Last time I was here I was writing to welcome in 2010 and January. Now I’m saying goodbye to January. Eesh! I don’t plan to make that a habit, but with a handful of trips and a sickness this week that has completely had me down and out, the blog got bumped from my to do list.

This weekend I’m participating in the Classic City Bridal Show in Auburn. I’ve never done a bridal show before, so we’ll see if I come back next week having loved it. I’ve been doing a lot of preparation for the show and ordered a boatload of new samples. My fabulously handy husband, Mitch has also been helping me with my booth construction. Today as I sat in my umpteenth day of a drug haze, I heard our door buzzer and remembered that my new sample album was due to arrive today. I am so glad that I’ll have this big book to show off to all of the brides this weekend. I pretty much instantly fell in love with it!

Second only to the fantastic print and construction quality, my favorite thing about these books are how creative they allow you to be. There are at least a trillion different combinations of cover materials, images mixed in with the covers, and specialty materials (think glass and metal) that you can combine to create a totally unique album.

I went a little non-traditional with this sample, for those of you out there thinking that material might be a little too wild for you.

The creased pages allow the spreads to flow so beautifully throughout the entire album.

Just a note to any 2010 brides, my schedule is filling up very quickly. Email me at anna@annalynchmcclary.com to get the ball rolling today!

-alm

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It may be 2010 in the real world, but in my little blog world I still have lots to post from 2009. I find it so crazy that it has been 10 years since all of the Y2K worry, and even more how much has changed in a short 10 years. 10 years ago I was just discovering the freedom that being 16 and having a driver’s license could bring. I thought that life was incredibly hard and full of stress, if only I had known how easy it was. It is hard to believe that over the last decade I met some of my best friends, graduated from high school and college, moved enough times to make me never want to do it again, had my heart broken a couple times, went through some rough patches, met and married the man of my dreams, started my own business and found so much happiness. It really feels like all at once 2000 was a lifetime ago and a minute ago. I’m sure in 2020 I’ll have a million new memories to add to the list, and feel the exact same way.

A little note to anyone waiting on an email or call back from me, today is my first day back after about three weeks off. I’m slowly working my way through my inboxes so keep an eye out!

Now, to kick off 2010 right, with a blue eyed little boy who has grown an absolute TON since we shot these!

These eyes will break many girls’ hearts.

This could quite possibly be one of my favorite images ever. There is something just so timeless about Hudson and his mommy.

-alm

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