Hey, guys! Good morning! It's Casual Friday! The above photo is one of my favorites ever of our dear Gummergal (Laura) being funny during a shoot. She keeps us laughing all day!
Just a little behind the scenes visual trickery. Photo albums are really hard to stack. A little patience and a few spools of thread, and, baby, you got a stew goin'.
This week we had a really fun shoot that you'll see pretty soon โ it left quite an interesting taste in our mouths. Who knew smoke bombs were so smelly!?
Just a quick little romantic photo that Emma took of Josh and me. It's basically just like The Notebook. It tells a love story for the ages if you look closely. ๐
And then since I (Sarah) am writing this, naturally I have to throw in a photo of my favorite baby ever! Say hi to IQ. We brought her up to the office to inspect Elsie's new office loveseat from Joybird. She loves it!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Friday and a restful and happy weekend. ๐ xo! -Sarah
Credits// Author: Sarah Rhodes. Photos: Emma Chapman and Sarah Rhodes. Photos edited with Petal from The Fresh Collection.
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Oh, this is probably my favorite Casual Friday ever! Yay, Sarah!
Thanks for the behind-the-scenes pics! I loved them.
haha emma’s face is the best!
and what a cute bub at the end – thanks for sharing sarah!
xoxo
The smoke bomb pictures have me cracking up! Happy Friday!
I love these little behind-the-scenes looks! And you guys look like you have so much fun working – that’s awesome. ๐
Jo
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Cute ๐
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i love this series!! all these photos are amazing!! that is such a clever idea of putting spools of thread in the photo albums to make them easier to stack!! you should do a post about clever ideas like this to make items easier/prettier to photograph!! i’m sure you have lots of brilliant ideas like this!! ๐ xoxo
Those smoke bombs pictures are perfection ahah
And it does have the exact same feel as The Notebook!
This is so cute guys and might I add super colorful. All those hues are popping here and there like crazy! It’s such a visual delight. These behind the scenes are so much fun!
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Great post. And Laura. Who is cuter?!?
imogen is so cute!!! and that couch is gorgeous!
xxoo,
nikki
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yay, casual friday!
celebrate!
Best casual Friday post ever! Love the behind the scenes photos, and the Notebook shot ๐
Can’t wait to see those photos with the smoke bombs! Were they handmade?
And Laura! So Cute!! Love the Casual Friday series. ๐
xx Kristina
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What a little dumpling of a child! This is so so sweet.
Warm Regards,
Alexandra
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I love this!! So many awesome shots! Ha those smoke bomb pics are hilarious! ๐
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Sarah, your baby is soooooo cute!!
LOL those smoke bomb pictures are hilarious… but that picture of your baby takes the cake. so beautiful!
SO cute!!! What kind of lens did you use for the last photo? It looks really cool!
Best casual Friday ever.
the pictures with the colored background are so cool! love the pink!
Xo, Belen
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You guys are so cute! I love all the color in these photos! Happy weekend to you, too!
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SO fun, love these photos!
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I love these Casual Friday posts so much!
I absolutely LOVE the spools in the photo albums. You guys are truly innovators in the best of ways. As for the smoke bombs…I’ve been there. A friend and I took photos with them, not realizing how hot or smelly they would be. They did look cool, though!
Casual Fridays are my favorite ABM posts! It’s SO COOL to see the behind the scenes of the photo shoots. You guys are so goofy ๐
Cat
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Casual Friday posts are probably my favorite!! :))
The caption on the photo of you and Josh! Hilarious! Great post! Thanks for the behind the scenes action. ๐ Have a lovely weekend!
Cannot wait to see that awesome smoke bomb shoot! Also, IQ is one of the cutest & prettiest babies, ever. For real. You guys cooked a good one.
xoxo
Taylor
so much fun and colorful pictures, love it !
xo, cheyenne
I wondered how you got those albums to stack! I was there is no way they filled them that full lol
IQ is QT!!!!
Thanks Cassie! It’s a 17-40mm Canon lens. ๐ -Sarah
aw thank you Julia! I gotta agree. ๐ -Sarah
We found the smoke bombs online! I don’t know if any of us are brave enough to mess with pyrotechnics. Maybe Josh. ๐ -Sarah
Megan you are too kind! ๐ I think my basic rule is that if it’s not working, figure out how to make it work! If it wasn’t spools of thread it would be alphabet blocks or tea lights or something else. You know? Hope that helps! xo – Sarah
Thank you Lizzie! “bub” what an adorable word! -Sarah
Looks so fun!!!
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The trick with the rolls of thread in between albums in really smart. Behind the scenes photos are my favourite! Have a lovely weekend ๐
M.
Great post!
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My keyboard is very angry at this post, but I can’t help but laugh! I thought the same thing about the smoke bombs…Josh made these lol
This series is soo much fun…smokes, FUN, looking forward to the video.. and Sarah, how have you not eaten her up yet, Imogen is the CUTEST!
xo
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these are quickly becoming my favorite posts ๐
I love the colorful dust photos, it looks like you have fun!
Love,
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Love that Joybird Couch!!!
Favorite part of this post was the Arrested reference!
Loved your post Sarah!!!
love this installment! casual fridays are my favorite.
xo, rn
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Any chance that you would share the paint color on the front door??? Happy Friday!
Oh my God SMOKE BOMBS!!! I forgot those existed.
Hi Rose! It’s Valspar Laguna Green ๐ -Jacki
These are great photos, but my fave part was definitely that smooth Arrested Development reference. My kind of blogger! ๐
Thank you for quoting Carl Weathers.
I love seeing the behind the scenes stuff like this – proves that’s it’s not all as easy as it looks, and all the work that goes on that we don’t see. Love the colour of that sofa in the last shot too. the rug and pillows are perfect!
My jaw just dropped over that love seat. WOW!
It seems that Elsie has bought multiple sofas since she bought her home. Where do they all go?!
where are those pillows in the last photo from? love them!!
You are so very talented! I just love all your photos.
Caitlin, thank you! What can I say, who doesn’t love a good inspirational Carl Weathers wisdom drop. ๐ xo- Sarah
Can I just say how much I really appreciate the gem of an Arrested Development quote thrown in this post? So.Great.
Love this series so much! And seriously laughed out loud at the “and baby, you got a stew join'” quote! Love me some AD!!! <3
A million thank yous for that Carl Weathers quote <3
That last picture is too cute for words! I also love seeing your behind the scenes trickery photos!