The holiday was an off day for me and Jodi and I spent the entire day with our intern; shopping, eating, shooting and having a lot of fun.  School was out but she wanted to come anyway so we decided to have a play day.  Jodi and I recently ordered 520 yards of tulle to make some dresses with for our photo shoots so that was first on the to do list.  It took a couple hours to make our first one and we were all proud of our accomplishment, having never made one before.  We then decided to go thrift store shopping for some clothing to use for photo shoots. The first store we went to yielded some shoes, a couple jackets, and a couple shirts.  We then decided to go to some vintage clothing stores in Midtown.

The first store we visited was quite amazing.  They had everything when it comes to fashion from different eras.  It was a lot of fun to look through everything and we often found ourselves holding up a wild, ugly or bizarre looking garment and saying "Look at this one", with everyone laughing.  What people actually bought and wore in yesteryear is quite funny today.  We wound up buying a couple 1960's dresses, a pair of go-go boots, and a few accessories.  We will definitely be going back for more in the future.

Everyone was getting hungry so we decided to hit Imo's pizza.  Our intern was unfamiliar with Imo's and we had a little feast.  She had pasta and pizza and loved it as much as we do.  We only wish we had one closer to our home and not 25 minutes away.

After lunch we visited another vintage clothing store.  We had been there before and it's not as nice as the first we went to.  We browsed a bit but didn't see anything we thought we could use so we headed back to our studio for a little shoot with what we created in the morning.  I decided we needed to get out in a field somewhere as the sun set.  The fuchsia dress we made would really pop in a open field with a little snow and we found a great spot.  It was 24 degrees at shoot time so we had to work fast so our model didn't freeze.  We spent about 15 minutes shooting before going back to the studio where we played with some dry ice to create fog and shot for another 30 minutes or so.  It was a fun day for all of us and we may start doing a "fun day" once a month, just to relax and recharge.