Better not pout!  Better not cry!  Why?

Because SANTA’s coming!!

Santa will be visiting our booth at the Jingle Bells & Candy Cane show this Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 22-23 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Diboll Civic Center. 

If you bring a new toy for donation to the Diboll Police Department toy drive, you can have your child’s ”Santa & Me” portrait taken and you’ll receive a free ”Santa & Me” 5×7 print. 

We will be having a show special for additional “Santa & Me” portrait print and Christmas card orders.  These special offers will be available this Saturday and Sunday only…so don’t miss out!

Earlier this week, I had the chance to meet Wesley.  He’s a senior at Lufkin this year and between school & work, he’s a busy guy.  When he can, he enjoys much of his free time hunting.  I’m glad he found time to come by and I had a lot of fun running around town, trying out a few new locations.   Wesley, hope you like them!  See you again soon.

LeeAnne & her mom came by one afternoon for a formal / cap & gown mini-session and we managed to get a few quick outdoor shots with the fall colors around the studio.  The follow-up session we’d planned got rained out a few days later, but we’ll be finishing up her fall session in the coming weeks.  LeeAnne, your stories always crack me up when you come in….see ya soon!

(It’s been a busy week and I’m behind on my blogging…sorry! )

Julie and her mom, Cindy came by for her fall session this weekend.    We had a ball before they left to go out to the hunting lease.   We got to play a little bit with all of the new stuff.  One is a new background and my new favorite chair that Jeff & I found…Julie & I even carted it out in traffic….haha!   

The other “new” thing we are offering our seniors… Cap & Gown and Tux & Drape portraits.  If you are interested in having your C&G or T&D portraits taken, give us a call.   You can add this to your regular session or you can book a 30 minute Senior Quicktake…which is a 30 minute studio session with C&G/T&D plus one outfit. 

Julie & Cindy, thanks for coming by!  I’m honored that you asked me to do Julie’s cap & gown portrait and I hope you like them.

Little Ray & Crystal stopped in yesterday for a little bit of cowboy fun!  He is such a cutie and once he finished ‘investigating’ the studio and all the props…haha…we were able to get some precious images.  Crystal, thanks for hanging in there and for bringing Little Ray by.  Hope you like them.

Oh, and if your little cowboy or cowgirl would like to visit our barn set, give us a call.  We’ll be offering this session as a Quicktake special in January.

(And special thanks to Bo for letting me borrow the saddle and coming through for me at the last minute with hay for the horses!)

Heather & Cindy brought Hayden back in today for his first Christmas portraits.  You’ll remember him from a few months ago when he was just 2 months old.  He’s grown so much and is trying to do everything!   Heather & his grandmother, Cindy found him two of the cutest outfits…I love his reindeer sweater.  Hayden’s the cutest little charmer.  Thanks so much for bringing him by today!

Callie came by today for our second Christmas special, Classic Christmas.  This child is such a doll and isn’t her dress beautiful!  We had so much fun with her. (Sorry, Keisha & Alice for teaching her to redecorate the tree!) 

Appointments for both specials (Classic Christmas and Merry & Bright) are available the next two weekends, Thursday thru Saturday (November 6-8 and 13-15).  In place of a session fee…we are asking for a small bag of can goods that will be donated to Diboll Christian Outreach or a toy for the Diboll PD toy drive. 

These sessions are 15 minutes for 1 to 2 children or 30 minutes for 3 or more children.  Clothing suggestions:  Casual, formal or even PJ’s in Christmas colors.   Portrait packages start at $50 for 1-8×10, 2-5×7’s and 8 wallets.  We have several Christmas card designs that will work beautifully with either session and we will double your Christmas card order when you purchase $100 or more in prints. 

Call 936-829-2764 or email infoahp@gmail.com to reserve your session.

Kellie, her mom Glenda & I ran around Lufkin yesterday, trying a few new places for her fall session.  She was a trooper…climbing trees and trains at times!  Kellie’s such a sweetheart and a natural beauty… she reminds me a little of Audrey Hepburn and Julia Roberts at times.  She had so many great images to choose from…I really had a hard time choosing just a ‘few’ favorites for the blog.   

Sooo…here’s a little slideshow video of her images.  This little video tool is something I played with way back in April and finally took the time to put one together last night.  We’ll be offering these 30 second video shorts to all our seniors and a full DVD version for our V.I.P. session planners. 

Hope you had fun, Kellie! Enjoy!