Great Shot Nicole

Christmas 2010

2010-12-09T21:18:00.001-08:00

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I feel so animated!

2009-06-05T10:23:00.000-07:00

How cute are these....and me?! I know it's been days, weeks, and months since I've wrote--but I've been SO busy with new jobs and new projects! One of them being the "Cupcake" for The Cupcakes Club--an online girls website for the tweens to teens crowd- and these drawings are for a new tshirt they're working on along with doing some video for a new page they're creating. Hope to post more soon so you can get the idea- it's delicious!

Where's Nicole?

2009-04-30T21:33:00.001-07:00

So you thought I was kidnapped and brought to a deserted island with no Internet access, right? Or you thought I took a vow of Internet celibacy never to be tempted to touch a keyboard again?
Nope. Sorry.
Life. Good life.
Graduating in a few short weeks *yes,yes,yes*
I'm moving up in my career; interviewed and earned a new job which makes me feel *good * really good*
I've also got a new job as a spokesmodel...my lips are sealed...no details yet... but all I can tell you is that it is *sweet * really sweet*
I'll share more later--thank you to everyone who has been so patient with me!

Color Me Confused

2009-04-05T17:57:00.001-07:00

Peter and I are trying to come up with a color to paint for a living room/kitchen wall...so many colors and so few walls!

up,up, and away

2009-03-31T21:44:00.000-07:00

Such a bad blogger that I am for not checking in...but I feel a bit like this girl possibly flying here and there (that is; if we call "flying" speeding to and fro in my Honda) and keeping way too busy.
I hope to post some pics for a fashion show--can you say RUNWAY--and how excited I was!

2009-03-11T23:12:00.000-07:00

the eyes have it on this one.

Details

2009-03-04T20:48:00.000-08:00

It's all in the details and these are sheer perfection...the little tucks, the pleats, the surprises.

Happy Weekend

2009-02-27T06:47:00.000-08:00

hope your weekend will be beautiful!

2009-02-16T20:37:00.000-08:00

This was an amazing house to take photos in!

Be mine, Valentine

2009-02-13T15:49:00.000-08:00

Have a lovebird sort of weekend. Sorry for the lack of posts but some exciting things are happening in Nicole-land--stay tuned!

Sunny Scottsdale

2009-02-04T21:04:00.000-08:00

The weather in Arizona has been GORGEOUS so I thought I would share some shots of fun in the sun...and yes, I'm wearing sunscreen.

Chanel fashion show

2009-02-01T08:36:00.000-08:00

amazing. gorgeous. love it!

photo booth

2009-01-25T20:37:00.000-08:00

I love the idea of a photo booth ....and a vintage one is even better! Wouldn't it be fun to have at a wedding and have the guests "sign in" that way?!

Photo shoot

2009-01-21T20:16:00.000-08:00

A bit embarassing showing Peter's dad :) and I don't think my grandma will be seeing these either.

PolaCalendar

2009-01-17T21:06:00.000-08:00

I thought this was pretty amazing with a Polaroid camera, imagination, and a sightseeing tour of a city (I'm assuming!) Marc Brubaker's Polaroid calendar.

more me

2009-01-16T16:35:00.000-08:00

"This? Just this? Are you sure?" I asked the photographer.

"I do trust you...I just don't want my panties to show."

"Ohhhhhhh....well; try not to let my butt show"

Another day at the office.

hello

2009-01-12T21:52:00.000-08:00

it's Peter's birthday today! Hello sweetie...welcome home.

New Year= New Pics!

2009-01-11T10:40:00.000-08:00

Before the holidays hit I was fortunate to work with photographer Kelly Cappelli of Studio 5 for a fabulous shoot inside a gorgeous Scottsdale home. SO many AMAZING photos...everything a girl could want with perfect lighting and creative ideas. I hope you'll enjoy the next few posts filled with beautiful photos (I realize how self absorbed that must sound because I'm the girl in the photos!! BUT truly, Kelly has an amazing talent to find gorgeous light and create a stunning shot)

*click on the photo for a "fill your screen" look

Perfect Party Planning

2009-01-03T21:15:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Everyone! Hope you all welcomed 2009 with a sweet kiss and not an unwanted hangover! Peter and I went to a party that was so well planned and thought out. Thank you to our host, and thank you to the bartender for the many drinks to toast the New Year in with, and...

thank you to the chauffered limousine that took all the guests home that enjoyed all the toasts of merriment and fun. That's what a party is supposed to be--no worries when the clock strikes midnight (this includes losing shoes, turning into pumpkins, or being pulled over with a DUI) Happy 2009!

