Here’s a bit of what I’ve been up to. Try not to pass out from all the cute. 🙂
Oh Mondays. How do you seem to be so difficult to trudge through, yet slip through my fingers before I finish my to-do list? Today was one of those days that I started out with a fire in my belly to accomplish a lot and ended up with an empty tank. But, I was determined to blog about what I’ve been up to. Because it’s been a while!
On a personal note, we had a great week of school, a speech meet for Jillian, out of town friends, in town friends and lots of great meals. Work was wonderful and I got to see so many great clients that I now consider friends. Here’s a bit of what I photographed…
Mother’s Day is around the corner and if you’re like me, about 90% of your family photos do not include you. This is your chance to get great professional photos of you and your children. The cost is $100 for a 20 minute session in Long Beach (against the grey backdrop). If you place an order within a week, you’ll qualify for digital packages, which are a crazy deal! If you’re interested in knowing the low-down on the pricing, send me an email (info@kristineldridge.com).
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I’m working on a blog post right now that will hopefully go up this evening, but in the meantime, a little housekeeping!
Quite a few of you asked about Baby Blake’s nursery. Melody has graciously offered to share all the sources for the items in her nursery:
rocker – room & board
orange book holders – container store
stuff animal holder – brother-in-law made it
ottoman pouf – CB2
rug – I forget…random online place
crib & changing table – Oeuf Sparrow Crib & Changing Table
bedding – mother-in-law made it all
fabric for bedding – http://lsfabrics.com/fabric/mercury-p6323
lamp – urban outfitters online
head band holder – urban outfitters online
head bands – my sister made most of them **opening a website soon
clothing wall system – DIY…we bought 2 white storage wall cubes from CB2 and then spray painted them pink and put them together…then we bought a clothing rack pole and mounted it to the bottom of the cubes to hang the clothes.
clothing tags – Sugarbooger, Big Dots
Also, I wanted to share another exciting bit of news! One of my images was used on People online. It was for my work with Little Skye Children’s Boutique! I shared it with instagram and facebook a few weeks ago, but wanted to share it on the blog too. 🙂
The other bit of excitement is that Erika’s home is now featured on Inspired by This!
Last week wasn’t as busy as most, so instead of sharing what I’ve been up to, I want to share a few pictures from our trip to the beach. On Saturday night we decided to pack up the kids and hit a local grocery store for firewood, new skewers and all the fixings for a hot dog roast. And s’mores, of course!
It was such a spontaneous thing that I’m so glad we did. I don’t normally bring my big camera along, but decided to this time. It’s those little in between days that are fun to document. Not the big play at school or the trip to Disneyland, but those things you do as a family on a Saturday night.
Cooper likes to collect seaglass and shells, so he always spends a good amount of our time at the beach taking this job very seriously.
My friend Heather is crafty. She effortlessly makes the mundane into a scene stealer. Her little girl came over one day in the cutest gold-colored flats. She told me her mom made them. I asked her to take them off this instant and let me see! What I found inside was the printed words that told me these were simple ballet slippers from Payless. Heather spray-painted the shoes gold and they were transformed. I told her I loved her idea and wanted to blog about it.
So, we set off to Payless to buy a $20 pair of ballet slippers. Jillian wanted hers to be sparkly, so I went picked up a bottle of glitter spray paint at Michaels. The can told me it was going to be deep purple with tons of glitter. Well, it was like clear nail polish with a few pieces of glitter. So, I dug through my cans of spray paint around the house and found one that would work. We ended up spraying them purple, then topping with the glitter. It’s hard to see in the photos, but there is a glittery sheen to the shoe.
I cut out a piece of parchment paper and stuffed it in the shoe so there wouldn’t be sticky spray paint on the inside. Heather tells me that the paint really does hold up well, so don’t be scared to try this! I did two coats of purple and one coat of glitter. Then we let it dry overnight.
I had Jillian try them and felt they were cute, but just a little too plain.
So, we added a fun red/orange bow! Now this is Jillian’s style!
Today is a re-do. A day of making up for all the things I ate over the weekend. It started with a 5 mile run. And that was followed up by a smoothie. WITH lots of spinach. Thank goodness for re-dos! And start-overs! So, today I’m thankful for Mondays and also for weekends full of good times.
Here’s a bit of what I’ve been up to!
Newborn photo sessions make me feel like an artist. There’s so much patient waiting. When the baby falls into a deep sleep, they are like putty in my hands. I always say that newborn sessions are the hardest and the most rewarding. Oh and check out my new carriage. My mother-in-law, Kathy, found it for me and I’ve been able to use it several times already!
The photos above are for an album cover with Tom Kell and Emiko Woods. If you want to hear one of their songs, click here. They’re so talented! The last few photos are from a commercial job I had…loving those models!!
I’m excited to announce another round of mini-sessions. This will be the last date until June…when we launch into the summer series by the water. I love this location in Irvine because it feels like you are in the middle of the country, even though it’s only a hop, skip and a jump away from Long Beach! This time, I’m making the photo sessions 30 minutes long to give us enough time to walk around and explore. Along with the train track, there’s lots of wooded areas and trails. This is going to be fun!
Here are the details:
Sunday April 29 at Irvine Regional
3:30-4:00
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:00
5:00-5:30
5:30-6:00
$125 for a 30 minute photo session
prints and digitals are sold separately…check out my website for details.
As a special treat, the first 3 people to sign up get a free digital image with their order. (must order within a week of proofing)
I mentioned the other day that I was at Melody’s (of Sweet and Saucy) loft photographing her beautiful baby Blake. While there, I took the opportunity to document all the amazing details that went into her nursery. While we were chatting, she mentioned that she’s normally drawn to a neutral/pale color palette, but while planning Blake’s nursery, she was smitten with everything bright and bold! The mix of colors is spot on. I love how everything comes together in the room! And I have to agree that while I fancy myself a rather neutral person, lately I’ve been known to buy a thing or two in hot pink.
It’s been a little while since I’ve summed up for you what I’ve been doing! Work-wise, it’s been full of fun photo shoots and tons of newborns. I mean tons! The last four photo sessions I’ve had have been with babies under 2 weeks old. And I love it! On a personal note, the kids have gone back to school after a week on spring break. We were here for the break, so the days were filled with play dates, frozen yogurt and trips to the beach. Oh and all that pesky rain. But, we won’t dwell on that. It’s supposed to be back up to 80 this week. YES.
One of the super cool things I got to do recently was a newborn photo session with Melody, the owner of Sweet and Saucy. The photo session took place in her loft and the huge windows gave us the best lighting. Baby Blake had a ton of accessories for us to choose from and I really could have photographed her all day. Such a cutie and such a great family!
Baby Michael came in last week when his dad called in literally the night before to see if I had any openings. I happened to have the next day free and since Michael was almost 3 weeks, we needed to get his newborn photos taken right away. He was such a sweetheart and kept wanting to pop his head up to see what was going on. He didn’t want to miss anything! He finally drifted into sleep and we were able to do some sleepy little newborn poses as well. What a great photo session!
