new design

Okay so, I have a new design so please do tell me if you love it or hate it. if you hate tell me and I'll try something else :) Be honest now. :) I might be playing around with different stuff so as long as it has Lori Plank as the header don't be freaked out. :)

ps...do you have any color advice for the post? to make it stand out? thanks! :)

The 50's. {1950's photoshoot}

 

I’m so superbly happy to be living in a century where the old is the new new. It’s so blessedly awesome, like my dream come true. It makes me gorgeously happy to see a woman walk by (or in a picture) wearing a red poke-a-dot gathered bodice dress, bright red lipstick smeared on her lips, a wide-brim hat, oh and of course, lace gloves pulled perfectly on her hand.(well okay ONLY the woman who can afford the newest fashion wear them. Still I can imagine everyone dresses like that). Alas, I can only drool over magazines & appreciate the moment because by the time I have the money to afford such luxurious dress’s they will be out of style (again). Or at least that’s what my Mom tells me. But I don’t care I will still wear them! I will be known far and wide as the mad woman who can’t wear anything but retro 50’s style dresses. The Andy Griffith show, perfect dresses, red lipstick, high-heels, men where gentlemen, black and white TV, such are the things I love about the fifties. Of course, it was not all good. Like Elvis Presley-he still gives me the heebie-jeebies-,and those ugly poodle skirts but I choose not to dwell on that so I will just pretend the century was perfect.

I was absolutely delighted and humbled that Kim was kind enough to be my model and help me with my outlandish fifties project. She was the perfect and I barely had to do anything, anytime I was ready to tell her to mover herhands or something she had already done it, she was a dream J

oh and most of these where taken on the Eastern Illinois University campus! such a perfect place, thanks Kim for picking it out!

 

 

I loved her thoughtful expressions:)

                                      She had a great idea to do this angle.

 

I was ecstatic when we found this lockers inside the Eastern Illinois University!

                                          I felt blessed-red lockers AND red doors!

 

COCA-COLA!

                            we found these awesome snails lying around! what a awesome surprise!

                                                   
                         picnicking!

                                                 Vintage cameras.make.my.day.

 

Kim took the photo on the left-I know she's good no matter which side of the cameras she's on!

                                             

 

delicious light and a beautiful model!

 

 

 Cheers gorgeous! and do enjoy these pictures, but if you don’t that’s okay tooJ 

 -Lori Joan (Oh and don’t forget your gloves when you go outside, we need to keep those dainty hands perfect after all!)

 

Opportunities.

the quote, its so true, we(or should I say I) wait so long for the perfect opportunity, when I have the delicious little things right in front of my blue eyes, just begging for me to take hold of them and see them as something beautiful.

Fourth of July.

“God often uses small matches to light great torches”

I’m contemplating on what celebrating the Fourth of July means. Yeah, I know it’s a day to celebrate the freedom we have in this country, but here is the sad thing. The United States is not necessarily free, most of the people are living in bondage, and they have no clue they are. Now that’s where my thoughts want to take me, down the mopey road about how bad the States have gotten. But we still have the freedom to gather to worship God; we still have the freedom to read our Bible’s, to live our Christian lives. Something that has been nagging me is when we think of going off into the mission field, we think of some faraway place where people are starving and know nothing about Christ and I bless the people who minister to them. But what about our own country? Are we neglecting our own people? If we neglect our people then in the future how will our children have the ability to help other countries and other people? Just some thoughts that have been tumbling around in my head for a while; but I’m still exceedingly blessed to have been born into this country. Bless the Lord and have a gorgeous Fourth of July.