Homemade Taggie Blanket

A good friend of mine is about to have her fourth baby. She was actually due last week but the little guy just doesn't seem to want to come out yet. I wanted to make her something special for her new little man so I decided to make a taggie blanket. I went to our very small fabric store in town and chose from their small inventory the fabrics for the little blanket. I love minky fabric because it is so soft. I went with a turquoise for the front and white for the back. I picked out some tan and brown ribbon for the sides. I had some felt at home that I used for the "A" and the squares on the front. It didn't take very long to make and I was very happy with the outcome. I hope baby "A" enjoys this little blanket. I can't wait to mail if off.

Newborn Photo Shoot

Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful baby girl. I spent all afternoon with her mom shooting away. Unfortunately when I went to take the photos off of my memory card something went wrong and all of the files were corrupt and then deleted from my card. I was devastated! Not only was I so upset that I lost all of the pictures but I had to call her mom and tell her what had happened. Luckily she was very understanding and agreed to come re shoot today. Well maybe that was meant to happen because today I was able to capture even better photos than yesterday. This little beauty slept most of the time for me and was such a pleasure to photograph. I have to say I'm actually glad we had to take the photos again. However I hope this never happens again because some things you can not redo.

Maternity Photo Shoot

I recently had the pleasure of taking some maternity photos. I have always enjoyed taking pictures and have dabbled in photography. I took several photography classes in college and have purchased a nice camera since the birth of my daughter. I am always looking for things and people to photograph.

It was raining the day we chose to take her photos so we ended up doing them inside. I think they turned out pretty well. We hung a burgundy sheet up in the living room and with all the nature light from the large windows we got some great shots. The big challenge was convincing daddy to be in the pictures and getting their toddler to listen. I had a great time editing these pictures and was very excited to show them to the expecting mama. You'd never know she was 9 months pregnant in these pictures. She is so tiny.