2008-12-29T12:16:00.000-08:00

What did I get in my stocking? Certainly NOT the Maï Lamore “rose” stilettos, with gold heel and bee.
Mai Lamore has designed a pair of shoes worthy of being called art. The thorny heels are 18 karat gold and the silk petals are hand-dyed. The bee is made of gold, onyx and agate.Price $27,945 !!!

Check out an interview with Ms. Lamore:

The couture shoes by Mai Lamore

Layers

2008-12-29T12:14:00.000-08:00

Loving these layers to warm up on a frosty wintry day.

Visions of Sugarplums

2008-12-25T21:39:00.000-08:00

Wouldn't this give you sweet dreams? Remember what fun it used to be in first grade to whip one of these suckers together?

SNOW Cool

2008-12-24T13:43:00.001-08:00

Happy Christmas to everyone! Live free, be happy, and enjoy the moment.
photo by cig harvey

Ready for Ruffles

2008-12-21T21:31:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of posts--studying for finals +the holiday season +waiting for some shots from a recent photo shoot (can't wait to show you them!) add up to a busy Nicole. I did happen to spot these sweet ruffles that seemed to sing flirty and fun. Hope your holidays will be like that too!

Miss Dior

2008-12-13T13:16:00.000-08:00

Sofia Coppola has directed a happy new commercial for Christian Dior’s Miss Dior Chérie fragrance with model Maryna Linchuk. The song she uses is ‘Moi Je Joue’ by Brigitte Bardot. THIS would be a dream job!

love it

2008-12-09T15:00:00.000-08:00

could.you.die. TOO fabulous Penelope Cruz and photography: gilles marie zimmermann

Warm It Up

2008-12-08T20:30:00.000-08:00

How snuggly would you feel wearing this to warm yourself up? From Fringe on Etsy.

Holiday Heels

2008-12-02T20:38:00.000-08:00

Practical? Not so much. Fabulous? Oh yes.

Happy Holidays

2008-11-28T20:59:00.000-08:00

Holiday time means Peter and I travel up north to see the family and to feast on fun and food. To me, it's FREEZING when the temps dip to the 50's so I was bundled up with J Crew down vest and scarf...brrrrr (although the champagne did help take the edge off!)

Thanksgiving Fashion

2008-11-24T22:40:00.000-08:00

A little bohemian and I'm loving the top that can hide the turkey :)

2008-11-23T21:40:00.000-08:00

Isn't this a great week? Thanksgiving is just a special time to take a moment and be thankful...to our family, our friends, and the things that make life special.

Details

2008-11-18T21:48:00.000-08:00

I am loving the details on this outfit. The swish of the skirt, the elastic on the arm, the ruffle on the shoulder...so sweet.

Paris is everywhere

2008-11-16T21:43:00.001-08:00

I happened to be on Fashion Toast and saw this photo of Rumi with Paris at a party- and then remembered that last year I got to chill with the hotel heiress during Super Bowl festivities in Phoenix. It was really a fun night and she was SO sweet and asked (since my name is Nicole) if I'd like to be her new best friend. Hmmm...what would you say?

What to Wear

2008-11-15T20:13:00.000-08:00

You may think this is just a film about Nicole and how difficult it is to find something to wear...but, you would be wrong my friend. This is the holiday clothing line,The Row, from Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The setting was Mary-Kate's home in L.A.--do you love the fur comforter?!

This was fun-

2008-11-11T18:44:00.000-08:00

If the lighting were better you would see this amazing hand tailored cape I was wearing for one of the fashion shows. It was a great experience and I really did learn quite a bit from working with and observing the other girls.

More--

2008-11-10T06:59:00.000-08:00

Okay- how fabulous are these colors? Love, love, love it.

Fashion Week!

