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I had hoped to post this yesterday but my house was full of family and lots of cheer and I never made it to my computer.  I wanted to wish all of my clients, Facebook and blog friends a Happy Holiday!  With that, I’d like to share 0ur 2010 family Christmas card and images from the session.  I had a fabulous concept to get both of my boys on a vintage iron bed with a string of christmas lights in the shape of a sail.  I came up with the idea after seeing Ernie & Bert’s Great Adventure; the bed flies with a white sail, combined with an image I found in an old Cookie magazine photo of a beat up old sailboat with Christmas lights along it’s sides.  I kept this idea top secret for months and finally did the shoot 14 days before Christmas.  Nothing like waiting ’til the last minute!!  It didn’t go as well as I had hoped and never got a great shot of both boys on the bed so it didn’t make it to the front of the card [sigh].  Oh well.  Sometimes things don’t work out as you plan, no matter how hard you try.  🙂  I hope you all enjoyed time with the people you hold closest to your hearts.  xoxoxo

Front of Card : "Joy"

Inside Spread

Back of Card

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  • December 30, 2010 - 8:30 am

    Heidi - Gorgeous!! What a fabulous concept and set up!

  • December 30, 2010 - 3:25 pm

    shannon sewell - turned out SO cute! i absolutely adore the idea & execution!!!! happy holidays to you and your family!!
    ~S

  • December 31, 2010 - 10:41 am

    Jeannie - Love your creativity! What a great concept…you continue to be a great source of inspiration 🙂

  • January 1, 2011 - 8:01 pm

    Krislamb2@yahoo.com - SO SO SO cute! Love the images and the design of the card! And can I also say that I LOVE your kids names!

  • September 20, 2011 - 8:36 am

    Jim - These are great. Love the set up and the accordian.

  • December 23, 2015 - 7:38 am

    Christmas Journey : Boston Children's Photographer - […] flying bed care of Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street coming to fruition as my vintage wrought iron bed strung with lights in the shape of a sail.  Followed by a baby Christmas tree being pulled on a vintage wooden sled.  From a lone […]

‘Tis the time of year that my inner baking goddess comes to life and I feel the need to bake my heart out.  Typically I don’t eat many of my baked goodies; having smelled the essence of chocolate and butter (oooooh lots and lotsa butter) all day long I feel sated–pleasantly full.  I started off strong and positive yesterday morning.  My attitude had a bit of giddy effervescence to it.  Almost 8 hours later and I was less like June Cleaver and a bit more like…well, just a crabby and exhausted wannabe baker goddess with flour and butter on her jeans and sore lower back.  Hence why there are pictures of cookies #1 and #2 and none of the other lovelies.  Another day, another blog post I suppose.  For now, I’d like to share some delightful eye-candy of “Hot Chocolate Cookies” and, a family favorite, “Melting Moments”.  Enjoy!  xo

doesn't this look like ice-cream???? mmmm.

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  • December 23, 2010 - 12:36 am

    Lindey Magee - mmmm!! i was a copycat tonight & made some hot chocolate cookies :o)

  • December 25, 2010 - 11:07 am

    Natalie Clayshulte - Yummy! Hope you have a wonderful holiday.

  • December 27, 2010 - 6:43 pm

    Barbara Connallon - Beautiful Steph! Melting moments are still a family favorite. Love to you all.

Sorry I was MIA for a while.  I was on vacation with my husband, sans children (thanks Lisa!), in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos.  It was pretty spectacular.  But I’m back now and winding down my shoots for 2010.  Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing 3 beautiful children in their lovely home in Lexington.  Since we were limited to indoors only (it’s North Pole cold out there, people!) we kinda of just let the shoot unfold as it may, letting the kids lead me between their bedrooms for some fun with books, dancing and singing to my iPhone kids music playlist, loving up on their new baby brother and directing their 140lb bull mastiff’s to sit and look pretty.  Just add dog wrangler and  pet photographer to my repetoire! 😉 Thanks for a great morning!!  Enjoy!  xoxo

don't you adore this crib bedding?!?

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  • December 8, 2010 - 5:57 pm

    Danica Nelson - I just adore your work! These are beautiful – just gorgeous. Thanks for the continued inspiration!!

  • December 8, 2010 - 7:33 pm

    Desiree Hayes - GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS! I love all of these! Beautiful work.

  • December 9, 2010 - 12:41 am

    kimbrali - these are exquisite steph! i love how your photos can be so simple and yet so powerful. and those kids are just frickin beautiful! they look a lot like karen beyers kids! so funny 🙂

  • December 9, 2010 - 1:22 am

    Karen - what beautiful children!!! they are absolutely perfect! the lil guy does remind me of my E! the lil guy you captured is so happy and full of life!

  • December 10, 2010 - 1:37 pm

    Erin C. - These are A.MA.ZING! LOVE!

  • December 22, 2010 - 3:47 am

    michele dyson - Oooooohhhhh…..these are so great! My faves are all the book ones and the little bebe in his crib. Oh, they are amazing:) I so hope you get your butt to Vegas so you can photograph us; we would be beyond THRILLED!!!

Thanks to all who came to vote and made my first portrait contest wildly successful.  It was a blast to watch all the votes come rolling in.  So without further ado the winners are….

1st Place : 16 x 20 Gallery Wrap Canvas Print

2nd & 3rd Place : 11 x 14 mounted archival prints

4th & 5th Place : $50 print credit towards future session



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  • January 4, 2012 - 8:00 pm

    Liz HOmes - vote for #34

  • January 3, 2013 - 1:48 pm

    Paige Wolfe - My vote is for #69, Whimsy…so beautiful!

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