legos

poor leia

20 December 2011
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The other day I shoved my keys in my purse, and noticed that my rock-the-house Princess Leia keychain didn’t quite make it into the pocket. Poor girl.

Darth hopscotch

11 February 2011
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Ever wonder what a Sith Lord does to chillax and unwind after a long day of terrorizing minions and destroying planets? Now you know. Taken in natural light (under a white sheet) with a Canon PowerShot SD750 on the house-rocking macro setting. Thought of this setup last night at midnight!

Run, Leia, run…

10 February 2011
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On Christmas day I got horribly sick, sicker than I’ve been in years. A few days later I began to amuse myself by taking pictures of things around the house. We started the Lego/gingerbread house shoot indoors, but I knew it was going to end outside, in the snow, in the 29 degree weather. Totally [...]

Leia and the icetroopers

10 February 2011
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What do you give the brother who has everything? I recommend the best gift EVER… Lego Princess Leia in a gold bikini. Paired her up with some ice cubes from the awesome Lego ice cube tray that Dan and Cara got for me, and the fun began.

Stormtrooper

9 February 2011
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he looks so serious, doesn’t he? clearly those marshmallows didn’t slow him down. On a random side note, I was an adult before I realized that “stormtrooper” wasn’t coined by George Lucas. Interesting.

Darth attacks

8 February 2011
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On Sunday I watched selected scenes from Star Wars with Hudson (age 4). Selected scenes because, as you may recall, Darth Vader is a scary bad guy… no kid needs to see Vader using the force to strangle some unfortunate minion! When Hudson’s mom and I talked to Hudson about Darth Vader we explained that [...]