Winter Wonderland Sessions and Ordering Deadlines

Wow! What a busy holiday season! This month has seriously FLOWN by. I am yet to do my own Christmas shopping, and we're finally down to wallpapering our bathroom and the tile will be installed this Wednesday! We've been so swamped with work, and working on the bathroom, that I haven't had a lot of time to blog! Sorry guys! I hope that you have been keeping up with our Facebook page - we post there daily with lots of previews from sessions we're working on, studio news and happenings, and other fun stuff. Once the holiday rush is over, we will be back to posting previews on our blog, too.

I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to post some deadlines for ordering and the holidays.

{ WINTER WONDERLAND } We have just 5 more days of our fun Winter Wonderland Limited Edition mini sessions that have falling snow and a surprise visit from Santa. The sessions end on 12/15 to allow enough time for editing and ordering before Christmas. Sessions are booked from 10am-4pm daily.

{ ORDERING DEADLINES } This is a particular thing that I want to update everyone on. I'm sure you know that custom products (such as Holiday cards, collages, Accordion Albums, and Storybooks/Brag Books) DO take a couple of days for creation, editing, proofing and making changes, etc. These customized products HAVE TO BE FINALIZED and sent to print by Friday, December 17th in order to get them back before Christmas.

All other prints and mounted prints must be ordered by Monday, December 20th in order to get them back before Christmas.

Holiday Gala - December 2, 2010 6:00pm to 8:00pm

You’ve got lots of holiday shopping to do, and you’ve seen enough crowded parking lots and waited in enough lines. Those days are over!

Our Holiday Gala is the perfect girl’s night out—shopping meets fun, meets convenience!

Holiday shopping just went from a HEADACHE to a piece of CAKE!

Thursday, December 2, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

You'll find something for everyone on your list!

Premier Designs Jewelry
Scentsy
Thirty One Handbags
Buffalo Gal’s Goat Milk Soap
Dinner Time Chimes
Mary Kay Cosmetics
and more!

With music, refreshments, and an elite collection of vendors to browse, this is the best holiday shopping around!

Enter all of our exciting giveaways and stock up on Fantasy Photography gift certificates!

Winter Wonderland Limited Edition Mini Sessions with Santa!

Now offering... Winter Wonderland themed mini sessions complete with falling snow, reindeer, a penguin and a surprise visit from Santa!

Session fees are $35 for 20 minutes with prints purchased separately. We are offering Portrait Collections which include custom designed Holiday cards...be sure to ask to see our new designs for 2010!

Halloween Charity & Open House

We had a blast at our Halloween Charity and Open House event on Sunday! We got lots of cute shots of little ones and even a doggie to be entered into our Facebook contest for a free mini session. Our grand total of canned goods collected was 82, including pet and people food.

Be sure to visit our Facebook page and vote for your favorite costume at . Click "like" under your favorite Halloween pic - the child or pet with the most likes at midnight on Friday (11/5) wins a free mini session at our studio! Be sure to share the link and get your friends to vote, too!

Little "S" and her 2 year session { Winston Salem Children's Photography }

I met little "S" (and her stuffed "Kitty") and her parents at the park for her two year session. The leaves are just beginning to change, and little "S" was dressed for the occasion! She looked beautiful! She did great, talked a lot and even let us get a few family shots by the pond. At the end of the session, we all got hugs and I even got to hug "Kitty" bye :-)

Little "L" and his foliage session { Winston Salem Children's Photographer }

Little "L" was a TON of fun! He enjoyed playing with our fall props, especially the wagon! He was fooled by the fake apples (my husband was, too!) and decided to try and take a bite, which eventually ended in the apple being thrown into the brush, lol. He has got quite an arm on him to be just two years old!

Holiday Ornament Sale - ONE WEEK ONLY!

It's Christmas in October!

10/13-10/20 receive 20% off ANY Custom designed photo ornament - no new session required!

Call the studio at 336-575-7088 to get yours! Our favorite is the Aspen Snowflake ornament below...

