for coming out and spending time with us describing your job to us. Usually I think people in the beauty industry are the same but your business is very interesting. Its great that you can deal with the drama of the weddings and still enjoy your job!"

How adorable is that??? Yay for middle schoolers!!!

OMG!!!

I am so excited. Our new website is just about finished! It's flash and has music and is super duper fancy :)

Here is a sneak peak of a few screen shots!

Headshots

People always ask me- "Do you only do weddings?" Although my love and passion is wedding hair and make-up, I always am up for a challenge or something different!!! Rissa and Josie of Balance Headshots approached me to do their headshots for their new and upcoming website! I jumped on it and the girls looked pretty hot if I do say so myself- Check it out:

And the final product....ding!ding!ding!ding!!!

Photo Shoot

Erica and I decided to test the waters with our new studio and host a shoot. Wow! We had so much fun and we really got some great shots- well at least Vanessa did. My shots wouldn't have turned out so great. :) Check out some samples- I stole these from Vanessa's blog too! As she stated on her site- these aren't photoshopped! Kristina (one of my favorite models ever) always lets me put random things in her hair! Kristen(below) let me give her a punk rock feel! Too much fun!

Vanessa's Photography

Yay for Jill!!!

So every year I always get the one bride who is just awesome! Jill was married this past Saturday at Thorpewood. She and her girls were an absolute blast and I totally enjoyed spending the afternoon with them! I also enjoyed the gorgeous relaxing ride to her venue! I stole these pics off of Regeti's blog- as you can see their photography skills are amazing and they capture the true feelings of the day! Thanks Jill for allowing me to celebrate with you and your girls! You were a blast!

WE'RE OPEN!!!

Yay! We are officially opened in Catonsville! It's only been a week today that we've had our adorable new studio! Huge shot outs to Mike Casper from Casper Home Improvements. This guy kicks butt and totally helped me whip the space into studio!!! Woo Hoo Mike- I owe you a drink or my first born- you rock! Also, thanks to Nathaniel for sitting with me for 4 hours on the floor putting together all of the Ikea furniture that Erica and I filled my mini van with :) You are truly a dear friend and awesome photog :) I think I owe you a manicure!!!

So here it is in its developing stages and us having loads of fun!!! We are at 5 Ingleside Ave!

Rissa didn't want to miss out either- so we handed her a hammer and told her to look pretty :) She did a good job at that!!!