Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Our Last Santa Weekend...

Hi everybody. I have 2 time slots left for the weekend. I now have a 4:00pm on Saturday & a 4:00pm on Sunday open. The first 2 people to call can have them :)
845-733-4563

Monday, November 23, 2009

Memorable moments from 11/22/09 Santa Sessions
















We are now on a downward slope of our Santa Sunday Sessions & we are having a great time. The children are awesome & they are all so polite. I think they are in awe of Santa & all of his trinkets. The kids are getting so much out of their time with Santa. We only have a handful of kids that by the end of the half hour still won't go near him, but most warm up right away to Santa. The girls seem a bit more cautious then boys, but we have had both boys & girls around 2 years old that are afraid of Santa. I am very proud to say our little girl that was terrified of Santa last year was caught giggling away when Santa told her a secret. She promised me that next year she will get on his lap, but that photo proved she wasn't afraid of him anymore :) In looking at all of the photos makes you think that we were busy little elves, but the kids were so good, the day flew by & ended with a wonderful group of kids. Santa looks exhausted, but I bet he went home & worked in his toy shop all night ;) We have 1 or 2 new time slots available since we opened up one more day. If you have any friends with young children that would love to sit with Santa, please have them call ASAP. Thanks!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

**2010 Toy/Clothing Drive**

Lots of families have been enjoying their sessions with Santa & I at this point a lot of you are booking appointments for next year already. I am so excited to hear your comments on my new studio. Next year I will be running the sessions a bit different. Santa & I will be having a special Sunday in December to give out 5 - 10 minute sessions to less fortunate children that live in my community. All children will get to talk to Santa & I will be giving each one a 5X7 to remember the day. Instead of you receiving your complimentary 5X7 just for coming, you will need to bring in a toy for Santa to give children that day. Pick up a $15 - $20 gift for a boy or girl the same age as your children, if you want to help more, bring a gift for each of your children to donate to our cause. If you do, you will then get your 5X7. Now, I know I am streaching it a bit, but you have all been bringing your children in the best pajamas, formal & casual clothes this year. I would like to have all of you donate this years christmas clothes to help dress our less fortunate children next year (bring in gently used Christmas dresses, shirts, ties, shoes, tights, etc.) If you all donate your childrens clothes, we can let all of the children dress nice to see Santa & walk home with a beautiful outfit to wear on Christmas. If I only have a few of you donate, I can still dress the kids to see Santa, but keep the outfit for another child that size to see Santa. I hope you all keep this in mind & in January I will email you all the info. You can either drop them off at the end of the season, or mail them to me. We would love to have a rack full of great clothes to share next year. Thank you for taking the time to read this important blog & consider it. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You from the bottom of my heart ~ XOXOXO!!

Memorable Moments from our 11-15-09 Santa Session

















It seemed to me I took more pictures this Sunday then last, so I decided to count & had 14 more kids this week then last week. I was exhausted at the end of the day, but after looking through the photos, we have some really cute pitures for their parents to see. I did notice how tired Santa was at the end of the day too. I could hear them snoring from a mile away ;) (If any of you want to put all of their images onto a dvd, let me know.) I was really impressed by a few kids that were afraid of Santa & we ended up getting great photos of them on his lap. Out of 29 kids, we only had 1 that was terrified of Santa. Not bad for the day. Hats off to Santa, the Mrs. & my mother for keeping things in order & running smooth. Looks like next week we have 40 kids coming... GULP! I have to get a good nights sleep for that one.

First Session in the Studio...




Two Saturdays ago the new studio wasn't set up, props were everywhere and I was ok with that, I knew the person coming for a session wouldn't hold it against me. We have been friends for so long now we don't mind if we show up at the others house & we hadn't cleaned that day. That just proves we are more important to each other then judging our dirty floors or cluttered pile of mail we didn't get to :) Of course she will have to come & see the studio looking great at this point for sure! I did take a break from trying to make sense of my new space & think we have some great photos of her children. I even had her fix the flower arrangement for my Santa set. I have realized that I can't just throw a bunch of flowers in a pot & think it looks nice anymore :) Thanks for the help!

Friday, November 13, 2009

OMG... this is the cutest bear I have ever seen!!!


I want to keep him & add the little bear to my sets. He is so cute!! He has lots of great expressions for mom to view as well. Thanks for coming & enjoy the sneak peek!

Awesome Family Session!




This family has 4 dogs & I must said if "Dad" ever retires from his day job, he should start training dogs!!! I was amazed last year when they bought their German Shepard in to see Santa with their son. I was a little concerned because he was so big, but he listened to "Dad" the whole time. I like to have a well trained dog myself, but he must put some serious time into his dogs. I was able to meet another one of their dogs this year at our Santa Sunday & I thought there was no one he would be as smart as the German Shepard... I was wrong...again! My dog looks like a dope compared to theirs. Now don't think I have a stupid dog & he knows some good tricks himself, but he is a bit on the lazy side :(

Great Kids, Great Pictures...



These two kids had so many smiles, I couldn't pick just a few to share with their mom. They were really fun. These are some of my faves. The rest will be up ASAP for viewing! Thanks!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

2010's Santa Sunday Sessions...

Since everyone is still calling to book sessions with the "Best" Santa & finding we are totally booked for 2009, start thinking about booking a Santa Sunday Session for 2010. It is never to early to book a time slot for 2010. The dates will be... Nov. 7 2010, Nov. 14th 2010, Nov. 21st 2010 & Nov. 28th 2010. If we get enough of you to book early, we can think about adding Dec. 5th 2010 as well. We are working on a waiting list for this year as well. Since the lovely "Swine Flu" is hitting the schools right now, we are bound to have a few families needing to cancel. Call me to be one of the first on the 2010 list & if you want one for this year call anyway. Stranger things have happened!

Smart Baby...






This little girl is smarter then smart for her age. She said words I could not imagine a baby at her age say like... cowboy, pointing to a skelaton & say clickity clank, clickity clank, not just flower, but big flower. I can see Harvard in her future. Anyway, enjoy the sneak peek & other photos will follow shortly.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Memorable Moments from our 11/8/09 Santa Session!












I must say, our first Santa Sunday was amazing!!! Number 1, it was my first full day in the studio, we all had plenty of space :) Number 2, Our Santa is the absolute best Santa you will ever meet!! Number 3, my mother kept everything running smoothly, therefore letting me focus on the kids :) Number 4, we had a special visitor in the studio... Mrs. Claus, who made special ornaments for the kids & filed the lists in a secret place for Santa. Number 5, we had some adorable dogs enter the studio yesterday, & last but not least, Number 6... we had the cutest kids come to visit Santa...EVER!!! They were all polite, dressed beautifully, all sat with Santa & I didn't see one tear all day. I would say 2 thumbs up to the staff & families visiting Santa. Thanks to all of you for making the trip & arriving on time. I hope you all enjoyed the day as much as we all did! I can't wait till next week!