And the notecard winner is…
Danielle Crane! Danielle please contact me so I can get these cards out to you. Thanks everyone for entering and check back on Friday for the next cool freebie!! 🙂
Freebie Friday and Happy Happy | Providence Family Photography
Happy Friday!! While this is normally always a reason to celebrate, it is a special Friday because it is the first of four (yes four) Freebie Fridays that I am doing on the blog!!
SO as the post was titled, Happy Happy! That’s because there are a few different things we are celebrating in our house. First it is a very special time in the Rogalski household because tomorrow is our son Nolan’s fourth birthday! Four years already that our little man has been around. We cannot believe how quickly these past years have gone! You think time goes by more quickly as you get older but once you have children, man, it just flies. So right now our house is awash is family, and Lightning McQueen almost as far as the eye can see. Cars decorations, Cars plates, Cars cups, Cars everything. And tomorrow the madness really begins as 30 or so people descend on the house for his party. Should be a blast! 🙂 Check back tomorrow for some photos and some old-to-new photos of the little man.
It is also an exciting time (okay, more for me than everyone else) because this marks two years that I have been in business! To celebrate a combination of the two, I decided to do giveaways on the blog to share in our excitement – and I picked four because that is how old Nolan is going to be. So make sure to check each of the next three Fridays to see what is up next. I have found some pretty cool things to give and you might notice that they all follow a certain color scheme which just *happens* to be both my business colors and my favorite colors in the world – blue, brown and orange!
First up is a gorgeous set of 10 blank folded note cards from Mary Carstens of Paper and Ink Studio. Mary is a friend of mine based out of New Orleans and does gorgeous stationery, invitations, etc. You may have seen her shop on Etsy or seen her highlighted on my blog before because I just adore what she does. These note cards measure 5×3.5 in Tiffany and come with matching envelopes. In today’s day and age of electronic everything, I think it’s important to still try and write things out by hand every once in awhile. It’s becoming a lost art. These note cards are blank so you can use them for whatever you’d like while you’re celebrating that lost art. Write a note to a teacher. Write a love note to your spouse (I am in favor of this option). Write a Thank You. Just write. 😉
All you have to do to be eligible is to leave a comment below! I’ll even give you one extra entry if you retweet or link to it on your Facebook page. Good luck! Contest will end tonight (9/4) at midnight!
Last Day for Newborn Promo! | Providence Newborn Photographer
It is the very last day of August!! (Wow!) That means that my newborn promo is over after today. Just as a reminder, if you know anyone who is pregnant and due before November 1 or if *you* are pregnant and due before November 1, I am offering a great newborn promo! I started advertising too late and still have a few slots left 🙂
10 on Tuesday | Providence Family Photographer
1. A little peek at what I got to do Sunday evening. In a VINEYARD no less!! Some fun editing, too.
2. Speaking of, I still have a few spots left in my maternity and newborn promo!!! Let me know if you or someone you know would like to book; it’s over in 7 short days.
3. Layne has her first official cold right now. This is slowing things down drastically at the moment for me editing-wise. Seven and a half months and her first fever. Poor thing. Her brother got it and gave it to her. Looks like she is going to run like her mommy – goes up fast and very hot. 🙁 And Matt is sniffling while I try desperately to fight it off!!
4. My holiday mini sessions are all set and ready to roll out. Yay!! I just have to figure out where on earth I am going to hold them! Anyone have a gorgeous house and lands they’d like to donate for a day?? 😉
5. Another shot from my first-ever engagement. Sigh. I just love this session and keep coming back to it to edit more. And more.
6. I have decided I realllly like evening light. My engagement session was evening light. My maternity Sunday was evening light. And my maternity this Thursday (at the beach, no less!!) is scheduled for evening light. It just has a look. A glow. A special intimacy almost. Now if only babies liked evenings as much as I do life would be SO much easier.
7. Who else is with me and cannot WAIT for the season premiere of “Glee????” I know there must be some other dorks fans out there really looking forward to this. If you have had a session with me (a kids session) you have likely heard me sing. I used to sing a lot. In school. In church. Everywhere. So this show holds a very special place in my heart. Not only that but it’s really freaking funny.
8. I can talk about two things now that I have been waiting to talk about — I have two ads coming out in the next month or two. One will be on the my02818.com website which is targeted towards the good citizens of East Greenwich, RI and one is in The Baby Guide which is a huge publication that goes out all over New England. Matt and I went back and forth over the ads, since I had never had to put money into advertising in Philly. He was for it, and I was against it. But we both realized that ads were the way to go. So now with the hard (and I do mean hard) design work behind me, I am just waiting for them to appear! The web ad is scheduled to start on Sept 01 and the Baby Guide ad, well, whenever it comes out in print. I’m having an ad in print! Can’t wait to see both of them. And yes, I am definitely taking a picture of the print ad for my files. And probably keeping a copy. Or ten. And possibly sending them to family. And friends. 😉
9. Nolan’s birthday is rapidly approaching. Four years. My baby will be four. years. old. in about 15 days. That is CRAZY. His birthday party theme is Disney’s Cars. At first it was Roary (on PBS), then Cars, then Mickey, then Dora, then ???. I really wanted a cool race car party so I waited a day until he forgot and then asked him if he wanted a “Lightning McQueeeeeen (how he says it)” party and he said yes. SCORE. I get the party I wanted. I mean that he wanted. I am so excited too because, for the first time, he will be getting a REAL birthday cake. I don’t mention it on here much at all, but Nolan is allergic to eggs. Eggs in any shape, any form. Seriously, emergency room, epi-pen allergic to them. (Though we are hoping he will have grown out of it at his next testing) So restaurants, baked goods, birthday parties, etc are not a commonplace occurrence in our lives. But we found A and J Bakery here in Rhode Island that specializes in nut-free and egg-free foods. Finally, my son will have a real honest-to-God birthday cake. Just like all of the other kids. And that makes me a little teary. If you have a child with any kind of allergy, anything that makes them different, you can understand just HOW amazing and special it is when they get to do something that makes them “like all the other kids.”
10. Have I mentioned yet that I am going to the Outer Banks in a few short weeks???? I am SO excited!! I am going with about 12-15 other professional photographers from around the country and we are staying for three days just hanging out, sharing ideas and spending a relaxing long weekend on the ocean. So any no-hurricane thoughts for mid September in NC would be greatly appreciated.
Newborn Booking Special | Providence Newborn Photography
Are you pregnant or do you know someone who is? To kick things off here in Rhode Island, I am running a newborn special only through the month of August and only for seven clients. It is close to a $1000 total value for $250. Newborns are my FAVORITE kind of shoot so I am super excited to do some here in the Ocean State!
See the promo below, check out the print and digital pricing on the website (www.amyrophotography.com > Info > Investment) and contact me if you have any questions or want to book!! And feel free to tell others, tweet about it or whatever else you’d like to do! 🙂
