FINALLY…it’s arrived!!! I just can’t tell ya how badly we wanted an update to our intro page…and we GOT IT!!! For those of you who might be a little lost on exactly what that is it’s the page that comes up before entering the actual website also known as a ’splash page’ in the technical world. Now our clients (soon to be friends) and photog/design peeps can stay in contact with us easier and vis versa.  We’ve added a link to join our fan club (where you’ll receive newsletters & cool happenings via email) and a purple nickel facebook fan page too!!! Ohh and now my mom can easily tell the difference between our website & our blog by a click of a button…LOL. YIPPIE!

I also must mention that all this deliciousness was cooked up by the fabulously patient graphic designer Renee Rist owner of Ribbons of Red. When it comes to our branding Eric & I are quite picky.  We strive on setting the tone of who we are from the very beginning and Renee totally stayed with us.   Showing our personalities to new & returning vistors is HUGE.  Since Eric tends to design on paper and in Photoshop we knew we had to hire a web designer to help us in the cyber la la land. The whole coding and html thing just blows our minds and we get lost quite quickly.  So in all…hire a designer who can help your visions come to life!!!  Your brain will reward you.  Thank you Renee!!!

 

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OMG…we can hardly stand it…in 24 hours Purple Nickel Studio is gonna be on ‘blogtalkradio‘ with Kristen Kalp our lovely witty host from ‘totallyradactions‘!!!  Eric & I are sooooooo EXCITED and would LOVE for all our peeps to listen in.  This is HUGE FOR US!!!  The interview will be ‘live’ over phone lines on Friday (tomorrow) @ 10am Mountain/Arizona Time…so mark it down in your iPhones, Blackberry’s, and MAC calendars…or a post-it works well too!  No need to worry if you miss it…after the interview it will also be available online for listeners to download incase you couldn’t tap in to all the goodness.  Click on the image below to check out the site. Thanks again for all your AH-MAZING cheering and we can’t wait to chat it up with Kristen!!!  We would also LOVE to answer some questions during the interview from our friends…so don’t be shy! If we’re not able to get to all of them totally drop us line and we’ll gladly respond back.  If you have any questions right now that you can think of…please leave a comment down below and we’ll do our bestest to cover it in the interview and on our blog afterwards!!!  It can be about anything…

 

FABULOUS TIMES ARE DEFINITELY HAPPENING IN PURPLE NICKEL LAND…WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE & GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!

The count down is on…

 

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A few weeks ago we received a lovely little package.  What was in it you ask?  Well keep reading to see.  I anxiously jumped out of my desk chair as I could hear the UPS truck coming down the road and I immediately darted for the front door.  The UPS guy (also known as Cliff) loves to honk his horn obnoxiously when arriving at our place.  It’s an inside joke!!!  No really it is.  He swears up and down that when ever he just rings our doorbell that we don’t hear it…so instead he lets us know far in advance when he’s arriving.  He even does the ‘good bye’ honk as he’s pulling away.  Awwwww…gotta love it.  As I glanced at the return label I just knew it was Marcy & Tony’s MOD book!!! I have been sooooo excited to see this fully designed book that Eric created.  We’ve been wanting to construct a Couture|Book for quite sometime and when we told Marcy & Tony about our ideas they were totally onboard.  I LOVE OUR CLIENTS!!! It took much longer than expected on our end & we graciously thanked them for being so patient.  It was totally worth the wait!!!  Before handing off this unique 10×13 goodie to the new proud owners I just had to take images to post for all of you to see & drool over.  

For our past clients (new friends)…let us know if you’re interested in creating one from your fabulously funky flipside/me2 portrait session.

For our photographer peeps…let us know if you have any questions regarding Couture|Book & the design process.  They also have a branch/lab located in Phoenix, Arizona!!! We will gladly share our experience! They have so many yummy books to choose from.  We *heart* the EARTH COLLECTION.

 

Left image is the front of the book & right image is the back.  Love the little ‘peek-a-boo’ window of text. So fun!

 

 

Closer details of window & exterior ’see-through’ binding.  All hand sewn & stitched.

 

 

Interior binding & page detail.

 

 

 

It feels & looks like a modern artists’ sketch book only filled with a mixture of graphic design and hip photography!

 

 

We always put our signature nickel’d greeting inside the cover of all our books…adds a touch of whimsey.

 

 

A spin on the regular ‘table of contents/chapters’.  Just a cool little guide of each location we visited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paired next to our other fabulous MOD 10×10 hard cover book which has a completely different feel.  I’m going to do a blog post on those shortly as well.

 

 

To see their original blog post & a slideshow of the whole yummy album…click here!

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IT’S OFFICIAL!!!  We didn’t wanna get our hopes up until there was a definite date for our interview…and now there is!!!  August 28th Friday @ 10 a.m. Mountain/Arizona time we’re getting our smack on with Kristen Kalp from Totally Rad Actions (you know the insanily-creative Boutwells). HOLY MOLY EXCITING. Kristen contacted us a few weeks ago saying that someone referred us (who still remains anonymous…YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE BUT WE DON’T…so just tell us already so we can give you a big OL’ HUG SANDWICH!)…honestly we don’t know who did such a lovely thing. ‘Is this a JOKE?’ That was my first reaction.  Kristen immediately sensed my excitement and disbelief from our initial email response and said ‘No REALLY you were indeed referred and suggested to be interviewed by TRA!.’ We’re still in shock.  And right now I’m subconsiously thinking ‘OMG…I hope I don’t say ‘LIKE’ like a million times throughout the live interview.’  I actually do have a bad habit of saying that stinkin word when describing things and telling random stories.  I’ll have to tack up a whole list of other words to use instead of ‘like’…LOL.  Any suggestions?  It would be kinda funny to deliberately come up with similar words as my crazy little evil plan to get around actually saying it! Don’t you think?

 

So obviously we are ecstatic & hope you can all tune in to catch our interview!!!  Click on the image to go to blogtalkradio and schedule a reminder. PRETTY PLEASE.

 

 

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Happy Monday!  These totally made me giggle…don’t you agree?!.  I just had to snag a few whimsey coasters from the delightfully designed Bourbon Steakhouse restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona during an Editorial shoot last weekend with the fabulous Desert Living Magizine. Ever come up with a pick up line or had one thrown your way that just made you cringe?. I thankfully haven’t from a complete stranger but Eric does try them on me once in a while.  I in return roll my eyes and chuckle ‘that’s a good one…did you come up with that all by yourself?!’.  He then say’s ‘maybe.’ Ha. Gosh these are far more cheesy & greasy though!  We would LOVE to hear what’s your favorite pick up line you’ve heard or an attempt that’s gone horribly wrong.  I think everyone needs a GOOD OL’ LAUGH when it comes to Monday’s!!! Oh please do share…you know you wanna!!!

 

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