Category: Photography

Christmas Fireside Family Photos

Merry Christmas!

Lots of teens and tots in our family photo this year! The toughest part of family time these days, is matching the schedule of these kids going every which way. They are all involved in so many activities I am sososososo proud of them all.

I set up my props in the backyard by our firepit and picnic table. I used vintage sleds, firewood, checkered tablecloth, wooden guitar, and some evergreenery.

The Tots

These girls are learning how to be good friends.

Pretty girls.

The Picnic Table

Our picnic table became the center of our photos despite my efforts to include all of the props that I set out.

The Tree

The big kids leaned against the tree by the woodpile for some of our photos.

The Guitar

I love that he plays guitar and enjoys music so much.

Small Group Photos

The Storm

She is so beautiful and loved sitting in this little seat at the woodpile.

The Dog

Arwen didn’t make it into very many photos. She is a very active dog and just wanted to play!

Merry Christmas to all!

2 Year Old Pocahontas Toddler Photos

We had been watching Disney Pocahontas this fall so she was excited to she herself as the “Pretty Princess”.

Pocahontas loves to explore the outdoors and nature. She’s an adventurous and curious girl who is looking for the right path to follow. She is wise enough to seek the advice of her elder grandmother tree, and stands up for what is right even if it goes against the norm.

Ever since she could walk, Storm also loves being outdoors. She loves to pick flowers and help me in the garden. We will always teach her to follow the ways of the Lord even though most people will disagree with it.

I found this Pocahontas dress at a local resale store after Halloween. I was so excited, it was just in time for her pictures. I just combed her hair straight after her bath and parted it on the side. She also has these turquoise earrings to wear. I placed my  blue sheet for the background with Christmas lights behind it to look like a water fall. I just crumpled brown packing paper to place on either side of the waterfall and a brown sheet on the ground. We also used fabric leaves these photos.

Deuteronomy 31:8 “It is the LORD who goes before you; he will be with you and will never fail you or forsake you. So do not fear or be dismayed”. 

Below she is Pocahontas 1 year apart in each photo…

You might enjoy Storm’s other Pocahontas photoshoots:

Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

Baby Cinderella Photoshoot

She’s 6 months old… Time flies! We did Cinderella with pumpkins this October photo session.

She loves to be on her tummy, making it easier for me to get some cute pictures at this stage!

Such gorgeous eyes!

2 Year Old Cinderella Toddler Photo

Disney Cinderella is a good princess movie to start with because it has so many fun characters for littles. Storm likes watching the mice and cat in this one.

Cinderella is kind and gentle to all creatures, even to her family who treats her unfairly. She greets them all in the morning and does what they command her to do with a kind heart. She also loves all of the animals in her home and has made them her friends.

Storm is also very friendly. Whenever we are out at about; she will wave at people and try to talk with old men for some reason! She likes to hold our cats, and we are teaching her how to have gentle touches.

We found her dress at a consignment shop and I bought the gloves, headband, and necklace to go with it. She wore her white pearl earrings and I put her hair up in a bun with a bun shaper. I used white and light  blue sheet as the background and floor. I put the homemade cardboard stone wall that we used in our X-Men Trunk-or-Treat as part of the background as well. Then I used our ivy planter for decorations. The clock in the background was given to me on Facebook. I sprayed the pumpkins silver and found some ivy to go with them. AND… she loves her star wand! Bippity Boppity Boo!

1 John 4:10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

Below she is Cinderella 1 year apart in each photo…

You might enjoy Storm’s other Cinderella photoshoots:

Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

Cousin Fall Forest Photos

We went to the backyard forest for these pictures. These three girls are cousins; we decided to take the pictures for as a Christmas gift for the grandparents.

We did get a couple smiles from the tiny one.

The picnic table was a fun addition to our photoshoot.

Little Miss Storm wasn’t interested in cooperating with her smiles today.

2 Year Old Snow White Toddler Photos

Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs  is a fun movie for her, the Dwarfs are her favorite. Who’s the fairest of them all?

Snow White is trusting of everyone and can see the good in anyone. She moves into the cottage believing that whoever lives in the house will let her live with them. She also trusts that the old witch is a kind old lady too, and kindly helps her.

Storm is also very friendly and trusting of everyone. She will wave at everyone while we are out and about. And she willing goes to family members that she barely knows when we are at family functions.

We took these picture in our back yard again this year. She wore a Snow White dress that a friend had given to her. Her shoes are the red sparkle flats and her red earrings are from a multi color pack. The red bow in her hair came from a colorful pack of bow that I had bought when she was a baby as well. This oval gold mirror I also found at a resale store several years ago.

Isaiah 1:18 “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson”

Below she is Snow White 1 year apart in each photo…

You might enjoy Storm’s other Snow White photoshoots:

Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

24 Month Old Sleeping Beauty Toddler Photos

Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is fun because of the 3 good fairies. They make the movie fun, and Storm likes to rewatch their songs.

Princess Aurora is full of the grace and beauty that the fairies blessed her with. She also loves her aunts and desires to have a romantic love as well. She unknowingly meets the prince and falls in love with him. In the end it is his kiss that breaks the spell of her deep sleep.

Storm doesn’t red, let alone sleep. She is awake for hours in the middle of each night, and can go go go all day long. She is definitely learning what love is and tries to give us toddler kisses often.

We went to our local Rose Garden to take her pictures again this year. She wanted to touch all of the roses, but we were at a public rose garden so I tried to keep her from grabbing them. One of the gardeners cut a rose just for her to match her dress and brought it over to give to her.

We bought her this new Sleeping Beauty dress on Amazon, and we love it. It came with a crown and necklace too.  I curled her hair before we left the house, and it was gorgeous. Lastly we put in the gold and pink earrings that I had bought a few years ago for these photoshoots. Then she just held the single red rose too.

Psalm 4:8 “In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety”. 

Below she is Sleeping Beauty 1 year apart in each photo…

You might enjoy Storm’s other Sleeping Beauty photoshoots:

Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

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