You've seen this talented designer, Trendie Treasures on here recently. She has a way of making everything so delicate & feminine yet functional and fun. These dresses are the perfect example,the 'Chocolate Raspberry Dazzle' & 'Summer Breeze'! Brielle didn't want to take these off particularly the polk-a-dotted one. She adoringly refers to it as her 'Princess Dress'. She's turning 5 years old in a week and that's the dress is the one she's eyeing to wear in her closet. :)
This talented designer is one that I'm very excited to feature again!! Ingrid B. Designs is based out of Arizona and all of her designs have been tested by her children before she sells them (to ensure they pass the kid- test) - smart lady :) Her designs are fun, hip and durable {they wash well and all the seams are serged}. She is having a Give-Away on her Facebook Business Page - Ingrid B. Designs - check it out!
Below is a peak at Ingrid's Back to School Collection. Brielle and I made it out of the desert just before the Monsoon's heavy rains began. The sky was AMAZING! And it changed within seconds. The temperatures were high (110 degrees) but the clouds made it tolerable and Brielle was entertained the balloons - each of them getting away from her after the session. So we ran after each one, laughing and amazed that they didn't pop. Amazing, they hit the ground, the blazing rocks and still didn't pop. I was relieved and Brielle thought it was a game, giggling & squealing as she chased each balloon and then raced to the car escaping the heat and the rain that was taunting us in the sky.
As always, I'm giddy when designers contact me to photograph their clothing! So when the designer of New York based 'Janum' asked me to work with her I was thrilled. Her designs are fun, fresh and hip. I love that she's incorporated some 'boy' items (things my clients always ask for). Tyler loved the guitar and baseball ties and I had to learn how to 'tie' a tie - he laughed at me. lol. She makes hair accessories too! Janum's designs are very well made and wash nicely (something that I've already had one of her potential customers ask me about). Important Note: Today and tomorrow are your last days to order before Janum takes a little time to catch-up on orders - she will reopen in August. So hurry and check her stuff out! :) Oh and for discounts and to get in on Janums promotions...join their facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/JanumDesigns
A new clothing designer - well to me!! :) When this designer, Trendie Treasures, contacting me it was several days before Brielle broke her arm. So when these beautiful outfits arrived, little B was in a bright pink tattooed cast so we had to put things off. But as I was getting more designers projects in the queue I was getting impatient and was lucky to work with this beautiful little girl. She and my son, Tyler, are good friends and shared the same teacher this year in first grade. Her family is also new to Arizona (relatively) and moved here around the same time we did. She was so at ease in front of the camera making this shoot easy, quick and fun - I love her elegance and poise. I'm sure you'll be seeing more of her again in the future spotlights ;-). So here are just a few outfits from Trendie Treasures Summer Clothing line. Such fun summery colors :) And the names she picked for them are very fitting: Bold, Bright & Beautiful and Perfect Pink Punch! Check her out on Etsy :)
I'm back!! Back from Mexico that is :) It was a great vacation and the kids fell in love and want to move there. Not surprising - they're little fish and they couldn't build enough sand castles. They also had so much fun bartering in nearby villages and looking for seashells where ever they went. Now that I'm back I feel like I have a TON to catch-up on! So much to blog (lots in the queue right now). The first thing that I want to blog is the new Spring Collection by Kait Emerson Designs. She is talented beyond words and when I received the items to be photographed I instantly decided on a theme. The Carnival! The light blues, and pale pinks mixed with a punch of deeper colors screamed FUN and Childhood. So the kids really got into it. She included a cool boys shirt for Tyler to model - I love the colors {fun, yet definitely 'boy'}. And the cute green and pink headband seen in many of the images are made by my favorite hat maker Nuxiemade. She has a huge selection of colors to choose from on her site. Here are a few images from our session. Check out more items in Kait Emerson's Spring line at www.kaitemersondesigns.com
Couldn't resist going Grungy Vintage on this last one :)
I was hoping to post more about my time at WPPI but I'm headed to Puerto Vallarta tomorrow and have been running around trying to get things done before my trip. So I'll leave you with a picture of sweet Brielle an image that I thought needed a vintage, aged look. And Tyler, sitting for a series I've been working on. I love vintage photos. In fact after I get home from vacation, I'm heading off to my grandmother's house in the Berkeley hills. It was a house my grandfather built over 60 years ago. It's been quite a while since I've been there so I'm looking forward to visiting her and taking pictures of the 100+ stairs that lead up to her house. Anyway, I hate to make this so short but if I don't I may have to pull an all nighter to get everything done. Thanks for stopping by! I'll blog more when I return!!
Doesn't this dress make you long for Spring?! In this newest design by Julie of 'Zozobug Baby' and 'ZoGirl!' the soft pinks, and sunny yellow go so perfectly for this style of dress. The apron portion of this fabric is imported from Hollond so the this "Cotton-Candy Dress" is a limited edition piece. I love the flirty style with the mini-ruffle and the matching rosette at the top, coupled with the funky/fun apron front and the the halter back. I was so giddy when I saw this dress and so was Brielle - she wanted to go on a photo session 'RIGHT NOW'. So funny :) And that cute little matching headband (which Brielle insist on wearing every time we get into the car...did I mention that she's a little stubborn?) is the hand-made design of Melissa of Nuxiemade. Remember the knit hats I use all the time? This is the same maker and I'm thrilled to see these new accessories!! She's brilliant!