2008-11-09T13:01:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of posts but I've actually been a part of Scottsdale Fashion Week! Go Nicole! It's very exciting with lots of models, designers, the white tents being set up (can you say Project Runway?!)...and last week I was asked to model jewelry at Occasions! By Design , one of the art galleries we have in town for the fashion week event. More pics to come...stay tuned!

Brrrr

2008-11-05T05:09:00.000-08:00

I think this is adorable although maybe a little much for our Arizona :)

Smile!

2008-11-01T15:58:00.000-07:00

Loving the Polaroids above the fireplace...what a fun way to show off your family and friends and create a piece of art.

Halloween- MAKE IT WORK!

2008-10-30T22:51:00.001-07:00

"Gather Round" --what a great Halloween party! And what a good sport Peter was as Tim Gunn and showing more than enough leg was yours truly as Heidi Klum. Hope you have a great Halloween and get lots of treats- and no tricks- Auf Wiedersehen!

Deep Breath

2008-10-29T23:26:00.000-07:00

This may look like I'm calm, cool, collected but this week is CRAZY. Work, midterms, fashion show, and daily life...photos to come.

Wash it Off

2008-10-28T22:14:00.000-07:00

Sometimes if you've had a bad day, you just have to wash it off and get ready for a better day tomorrow. That's what I'm going to do. Blue skies.

An Open Letter to the Person who STOLE my Computer:

2008-10-28T16:03:00.001-07:00

I won't start this post about listening to your heart and returning what is mine, because obviously, you have no heart or feelings when you can steal someone else's possessions.
I'm sure you were disappointed that I did not have piles of cash sitting in my bedroom and the thing you perceived of value was my MacBook and Peter's watch to throw under your clothes to steal from our home.
You know; I worked countless hours to pay for that piece of equipment needed for my school, and now I will have to put in extra hours and find other jobs on the weekend, so I may afford another since you and your sick mind thought it would be easier for you to steal my laptop rather than work for one for yourself.
If you needed money for food, we would have fed you. If you needed a place to rest, we have extra beds...why did you steal?
I can only hope that you run across my blog on the "favorites"from MY computer, or the new owner (that you sell my computer to at some ridiculously low price) will read this and realize what a low life piece of scum you are.
I hope you also realize that I will find you. From the police, a friend of a friend, the pawn shop, but sometime and somewhere I will know who you are. I'm just lucky like that.
I will invite you over, just like the countless other times you have been invited over and offer you a most exotic dish for supper that you will eat, just like the many other times. Only this time, at night when you should be enjoying a nice, restful sleep...there will only be sadness, anxiety, and the gnawing feeling that something is not right with your life. You will always be looking over your shoulder and you will always feel like you are never good enough...and the thing is, you aren't. You're just a loser with a used computer.

Walk into it

2008-10-27T06:39:00.000-07:00

I love this shot. Sometimes you feel like a little kid and then-POW-
you're all grown up. Great birthday, fabulous party- photos to come!

Special day

2008-10-24T08:34:00.000-07:00

Guess who's having a birthday today? *giggle* Hope your day is as special as mine will be!

Bohemian Babe

2008-10-23T13:41:00.000-07:00

Another shot from the SB jewelry collections. I'm getting a very 70's vibe from this picture...although I wasn't born yet, I can only imagine the laid back, easy going lifestyle from that decade.

So pretty

2008-10-22T22:00:00.000-07:00

Anne Hathaway in the October issue of W. So gorgeous. Photographed by Mario Sorrenti. My secret wish is that one of these fabulous photographers will google himself up; click to my blog; and you know...the rest is history.

Hair Today- Up Tomorrow

2008-10-21T22:00:00.000-07:00

When you're trying to break into the fashion business you do a lot of things to get your face recognized, your legs noticed, and your name out there. No, I don't do porn- so dirty old man who's crusing through the blogs can just go someplace else. I DID do a hair show this weekend though- it was FUN!
This was the day after the color...lots of fall colors and luckily I walked out feeling really happy instead of the girl with yellow and pink hair (not saying there's anything wrong with yellow and pink hair, reader..just not my thang)
The next day the stylists put it up and it was really a fun look and I would love to do it again and put it with jeans, a t-shirt and a casual vibe.
Sort of like Princess Leia on crack ...but it's amazing isn't it? and it was really an easy thing to learn to do. All this and a few extra $$...not bad for a weekend of creative hair.

