Pies-Toes-N-Soles

Hey guys,

Its been a VERY LONG TIME! I am sorry for that. Things have been busy and I haven't had a lot of  interest in photography at the moment... SO, what's new with my life for all those who thought maybe I fell off a cliff and died .

1. I am officially engaged as of July 3rd! Rock on the finger and all, our wedding will be June 3rd and I am happy, happy, happy, HAPPY! He proposed on the beach and it was very simple. There was no long commitment speech, just a kneel and a ring and a lot of big stupid smiles. And with that, I will be a married lady in about 10 months.

2. With being engaged, I have wedding planning to do. So far it hasn't been hectic, however,  before he gave me the ring and before June, we were planning on being married November 6th. That however hasn't worked out with our life schedules and other things. Those things being... A pastor won't marry us until we stop living together so... I'm trying to find an apartment-ick. Before we found out we have to wait 10 months, I was trying to scramble to throw together a wedding. Why? Why not just elope and be done with it? Well, plain and simply, I want a wedding. I was never one of those girls who had my whole wedding planned out in my head, but I always wanted to have an actual one. And, even though my parents got married by the court, they demand their only daughter has a real wedding too. So, I'm not so busy and stressed anymore trying to plan a wedding in less than 6 months, BUT, I still have lots o crap to do.

3. I got a kitten! His name is Gulliver and he is a Siamese mix from the local shelter. He will be 5 months old on the 25th of August. I'm sure most of you could care less but, for an furry critter lover such as myself-its awesome.

4. Until last Sunday, I had been caring for my fiance's two sons for the past 6 weeks. They came down to stay with us for that time as they live all the way up in VA. It was a blast, but there was also a lot of trying times. Having been a full-time mom for that period, I had no privacy or time to do any pics.

5. My fiance will be going out to sea very soon here. Of course I can not say dates for security reasons but he will be gone for 2 and a half months. That time will be very hard for me to be without him. I made it through last time he was out but now I am moved far from my friends and family and here all alone. Gulliver will hopefully help me with the loneliness. That said, I will have lots of time to take pics then BUT, I may not be in a great mood to do them. However, it will keep me busy so we will see!

6. Finally, I am trying to find a job. There aren't a lot out here available or desirable but I'm trying. If I do find one, that will definitely take up some time of mine. I miss working, can't be a house bum forever ya know?

Again, I am sorry to all the unanswered comments and replies and notes and requests, I will get to them eventually... I have lots of unused ideas I'm eager to try out .
Thank you to all of you who have faved my photos and added me to your watch! I am so grateful!

Love you all
Joanna

Long time no talk... I really do apologize for that. I guess I should start from where I last left off and explain where in the world I've been all this time... Once upon a time:
I flew to Florida to be with my boyfriend for a couple weeks. The day I was supposed to fly home something happened. He asked me to stay and he whole-heatedly meant it. We always want to stay with one-another, don't get me wrong, but logic and obligation gets in the way of that. This time, logic took a nap. So... I missed my flight and stayed four more days before flying back to Chicago. While I was there, he asked me to move to Florida, that he was ready and he didn't want to waist anymore time and that's when I realized I was ready too and I didn't either. So there on we made the decision that I would come home and pack my stuff up and come back. It was very hard... I have never moved in my entire life. I was born in that house and me and my mom are close. I turned 20 February 10th and in my opinion, not moving out age. I spent a lot of time crying over this, I was honestly torn to shreds.
My parents threw me a goodbye party on March 27th where I said goodbye to my family. Andy had flown down the day before and on Monday, March 28th, I had my last day of work at a job that I had dreamed of having. I was so happy when I got that job 6 months prior and loved it and my co-workers. To those who don't know me from my other account, I was working at a library as a circ clerk. I love that job so much as I said and it was so hard that last day...
That evening, Andy asked my father for permission to marry me. My dad said yes so long as we saw premarital counseling.
On the 29th of March, I loaded my car with as much as I could take. I went to say goodbye to my brother Joel. We were never extremely close but had a relationship non-the-less. Its not that we dislike each other, nothing further from the truth. We are simply both painfully shy people and have not been sure how to act around one-another. So, that all said, I was surprised with myself when I started welling up with tears. Even more so when Joel hugged me not once but twice. This is crazy because in the 20 years we've been together he's probably hugged me 5 times at a maximum. We aren't a touchy family.
So me and Andy got in the car and I cried more when we backed out of the drive and I looked at my mom's face. I didn't think I'd cry. I'm not the type to, and I hate crying in front of people, even Andy, but I did and it hurt me deeply to leave everything behind me.
We drove to Michigan where I met Andy's mom and second oldest brother Steve (he is a child of 6 children total). We stayed at the house for two days before leaving again. Andy's mom was kind to me and it went over well.
On that Thursday we left Michigan and headed out for Virginia to pick up Andy's two sons, Vincent and Allister. We stopped in DC for the night after an 8 hour drive and then left early on Friday. It was five hours before we got to Virginia to pick up the kids. When we did we took them to an indoor-water park hotel chain called Great Wolf Lodge where we spent the next two days. During that time I was able to bond with the two kids and we had a really great time.
On Sunday we left early and drove for Florida, a 12 hour drive that nearly killed us. When we arrived, we spent the next week with the children before driving them back to Virginia the following Sunday. It was nice for him to spend all that time with his kids and it was great for me to be able to have that time to get to know them and bond.

