Heart to Heart

Caroline: A Baby Shoot

This was a gift shoot for a very dear friend of mine and her new daughter, Caroline. I am so happy that Michelle will have the experience of raising a daughter and I wanted her to have something that she will always treasure.

Meet Caroline Ruth

  

Michelle, your friendship has meant so much to me over the years.  I am always mindful of the caring, compassionate person that you are in my life and in the life of many others.  I'm thankful for you and thankful for this journey you will take with Caroline.  God bless you and your precious family.

Love...Viv

Christmas Cards 2009

I've had a lot of inquiries regarding Christmas cards and I've decided to do something different.  Last year a client emailed me the link to an etsy shop and I like the concept and thought I'd try it this year in order to give my clients more variety to choose from.  Here is the shop I was told about last year

Nounces

Here's a sample of one of her Christmas cards

You buy the digital negative for 15.00.  She customizes the colors, picture, fonts, wording etc.  Once she sends you your digital file you print it at the location of your choice like you would a regular picture.  The only thing I'm unsure of is the envelope issue, but she may be helpful in finding envelopes for your Christmas cards. 

She has a large variety of styles.  I'll also be looking for other shops that sell the digital files and when I find a good one, I'll share it with you.  Check out her shop and see if you can't find something you like.

Here are a few more pics of baby Paige from our fashion shoot with Shawn.  She was such a smiley baby!

 
 Heartspun Housekeeping:

I've got no weekend shoots left until December 12th.  I'm receiving inquiries still for weekend shoots and while I could squeeze them in, I'm not going to.  It would not be fair to the clients already in the books.  I cannot do more than 3 shoots in a day.  It is just too draining and I don't want to cheat my clients by showing up tired from having shot numerous shoots prior to theirs.  If you'd like to be on a wait list for the weekend shoots, I'd be more than happy to oblige.  Otherwise, I still have a few weekday shoots up for grabs.  I can shoot morning or afternoon.  If you're interested in a weekday shoot let me know and we'll work something out.

HAPPY TUESDAY!
  

Fun N Sheek by Shawn: A Fab Find

Remember Shawn?   When I photographed Shawn and her family we got to talking about her love of creating children's clothing.  I am such a fan of people pursuing their passions and doing what they love.  It's a big risk you take.  It can be very unnerving to put yourself out there for the world to love or hate.  Ultimately, the risk is worth it.  I had seen Shawn's creations on the internet, but last weekend got to see one of her dresses in person and I was completely impressed with the craftsmanship.  The material is beautifu and high-quality and the details are so impressive because they are so laborious.  Shawn is designing a website to display her clothing and we got together to photograph some of her pieces.  I'm only posting a few of the shots and really aren't the best of the bunch as far as displaying the actual dress.  I'm saving those for her.  Regardless, here's a snippet of her beautiful work.

My personal favorite outfit:

one of her Christmas dresses:

Her famous Groovy (Princess) dress :

 
 and one too sweet not to post:

 
Follow Shawn on her blog FUN N SHEEK where you'll find a link to her etsy shop. 

Audrey: A newborn shoot

Baby A has recently come home from her stay in the NICU after making her grand entrance weeks before her time.  I can only imagine the stress of having to leave your baby in the hospital once you're discharged, but I know all is well with the world now that she is home, healthy, and perfect in her smocked dress.

 

 

Now that Natalie is a rather robust 18 month old, it's tricky holding a newborn again, but I must say that it was like home holding tiny Audrey.  She fit perfectly in the span of my 2 hands and so sweetly endured her wardrobe changes and position changes.  Look at those perfect lips.

And these tiny footprints are already leaving big imprints.  It is truly God's gift that He allows us to love something so small so immensely.

And this vintage processing I don't use often because it is really meant for certain types of photographs, but I love the way it works with this shot so I thought I'd give you something different versus the traditional black and white.

Happy Friday, Folks.

Rylan: A Children's Shoot

Baby Rylan is only 5 months old, but quite advanced for his age.  He is sitting up and crawling.  Yes, crawling.  I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.  

But, his bright blue eyes and dark lashes might even upstage his mobility.

How 'bout some chunk with that baby?  Yes, please.

I really like that we got just a snippet of mommy's happy-face in the corner.  It just makes the shot, in my humble opinion .

A different take on the name shot...

happy baby.

the end.

Thomas: A Children's Shoot

Meet Thomas:

Thomas is 4 years old and a Heartspun first-timer.  Thomas isn't exactly into picture-taking, but he sure is proud of his baseball gear.

Lucky for Thomas, I know little boys.
  I have one, you know.

 I know boys would rather talk about ducks pooping on my head than posing for me.  So, I may resort to topics including the word "poop".  And it's okay.  I can put away my sassy hat and put on my boy-momma hat if I get smiles like this:

I just give him some time and a little silly energy and before I know it, I've made a buddy that will smile more willingly.

And while smiles are great, looks like these can grab a momma's heart and squeeze every ounce of love out of it.

I know.

I have a boy ... you know.

Little boys are rough and they're silly.  They're loud and they fight.  They could care less about shoes being cute.

But, they know how to tug at heartstrings when they don't even mean to.

Alice: A Children's Shoot

I have a special place in my heart for this strawberry shortcake because...
1.  I photographed her when she was a tee-tiny newborn.
2.  She's every bit as squishy as my Natalie
3.  Her name is Alice.  I love the name Alice. 

 

Isn't this onesie to die for?!  I doubt she'll be turning 21 in prison ;)

Alice was rather fond of the crunchy, dead leaves in her mouth and we were having a time keeping her from them.

But, she's a persistent little thing.

And, I love Mommy and me pictures. 

Especially ones bathed in sunset

A perfect pair.

Note....I have a 6 pm Birthday club shoot up for grabs this Friday.  The second one is booked. 

Just one more I had to share

Bailee and Brynna: A Children's Shoot in Burnet

Bailee and Brynna are our hosts for the week and we have enjoyed a most wonderful, lazy week with the CoVan crew.

This is Bailee.  She is a soulful child.  She is a child that will change this world in a wonderful way.

 

By some miracle we enjoyed an 80 degree day yesterday so we've also enjoyed the docks and the eager perch.

 

Brynna is carefree and the life of the party. And, I should also mention she has an incredible sense of style. Really.  So,  be sure you look your best if you're ever around her.  She is polite enough to not call attention to you, but be certain that she's taking note :)

 

 

I'm thankful  for this week and I'm thankful for the time with my kids and these.  It reminds me of times long gone to see these children play from sun up to sun down. 

 

Brock & Liam: A Kid shoot

So, these little guys are now 2, but if you ask their momma they will always be her babies

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We met up at the park with scooters ready to go and I must say that I have the most sylish of clientele.  I've said it before.  I'm not into "props."  BUT, I hardly consider the things that my clients have been bringing into our shoots props.  How do you guys know just what to do?  I love these red scooters and I love the plaid shorts sitting atop.

Brock and Liam are twins, but their personalities are very unique.  They each possess different qualities that make them unique, but endearing in their own way. 

Liam is the serious one.

But, when you succeed in making him smile you have really scored big in his book.  He's not frivolous in his affection so just one smile from him sends my heart racing.

Brock is the smilier of the two.

And he'll win you over in a New York minute with his jovial personality.

Feet shots are cute, but twin feet shots are exponentially cute.

Speaking of exponentially cute....

How you like them ham bones?