A Storybook Photography Photo Session

I had such a fun Sunday afternoon with Chris and Holly and their sweet little family. Holly wanted some pictures of them in their Easter outfits. I met them at their house and took a few pictures for them. I wish the weather would have been better so we could have taken them outside, but unfortunately it was snowing that day. :-( Won't Spring ever come to St. Louis??

Nonetheless, we got some cute shots. Here are a few of my favorites.

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Handmade Paper Bunting

When I saw this super cute paper bunting over at Rebecca's Blog (www.simpleasthatblog.com), I thought, I have to try and make one for myself. It seemed simple and easy to make, and it was just that... Simple and Easy!!

 I asked Jake if he had an old book he didn't care about anymore, and he did. ☺ So I cut out 18 pages from the book and cut the margins off the sides. I took 1 page and folded it in half and cut a triangle out of the bottom. I then used it as a template for all the rest of my pages. 

I used my cricut and "Make the Cut" software to cut out 9 hearts in each color of cardstock I was using. (These colors match our living room, which is where I planned to hang the bunting.)

After I had all the pages cut and the hearts glued on, I folded a little tab at the top for the paper to fold over the baker's twine I was using to hang the bunting up with.

Then I glued all 18 pages onto the baker's twine. (I guessed at how many pages I would need and thankfully I had just the right amount. How often does that happen??) (Rebecca stapled her pages to the twine and I see now that that is a better idea. Mine are already coming un-glued. I will be going back and stapling them.)

So here's my finished product!! I am really loving it! 

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Spring

Today is the first day of Spring and its 30 degrees here in St. Louis! :-( I can't tell you how ready I am for Spring weather. This has got to be the longest winter ever, or at least it seems like it. Tomorrow they're saying it could snow. I'm starting to feel a little antsy and so jealous of all of you who live in the south where its warm. 

This past Friday we had a few hours in the afternoon/evening where it got into the low 70's. It was amazing and far too short lived. You know your in St. Louis when the weather forecast for one day is 37 for the low and 73 for the high. Then Sunday... it snowed! What the heck?!

You better believe that for those few short hours Friday evening, we took every advantage possible and got outside and enjoyed the little teaser that Spring decided to give us. We put Jackson in his wagon and walked up to the park to play. We took Libby along as well. We had a great time and it was so wonderful to get outside with Jackson. I'm definitely looking forward to many more evenings like this (hopefully in the near future).

Look at that crazy hair of his. LOL. He got a haircut the next evening. ☺

Someone got awfully sleepy on the wagon ride home. He was ready for bed by 8 that night. ☺

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St. Patty's Day

We didn't do anything special for St. Patrick's Day, but we did wear our green. ☺ I had this super cute button up shirt for Jackson to wear. So I had to get a few pictures of him in it, of course. ☺

Project Life 2012 - Week 12

My layout for Week 12 of 2012!

I used the My Sibling, My Friend mini kit from Jady Day Studio.

My Blue-Eyed Boy

Your big blue eyes and sweet rosy smile,

 remind me I'm blessed with a beautiful child.

You blink those blue eyes and flash us a grin,

and your eyes have stolen our hearts once again.

 Poem by: Patsy Gaut

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Little Things Thursday

My new camera lens came in the mail on Tuesday, so when I got home from work that evening I took it out and played with it for a few minutes, before we had to leave for church.

Jackson was really concentrating on whatever he was watching on t.v. I couldn't even get him to crack a smile, however, it did keep him still long enough for me to take several pictures of him and practice with my new lens. ☺ I can't wait to practice more this weekend!

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