Ring in the New Year with some new Portraits!

How about we start 2012 off right? Let's talk Mini Photography Sessions- I love them because you get a lot of bang for your buck, awesome photos to display on your walls once you take down your Christmas decorations, use them for your facebook profile, put them in your 365 scrapbooks, send them to relatives since you never got around to sending out those Christmas cards {blush}, there's so many reasons to get some new photos taken for New Years! And now, here's the perfect opportunity

My sister Eryn & I are now offering up EIGHT mini sessions each day. The sessions will be held in my parents fabulous backyard in Mesa {2332 E. Emelita Cir. Mesa, AZ 85204) with our own personal flair and props. We want some fun, festive people to come have some fun with us next Friday and get some photos taken, for just $50! Eryn goes back to Utah in January, so we will be offering more mini sessions throughout all of 2012 in both AZ and UT! Keep checking my blog for a heads up on all our holiday sessions, senior photo specials, family sessions, and more. To reserve your session, visit our website at heirloom-photo.com

Wordless Wednesday: Evelyn & Georgia

My Continuing Project #2: Heirloom Photography

The Holiday season was crazy busy for us at Heirloom Photography! Check out all these adorable families we snapped some pics of:








And now we're offering a sweet deal on our sessions for 2011:

Handmade Parade is Open for 2011

We've re-opened the Etsy shop with some fun stuff for New Years! Check it out, you can do local pick up too, so you don't have to pay for shipping!

It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To

After a few mishaps and a few frustrated tears, it's time to celebrate my birthday!



Eryn took me out and did a little quickie mini session for my big 26th. I can't wait to see what's gonna happen this year!

Heirloom Photography Holiday Mini Sessions

Check out the Heirloom Photography Blog for more info! Book asap-space is VERY limited!

Spark Worship Day 3

One of the Core Classes at Spark was a photography class taught by Wendy of Blue Lily Photography. Her work is gorgeous and super inspiring, so I'm going to share some photo tutorials, favorite photographers and links that will help all amateurs at home get that profesh look for all your upcoming fall photos!

Check out The Pioneer Woman's Photography Section. Now. It is chock full of amazing photo tips-from lighting to what all those crazy buttons on your camera, to new camera suggestions. AND she gives away Free Photoshop Actions! Wohoo! I love her sepia tones, they are gorgeous!


You can purchase more actions at Maggie Homes site, they are fun and super easy to use!

Totally Rad Actions are .....well, totally rad. And they give out free trial actions so you can see if their style is right for you.


And for some awesome classes, you can check out Wendy's Enlighten Workshop in Scottsdale Nov 19th-20th! Also coming up are Nicole Gerulat's online photo classes which look A-mazing (I want to buy her textbook super bad).

All these photos are from portfolios in our new Heirloom Photography Client Gallery! Check out the Heirloom Blog for more info about what's going on with our new photography business!

Heirloom Photography Launch Weekend

If you want to celebrate Fall with me, come to our mini sessions we're holding this weekend! They're going to be lots of fun, and you can get some new pictures to put up with your new Fall decor (which we will be discussing in detail tomorrow!) Get ready for a new wreath, a bouquet of some freshly sharpened pencils (a la You've Got Mail), and some glorius bookpage & photo banners. I've been trying to collect some new pictures of my kids for this project, starting with Landen

LAUNCH DAY- Heirloom Photography

Hooray! I'm super excited to announce the launch of my newest project with my sister Eryn-Heirloom Photography! Check out our new website, blog, and client gallery for all the sweet details! We did a shoot last night with this GORGEOUS couple Sam & Gabe and I'm trying really hard not to drool all over my keyboard, they are so tasty.