Back To My Roots

There's no place like home.
Is there?

After taking a two month break from blogging
to focus on other pursuits
( and to take a much needed break ),
I'm happy and excited to be returning to this little ole blog.
Home.

I've missed you!

Coming up soon, a magazine feature that I wrote and photographed
on a local boutque owner, Jill Elliott.
And for the holidays, a big shop feature
that I photographed for Binky Morgan's shop in Llano, Texas.

Two features, two different publications.

I'll be sure and share all the deets as the time draws near.

I hope you've all had a rockin' Summer.

Happy to be back!

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Summer Break

Taking a late Summer break 

from blogging.

{ my "child", Winnie }

See you here in the Fall,

or on my Facebook, page,

Be safe!

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but please come visit me here...

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New French Goodies at Timeless Menagerie

Greetings!
I made a quick stop into one of my favorite
shops in Fredericksburg, Texas,
Timeless Menagerie,
and was delighted to find that the crew
had pretty much totally re-set the store
and it's now filled to the brim
with treasures from Lori's recent
shopping excursion to France.

Quick disclaimer: this was not one
of our regular photo shoots, I just happened by
with only my iPhone. So please forgive the phone pics!

Loved these French postcard bundles.
So many to choose from!

These fantastic, HUGE, to-die-for urns.

To me, the crown jewel from the whole

trip, this enormous wedding portrait.

Divine!

Whimsical children's books.

Stacks of vintage drawers,

perfect for crafting supplies, letters, anything!

Of course, I grabbed several bundles

of these charming French postcards.


Always plenty of nature-based items
to feather your nest.

Hope you enjoyed the tour!

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Local Beauty

Happy Fourth of July Week!

And welcome to my new "comment-free" blog.

No pressure to leave a pithy quip,

just enjoy the photos, and if you are so inclined,

pay me a visit over at my Facebook page,

Anne Lorys Photography.

I'd love to have you "like" and share my page!

This go 'round, I'm happy to be sharing a few sneaks

and out-takes from an upcoming magazine feature

on my good friend, Jill Elliott.

Jill is an accomplished designer, and owns MY

favorite clothing store in the whole wide world,

Haberdashery Boutique in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Enjoy!

Classic Jill, mixing textures and elements

to create the perfect vignette.

The Elliott's historic Hill Country home....

with the welcoming committee in the front yard.

Everything about this space

is perfection to me.

Part of Jill's collection of

tarnished silver. She actually designed

her entire kitchen around this!

I fell in love with this
equine beauty!

And speaking of beauty...

That's beautiful Jill herself!

The magazine feature, which I have written

as well as photographed, will be out later in the Fall.

Details to follow.

But should you find yourself 

in my neck of the woods,

please pay my friend Jill a visit 

at her divine boutique...

Haberdashery Boutique, Facebook Page

203 East Main St.

Fredericksburg, Texas

830.990.2462

jill@haberdasheryboutique.com

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Google Reader Shutting Down

I know that many blog readers use Google Reader

for subscribing to my blog

as well as other blogs new post updates.

It's been mentioned before,
but I wanted to let you know again

that as of tomorrow- July 1st 2013-

Google Reader is shutting down

and will not be updating you on posts any longer.

:(

The good news is that there are
a couple of easy fixes
for you to continue to follow along.

I know that some of you probably already follow
via different feed services, etc.

but if you do use Google Reader
and want to continue following,

I have signed up to share my blog updates
over at Bloglovin'

so you can subscribe there

or

sign up to have an email sent to you
whenever there is a new post up.

To subscribe with Bloglovin~ You can FOLLOW ME HERE.

To receive my posts delivered right to your inbox,

click on the "Follow Fiona and Twig by Email"

link to the right on your sidebar

Also, don't forget to verify your email

subscription when it first shows up in your inbox.

And once again,
the absolute BEST way to keep track
of what I'm up to is via my Facebook page,
right HERE.

Thanks so much to sweet Courtney at

French Country Cottage

for letting me swipe her blog post

in order to get the word out!

Have a wonderful week!



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This Is The Life

Ain't it, though?

I loved the sentiment expressed on this tray so much

that I titled my blog post in its honor.

Life in the Texas Hill Country 

is pretty darn good these days.

The house is fabulous. We've started work

on enhancing the front porch area by adding

a flower garden, new shrubbery, and lots

of fun yard and garden art.

True, I did find a rattlesnake on the front porch

last week, but that's a Texas Summer for ya!

At this writing, I have two nifty editorial projects

I'm working on for the Romantic Homes 

family of magazines, and have been keeping

super busy doing commercial photo shoots for

my local retail clients.

A new client added recently is

eWay Furniture, located in the ever charming

downtown Fredericksburg, Texas.

I completed my first shoot there last week,

and I'm happy to be sharing a handful

of those images with you now...

LOVE this NY piece!

It's a great treasure chest of a store...

a little of this, a little of that.

It defies categorization, and I love

the fact that I never know what I'll find around

the next corner in the shop.

I'm gearing up to begin doing ad 

and editorial photography for a brand new magazine

published by the team that brings you

The Best of Fredericksburg Magazine.

I have several ads in the current issue

for three different shops.

And the new magazine, 

set for a Spring 2014 launch,

will be almost exclusively mine, photographically speaking.

No pressure there!

In the meantime,

the business is growing...

Growth = change.

I've been thinking about changing this

to a comment-free blog. 

Given that I spend so much

of my limited internet time on my 

Facebook Business Page,

I sort of want to encourage those of you who

want to interact with me to do so there.

It's just quicker and easier, and feels more

like "home" to me. 

The art of writing an engaging blog post

isn't my strong suit these days. 

It feels like a droning monologue,

when what I'm craving is a dialogue, and Facebook

is just more conducive to that.

You are cordially invited to head on over

and "like" my business page,

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And still look for me here,

as I'll be keeping up with all of you

and your respective blogs. You guys still

inspire and motivate me to be better,

try harder and keep growing.

Stay cool, stay safe,

and have a fantastic Summer of 2013!

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A Fredericksburg Gem

Happy Thursday!

This is gonna be

short and sweet today.

Like what you see below?

{ double click to super size }

Me too!

It's my friend Jill's house here in Fredericksburg,

She owns a fabulous clothing boutique

called Haberdashery

and is just a wonderful gal

in every sense of the word.

Her home is going to be featured

in a National publication later this Fall,

and it was my honor to do the photo shoot.

Now I've found out that I'll be writing the story, too!

Love flexing those writing muscles.

Have a great weekend,

And pop on over to see what I've been

up to on Facebook....

Anne Lorys Photography

I'd be honored it you "liked"

and shared my page with others

while you're there.

Leaving you with a teaser here....

be sure to check Facebook tomorrow

to see pics of my new tattoo......

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but please come visit me here...

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