4 November 2017 John planned a fun 1920s-themed surprise party for Gloria’s 45th birthday. Emily drove home from college to attend and the Carpers graciously hosted – everyone had a fun time! I included videos from the dance off and Dre’s awesome Vlog Continue reading
11-16 September 2017 As I mentioned in part 1, Gloria invited me to join her for a couple of her Creole bootcamps, which allowed for a visit to see Amanda and Kim from my Dyed4you Team too). Had so much fun seeing Amanda’s farm Continue reading
6-11 September 2017 Gloria invited me to join her for a couple of her Creole bootcamps, which also allowed for a visit to Annapolis – (with a surprise night sightseeing tour of DC when Ann came to get me) yay! (And Continue reading
3 August 2017 After staying up late crafting a cover for Gloria’s Children Can Learn Creole with Emily book using one of our pictures from last month (Emily in Black and White) and an Ayiti (Mountainous Land) silk from Dyed4you Readymade, Continue reading
22 June 2017 More beautiful silks in motion with the new camera, this time with Emily looking stunning on the hill at Sioux Passage Park. Over 1100 pictures later… 🙂 One Dyed4you Art piece is already created (God of Wonders) with Continue reading
20 October 2016 I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since I last photographed Emily, but we finally managed to coordinate to get some shots to use in future Dyed4you Art pieces (she’s in 7 pieces as of the time Continue reading
24 October 2011 We’d been talking about getting more pics of Emily for a looooong time, and we finally did it! She is SO beautiful – inside and out 🙂
5 September 2010 Gloria happened to be over and I needed a couple shots with some scarves and so I just kept shooting and captured some classic Gloria faces! I particularly love the shot with the green tongue from a Continue reading
17 July 2010 Some of the rehearsal before church and the final night of the Kids Summer Blast 🙂
16 July 2010 While the Prayer Conference was going on upstairs, downstairs was Kids Summer Blast and the return of the Defenders of the Faith – including Prayer Warrior… my favorite 😉 Thera and Amani came to see Pawpaw with Continue reading
9 April 2010 God gave us a gorgeous spring day to shoot some pictures to be used in future Dyed4you Art images. Beautiful ladies, beautiful day, beautiful shots 🙂 Like on the previous set of pictures, if you think there’s Continue reading
7 March 2010 A fun time with friends 🙂
24 December 2009 Shots from our Christmas Eve service at Destiny Church where my dear friend Emily was singing worship for the first time in a service like this, two of my pastor’s daughters did a funny skit of sorts, Continue reading
23 December 2009 My precious friend Gloria modeling my newest Dyed4you item – the triangular fringe scarf – it’s beautiful and so is she!
16-18 July 2009 Once again Allen had the pleasure of being part of the Kids Summer Blast (see last year’s pics here and here). This year the theme was Scooby Doo… guess who was Scooby… you got it! My hubby Continue reading
July 2008 Another episode of Defenders of the Faith plus some pictures of our friend (Pastor Ben) with the kids as well as worship.
November 2006 Some dear friends from church one spring-like afternoon in November! What a beautiful family – both inside and out!
8 April 2006 John and Diane Kramer coordinated a downtown BBQ. Twelve of us served between 150 and 175 people over the period of a few hours – more importantly, more than 30 people gave their lives to the Lord!