The "J" Family { Winston Salem Family Photographer }

The "J" family were willing to be my guinea pigs for a Sofa Session idea...

We carried out the antique sofa from our waiting area and used it for the "J" family's session. I absolutely LOVE the way the photos look - casual, natural and a fresh & fun twist on family portraits!

After the family shots, we let little "T" run around and play and got some gorgeous shots of her in the grass!

Funny Little "W" { Winston Salem Children's Photographer }

I laughed my butt off at little "W" during his 9 month session. He was SOOO happy and full of smiles. He did great indoors and outdoors, but was determined to eat the grass outside! We had some colorful apples that were so realistic, little "W" decided to take a bite of one of them!

We went back inside and his mom put him in his Halloween costume, which was TOO cute. A turtle - complete with gloves/paws! It was soooo funny to watch him crawl around with a shell on his back, then he fell over on his shell and couldn't get back up! He was the cutest little guy! Here's a sneak peek for mom...

What a weekend...and two fuzzy cuties!

Our first year at Rock the Block in downtown Winston Salem was long (16 hours!) but FUN! We met SO many people - it was great! We were a bit unprepared, though...we ran out of business cards before dark!

The morning started out breezy, well take that back, gusty! Everything was blowing over, balloons were popping and I couldn't set out anything on easels! Finally, the wind died down around noon and I was able to set up all of our goodies. We had no clue what to expect, but we were SHOCKED when people started coming in. And coming in. And coming in. I was thinking maybe a couple thousand people would show up, but even after dark, the streets were literally packed shoulder-to-shoulder. It was so tight, like a sold-out concert! Crazy! When I picked up the Sunday paper, the story was on the front cover and they said by 4pm on Saturday, they had already exceeded last year's attendance of 40,000 people! They haven't released final attendance numbers yet, but I can't wait to see what they were!

On Sunday, we got up and packed up for an early morning pet session at Old Salem. The dogs were SO funny - "Stewie" got off of his leash and started to run, so my husband ran after him, not knowing that he LOVED to be chased, LOL. Stewie would run a couple feet, then stop and look back to see if my husband was still chasing him. I laughed the WHOLE way home about that. I love working with animals, just like people, they each have their own personality and things that they enjoy doing. For Stewie, it was being chased :-)

Here are a few sneak peeks from Stewie and Putter's session...

Pretty Little "P" { King, NC Children's Photographer }

Wow! We've been so busy working on the studio and going to festivals that I just realized how long it's been since I've blogged! Sorry guys! We are putting the finishing touches on the studio and will post some pics soon! Promise! You can come visit us this Saturday, September 18, from 11am to 11pm at Rock the Block in Downtown Winston Salem.

For now, have a look at this beautiful little one who visited our studio this week for her 2 year portraits. She was such a busy little one, but fun and playful...she had a blast playing outside barefoot in the grass!

Beautiful Little "M" { Winston Salem Newborn Photographer }

Beautiful little "M" was only two weeks old at her session and already starting to hold up her head on her own! I was shocked! She did great and dozed a little in-between shots. She was such a beautiful little girl! Here's a sneak peek for mom and dad...

Daisy { Winston-Salem Pet Photographer }

We had a blast working with Daisy and her "human" parents! She was wide open and SO curious! We had to be quick about getting the shots we wanted, especially the shots of her in the pink pail :-) But her pictures turned out TOO CUTE and Daisy looked adorable on polka-dots!

Cute Little "T" { Winston Salem Newborn Photographer }

Cute little "T" did SO good during his newborn session! He didn't cry ONCE, or fuss during clothing changes...he did "grunt" a lot, which was really cute! I even had to stop photographing for a second because I was giggling so much, lol. He dozed during the session and I got some really cute shots. My favorite is the one without a hat below - okay, and I love the sleepy smirk, too!

Sweet "C" { Winston Salem Children's Photography }

Sweet "C" had grown SO much since I did her 3 month portraits, I almost couldn't believe it! She looked absolutely ADORABLE in a tutu and pearls, and I got lots of awesome shots of her beautiful blue eyes :-)