All my Bags are packed I'm ready to go...

Ha ha, I know I used another part of that song for a title before but I can't help but use it again as I'm moving today!!! In this case all of my boxes are packed...including the 4, yes 4, large boxes it took to pack up my shoes. :-) My boyfriend Rob said that he didn't think they were all going to fit in my new closet...which was when I had to let him know not to worry because I have two shoe racks in addition to the custom shelving for my shoes that I had put in my closet. And NO, it's not quite like Carrie's in Sex and the City...but we all have to start somewhere, right?

I can't wait to show all of you my office once it's completed. To give you a preview, I have gray walls and one wall has a thick lipstick red stripe through it. To match Rob got me a sweet looking bright red ceiling fan for Christmas and for the window I'm making a red suede box valence (yes yes, I do have some sewing skills...we'll just see how great they are once I'm done).

Thanks again to Megan and Doug Aumack, Yvonne Moss, Rob Adams, my mom and dad, Allison (my roommate!!) and Joe Marino for helping with the move!!

Jinny and Koo Chung

Here's a really fun wedding that I shot with Kenny Kim and Tomas Flint. Koo is a producer and they're both musicians so not only did we get to see them perform at their own wedding (see shot of me above taking a pic of the crown, thanks Kenny), but they actually made a movie reinacting when they first met, them dating and the proposal. It was amazing!!! It was so much fun to watch because it was absolutely hilarious, but to top it off it was just so great to know their really special love story. Check out a bit of their day below!

New Website Addition!!

YaY!!! All of you MUST check out my website for the new addition! you'll notice it right away as it's the first thing that pops up. =)

(this is the part where you go to www.vanessajoy.com)

I am so unbelievably excited about this and on top of it there's a longer version that Michael has put on a DVD with bloopers and all sorts of fun stuff. :-) I'd be happy to send anyone a copy, just shoot me an e-mail (vanessa@vanessajoy.com), or you can go to Michael's blog to see the full thing as well as the bloopers reel! My post is about three down right now, but check out that first post about the TV, it's so cool!

I can't thank enough everyone who was involved in this!!! John Heyn, Michael and his wife Michelle , Darren LeBlanc, Yvonne Moss, Rob Adams, Gen and Justin LeBlanc, Kelley Gilligan and Chris Pham.

Where on earth have I been?

It HAS been a looooong time and everyone uses the "it's the holidays" excuse, but for me, I have some more exciting news. I bought my first home!!
So I closed on my home on the 12th of December and ever since then its been a bit of insanity. Everything from packing to painting and shopping to spackling has pretty much taken up all of my time. My dad, thankfully, was a painter back in the day (which was a Wednesday if anyone knows that from Dane Cook) so he showed me the ins and outs of painting and let me tell you, that is quite a job, especially since using painting tape was highly frowned upon. But there is certaintly something to be said about hard work paying off, because WOW what a difference! Who doesn't like makeovers?? Are you ready for some before and after pictures!?!?!


The Office is still missing a big red stripe through one of the walls... The Master Bedroom, formally known as the Barney Room.

The living room with bamboo floors!

The 2nd bedroom

Of course, I couldn't have done this all alone. I'm so grateful to have such amazing friends who've helped me. So since I've pretty much been banned from posting my friends' paint-covered pictures, I'll at least shout them out! Thanks ssssssssoooooooooooooooo much to Rob Adams (who single-handedly ripped up the 460 pounds of carpet in the rooms), my mom Marji, my dad Mike, my little bro Lucas, Karinn, Yvonne Moss, Nathalia, Trisha and Jillian!!!