for sale, personal

well, these items are in fact...for sale. This is me admitting my purse/bag/item to hold other things problem. Will you please buy these so I can go buy more I mean have money to save for important things like groceries and car payments?


pink & gold leather bag $25 free shipping

white faux leather bag $25 free shipping

brown & gold leather thrifted bag $25 free shipping

rose leather bag $25 free shipping

straw/plaid bag $25 free shipping

navy bag $25 free shipping

{cute little pin not included. sorry charlie}

purple & gold leather wallet $20 free shipping

pink leather wallet $20 free shipping

black leather wallet $20 free shipping

white leather wallet $20 free shipping

small black leather swing bag $25 free shipping

something caught your eye and you have to have it?
kristin@kristinpartinphotography
SUBJECT LINE : FOR SALE

SO EXCITED, personal

When I was 15ish (I think) I had a subscription to Brio Magazine...a Christian magazine for young girls. Anyone? okay.
anyway. there was a part at the back of a particular magazine where you could fill out a bit of information about yourself and Brio would match you up with a penpal. I was excited and anxiously waited for my new friend's letter. About two weeks later, it was there waiting for me in the mailbox. She had drawn all over the envelope and the notebook paper was lined with stickers...she drew my name in bubble letters and we started chatting about how old we were, where we lived and our favorite color. It started there...and we have corresponded via posted mail for years. No phone calls, no texting, no email...only hand-written letters and the occasional thoughtful gift. there are a ton! I have never heard her voice...I've seen pictures but never met her. She is very special to me. I know about her family, where she's lived, I know a bit about all 17 boys she's introduced me to in words and I know that she's a rock climbing extraordinaire. When we first started writing she lived in Huntington Beach, California...and we have the (almost) same birthday. We are the same age...and we found that so amusing. I still do, actually. Complete strangers, but I know her. She is very dear to me.

all that to say....I GET TO MEET HER TONIGHT! She is here, in MY town! In the words of my julie friend, 'I get to finally find out if you're a pretty photographer from virginia or a grumpy creepy old man'.

I am really so excited. Do you all think I'm weird now? crap. oh well....I don't care what you think.


the necklace she made me for my birthday this year


cute little thing, her.


my wedding post card <3

instigram, personal

life through my iphone.




new home...adding some color






promo session coming soon


wedding shoes

photos and choices, personal

we had our engagement photos taken last night. It was sticky nasty hot outside but hey, what can ya do. Our photos were taken by Julie Eastwood (Curtis' cuz and my close friend) so Kristin Partin Photography got to be a part of the session. My most asked question about the wedding is 'soooo.....who's going to do YOUR pictures?' well, I'm happy to announce that sam stroud {a fab, well-known photo pro in lynchburg} will be walking with us on june 28. he's funny, has good lookin' kids and helped me out when I first started taking photos.

more engagement photos coming soon, but for now...here's my very favorite. Thanks to Julie for snappin away in the hot hot heat and also to Jessica Simpson of Blackbird Salon for hair & makeup.

coke & diet coke, personal

you know that part when you're right in the middle of it, tears & all...nothing is sadder? nothing makes things better and irony only contributes. You're at the bottom and you can't win for losing. You can't see anything, especially the ultimate plan.

well, when you're on the other side..nothing is sweeter, more beautiful and is infinitely far better than where you were before.

I am blessed with a sweet down-to-earth fiance', a new genuinely sarcastic family, and a support team big enough to wipe out an entire army of idiots. we are planning a sweet southern tuesday wedding in june and I couldn't be happier to start my life with him. He is the ice to my diet coke and I'm the ice to his coke. So put that in your pipe and smoke it, folks.


the wedding kicks.








the wedding blooms.

My home, living room

lo and behold, my living room.




This desk was used by my grandma in their kitchen and then passed on to me while I was in school.


The paint is original. These gloves were my friend Julie's husbands grandmothers. The drawer pulls are from anthropologie.






My couch was purchased from a thrift store in Petersburg, Virginia for $80.00.








This globe was my grandmothers, the suitcases were thrifted for $4 a piece, the lamp stand was thrifted for $3.50 and the shade was on clearance at Target for $7.50. The turquoise frame holds a signed polaroid from the Civil Wars show in Charlottesville.






My chair was purchased from a thrift store for $25 (are you seeing a theme here?) and I made the pillow out of fabric scraps. This scrap happened to be my dads wedding shirt. oops.


My mom reupholstered this footstool with scrap fabric for $1.50


These are antique hatboxes purchased for $4 a piece at a yardsale


Shabby Chic table was purchased from goodwill for $12, the lamp stand was thrifted for $3.50 and the shade was on clearance at Target for $7.50, the books were acquired at an estate sale and the record was given to me by an old friend. "K" cup was on clearance at anthropologie.






photos from my trip to Wales, UK


A chalkboard frame I found fo $10. I use it to record my past wedding dates as art.


Purchased at Home Goods for $3 a piece



next up...office.