Small Burst

Pending Project, Help!

SB — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:02:17 +0000

I bought this awesome settee over the summer in hopes of transforming it into a beautiful prop chair for my clients. The fabric is actually ripping and the stuffing is made of some sort of hard, yellow, crumbling styrofoam material. Yes, hard styrofoam so the comfort level is virtually nil. Overall quality though; near perfect-not wobbly, pretty sturdy. I bet you were hoping for an after photo. Sorry to disappoint but fast forward 7 months and this poor chair looks exactly the same and is sitting in the same spot. SIGH….

My husband can. Not. Stand. This. Settee. How can you not love the lines, the tufting, that buttery yellow color? He doesn’t have the eye, the foresight, the vision! LOL. I dunno, it was kinda love at first sight when I spied it on craigslist (I’m an addict, remember this post?). Old furniture? Check. Great lines? Check. Great quality? Sturdy? Check and check. Can the piece be resurrected from furniture abyss? Of course. Check! Do I have room for it in my house? Nope. But I’ll take it!

My plans for it? reupholster it with a soft yellow velvet material? But then after some thought I want to play it safe, maybe just cream so it goes with everything? Maybe red? Maybe turquoise? printed hip fabric? When I see this chair there are too many possibilities (and work) that I just put it on hold. So here’s my question to you all. What would you do with this chair? What color would you chose? Maybe your suggestions and comments is just the kick in the pants I need to actually get started on this project.

P.S. sorry for the photo-taken with my iPhone:)

Oh Christmas Tree…

SB — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:00:40 +0000

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. We got into the Christmas sprit early this year and chopped down our Christmas tree during Thanksgiving weekend. I’m so glad we did. The weather couldn’t have been nicer – it was 60 degrees and we could have walked around in our t-shirts. I thought that getting a head start on the tree would give me a leg up on shopping but I’m far from completing my list. I also still need to prepare for our Christmas dinner.I’m tackling prime rib. Anyone have any suggestions on sides? I’m staying away from green bean casserole and want to try something different.

NoveRoma

SB — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:48:07 +0000

Gena Roma Photography

Not sure what these are but my niece was collecting them in piles and they're kinda pretty. Dontcha think?

I have lots of favorite shoots because they’re all so fun and I love what I do. But nothing tops photographs I take of my family. Particularly, those for my Sister and Brother-In-Law’s wine, NoveRoma. You must visit their website/blog to see how these two former city dwellers from San Francisco and their growing family are going to fare on a farm, produce their delicious wine and live mostly off their land. They’ve over hauled their lifestyle all in the name of living well. They just bought chicks! I can’t wait to taste fresh eggs next time I visit. I’m trying to get them to purchase miniature ponies because they’re so dang cute and 2-because they’re so dang cute! Now back to the wine. NoveRoma will be sponsoring the Page Turner Third Annual Asian American Literary Festival Kick Off Gala Dinner honoring Jessica Hagedorn at the Maharlika Filipino Moderno restaurant in NYC later this month.

Anyhoo-check them out and give them a big blog welcome!

NYC Wedding

SB — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:40:15 +0000

It’s been a crazy summer and although it’s not officially over, I’m already missing the long, carefree, days. I’m also missing the sun. It’s been raining non-stop for four straight days and it’s feeling a bit like Seattle, Washington rather than Washington, DC around here. I don’t mean to complain, but with all the crazy weather and earthquakes in my neck of the woods, I’m just in need of a much needed pick me up. One thing that’s helping is looking at the wedding I recently shot in NYC’s Prospect Park. This intimate wedding was so bright, so fun and filled with so much love. There. Cheeriness regained. Sometimes all you have to do is look at pictures to change your mood.

Gena Roma Photography

California Landscapes

SB — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:50:18 +0000

I’ve been away having fun with my Lovies and visiting with family in California. Most of you already know that being with my family in California makes “my cup runneth over”. Being with them in beautiful places is just icing on a delectable piece of cake. This year we explored the beautiful coast north of San Francisco. From the beaches (too cold to swim in) to abandoned dairy farms, this area is just breathtaking and I never tire of its rich scenery. I was in photography heaven!

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Gena Roma Photography

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Beach Finds

SB — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:00:33 +0000

For my American readers, I hope you all had a fun yet relaxing 4th of July celebration. For those of you elsewhere, I hope your weekend was grand. We spent ours on the beach. The weather was perfect and location even better. We ate, collected shells, pretty rocks and we even found some fossilized shark teeth. What did you do?

Gena Roma Photography

Foodtography

SB — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:58:52 +0000

I was fortunate enough to partake in a celebrity chef/wine tasting event and tried my darnedest to capture culinary cuisine at its best. Yep, we’re talking food porn. I wish I could tell you what each item is but there was such a whirlwind of activity there wasn’t much time for chit chat and I was also there as a photographer, not as a lucky guest. Oh, I really wish I could have sampled these.

Gardening

SB — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:42:42 +0000

If you’re an avid Small Burst reader you know I love plants and gardening, especially vegetable gardening. However, with such a busy work and home life, I haven’t done much of any gardening the past few years. I’ve been yearning to get my hands dirty and to finally get that veggie garden going. I didn’t think I can pull it off this year since life seems to be busier than ever, but, thanks to my wonderful, garden guru parents we now have a beautiful garden. They’ve included my faves; black krim heirloom tomatoes, early girl tomatoes, ichiban eggplants, string beans-just to name a few. My little lovies helped plant their favorites too. Can’t wait to see what else “crops” up in my back yard while my parents are here. My 4 year old daughter expressed how It would be a terrible shame to wake up one morning to find that critters had feasted on her watermelon seedlings. Her solution was to make a sign to ward off squirrels. I told her the next morning the signs must’ve worked-all seedlings were safe and sound. Her response: ” I don’t think squirrels can read.”

Have you started on your vegetable garden? What did you plant? I’m sure you’re all way ahead of me.

Ichiban eggplant

Early Girl Tomatoes

My Daughter's clever sign

Squirrels are not welcome

Sugar & Spice

SB — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:21:44 +0000

I’m still here blogland. Just busy with some projects. I just completed shooting an event for Sugar and Spice Fitness For Women with Martin Lourd Philippe. I had so much fun at this shoot because everyone was so nice and it was jam packed with some great vendors and speakers. I know, I know, I was supposed to be taking photos but I was taking mental notes of everything while I worked away. I also made my rounds to say hello to every vendor. Here’s a slideshow I put together of the event.

Sorry all. Just corrected Martin’s website address. His link above is now up and running! Check it out!

Busy Bee

SB — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:29:58 +0000

Yep, that’s what I’ve been- a busy bee. I’ve been working with Distinct Concepts and Martin Lourd Philippe Photography on a Bridal Showcase which took place this weekend. We featured our photography and design work. It was quite a bit of work to get everything together. We met lots of nice people and very talented vendors. Although we weren’t able to take photos of the entire event, our neighbor, Gourmet Cookies By Christine, allowed me to take a few photos of her gorgeous cookies. Oh, and they were delicious too! What did you do this weekend?

Our booth

One of the gorgeous models, Andrea

More beautiful models

How cute are these cookies?

I can see it now, table number cookies!