Woke up...Got out of bed...

2008-10-19T22:07:00.000-07:00

A day in the life of Nicole. I'm usually running from here to there, work to school, and seriously never have time to take a normal, everyday photograph let alone post it. Crazy life and I won't bore you with the details. But this day was different. My Mister P, my sweet Peter said,"I've got the camera, let's get the shot, let's do it." How easy was that?

Dangle in the Details

2008-10-19T21:39:00.000-07:00

I recently was asked to model jewelry for SB Collections ,and there was no way I was going to pass up the opportunity! Sarah Cornwell, the owner and designer, does amazing work and it was a joy to wear such beautiful baubles and treasures. The photographer, Hollye Schumacher, was so much fun to work with and captured the light perfectly.

The Ugg-ly Season

2008-10-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

Love them or hate them, as soon as the temperature drops around here I am jumping in my Uggs. My feet become frozen Popsicles when the thermometer reaches 50 degrees and these Australian slippers keep them nice and toasty.

Happy Day!

2008-10-15T17:14:00.000-07:00

Although I'm not an official card carrying model of an agency, I may be doing some modeling and rubbing elbows with the movers and shakers of the fashion world in the next couple of weeks! Go Nicole!

How tall are you, nicole?

2008-10-13T21:46:00.000-07:00

Could you die? These seriously sexy shoes with sweet little cotton footies are from Prada. The best part: wearing them would make me approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall...priceless.

Ruffles!

2008-10-13T21:30:00.001-07:00

Color me such a girl but what girl wouldn't love to float into a room with ruffles, ruffles, and more ruffles draped all over her. I would love to touch this fabric, to wear these designs from Luisa Beccaria Spring 09 collection.... per favore, Signora Beccaria?

Baby, it's cold outside

2008-10-11T22:02:00.000-07:00

I know. It's the expected swimsuit shot ...but, you need to have it for any modeling agency. I think it's for them to make sure you don't have a third boob or that there isn't a hole in your stomach or something weird like that. Whatever. For any perverts out there: No. I'm not looking and shame on you for thinking those thoughts. For any credible and legitimate agency- yes; I'm available.

Shoot Me like This?

2008-10-11T21:55:00.000-07:00

So, people have asked me if this is what I mean with "great shot"...paparazzi crawling over the car to get a shot of me with my Mister P. Oh. My. God. No. That would be more than annoying. I'm looking for controlled flashbulbs, please.

Project Runway History Test

2008-10-10T13:31:00.000-07:00

Remember Kara Janx from Project Runway/first season? I was lucky enough to be given the hat from the top photo--adorable! Hand knit chunky woolen hat that is too much fun to wear. I think she was just on the show again and judging some of this season's contestant's looks...thanks Kara- I love it!

Waiting

2008-10-09T21:40:00.000-07:00

So, here I am thinking about what's for dinner. Just kidding.
I like this shot; the reflection; the lighting... and I'm sure I was really thinking about something. This was taken by photographer Holly Schumacher who's just so fabulous and fun to work with. I'll try to post some everyday shots. Real life; Real me. I mean; who wouldn't want to see me eating cereal or drying my hair?!

Work Wear

2008-10-09T09:05:00.001-07:00

In daily real life, something like this is what I might wear to my place of employment...otherwise known as WORK. Except, I would need to add a parka because it's SO COLD in the office I feel like I work in the frozen foods department of a grocery store.

Who's that girl?

2008-10-08T22:13:00.001-07:00

Hey there. Wouldn't it be great if you always got what you wanted? Well, maybe not all the time.
***** Not a good idea if you want to eat the entire bowl of cookie dough that you just whipped up.
*****Or not a great idea if you want to run into the car that just stole your parking spot.
*****But what I want, is to walk a runway; to light up a room with flashbulbs bursting when I pose in an amazing outfit; and for an agency to call and say "We saw your photos! Great shot, Nicole". That's what I'm looking for and that's why I'm here.