Conversations With A 2 Year Old

Me: Anna, do you want to go to the park?
Anna: Why?
Me: Because it's such a nice day, I thought it would be fun.
Anna: Why?
Me: Well, because it's warm and it's not raining so we should go to the park and play!
Anna: Why's it not raining?
Me: Some days it rains and some days it's sunny and today it's sunny! So do you want to go to the park?
Anna: Why? (a couple seconds pass)...why mommy?
Me: I DON'T KNOW
Anna: oh, ok....I want to go to the park.

Meet The Tomkat Studio

The next lovely lady I'd like to introduce you to is Kim Stoegbauer from The Tomkat Studio. Now this is a girl that I swear, if we lived closer we'd be BFF!! Kim chases after little ones of her own at home and when she's not wearing her mommy hat, she turns all of her creative energy into The Tomkat Studio. She designs invitations, stationary for that special occasion or for no reason at all!...she can assist you with the cutest ideas for party planning and provides regular fun creative updates on home decor and personal accessories on her website. I love checking her updates!!

She created all of the adorable paper products for Josie's Lollipop Party. Check them out below:

The Invitation


The Thank You Card


The Door Sign


The Favor Tags


ALSO, she creates these adorable one of a kind frames. They are 12x12..big, i know! So perfect for adding a little bit of whimsy to your living space. My very own is pictured below. These are the greatest little gifts...housewarming, birthday, thank you...for any occasion really!


So check her out at http://www.thetomkatstudio.com/ ...have fun browsing and getting to know this amazing girl!!

Andrea Brogle Photographer

How do you capture a moment and hold on to it forever??...it's so true that your memory fades, but a photograph lasts a lifetime. In light of my previous post, the next extemely talented girl that I had the pleasure to meet this spring and would like to introduce you to is Andrea Brogle. I happened upon Andrea's website while, yes you guessed it, doing what I always do...google-ing! (what did I ever do before google)?? I instantly loved her artistic style and just HAD to have her come snap some pics of my little divas and all their cuteness. And being the planner that I am, I scheduled her waaayyy far in advance...which gave me way too much time to obsess over what they would wear. So much so that eventually I was just in baby fashion overload...and they just looked cute in everything as one Oilily dress faded into the next. Well, lucky for me, Andrea is also willing to offer up her photo session fashion sense!

So, as you can see below, Andrea came out to our house and captured some really fun moments. Isn't that great?...she does house visits! Ok, so I know that maybe lots of photographers do this, but it's definitely a new concept for me. But, I loved it!! No stranger frightened baby clinging to me for dear life or overstimulated toddler running circles around the camera with tangled hair going every which direction. Just my kids in their comfort zone.

So check Andrea out if you have your own little cuties and want to capture those heartfelt expressions in works of art.

www.andreabroglephotography.com

CALLING ALL FAMILY & FRIENDS

Help us!! Our slideshow from our photo session is live and will only be available for 5 days!!! Please take a look and let us know which images are your favorite. For grandparents and family, if you would like an image for yourself, please let us know that as well. Here's how to log in:

Go to www.andreabroglephotography.com

Click on "Client Proofing"

in the box provided enter the passcode 2girlsHart

click submit

The best thing to do is copy and paste the passcode straight from above. If you enter it manually, just be sure to capitalize the H or you won't be able to get in. Thank you!!!

Meet Liliputians NYC

Even at a year, what a girl wears to her party ranks in highest of utmost importance. Not wanting to disappoint, Josie made sure her attire would be the talk of the party...and that it was. Let me introduce you to Heather Flottmann from Liliputians, the creator of Josie's cute Lollipop set. I'm not even sure how I found her, but boy I'm glad I did! She is sooo incredibly talented and her birthday outfits are TDF!! You can pick something straight from her on-line store OR have an idea of your own?...ask her about it 'cause she can probably make it! Josie's was a custom order...I picked out some fabric from swatches she emailed to me, then I attempted to put together a rough draft example of what I had in mind....and barely a week later, this is what showed up on my doorstep...the cutest thing EVER!

Did I mention that Heather's a total sweetheart too? So if you want something extra special for the little birthday girl/boy in your life that's sure to make all the guests swoon, check out Liliputians at http://www.liliputians-nyc.com/

Over the next few days I'm going to blog about a couple other amazing women I "met" (on-line) this spring running small fabulous businesses!

Happy Birthday Sweet Josephine!

One year exactly to this very hour Josie was almost 8 hours old and meeting her family for the first time....and one (very quick) year later, I can't imagine life without her! How truly blessed we are. Happy 1st Birthday jellybean!

Josephine's Sweet Shoppe/Lollipop Party

You only turn 1 once in a lifetime, so you must do it up in style! :-) Thanks to those who were here to help celebrate our little girl's big day...we truly appreciate it. The party was soooooo much fun...for those who couldn't make it, we missed you! Click below to check out ALL of the cute party pics...

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=562xvbf.4xsg2mhb&x=0&y=-q4vxgw&localeid=en_US

and just a sample below...