Up, Up, And Away!

December 20, 2011 | Filed Under life 

Dear friends,

The time has come for me to make a big big BIG announcement…it is one that makes me very happy and very sad at the same time…the happy part is that I’m starting a project that makes me just deliciously giddy to think about, and the sad part is that my need to give energy to that project necessitates that I step back from this business for the indefinite future (I know!).

Here’s the dealio: my bff, Liz, and I are starting an artisan local food biz we’re calling Little Bee Pops. You can get the whole story on our Kickstarter page (and fund us! you know you want to fund us!! :-), but the elevator pitch is that we’re going to be making some awesome ice pops (aka popsicles) from all local fruits and raw honey, and selling them from a cart at local parks and outside the Mountain View farmers market and any other groovy locations we are inspired to descend upon.

The project combines our passions for localization, sustainable food, and creating joy, in one super-fun, affordable (and compostable) package! :-)  We’ve got 800 commercial pop molds, a sweet little ice cream cart, and superhero capes with pops on them (because, really, who doesn’t love a pop-girl in a superhero cape?!), and a lead on a fully-equipped ice cream kitchen with a blast freezer that will let us freeze our pops in 15 minutes instead of 24 hours,  which is why we’re doing Kickstarter (we need to buy that puppy!).

I’m dreaming of seeing hundreds of kids (and grownups) with sticky faces and big smiles, eating our pops on long summer afternoons….and amazing sustainable farmers and beekeepers being supported by our giant CSA orders for their yummy fruit (and veggies) and honey.

I may return to photography at some point, but I know myself well enough to know that I can’t split my energies and do justice to the needs of both endeavors…and so baybmoon photography is going to take a break.

If you are here because you need an amazing photographer in Silicon Valley or the greater SF bay area, here are (in no particular order) some that I can recommend with my whole heart – they do beautiful, amazing work, and I would have them do *my* family pictures in a heartbeat :

Alpana Aras at Storybox Art

Nancy Nguyen-Wong at Bug and Bean

Calvina Nguyen at Calvina Photography (no relation to Nancy ;-)

and one photographer who is not local (she’s in Portland), but travels to the Bay Area periodically to do sessions and is completely amazing:

Jen Downer at She Saw Things

I am beyond grateful for the gifts and amazing people this business has brought into my life, and will miss witnessing your love and connections through my lens, but this change just feels right.

Blessings and love to you!

xoxo,
Lilia

p.s. Please do check out our Kickstarter page and give us a push if you can – we’ve got some *seriously* funny videos for you to watch.

p.p.s. Did I mention there’s swag?  You know you want a lunchbox with “I Want To Believe,”  felt Mulder and Scully pops, and a tinfoil UFO.  All the cool kids will have one. ;-)

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