Fashion forward

I shot some photos for recently for a local importer www.profoundia.com . She has amazing clothes and bindis and this shoot was so fun. I had a blast, plus the model was from a previous Sweet sixteen shoot and such a natural with the camera we had a great time. Let me know what you think in the comments section.







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Fun Birthday Party and a Pirate ship

It has been a while since I last blogged. I have so many images that I will try and put them up in the next couple of days. This is my friend Fanny who is a Glamorous eclectic Goddess! It is her birthday here and she is surrounded by admirers.

I got to go on a "pirate" ship. Actually it was one of the merchant ships from Pirates of the Carribean, but none the less it was fabulous! We rode on the Lady Washington, and had a mock canon battle with the ship Hawaiian. We won of course and it was so fun, black powder, fun sailors, and a beautiful day of sun. It was Labor Day weekend and my dad insisted my daughter and I go with him. He is such a mariner lover, he actually did a little jig after we won the battle and the captain put on celebration music.

Sweet Sixteen

Sixteen candles. I loved that movie when I was a teen. These images are from a "Sweet 16" photo shoot I did for a friend yesterday, the day before her birthday. What a blast** I love the dynamic of emerging into the next cycle of maturity and inner growth. What a Rite of Passage for her. I love photography and how the soul of each person emerges thru their photos and give a glimpse into the window of their soul.

Cob Oven Pizza and Fertile Ground

I love Cob oven Pizza. It is amazing and traditionally a cob oven was used in communities to come together and to share this resource for baking bread as not every family had their own oven.
So there is a great Bed and Breakfast in Olympia, WA called Fertile Ground that has Cob Oven Pizza Parties.



Fertile Ground hosts almost weekly pizza parties as fund raisers for local non profits. It is such a great resource for the community and really fun. Plus different
businesses donate the ingredients such as pizza dough, ice cream, etc. It is such a great place to go on a Saturday in the summer. Outside in a beautiful organic garden at a location that promotes environmental responsibility and stewardship. Fertile ground is an Eco friendly Bed and Breakfast and quite a popular place to stay and play at in Olympia. Check out their website
http://fertileground.org/


Here is some of the yummy pizza that is made in the cob oven. First the dough is rolled out and then put into the cob oven to brown. Then it is taken out and the pizza toppings are put on and it is put into the oven again to bake. Yummy!

Photo Albums

Image Copyright 2007 Dinea Norrell

I have added some links to my blog so you can see some of the stories I have been documenting. Just cut and paste them as the blog is not letting me link them. One is a compilation of my daughters Ballet Recital and the other is of my friends before they had their 2nd baby. It was so fun to capture them as a threesome.


http://www.pictage.com/xml/photoalbum/album.xml?album_id=44061&event_id=EVV1:319883

http://www.pictage.com/xml/photoalbum/album.xml?album_id=40278&event_id=EVV1:312070

Mermaid Soul

I have been making these needle felted mermaid dolls for a while now and had a friend of mine
who is a mermaid soul herself walk around with them. They actually are solid wool without any wires. They take a considerable amount of time to make, but are almost alive when you hold them. I am working on a class to teach people how to make these soulful dolls. If you are interested contact me.

Transforming dreams into reality! The magic formula

"The only thing that stops you from getting what you want is the story
you tell yourself about why you can't have it." Tony Robbins

I got this quotes from an email earlier today, and wow it is so true. For a while now I have told myself the story of why I can't do this or that, but since this spring I have been pushing past that. I attended this incredible workshop called Inner Boundaries led by Joan Casey. It was life transforming and is one of the catalysts that has moved me to pursue my passion and dreams.

So to manifest one of my dreams, I am in the process of getting a website made with this fabulous web design company Bludomain. They specialize in web templates and amazing styles. I am so excited to get one.

The Buddha said “When you come upon a life path that brings benefit
and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through
the stars” c563 c483 BC (India)


So celebrate with me as we overcome the hurdles in our lives and turn them into the stuff that stars and dreams are made of.



I just had to include this picture of my daughter who has turned the entire backyard into a horse jumping course. We have an entire stable of "real" horses of the stick and cardboard breeds.