Posted on September 26, 2010
Last week I met up a photographer friend, Krista Campbell, for a strawberry picnic/photo shoot with our girls.
This is just a glimpse of the day — watch out for more pictures later this week!
Krista is an amazing photographer and I am thankful to have the opportunity to collaborate with her on photo projects + fun adventures. We have many ideas in store for the upcoming months and I am excited to share, learn, and create together.
You can see Krista’s recent photography work on her blog and facebook page.
More deliciousness to come – stay tuned!
Posted on September 25, 2010
Posted on September 24, 2010
style ala Citefuzz.
Looooove this brand!
check out the fab designs at www.citefuzz.com
Posted on September 22, 2010
A few more holiday cards to share…
Posted on September 18, 2010
So excited for fall! I only wish the weather were cooling off — but that will happen very soon.
Here’s a bit of September inspiration for planning your fall photo session or holiday pics…happy shopping!
Posted on September 15, 2010
A few weeks ago Madelyn asked me if she could get a Queen of Hearts dress. I considered that Halloween was soon approaching and told her that maybe she would want to choose that for her costume this year. Yes, yes, yes! The excitement set in. Honestly, I was quite surprised. I thought for sure she would insist on being a princess or a fairy (but then again…she wears these costumes on a daily basis so I was glad to hear that she was up for something different). The conversation continued….
me: So are you sure you want to be the Queen of Hearts for Halloween? Remember, she is very mean…
Mad: Yes, mama…but I will not be mean. I will be a nice Queen of Hearts and I will not say ‘off with the their heads’….because that is so terrible… and Julia will have to be Alice…but I will be nice to her…I will not say ‘off with her head’…I will be so nice to her and I will invite her to come over for a cake party and we will be friends.
me: Well, that’s a great idea. I love it.
Mad: And we will eat cake and candy together…
me: Are you sure it would work for the Queen of Hearts to invite Alice over for a cake party? That’s a new twist on the the story.
Mad: That’s ok…because I can decide what I want…and I will be best friends with Alice. We will eat cake and drink strawberry milk together…
me: and eat candy, of course.
Mad: Yes.
me: perfect, let’s do it (and immediatly an idea began to roll about a wonderful little cake party/picnic for alice + the queen of hearts).
And then one night last week that little cake party idea came to life…
keeping it real:
- I shot this series after I got home from work so daylight was very limited – it was quite a hustle to set up the picnic and get the lanterns hung. Because the light was so low I was thinking it was a lost effort. I expected to be disappointed with the quality — but actually I am kinda loving the post-processing effect.
- The fabulous cake is by Melissa Mittleman, the creative talent behind Decadent Delights. She is the BEST! I am so thankful to finally have a favorite cake designer (I have been searching for years).
- One thing that worries me: Halloween is weeks away and the excitement over these costumes has already come and gone. Maybe a mistake to plan ahead.
- I tried to hide the dresses (hoping that by Halloween they will have a newfound excitement about dressing up)…but now they constantly want to wear them for dress-up play and have sought out all of my hiding places. Our house is small and the girls are beyond talented about getting into EVERYTHING. That’s another story…
- Just one note about that. How is it possible that I can hide something at a level that I have to climb up on a chair…but this same thing can be discovered and obtained by a 4 year old? I cringe to say this but I have seen evidence of a footstool propped up on top of a very large box propped up on top of a chair. Scary. Very scary.
- Proud mama moment: how cool is my 4 year old? There are 2 things I love about her thought process: 1. She decides how she wants things to be and is empowered to make it happen that way. 2. She decides to turn a villian into a best friend. I am so impressed. Seriously…I never would have thought of Alice + the Queen having a cake party together. It’s like the old ‘coloring outside the box’ analogy. Life is sooooo much better outside the box! This is one value that I will always stick to.
- This little series is the TOTAL inspiration of Madelyn. I simply took note of her daydream and made it happen in order to get a few cute pics. Cake: check, candy: check, strawberry milk: check. Keep talking, sweetheart…
- There are more pictures but I have only worked on these so far. I hope to post a few more later (just not sure how much later…life is busy).
- The girls loved the cake party and keep asking to do it again. There is nothing better than making kids happy + getting fun pictures at the same time. HUGE success!
- Reminder: always keep your camera ready. After I had put my camera away and was cleaning up the picnic, the girls started swinging the paper lanterns around. Oh, the joy! So glad I went back to grab my camera to catch a few shots…
Posted on September 14, 2010
Here’s a sneak peek for what you will see on the blog tomorrow…a very yummmmmmy cake!
Such a tease.
Posted on September 11, 2010
Three more holiday card favorites to share for 2010…
Check out the models in the first card! That was one of my rare attempts with the tripod and timer (taken Christmas ’09). ha!
note: If you’ve had a photo session with me in the past year and would like to see card samples, please send an email and let me know what photo(s) you would like incorporated in the card. If you are interested in booking a family session or holiday mini session, contact me soon. I will be offering sessions for the next 6-7 weeks before taking a maternity leave.
Posted on September 8, 2010
My mom will be so proud to see this post (she is a Reading Recovery teacher and has great passion for teaching children to read).
Today is international literacy day! Enjoy a stack of books with your children and/or make some time to read for yourself.
BTW…see some of our favorite summer books here.
Posted on September 7, 2010
update: This give-away is now closed (10 am 9/11/10). Thank you to all!
Congrats to Danika! We will be emailing you today…
Exciting news! Noah & Lilah is hosting an OLIVIA give-away!
How to win? Simply leave a comment below. The winner will be selected on Saturday, Sep 11th at 10 am. Remember, only blog comments qualify (FB does not allow contests and giveaways so be sure to leave your comment on the KA photo blog).
Once a winner is selected, we will email you about options for your size and choice of fabrics.
Check out this week’s listing on HyenaCart and also the Noah & Lilah site.