Side Note: I just converted from PC to Mac (woo hoo!!) so bare with me on any bumps that may happen during this conversion. I have yet to calibrate my monitor so you may be looking at pictures that are Purple - lol. Hope not. So even though I'm in sRGB colorspace I'm seeing that some of the images posted on these designers sites look like they are in Adobe RGB (but they aren't) weird hu? Anyway this change is challenging at times - it's fun, it's scary, it's new and I'm trying my hardest to dive in head first. I also got myself a handy dandy little tablet to edit with so that too is 'change' and adds the many emotions mentioned ;-) Change is good though right? Thanks for stopping by!!
I'm home! Yes, but I've been running around like a crazy woman since I've been home and haven't had a moment to edit and post all the fun sessions I had during my time in Seattle. Tyler started the first grade yesterday (weep, weep). I can't believe he's growing up. It's all so much harder on me it seems. Thankfully he's a pretty happy-go-lucky kid, but I'm the one stressing, overwhelmed and intimidated by the size of his new school. The school is fantastic and the kids there seems happy, well-balanced, etc. but I'm completely overwhelmed by how big it is. He came from a school in South Carolina where there was only one teacher per grade and it was very small. This is all so new. It reminds me of my first day at college - trying to find where things are, locating my classrooms in advance so I'm not late the first day, learning a whole new routine, etc. So those anxious memories along with my baby growing up make me a bit of a mess ;-) I'll get over it soon....I hope.
Okay, onto my Designer Spotlight! I thrilled to be asked by Krystin, designer of Eliza Kate clothing line, to photograph more of her clothing. These pieces are from her new fall line. Aren't they adorable!! The pants - I fell in love with (well, the skirt, tops and dress too but if I had to choose one it would be the pants) - they are so cute, fit great and I love the detail on the bottom. Brielle wore them to school this week under a dress, it's still in the low 100's here, I tried to explain that she'll get hot but she insisted. And she accessorized with 2 necklaces, 5 bracelets and a neck piece/chocker thing that 'was' here head-band as a baby but looks more like a garter now. I just let her go with it after trying to convince her that we should leave pretty jewelry at home. I was shaking my head and giggling at the same time. Anyway, I love the colors and fabrics she used and Brielle felt comfy in them even in the 114 degree heat we had the day of this shoot. I was shocked she lasted as long as she did. Cold water and lots of it was key for both of us :) Check out more of her work at www.elizakatedesigns.com
So...I'm still in Seattle doing sessions, visiting with friends and family and just enjoying some time back in this amazing city. Summer time here is amazing and works perfectly for sessions - except for record breaking heat...more on that later {wink}. Anyway, we head home in just two short days and I already miss my friends, family and clients up here. The good thing is, my flight from AZ to Sea-town is so much quicker than it was from South Carolina so hopefully that equates to more frequent vists. ;-) Anyway, I'll post more about my time in Seattle shortly.
I've been meaning to post these beautiful designs for a couple of weeks, but computer glitches and being away from my main computer have delayed this. Well talented Julie, from Zozobug Baby, sent me some great new fall designs she's incorporating into her line before I left. Aren't these adorable!? My favorite is the orange and purple skirt, Briella calls it her twirling skirt. I love it!! Anyway, we had fun photographing these despite the Arizona heat just days before we left for our trip. Thankfully Briella has made it easy - we're done within minutes which is key in the heat. On this day it was 114 degrees but we shot these when it cooled to 107, hence the flush cheeks. But she's a trooper and started to cry when I told her it was time to go. She wanted to find the grasshopper she spotted before our session, so we looked, and looked and looked. Sadly, we couldn't find him again so Briella was finally ready to go. Always an adventure with my little girl :) .
Oh...my... what a crazy month this has been. I've been loving photographing Spring lines for so many designers. Briella even asks me to photograph her - whaaa? Yes, shocking me how much she enjoys these sessions. Anyway, below is a taste of Kait Emerson's new spring line. And the coordinating hats are from the talented Nuximade. You've seen both of them featured many times on my blog and I'm digging their latest designs and colors. Love them!! Brielle wore the green and yellow ensemble on her last day at school before we moved. Yes, we moved yesterday! So her last day at Byrnes was on Wednesday which happened to be ‘Spring Pictures' at school. She loves accessories so the hat and the bows on the shoulders of the dress drew her in and she instantly fell in love ;-) Check out more of their fun styles by clicking on their names above!
To update you all... we flew out to Phoenix yesterday from Charlotte, NC. The night before we cleaned out our old house and then made the 2 hr drive to Charlotte (getting in at just past midnight). Our flight was at 6 am the next morning so the kids flew on 4 hrs of sleep - oh my! They did amazing (to my surprise) and we arrived mid-day to AZ. I'm without my main computer (it's on the moving truck which should arrive early next week) but I made sure to upload the images below to my laptop since I knew I couldn't wait for the truck to arrive to make a blog post ;-)
I'll be blogging more about our final days in SC and some session sneak peeks. Saying good-bye is so painful but I'm incredibly thankful for the experiences we had in SC and I'm excited for the adventures and opportunities that await us here in Arizona! Now I need to get to bed...my body is paying me back by giving me an atrocious cold - uggg... ;-)
