Category Archives: Portraits

Thank You Cards

Little know fact: I love receiving cards in the mail… and I love sending them.  It’s like a little present in your mailbox.  Someone thought of you and took the time, wrote a note and put a stamp on it.  What a lovely little gesture that says so much – I care, I appreciate you, and thanks.  One year for my birthday a friend of mine (who has yet to fess up to it)  sent out an email to a bunch of my friends reminding them that my birthday was coming up in the next couple weeks and asking them to drop a card in the mail…and this is what happened… I think in total I received over 20 birthday cards that year!! Let’s just saw it was a pretty awesome birthday!

As a service to my own clients I offer photo thank you cards and Christmas cards, baby announcements … just about anything you can dream up!  I know that for couples who have recently gotten married the task of writing thank you cards seems a bit (or maybe a lot) daunting.  So many cards … so many addresses.  I encourage all of you instead to think about how happy the people who receive those cards will be.  The fact that you took the time and wrote them a note is always appreciated.   Here’s a photo of the card that Kaley & Aaron sent out to their guests this past year.

And this morning, I came across a blog entry called ‘5 Tips for Wedding Thank You Cards’ –  a great little read for brides and grooms – Thanks Emmaline Bride!.

So in short I encourage all of you too keep up the ‘art’ of sending handwritten cards… for any occasion! You can guarantee it will be the highlight of someone’s day when they find it in their mailbox!

 

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Playdate anyone?

I think as adults we forget to play.  We are so busy “doing” things that we forget to take a deep breath and just do something we love to do just for the heck of it.  I was absolutely thrilled when my good friend Erin Samuell of A Simple Photograph – invited along to a “playdate” of sorts.  Erin was planning to do a headshot session for Selena of Hazlitt Vintage Rentals and was bringing in the very talented Sonia Ryan to do makeup.  She decided to make the most of it, have her makeup done as well, and asked me if I’d come along and take a few shots of her.  Erin has photographed my family in the past and took some of my all time favourite photos of my husband Chris & I for our 15th anniversary.  It was really neat to trade places and have her in front of my lens and have some fun with my camera.  Here are a few of my favourite shots of Erin.

Now if you haven’t already clicked on the link I posted above by Selena’s name, please take a minute and check out her site and her blog.  She has incredible collection of vintage pieces for rent.  Really really fun stuff.   Here are some shots of Sonia helping to prep her for her shoot….

Pretty as can be isn’t she :) – We headed outside and started snapping.

Recently Selena blogged about making terarrium’s after watching Canadian House and Home’s DIY video, so it only seemed fitting to snap a few photos of that as well!

Great use of an old vintage jar.  Might just have to try this one out myself!

And just one lost of shot of Erin hard at work!

If you’d like to see the photos Erin took of  Selena, check out her blog here. Thanks so much to Erin, Selena and Sonia for inviting me along for the fun!  It was a beautiful day to spend with some beautiful women!

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