Kelsey of KV BIJOU has become a friend after we connected a year ago through Facebook. She designs jewellery and recently was invited to be part of the guest lounge at the Sundance Film Festival. There was a great article on her in The Vancouver Sun yesterday. Here is half of the necklaces she’ll be taking with her when she goes this weekend.

We designed and printed a banner for her booth. Here it is on our office floor. (Jason originally was laying the other direction but it looked a little creepy with the model next to him so that’s why he’s upside down.)

The KV Bijou website has a great variety of necklaces, earings and bracelets for sale. The jewellery that she’s designed for the stars of Sundance will also be available on her website in February. Here’s a sneak peek at one of the designs she made for Sundance.

It’s been a whirlwind year for Kelsey Vanderhorst the designer behind KV Bijou jewellery. It’s been less than a year since she quit her job in order to keep up with her rapidly growing jewellery business. She has many celebrity fans including model Bar Refaeli, Jillian Harris of the Bachelorette, model Sessilee Lopez and Dawn Chumbai of Breakfast Television to name a few.

She was part of the recent 2009 CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) Gift Lounge and is going to be the exclusive jeweller at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Gift Lounge in a few weeks. We are excited for her and updated the product photography for her website recently. (I’ve been on her website so much I can sing along with all the songs.) Here are a few favorites …

Gary + Penny of GP Recovery Services in the Cariboo region of BC have a business that inspects, researches and recovers underwater items. From finding lost wallets and dam inspections, to body recovery and underwater environmental filming, they do it all!

While we were staying at my parents’ cabin at Green Lake, they pulled up a tractor that had been on the bottom of a Loon Lake for 5 years. They also showed us some amazing footage they’ve recorded of the freshwater microbialites in Pavilion Lake where NASA and UBC are now doing extensive research on them.

They needed some higher resolution photographs of their new ROV so Jason set up a makeshift studio from a piece of plywood, an old bedspread and a patio umbrella while we were on vacation. Here are a few of the pictures he took:

We met Susan Carraretto of Pedal Cars and Retro at a Meet and Tweet in Surrey. She is full of energy and ideas! We were excited when she contacted us to take pictures of a pink, jalopy pedal car. Her daughter was a little star model and enjoyed riding the car. Lexi also came along to model but she decided to only give her serious scowl and then refused to share the car. *sigh*

Susan, along with her twin sister Janice, run a serious of blogs with great information and contests on them. The main one is 5 Minutes for Mom and has links to their other sites on it. They’re running a contest right now where you can win a Balance Bike for your toddler so be sure to check it out and enter.

Here are a few pictures from the pink jalopy session:

Rollingdale Winery in Kelowna recently sent some more wine for us to photograph. Photographing reflective, round objects without including ourselves or other objects in the reflection is always a challenge. It makes us think back to the sort of assignments we’d get in photography school.

Jacqueline and Don of Homeworks Etc. create fun furniture and accessories for kids and families. We photographed everything from pictures frames to foot stools to growth charts at a recent session at Off to Bed in Fort Langley.

They have great collections to go with a wide variety of room themes. A few for boys are: sports, transportation and emergency heroes. A few of the girls collections were: princess, musical and daisies. Here are a few of the photographs we did for them …

You buy the blank star wands and decorate it as a craft.

Photo of Off to Bed’s new location in Fort Langley on Glover Road. They have everything you need to make bed and bath time an enjoyable time with your child.

Stonz Wear recently sent us a huge box of booties, hatz and mittenz to photograph for their new line which will be available late in summer. All the products are perfect for families who enjoy spending time in the outdoors together. The booties slip on over bare feet, socks, sleepers, slippers, a snuggly or even shoes to keep little feet warm and dry. The hatz and mittenz are new additions to the line and again are cute and functional.

Stonz Wear has joined with Mally Bibs to offer a free bib and set of booties in honour of Canada Day and the 4th of July. To enter, just leave a comment about how you’re celebrating on the Stonz Wear Facebook page or the Mally Bibs Facebook page. The contest is open until June 22nd.

Here are a few of the product photographs we did …

Photographing Jane Webb’s Bra Bags and Panty Paks made me wish I traveled more. What a great innovation! Instead of stuffing your underwear in your shoes and hoping your bra doesn’t become permanently indented during travel, you can pack them in these nifty travel cases to protect and organize them.

The artist in me (Darcie) loves anything that looks nice and the Mennonite in me loves things that are functional. The Brag Company’s products meet both of these criteria.

Jane describes herself as an accidental entrepreneur who rather than having aspirations to start an business, came up with a great idea and made it happen. We’re excited to see what she comes up with next. Here are a few recent product photographs that we did …

Her products are available at Zammy’s in Abbotsford or to find a location near you, you can visit her store locator.

Vin 65 contacted us to do wine photography for one of their clients, Silver Horse in California. Silver Horse specializes in Bordeaux and Spanish varietal wines and while we haven’t tried the wine yet, we think the bottle and logo are stunning. Here are a few favorites …

Kelsey Vanderhorst of KV BIJOU is passionate about creating unique, artistic jewellery. Her line of jewellery is handmade and inspired by her love of nature and the ocean. Her designs are a fusion of sterling silver and semi-precious gemstones and her jewellery is sure to get you noticed.

We’ve been photographing her Spring 2009 collection and are able to give you a sneak peek. You can order her jewellery directly through her KV BIJOU website.