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When life gives you lemons make a gin and tonic

May 03, 2020 • Leave a Comment

When life gives you lemons MAKE A G&T 🍸⁠ ⁠ Happy Lemonade Day! What do you do with your lemons?⁠ ⁠ 🍋 cake⁠ 🍋 pie⁠ 🍋 tea⁠ ⁠ Do tell....⁠ *in the picture above I was making salad dressing here at Elbow Tree Cottage

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Not booking sessions until June

May 01, 2020 • Leave a Comment

Although I can prepare photo gifts with images from your past shoots, please note that due to COVID19 I will not be booking sessions before June. I will be keeping a close watch on the situation and when I'm permitted to schedule shoots I will open my calendar. To get on my VIP list so you will be the first to know about openings click here or th...

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Seven tips to prepare your family for a photo shoot

April 29, 2020 • 1 Comment

There are 7 things I tell parents when preparing for their family photo shoot. These tips help prepare you and your family so the getting ready, showing up and having fun is stress free. The first thing I say to moms who are planning a family photo shoot is... INCLUDE EVERYONE: Get your family excited about the shoot. Involve them in the discussio...

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Happy launch anniversary

April 27, 2020 • Leave a Comment

Wishing Aura Aesthetics a happy launch anniversary! We all could use a reason to celebrate so let's lift our coffee mugs to this local small business' achievement. I think more than ever we are appreciating the local businesses that make our community a little better with their services. How do I know Jolene at Aura Aesthetics? Jolene is an expe...

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Behind the scenes during a Winter photo shoot at Elbow Tree Cottage

April 26, 2020 • Leave a Comment

A curious dog, a very long skirt and extremely deep snow! Here's a picture of behind the scenes before getting this very noble look from both models. A winter princess with her protective sidekick but there was plenty of silliness going on before pulling this off. Her mother and I had fun pulling together this inspired outfit of textures and layer...

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National Picnic Day and challenge

April 23, 2020 • Leave a Comment

Happy National Picnic Day! It was SO much fun working with this baby's mother to pull these picnic elements together. I could stare at the images from this session for hours and they don't get old - I love revisiting them. I challenge you to have a picnic today and because we are all enjoying our inside-time, our traditional picnic locations may n...

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Earth Day

April 22, 2020 • Leave a Comment

Happy Earth Day! Earth Day was first celebrated on this day in 1970.⁠ I'll be celebrating with a long walk in the woods with my furbabies Iltis and Sissi here at Elbow Tree Cottage

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