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I was giddy when I received my copy of the publication: Where Women Create, in the mail  this week. My photographs were featured in an article they did on the talented and beautiful Sarah Ahearn this month.

I love the idea behind this magazine and was excited to look through the issue. Trey is home from school this week, so I am spending most of my time playing and celebrating the time we have together, but I did cozy up with a cup of tea and the magazine yesterday, and what a treat! I loved seeing into the spaces of so many creative women. I found it so inspiring. I just adore working with Sarah and want to also give a big thank you to Amanda from Where Women Create for using my photographs.

Although this was pretty exciting, it didn’t quite match the giddiness I experienced when I opened the package that contained  Painted Pages (the book I photographed for Sarah Ahearn)*

Oh my goodness it is so beautiful!

Quarry did a fabulous job with the paper and the design just turned out to be such a lovely compliment to Sarah’s work. I love love love what Sarah did and am so honored that I was able to be a part of such a delightful book. Thank you Sarah! Thank you Quarry!

*Thank you so much Regina for sending me your very own copy so I could see it!

*pic of me taken by the lovely Darlene Kreutzer

This morning my husband brought in the mail and I was delighted to see this in the pile:

I have a dream.

My dream is to share through words and photographs, behind the scenes glimpses into the lives of artists and creative souls that I have been blessed to cross paths with. To share the wisdom that blossoms from our connecting and sharing. I have had this dream for at least a year now, and haven’t been sure how it will manifest. I still don’t know what forms this will take, but the collaborative article  “Sarah Ahearn Bellemare: Artist, Author and Mother“, that will be in the March/April Issue of the Somerset Studio Publication is the first manifestation of this dream.

After many all day photo sessions and conversations with Sarah, while working with her on her book, Painted Pages: Feuling Creativity Through Sketchbooks and Mixed Media (Quary Books, 2011), I found myself utterly inspired to share some of our experience with others.

My lovely and talented friend, Writer/Author Christine Chitnis encouraged me to pitch* my story idea and photographs to Stampington & Company for possible publication. I was over the moon when Christen over at Stampington & Company, replied to my pitch saying she liked the idea and thought it would be great for their publication, Somerset Studio.

So with deep gratitude to Sarah for her friendship, openness and support, here is a peek at the article. It should be on news stands soon…

*Christine Chitnis will be teaching a class called Pitch perfect at the Fall 2011 Squam Art Workshops in New Hampshire. She is a wealth of information and a wonderful teacher. If you are interested in learning how to pitch stories to publications this is a class that will help you tremendously!