And so, I live in Fernandina Beach, Florida now. I have since April 3rd. I can't believe I've only been here 20 days, it feels like so much more. I'm home sick and a little heart broken but so happy at the same time to be with Andy finally.
He has ordered wedding rings. He can't pay for them right now so he hasn't officially proposed but we are pretty much engaged and plan on being married in early November. I have been having to plan the wedding for back in Chicago and god its killing me.

Anyways so that's my life. I apologize to everyone for the zero progress on projects and not answering anyone. Its not that I don't care, I just recoil during stressful times and tend to ignore everyone and everything.

Thanks for reading and caring
Joanna

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to write this an apologize to everyone waiting on me to complete your requests. I've been hit with a bad case of the flu, my very first experience, and have been fighting it since Friday. This is the first time I've really been able to sit down at my computer for more than 5 minutes since Saturday. The doctor says I should be clear by the weekend, let's hope she's right...

On other news, I'm flying out to Florida on Saturday, the 5th, and will be gone until the 22nd. During that time I might have time to do requests and I might not. I'm spending that time with my bf who I haven't seen in many many months so my focus will be on him.

I hope everyone is doing well .
Joanna

I'm taking requests.
AS I HAVE STATED, that doesn't mean I'll do anything you request. But I am taking them and would like everyone to put theirs in if they haven't already soon so I can try to get it all into only a few shoots. Requests can be anything, not just feet, so please ask.
What I will say is that please, I tend to get a lot of these requests (a lot for me anyways) and it isn't a business so, please make them simple. I'm not saying they have to be as simple as "well, hold your foot up and take a picture", but please, don't write me a novel on what you want XD. I will try to do exactly what you have in mind but there are some things I will not do. Namely, if I need 12 different props and things going on, its too much and I will not want to do it. Unless you want to donate, because I'm a poor college student and I can be bought .
So yes, request away, anything, what you've seen is just some of what I can shoot and do and I encourage everyone to ask now. Just keep in mind, the more complicated your request is, the longer it will take before you see any signs of it.

Thanks!
Joanna

P.S. Please note the requests to me, thanks .

LAST THING! If you want to remain anonymous about your request, you NEED to tell me in your note. I will not always remember to ask so you need to let me know, OK? Otherwise, when I finish the request and post, you will be mentioned for making the request, I do this because I am creating YOUR idea and giving that credit to you, even simple ideas. So please, please, please, tell me if you don't want to be mentions

Hey everyone,

I just want to say thank you to all my watchers from for watching me here. I'd like to thank all the new watchers as well . I'm posting this to say that I've been working to transfer my entire foot gallery over to this account and am finished. I should be able to start taking requests soon but before I say that, here are some ground rules:
I take requests as favors and out of my own free time. No one is paying me to do the work. There for, if I drag my ass and take forever to get to it, I think its perfectly acceptable and fine as I'm not remotely befitting from completing them.
If I do not want to take your request, I think that is also perfectly acceptable. Whether it is because I do not feel comfortable with the request or do not have the time, I should hope no one is offended by the rejection.
Finally, foot photography is just a side thing I do when I feel compelled. It is not my passion, I am not a foot fetishist, I do not have an interest in feet. I think the human body is fascinating all together. As a history lesson, I started doing foot photography for a friend on dA who had seen my feet and, having a foot fetish, was wondering if I could do a set on dA for him. After that I started collecting fans and here I am. Again, I do not have a fancy for feet, I have no issues with anyone who does, obviously, I just want to be understood.

That all said regarding requests, I have a few of my own. I am flattered by the attention my feet receive by all of you and I understand that with the art will come all kinds of responses. But because I don't want to have to hold off on or shut down the account, I would ask for some respect and guidelines. I receive a lot of comments from the same people on multiple pictures. I am not trying to be mean, and I am not trying to say I don't appreciate the enthusiasm. But because I want to answer all comments, I would truly appreciate it if you limited yourself to how many pictures you were remarking on... I understand you like the feet, faving them tells me that. But I can't handle the floods of comments, its too excessive. I don't mind multiple comments from different people, but if one single person has to comment on 30 different deviations, its insane, please restrain yourself, send me a note, fave the picture, and I will feel just as flattered and appreciated . Again, I'm not trying to sound like a foot premadona, really I'm not. But I'm getting highly over whelmed and my account isn't even a day old. I really want to answer everyone's comments but if I have people obsessively commenting on everything I have, I'm gonna burn out and disable the comments or just stop answering them .
The next request is the content of your comments. So far everyone has been really great with some minor exceptions. I'm not a prude about what gets said about my feet. I'm too flattered by all the lovely remarks . But I do request that everyone understand, I do not have a foot fetish. I understand that most of my watchers do and that I will get sexual if not sensual remarks about the feelings and desires you have about my feet . But at the same time, I can only take so much. Please everyone, refrain from telling me you want to lick or suck any part of my feet or body for that matter . Tickling remarks aren't much appreciated either. I have a personality, I am a human being, I am not just feet, and I have feelings. Please do your best to treat me respectfully as a young woman, not a piece of meat .

That all said I'm going to stop there. Again, I understand I've entered into a world where my feet are going to be objectified and those who enjoy feet will feel safe or comfortable sharing their visions with me. I except that and I can work with it. I only ask for respect and consideration from all my watchers .

Thank you so much guys and girls, you've made me feel very special!
Joanna