Fall Family Picture Style: 2013

As I mentioned yesterday, I went with a mustard, grey, and navy theme for our 2013 fall family photo shoot.
I found a great pair of mustard skinnies for Peachy at Target. It appears that they are no longer selling them online, but you might be able to find them at stores yet. I paired them with a navy cardigan from Carters.

Under which I put a grey raglan sleeve shirt with sequins at the neck, also from Carters.

I also got out a pair of Keen sneakers that I had been saving for her. I don't remember where I ordered them from, but I got a really good deal when I did and I ordered a size up.

For Cream, I started with this graphic tee from Carters.

That I topped with this great cardigan with heart elbow patches! Love it!

I got her a pair of skinnies to wear as well. And she looked so cute in them.

She has been wearing her Keens for a while now, but I also love them.

I made both of the girls felt bow barrettes similar to this one on Etsy.

I wore my Old Navy skinny maternity jeans again. These are my go to pair of pants so far this pregnancy.

I wore a non-maternity Ann Taylor Loft stripe tank that is discontinued. But here is a similar one form Old Navy.

And once again the mustard cardigan made an appearance.

The infinity scarf is of my own making. I will try to do a post on it one of these days. And the boots are Old Navy.

And Mr. Cherry's outfit is from his dresser. :o)

Fall Family Pictures: 2013

A few weekends ago we had our annual family pictures taken. I love having pictures of the entire family and I have found that fall is a good time to do it.

Both girls have had their birthdays, the scenery is always beautiful around here, and then I have pictures for our Christmas cards (which I already ordered!!!)

We were supposed to go out on a Saturday morning, but following the trend as of late, it was cold, damp and gloomy. No go for pictures. Since my friend was taking the pictures, we were able to reschedule for Sunday evening.

Unfortunately, I was only able to meet her at 6. Not the best time of day for fall pictures, but she worked it. Also, let me say here, taking pictures of kids is no small feat. Getting both of the girls to look at the camera at the same time with decent smiles took lots of work.

It may have even taken our photographer balancing a mini pumpkin on her head, jumping in the air, and telling us about the animal in her camera lens. Yeah, family photographers need to be in good shape and high spirits.

Tomorrow I will do a run down of the outfits I put together. I love planning picture outfits. I have found that the key is to go with a color palate rather than all one color.

This year I went with grey, mustard yellow, and navy. I also threw in a splash of orange with my scarf.

You can see my post about our 2012 pictures here.
And if you are a local reader and are looking for a photographer, please let me know. I would be happy to share Tina's information with you.

Two Clowns

I have been having a very hard time getting pictures of the girls these days.

Peachy seems to be in a stage where she either hams it up or avoids the camera all together.

And Cream is just a constant ball of motion.

Getting a good picture of either of them is hard, but one of both of them together is down right impossible.

Here are some shots I recently took while they were both sitting in a chair together.

Fail!

Valentine Garlands

I have a couple of friends who do photography out of their home. One of them recently asked me if I could make a fabric love banner for her to use as a photo prop. I had been wanting to make one for myself, so I jumped at the idea and made two. One for me and one for her. The great thing about making things for photographers is that you can get some great pictures of your product. :o)

 I used an unbleached muslin for the pennants and Heat n Bond for the letters and hearts. After ironing on the letters and zig-zagging the pennants, I stitches them on to some twill tape I had.

Another photographer friend of mine has been doing boutique shoots with her newborn daughter. She was telling me about this shoot she had coming up and I offered to lend her a felt heart garland I had made last year.
It is so much fun seeing things that I have made with these little cuties in these pictures.

Sunny Side Up Headband

I like to create fun homemade items for the girls when we have pictures taken. For our recent fall shoot, I quickly whipped up these clips using eyelet lace and a covered button. I put Cream's on a headband and Peachy's is just a clip.

Since I made them so quickly I don't have any pictures of the process, but I will try to walk you through the steps.
1. Cut a circle out of felt. (Mine were about 1 inch in diameter.)
2. Using a glue gun, I coiled the eyelet around the circle. I went around once on the outside and one more time just a little bit further in.
3. I made a covered button and glued it to the center.
4.  Attach to a headband or clip and you are done.

Fun Fall Family Photos

Here are a few of the pictures from our fall family photo shoot. This is the very shoot where I lost my engagement ring. Since the pictures turned out awesome, I will say that they were worth temporarily misplacing my ring. Good thing! :)

And there are even more! Can you believe it!!?? If you are local, let me know and I can totally hook you up with Nina and her awesome photography skills!
Oh, and my plan to look through the pictures and locate the ring would have worked. You could easily tell I lost it while we were playing in the leaves.

Fall Fun

I have family pictures scheduled for the end of next week, but the nice weather today and the predicted change in the weather had me out capturing a few shots of  the girls on my own today. I am not ready to quit my day job, but we had fun and the results aren't bad. I used PicMonkey to edit in the end. It was the middle of the day, so they turned out really bright, even in the shade. I love PicMonkey. It is easy to use and best of all, free! I even have Photoshop, but have never really gotten around to figuring it out. Lets call PicMonkey photo editing for dummies.
Anyway, back to the photos.