Thank you for stopping by my blog, my little spot in the cyber sun where I like to share all the fun things happenening at Itty-Bitty Portraits! So, you may wonder who I am... I am a small town girl, married to a hunkey guy, so very much in love with my two little girls who I could just squeeze the jelly out of. I love babies, the miracle of birth and I love photographing children. So here I am, chasing kiddo's around with a camera and capturing all those giggles, smiles, and grins that we live for. So keep those fuzzy slippers on and enjoy some chubby cheeks and cute little smiles with your coffee this morning.
N-Joy,
- NOW BOOKING SEPTEMBER, AND THE BEAUTIFUL FALL MONTHS OF 2010*
PLEASE NOTE: -THE STUDIO WILL BE CLOSED THE MONTH OF DECEMBER with exception of newborn sessions.
-Fall is our busiest season; sessions fill quickly and usually book at least 4 weeks in advance. Please plan accordingly.
-Special consideration is given to newborn sittings, I do my best to fit newborns in within the first 2 weeks of life, please contact me ASAP if you are interested in booking a newborn sitting. The only way to guarentee your spot is to book early and pay your sitting fee to hold your time.
It’s that time of year that I spend most of my time out of the studio photographing families. Family sessions are so fun and the great part is everyone loves using their family photos for holiday gifts not only as prints but I will be sharing so many unique & fun ways to use your photo’s coming up! It’s going to make you squeal! You will be the envy of the subdivision! 
I have wanted to share this for over a year! Seriously life MUST slow down…. Anyways, I always hear my clients say, ” I just don’t know how to make my pictures look good in my house.” So…. I will be offering some advise for all of you on how to bring all of those pretty pictures together in a display from time to time.
Now let me say, I love my “formal” family pictures, where we are dressed to the 9’s, kids faces are clean, outfits are matching, the whole works and through my ENTIRE house you will find the walls plastered with my girls, my hubby and I, the family…. you know how it is. Well for our bedroom I wanted something personal to us, something casual (hence the naked babies)… we are pretty much the only ones who go in there so I wanted something that really reflected our daily life and what we love so much about it so I got 10- 11×14 pints printed on metallic paper to match our metallic paint on our walls then I had them mounted so they were ready to hang on the walls and this is what my cozy little-love-shack looks like now! By the way, the first picture is taken with my “fish-eye” I really don’t have curved walls and a curved headboard!
It was a birthday celebration for this little man! Little Mr A just turned1! It has been such a fun year capturing him and it’s going to be even more fun making his 1 Year album! If you want to peak at his last sitting…. you can see it here. Mr A’s is a baby plan client which means he get’s total VIP treatment here at IBP! If you are expecting and you want to capture your child’s first year “The Baby Plan” is defiantly the way to go. Not only do you get VIP booking you get free prints, great deals on print orders as well as a BEAUTIFUL album at the end. The Baby Plan includes:
4- IBP Sittings to be used in 1 year time.
4- 8×10’s.
8×8 album at final sitting containing the pictures of all 4 sittings.
10% off all print orders for all 4 sittings.
It’s the perfect way to savor all that baby-goodness and also have a beautiful keepsake album so you always remember your little one’s first year! Thanks Mr. A for the fun!
Since I rarely have the chance to share sometime personal, here you go-
It was the dreaded day at our house, I was dreading Kindergarten. I was, it was sad…. so sad! My little baby who was at one point a 4 pound 14 ounce jaundiced 35 weeker, a baby who I thought would never grow out of her 5 preemie outfits which I washed pretty much every day because… well… you know how many outfits babies go through. Needless to say, our little girl has taught us more about life, faith and love than we ever thought we would know! You always think you are the ones teaching your kids about life and in all reality, they are teaching you. Calli had looked forward to school for the entire summer and today, we dropped her off and kissed her goodbye. I know why every mom dreads that moment when they run to their friends and teacher and if your baby is like mine, they don’t look back!
When Calli was 9 Months old I was defending my stance on why she should continue to have her binki to her pediatrician in Laramie and he offered some important advise, he said “Tina, sooner or later you will learn that parenting is about teaching your children how to be independent, teaching them how to survive on their own, make good decisions, be good people and thrive on their own. Trust me, you don’t want Calli to NEED a binki or NEED you.” At the time I was a little dumbfounded, I thought “are you crazy??? I want her to always need me! ALWAYS! YOU MY FRIEND ARE CRAZY, I CAN’T BELIEVE YOUR A DOCTOR!” Then… I thought about how selfish that would be for her to need me for everything and need me to make every decision about life, I cant even tell you how many times Brian and I have talked about that conversation in that dr’s office. Every time we take another step closer to letting her go off on her own it seems to come up. It was very useful and today I reminded myself of that. I was happy I didn’t have to kick her off my leg, I was happy that she squealed when she looked across the playground and saw her friends, I have a social butterfly and I better love that! Then it hit me….. I looked down at Layla’s face when Calli left, I really hadn’t thought of how it would make Layla feel so when I looked down and she had those huge eyes all welled up with tears it made me very thankful that I my friends had planned ahead, I I wore my HUGE over-sized spy sunglasses (aka Aunt Myrna Shades.) I did shed a few tears thinking of all the times I have seen them randomly hug or kiss out of the blue, not to mention all the times I notice them holding hands. I am glad today is over with, now it’s just part of life! Baby steps right? Here are my babies…. formal pictures coming soon!!! I actually have set some time aside to get my family in front of the camera! p.s. thanks michelle for switching me so I could be there for my little-lady’s special day!
Here is what you have been waiting for, I finally have enough of my schedule pieced together to put up some mini-sittings and the September Promo….. so the photo’s below are pictures of the September Promo for all Full Sittings. If you have booked a full sitting (not a mini-sitting) in September you will be getting this darling little desk calendar FOR FREE! My little gift to you! If you haven’t booked a September sitting, your going to want to so you can enjoy your beautiful pictures at your office desk. Calendars come with 13 pictures, one cover image and an image for each month. You pick the pictures, we deliver you a cutie-little-calendar! Pretty simple right? Again these are for full sitting clients for September!
Fall is approaching and everyone is emailing about getting family pictures updated for Holiday Cards and gifts so I have the perfect solution, mini-sittings!! If you are considering a mini-sitting, act quickly, they don’t last long! It’s fast and fun, I am sure all of you can convince your husbands into 30 minutes of family pictures right?
-up to 3 kido’s/family of 5
-children must be 6 months or older
-30 minute sitting
-15 proofs loaded to an online gallery for ordering
- must meet minimum order of $250
- sitting will take place at designated location
$50 sitting fee must be paid to hold your spot
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