I love senior pictures!

Wow! There were way too many pictures I wanted to post, but I'm thinking 9 will be enough of a "sneak peak"! "J" was so much fun to take pictures of. I swear I didn't see her roll her eyes at any of my crazy ideas - so fun!




She has the most beautiful eyes! I'm going crazy over these pics!

So, even though I thoroughly embarrassed myself by falling down a huge hole under the snow and into the foundation of the abandoned house we were at and almost broke my shin on the stupid concrete (yes - there's a HUGE bruise! What I wouldn't do to get the pictures I want!), and even though I was out of control with my "suggestions" (you know what I'm talking about, J!), I have to say that this has been one of my favorite senior sessions! Thanks for having me do them - I hope you like them!!!

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2010 Revisions

So, life with 4 kids is nuts. I noticed this last year that sleeping was taking a backseat to everything else, so I am going to be booking only 2 sessions a week. I swear I've tried to stick to that before, but I just hate telling people, "no". HOWEVER, this time I'm going to follow through!!!!! I know I'll be a better mom, wife, dinner-maker, yard-designer, house-cleaner-upper, and a better healthy-sleeper if I can keep the sessions to a more manageable amount.

So, if you're planning on getting some pictures done, plan on booking it about 2 months in advance. The spring gets really busy, so the earlier, the better. After how cold it's been lately, I'm just dying to start shooting in nice, warm weather!!!!

Since a blog post isn't complete without at least a couple pictures, here's one to get you thinking about spring!!

and of course I needed to post one of my little darling!

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New Birthday Princess invitation!!

Thought I'd show you another cute way to send out party invitations! These 5x7s are $1.75 per card (in sets of 25) for the fabulous pearl-linen paper, or $1.50 each for photo paper.

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NEW!!! Wallet templates!

I've been so behind in getting all my "fun stuff" posted, but I'm trying to get caught up now. These are wallet borders. I was going to offer them to mainly just all the seniors, but then, I was thinking these would look great for all kinds of sessions! How much fun is it to put an insanely adorable border on all those wallets?!?! It makes regular wallets look so DULL!





8 wallets come on a sheet. Please let me know if you have any questions!!
BTW . . . . I'm using the most fabulous girl as my "example" - she's amazing and I just love her!!! Thanks, C!

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Little "W"

This little stud is so very much in love with his mom! My jokes and games were nothing compared to hers!


Okay, he smiled at me, too. What a cute little guy!

When introducing candy into the pictures, it makes sense to remove clothing also!

Every 1 year old needs professional "cake" pictures, but I've never seen a kid actually swim in the cake. Wet wipes just weren't going to cut it for the mess this guy made - so he got to rinse off in my tub! I've now offering full-service baby sessions here! ; )


What a cute little guy! It was such a fun session!

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The "K" Family

Luck was with us for this family shoot. It was supposed to snow, but instead - it was fabulous!!
Check out her eyes. I swear I didn't do any color-changing! Isn't she gorgeous?!?







That was supposed to be a kiss.
Honestly, this little guy wins "happiest baby"! I swear all it took was a little eye contact, and he was grinning from ear to ear. Have I mentioned that I love my job?!?


I love rusty, old, useless water tanks. I want 5 of them in my yard to take pictures by every single day.
I noticed this sign after the session, and I realize now how delicious fudge can be. I've never been a huge fan, but this Christmas I made 4 batches of the "symphony toffee/almond fudge" and I can seriously admit to eating probably an entire batch myself before the holidays were over. I had to talk myself out of the temptation (because you can get as many free samples as you want at shops like this, and it doesn't count as cheating your diet if you don't actually buy any, right?). So, instead of sampling some, I took a picture. Not quite as indulgently-satisfying, though.

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Almost neglected wedding

After going through my files, I found this wedding I shot a few months ago. I never posted any to the preview blog, but this couple was so fun to take pictures of, that I just had to post them!

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