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    I feel if you're too busy to stop and laugh at yourself, well, you are just too busy, friend.

    I know life is too crazy and beautiful to let it fly by unnoticed. We're all a little crazy and all a little beautiful - and that's worth celebrating!

    I bring out the life you love living through images of you loving life.

    I believe in capturing the magic of now and making it last forever

    Let's laugh together and never forget it.

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The Perfect Mother’s Day: styled shoot, family portraits, Ladner BC.

 

It started with an idea.

An ideal idea: the perfect Mother’s Day.

What would delight a mother’s heart? What would she treasure most on that day?

 

Time. She would want time in bed, time to look beautiful, time with her family, time being showered with love, time to be celebrated, time to not worry about time.

Being a mother is inherently selfless; one is always giving oneself up for all those special people in her life… but every so often, it is so wonderful to just give Mom a huge “thank you”.

 

And of course, Mom always wants some precious photos of her babies, so why not incorporate a family photo shoot throughout the day?  I wanted to see Mom in all her wonder: soft but happy colours, literally a flower that is a wonder.

 

I imagined soft colours, a cool morning and lots of fresh white hues.  I imagined the smell of fresh baking ruminating through the house, sun streaking through the windows on a perfect morning, the sounds of children busy at work to make her day extra special.

 

It was a whole day affair, but Mom is worth it, no? I loved seeing the kids get all excited about a fancy breakfast, about opening gifts, about showering Mom with kisses and spreading excitement around. That is what it’s all about!  Sure, gifts are lovely (and welcome!) but they are only icing on the cake. It’s time Mom really wants: to bottle it up and preserve it, to capture a moment of it and savour it as long as she can.

Check out my mother’s day Mini-Sessions, the perfect gift for Mom this year.


I can’t believe some of the fantastic vendors who helped me out with this!  It was such a blessing to showcase all of your skills – thank you so much for sharing! What a talented and generous bunch of people.  I would encourage you all to take a look and see what these lovely folks can do for you:) I can’t wait to work with you all again!

cake: Buttercream Couture

dress: Frocks

jewelry: Caroline Calvert Couture

breakfast tray: Yellow Honey House

diaper: Little Monkey Diaper Store

flowers: All Thymes Florist

wrapped gifts: Essential Packaging

card: A Paper Life

Location: Favourite Things grounds

make-up: Ashlee Marcela

Mom’s Nighty: DKNY

Kids jammies: Joe Fresh

Baby diaper: AMP

Kids Clothes: Old Navy

Coming soon… Mother’s Day styled shoot

 

I am having some technical difficulties at the moment, so I can’t post all my images here, but check out my Facebook album for now.  I will get them up for you to enjoy soon!

 

with the marvellous help from:
cake: http://buttercreamcouture.com/
dress: frocks.ca/
jewelry: http://www.carolinecalvert.com/
breakfast tray: http://yellowhoneyhouse.vpweb.ca/
diaper: http://www.littlemonkeystore.com/
flowers: alltymesflorist.com/
wrapped gifts: http://www.essentialpackagingstore.com/
card: http://www.etsy.com/listing/97839676/quilled-spring-tree-happy-mothers-day?ref=pr_shop
make-up: Ashlee Marcela

Mother’s Day Mini-Sessions

Celebrate mom by giving her your time.

30 minute “mini-sessions” are the perfect way to say “I love you like crazy!”.  They are short and sweet, timeless and memorable.  These are memories she can keep forever, whether she ends up hanging the images on her wall, or placing them on her mantle, she’ll remember mother’s day 2012 as the year you gave her your time.

We’ll choose a beautiful location together and spend a relaxed 30 minutes celebrating the relationship between mother and child/children, no matter what age.

 

Please book your mini-session by May 9th.  You will receive a beautifully wrapped “mini-session”, so Mom will still have something to open on Mother’s day:)

After our session is complete (2-4 weeks later), we’ll get together at your place to take a look at all the beautiful images (25-40), and decide where to go from there: prints, canvas, digital copies… it’s up to you.  All Mother’s Day Mini-Sessions will receive 50% off of all products (that’s a pretty awesome deal, friends).

Mini-sessions must take place before June 18th.

Feel free to call or text 778-241-0433 for more info.  I can’t wait to hear from you.

 

Just a teeny, tiny look at my teeny, tiny people

Somehow, I pulled off a styled family photo shoot today.  I had lots of help, mind you (more to come on that soon!)

I just wanted to share some favs of my little kiddos who were part of it, and were such good sports throughout it all.  I can’t wait to show you more of what is coming up. It’s so exciting for me.  And I’m so happy with how things are looking so far.

But for now, enjoy this deliciousness.

I want to take photos again.

I was recently given a swift, but loving kick in the pants recently by a friend who told me I really needed to update my web presence.  Oi.  Don’t I know it.

Of course, I list the normal list of excuses “time, busy, kids, house” and once the list is out, I feel sorta embarrassed.  And lazy, and unmotivated, and all those other things moms hate feeling.  I just don’t want to make excuses anymore.  I want to be taking photos.  I want to be creating graphics. I want to be getting people to their creative destinations.  I don’t want to say “yeah, but…” anymore.

As cliche as it sounds, it really is easier said than done.

People ask if I am going to be working again, or any time soon, and I really do want to.  I am working at getting working again.  I want to be doing that.  “Working” for me is a creative outlet, not just work. It feels great.  All sorts of great.  And I want to get back at it.

I feel like I completely underestimated the toll two kids would take on my life.  It’s not like they are tons of work… honestly, I have the best baby on the planet (when is he gonna stop being so good?!), and my toddler isn’t too shabby either.  But somehow, they sap every scrap of time I have. And every scrap of energy, too.  So it is a rare event that I get an evening free to blog or update things (yeah, this has taken me days to write…).  But I want to get back at it. And be better at it!  Geesh!

I have big plans.  I always do.  Lots of exciting things are coming up soon.  I just need to make them happen.

For now, I plan on working for these two little people most of the time.  But I’m gonna be working for you, too;)

April 19, 2012 - 7:07 am

Anna - Can’t really blame you for having your heart completely captured by those two…pretty much adorable! Such great pictures France!!

April 19, 2012 - 7:06 am

Anna - Can’t really blame you for having your heart completly captured by those two…pretty much adorable! Such great pictures France!!

April 19, 2012 - 7:06 am

Anna - Can’t really blame you for having your heart completly capture by those two…pretty much adorable! Such great pictures France!!

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