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Holiday card season can swiftly pass busy parents by, and often you can’t even catch up for New Year’s greeting cards. Allow me to suggest Valentine’s Day photo cards! I am, of course, very biased for a few reasons. It is one of my favorite (possibly my most favorite) holidays. I love pink, red, and…

Today’s cake smash is meant to showcase how a simple, clean cake smash can be classic and beautiful without all the accompanying props and accoutrements. It can be this way to showcase your baby and their family, instead of a theme. Baby C’s family showed up in street clothes and with a little help from…

Our family today has been with me ever since little C was a newborn! Now that he is 2 I am honored that they came again for some fall family portraits. I am always a little wistful when I deliver a client’s artwork to them after their newborn portrait session. Of course I hope I…

A pre-pandemic cake smash for you today. This family came to me with great timing – back in November of 2019 (yes, I’m pretty behind with blogging!) for their son’s cake smash. It aligned well with holiday card season, so we snuck in holiday portraits, family portraits, toddler portraits and a cake smash in one…

For C.’s first birthday portraits, his mom was all about the simple, pure white backdrop. I love that look – it ensures the baby is the focal point of the session, and any cake colors or additional props pop nicely in the photo. Little C. was pretty chill for a one year old, I know…

Little A. came to me for a Wednesday cake smash and it was an awesome way to break up the week! I have limited availability on weekends, so breaking up a day of photo editing with a really fun session made the day that much sweeter. Can’t help a good mom joke! I also love…