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This blog is where my personal and business life intersect. I'm a a multi-passionate creative who teaches people how to create faster roadmaps to abundance in work and life through the doorways of business consulting and reiki teaching. If you'd like a DIY workbook to plan for your own creative living, check out my Pricing Workbook for Creatives. You'll see that I travel the world as often as I can and keep a gratitude journal as a reminder to find strength in my challenges. I was a full-time professional photographer for 15 years, so there are still many cringe-worthy archives of my early work and artistic journey on this 19 year old blog. I've written loads of creative business advice over on the Photolovecat blog, and have started sharing reiki healing stories and healing moments over on the Abundant Sphere blog. If you'd like to learn more about me, here's a TEDx Talk of what my guiding questions have been to help me tune into my natural gifts and purpose. I'm available for workshops, presentations, interviews, and private consultations on creative business topics and for the advancement of arts programs in schools and communities:
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Real Weddings Sneak Peek

posted on: November 18, 2009

Here's an itty bitty, teeny weeny, isn't fair, hardly any, sneak peek of only a few of the fabulous weddings I've had this year! I have so many gorgeous weddings to blog - I love my clients!!

Maya & Clint's Real Wedding - Brown & Green

You Gotta Have Friends

posted on: November 17, 2009

As you could tell from my Mobile Monday pics, we had some fun at Western Ave Studios last week when I invited a few friends over to help me arrange my office. I had several problems that needed solving:

Create a storage area that is functional, organized, and easily walled off without much construction or blocking of windows.
Find a place for my desk that clients won't see immediately upon entering, and allows me to work even when there's full sun pouring into the studio.
Create a comfortable seating arrangement for clients that will position them easily for viewing a slideshow or having an intimate chat during a meeting.
Make the furniture easy to move so that I can shoot studio work if I want to.

Not only did my friends help me accomplish ALL of the above, they even added a little foyer where I'll be able to set up a display! Fabulous!! As we were getting closer to the end, I pulled out some B&W film that's probably at least 5 years old, dropped it into my OM10 and shot the silliness that started unfolding after several hours of hard work:

Mobile Monday - Week 7

posted on: November 16, 2009

Mobile Monday is a weekly collection of iphone photos and twitter captions from my daily adventures.

This beauty reaches something deep inside and doesn't let go. 11.09.09 (click play to watch)

(via http://blip.fm/profile/anneruthmann/blip/27029796/Cinematic_Orchestra-To_Build_A_Home)

Visit them online at http://www.vangoghsgear.com

Visit them online at: http://www.lensprotogo.com

Visit them online at: http://www.westernavenuestudios.com

Follow Mark Andrew on twitter: http://twitter.com/markandrew

Follow Jen on twitter to win one of her art prints! http://twitter.com/jenandtommy

Follow Suzz (aka LowellFilmGrl) on twitter: http://twitter.com/lowellfilmgrl

Follow Roberto (aka junkculture) on twitter: http://twitter.com/junkculture

Follow Liz (aka madeinlowell) on twitter: http://twitter.com/madeinlowell

Follow Dharma Buns daily specials on twitter: http://twitter.com/dharmabuns

See the entire community of Western Ave Artists online at: http://www.wasaa.org/

Find one like this in Jen's Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33303977

Find out more about this project at the Revolving Museum: http://www.revolvingmuseum.org/

At my favorite all natural Aveda salon, Salon City, in Lowell: http://saloncitytoday.com

This entire album, "Youth Novels", is awesome in so many ways. 11.13.09