New Photos Posted: Lily

About time we put up some more photos, eh? Well, it's certainly not for lack of taking photos, that's for sure. Anyway, these photos were taken of my niece early last Fall. We (my sister and I) had wanted to wait for the leaves to change but then couldn't wait any longer due simply to our excitement to do photos once more. Here are some of my favorites from that afternoon (obviously, I was feeling lazy about the formatting this time):

Christmas Cards

I was hoping to have taken family photos this year for the Christmas cards I was hoping to send out earlier this month, but it seems we just never had the time... I did, however, get the opportunity to take some photos of Colette in her Christmas dress and all of which you can see here. It's also looking like I'm not even going to have time to send out the card I've thrown together at the last minute it being so close to Christmas now. But I will, at least, get to include it with all of the Christmas cookies we will start to distribute Friday night. Here's what I've come up with for those of you who are curious to see.

And should we not have the opportunity to say so later on... HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! AND, A HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Christmas Cookies Broadcast

So... no, no photos. Sorry. BUT, we do have an event. Yup, an event! Every year, around this time of year, we broadcast ourselves making Christmas cookies. It's become a strange kind of Mahler Christmas tradition, although I can't promise that it will be especially entertaining for those watching. At least, I can't promise that it will be anything like most of the Food Network's programming. But, it is something to watch in case you are interested. And for those of you who enjoy baked goods of every assortment, it'll be guaranteed to whet your appetite. I, myself, will be baking all week, although I don't believe we plan on broadcasting all of that time. At least, I hope not...

Here's what I'll be making for this year's batch of cookies (truffles, bars, and brownies):

1. Peanut Blossoms


2. Chocolate Crinkles


3. Coconut Macaroons


4. Candy Cane Cookies


5. Peanut Butter Balls


6. Peppermint Meringues


7. Magic Cookie Bars


8. Apple Brownies


9. Chocolate Truffles

And because I have so much to do (between both of our large families and friends), I have made up a schedule for myself to keep things organized. Here's what it's looking like so far (see below photo):

Monday (12/19):

•  Prepare / bake Peppermint Meringues

Tuesday (12/20):

• Prepare Peanut Butter Balls
• Prepare Chocolate Truffles

Wednesday (12/21):

• Prepare Candy Cane Cookies
• Prepare / bake Magic Cookie Bars
• Finish Peanut Butter Balls
• Finish Chocolate Truffles

Thursday (12/22):

• Prepare Chocolate Crinkles
• Prepare Coconut Macaroons
• Prepare Peanut Blossoms
• Bake Candy Cane Cookies

Friday (Main Broadcasting) (12/23):

• Bake Chocolate Crinkles
• Bake Peanut Blossoms
• Bake Coconut Macaroons
• Bake Apple Brownies

This pretty much means I will be in the kitchen the majority of the week... For those of you in the area, stop by and say hi! Be a part of the process! I mean that both literally and figuratively, of course... 

Happy Holidays, everyone! And, be sure to keep an eye on our Twitter to see when we'll be broadcasting!

New Photos Posted: Victus Creus

When our friend Amy described for me what she had in mind for this particular series of photos, I started to get excited. Not that I don't get excited every time I get to do photos for someone - I consider it a privilege more than a job really - but this was something different...

We met up downtown near an ol' favorite venue of mine and Eric's - Kilby Court. Kilby had been the place where I had seen Carissa's Weird, Nika, The Microphones. It was the place where I would first see Eric perform on the drums w/ The Annuals (later to be called Band of Annuals) before he decided to leave the band to live a life of spousal (and later parental) responsibility (hahahahahaha.... oh, wait).

Anyway, the area was perfect. The concept was perfect. The group was perfect.

Victus Creus is their name, and they are "a clothing and and art company working to empower everyone through artistic expression of all kinds." In other words, they are a unique group of people - Ned, Chris, Brin, and Amy - working to promote just the sort of thing we offer you here... art without boundaries, without exclusivity. Art that is not mass-produced or commercialized. Art that will lend itself as much to the artist as it does to the viewer.

And thanks to this awesome group of individuals, we are able to offer you a glimpse of just some of the art we produced that day! Here are some of my favorites: 

         

And, one more thing: a big THANKS to Mason for making our day!