A little bit about me… I am a professional photographer from Philadelphia who likes to play more than I like to work, so luckily my job is really fun! I think laughter is the best medicine to combat my tendency toward OCD, so sometimes I vacuum in the nude to strike a balance! (Of course I do this when the kids are at school and the fed ex guy has already made his drop! ) I have a very professional website that you can visit where there are no curse words or references to naked housecleaning, but as for this blog~ well….. there are no promises!  I hope you’ll stick around anyway!  

Please feel free to leave comments on the blog, send emails with your thoughts (kcareyprophoto@msn.com) or even call me to chat (215-668-6168)!!  I would love to hear from you!!  

GRATEFUL= FULL OF WHAT IS GREAT! 

In order to become grateful, we need fill ourselves up with that which is GREAT!!  And if we fill ourselves up with what is great, our life becomes even greater! 

Look around and notice all that is great in your life and then celebrate it with more passion and enthusiasm than you thought possible!  Make a conscious effort to “fill up” on the things that are GREAT in your life at the present moment, rather than focussing on what is not so great and wasting time trying to figure out how it got there.  Instead of obsessing about your “bigger than last year” bootie, celebrate something that you love about your body.  If you have GREAT arms, hug yourself with them!  If you have a GREAT smile, share it with yourself in the mirror every chance that you get!  The more you focus on what is great, the more grateful you become.  

Get yourself excited this new year about all of the wonderful and bountiful blessing in your life and become filled to the brim with it all.  Forget about making goals and lists of all of the things that you don’t have yet, and instead make a list of everything that you do have and celebrate it.  Spend 2 minutes before your feet hit the floor each morning thinking about all that is great around you rather than stressing over all that is not quite as good as it should be.  Focus on your GREAT kids and GREAT husband instead of the all of their laundry that you have to do when you get up.  Or think about the GREAT opportunities that you have in this country to make some money instead of worrying about all of the debt that you accumulated this holiday.  Think about your GREAT life and celebrate it and you will be surprised at how quickly you become grateful!!  

I found this list of all of the quotes  from “THE SECRET” and find having it close by helps me to stay excited and passionate about being grateful.  I hope it helps you too!!   Happy New You! 

                           PHILADELPHIA FEBRUARY 20-22, 2009                                                                                 PHILADELPHIA JANUARY 23-25, 2009

A great friend sent me this fabulous card from Hallmark that has  redefined the meaning of funk  for me!!  I am reminded that my holiday blues can be avoided if I adjust my attitude, get back into a positive groove, and remember to do what I do best~~ bring the funk!!  Here are some ideas that you can use to adjust your attitude and help you to find your fab funk this week:

Tap into your inner James Brown and make a grand entrance to the Thanksgiving dinner table!  Slide into your seat with all the funk you can muster singing “I feel good!” as loud as you can (in your head of course!) “Wo! I feel good! nananananananah, I knew that I would.”  

Once seated and pleasantries have been exchanged, channel the power of Kool and the Gang’s “Get down on it, come on and get down on it“ to help you get through the dry turkey, cold corn and paper plate feast with the inlaws.  “What you gonna do? Do you wanna get down?”

When you get asked some ridiculously uncomfortable question like “when you are going to have another baby?” or “do you think he is finally going to put a ring in your stocking?”~~ take a deep breathe before you answer and visualize DJKool belting out the lyrics of  ”Let me clear my throat!“ in front of a stadium of devoted fans!  “Here we go now, here we go now….ah,huh, ah huh…”

Put the swagger back in your step and the swing in your hips while you are bringing your funky back this holiday season!!  Don’t let yourself get into the normal holiday rut.  Break out of your funk and bring on your funky!!

Because like the cards says, anyone can bring the green beans amandine….

Winter weather has officially arrived and hit the Philadelphia area hard and fast!  With temperatures dropping and the forecast calling for snow, it is the perfect time to think about your WINTER STORYBOOK PORTRAIT SESSION!  This summer I introduced my SIMPLY SUMMER coffee table albums which quickly became a client favorite, so I decided to re-create the offer with a winter weather twist!!  The storybook are customized 10×10 hard bound coffee table books uniquely designed with your favorite images from the session.  Call today for all of the details and to see a sample!!  215-668-6168  

Limited sessions are available, but the ideas for sessions are endless! Snowball fights, holiday tree trimming, family skiing get aways… even an indoor activity like making cookies or playing a board game make for a fabulous storybook. Get inspired this winter and together we will create a keepsake that you will cherish long after the snow has melted! 

These are the days… don’t take them for granted!

The owners, Karen Lafferty and Geri Rycharski have made this salon into a child’s fantasy land where families can come to relax together, play together and renew their look and spirit together.  The grown up version of Seedlings, Annodam Spa is connected right through a doorway so this is the perfect place to take your daughter for a “girl’s day out.”  Take time to make time this hoilday season to treat for yourself and your children to a spa day at Annodam and Seedlings!!  You won’t regret it and you certainly deserve it!!  

Annodam Seedlings Spa and Salon is located on 137 South Main Street in the heart of Doylestown, PA  215-340-6400.  

Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see whats happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.

But dont be fooled by the radio
The tv or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But theyre just someone elses fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that its a grand illusion
And deep inside were all the same.
Were all the same…

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that its a grand illusion
And deep inside were all the same.
Were all the same…

America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon well stop to ponder what on earths this spell were under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

Dennis Deyoung 1977

Photo by: Gene J. Puskar/AP