And I am L O V I N G it!!! This family came in for newborn photos 7 months ago, and wanted to do a little family photo for their holiday cards, as well as capture Lil’ Miss Blue Eyes in her new found milestone…SITTING UP! Mom can be my personal shopper any day of the week! Hmmm, that’s an idea….Tina, perhaps we can hire you on as our full-time stylist!
Ohhh, this one had me giggling as soon as I saw it.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!We had a huge and overwhelming response to our request for toys and donations for the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. Our clients, friends, and family came through BIG TIME. We were able to provide SEVENTEEN children ages 1-14 with their own personal bags of toys as well as a variety of toys to choose from that surrounded Santa. We had several of you email our request our to your entire mailing lists, local clubs and organizations, as well as a few businesses. We are TRULY incredibly grateful for your generosity. A few photos from the morning….
The fabulous employees at Longhorn who make it all happen…and a little longhorn decor
The personalized goody bags full of select toys for each of the 17 kids. Green for boys, pink for girls!
Cookin’ up good food and fun!
Thank you again to each and every one of you who made this happen. From the driver of the van to the little girls who came in to drop off toys with their mom….we are forever grateful for your kindness! May you all have a wonderful and blessed holiday season!
**UPDATE** Thanks to wonderful readers, Stylized Portraiture was able to donate seventeen HUGE bags of toys. We love you all, and the kids do too!
**Update: I have had quite a few people from out of the Athens area (and those who won’t be able to stop by the studio) email asking how to send money. You can paypal donations to the following email address: frankie@stylizedportraiture.com
The children range from ages 12 months-14 years
A delayed Manic Monday…
Here’s the scoop…
Stylized Portraiture photographs the Athens Area Homeless Shelter’s annual Breakfast with Santa that is hosted at Long Horn Steak House. I just received an email from Todd (the GM) letting me know that they were short on toys this year. This is soooo not OK with me! This will be the 4th year we have done this event. Let me tell you, I look forward to this EVERY YEAR…these kids light up like Christmas trees themselves when they walk in and see the toys that sit just behind Santa’s chair. Toys for THEM!!! It truly melts everyone in the restaurant…..the looks on their faces, the smile so wide it eats up their cheeks.
So…what does this mean? Well….for this late Manic Monday, we are calling on our friends to help us make this Christmas just as special for these kids!
$25 in toy donations gets you a FREE SESSION in 2009.
Please keep in mind that this is not ONE $25 toy….it is as much as you can purchase for $25….we will be needing a lot of gifts for these kids. On top of this…for every $25 in toy donations you bring to the studio, Stylized Portraiture will MATCH it!!! Not in the mood for shopping? Bring in a cash donation of $25 and we will shop for you! We will be shopping Friday evening.
Please have ALL DONATIONS (toys and cash) at the studio
NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 @ 6:00pm.
The Studio will be open
Wednesday from 9:30am-12:30pm and 3:30pm-6:30pm
Thursday from 12pm-6:30pm
Friday from 9:30am-12:30pm and 5pm-6pm
Breakfast is first thing Saturday morning. Also, please DO NOT wrap the toys.
Ohhhhh, I cannot lie….I am EXHAUSTED after this week…slap exhausted. But, I have a few sessions from today that need sneak peeks, and one from Wednesday too! Trying to prepare for a wedding we have to photograph tomorrowI will come back with details on these lovely families tomorrow….or Sunday….or…..someday
J/K!
We have here a sweet girl and her lovely family out at the botanical gardens!
This sweet sweet baby from this morning who was a GEM during his session at his home in Walnut Grove, GA
And this adorable little guy from this afternoon who was BEAUTIFUL. And…even his “best side” was CUTE!
You can always tell when it gets close to holiday season around here….it’s down to the wire and our calendar is nearly entirely filled up! This is the same every year about this time. However, every year we seem to have more FUN!
Today’s schedule was filled with fun, laughter, attitude, and total SWEETNESS! Now, of course I’m not tellin’ who’s who
Because it has been such a long day, I am out of anything witty, fun, or even half way coherent! So, I’ll let the photos do the talkin’