We've been a bit behind around here on our blog. As soon as the weather warmed up there were a ton of things to get done.  So happy to be "caught up" and able to get a few blog posts up this week.

These little cuties were here about a month ago already!  I'm sure this little guy has already changed a lot.  

I love those baby toes!

His big sister came along for her two year pictures.  What woman wouldn't want those eyelashes?

This pretty little girl just turned six months.  Hard to believe since it seems like just a couple weeks ago we were taking newborn pictures!  Her newborn session was a bit of a struggle because she just wanted to see what was going on, but we did get one of our favorite newborn shots:

Now she's a happy little six month old and she did awesome during this session.  So awesome that I wish I had some of these shots of my own little baby girl. 

Future little farm girl.  I can only imagine the possibilities for one year tractor pictures!

I absolutely adore these next two pictures.  I love the simplicity, the soft tones. 

Its that time already.  Time to make the final preparations for graduation.  One thing that we think is a huge benefit to having your senior pictures taken by us is that at this point we're working on a small scale so we are able to give our clients 100% customized invitations for their graduation.  There's really alot of information when it comes to these cards which is why I'm so happy that we've got this blog this year to get you most of the information before you even contact us about your design. 

First of all, you will need to choose a paper type.  You can have your cards printed on photo paper (only one sided) or on press paper (available in smooth cover stock, linen or pearl paper, one or two sided).  The prices vary slightly between photo paper and press paper but not alot.  We have samples of each of these, let us know if you want to stop by to see.

Then pick your size.  Most people go with a 5x7 card because you can get a nice big picture and plenty of room for what you want to write.  You can also smaller or square sizes if you want.  Prices really don't vary much when it comes to the size of your card.

Photo greeting cards have a minimum order of 25, after that you can order whatever amount you want.  Press paper cards come in packs of 25 only.  Both types include envelopes.

You can also get "Luxe Cards" and tri-fold or accordian fold cards.  We have used these for our own Christmas cards and birth announcements in the past couple years and we always get tons of compliments.  These styles can give your card a very stylish look as well as way more layout options.  Of course these do come with a bit more investment, though.  Here's two pictures of the luxe card samples that we have:

Once you've decided your card size, shape, and paper here's the next steps:

Decide exactly which pictures you'd like to use; you can use as few or as many pictures as you want

If you want to include a baby picture, be sure to have it ready to scan

Decide your style {traditional, modern, athletic, whimsical, simple, vintage etc.}

Take color schemes and fonts into consideration as well

Decide what you want the message to say

You can look at the samples that we've added for reference to what you want and what you don't want.  If you have no idea what you want we will help you out :)

When you've decided these things, contact us and we will custom design three choices for you.  We email you the designs to check out and we will do two revisions for you.  (Revisions after that will be $15 each)

Once you give us the thumbs up, we will order them right away.  You can expect to receive your cards within a few days of ordering. 

Didn't have your senior pictures taken by us?  If you don't own the rights to your pictures, we are offering a super quick ten-minute photo session to get pictures to use for your invites. 

Please contact us for pricing information or if you want to set up a time to meet to discuss card designs or to get any senior pictures ordered!

Here's the samples we've made.  These designs are on a first come first serve basis; we won't be making the same design for two people.