Abby and the Dress

Here is another one of my dress designs for sale in my Etsy shop (jmarket.etsy.com).  My sweet Abby was a good little model, and the lighting was amazing last night!  We had a fun time together, and I love to follow her lead.  She loves to explore when we're outside, so I let her do her thing, and I loved how these turned out! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my other business....

I have always loved everything about photography, and have loved learning and growing more over this past year as I started up my own photography business. 

 

Before I started into this journey of photography, I have been running two Etsy.com shops for the past five years.  I love anything to do with interior design as well as cute clothing, which inspired what I sell on Etsy.  You can find my designs at:  jillybeancraft.etsy.com as well as jmarket.etsy.com.  One shop features decorative pillows, and the other shop focuses more on little girls clothing and accessories.  Some days, I feel like I'm running a sweat shop (as I hand make everything you see), and it gets tiring!  But, I have been so lucky to have success with my small business.

 

I have really been wanting to design new little girls dresses for my Etsy shop, and with this past Easter we just celebrated, I decided to make my three daughters a dress this year.  They are great sports to wear my creations; they may look back one day and hate me for making them wear my designs :)  oh well! 

 

They were also great to allow me to take their pictures, which I will always treasure.  I love the two businesses I have because they both allow me to stay home with my beautiful daughters, which is so important to me. 

 

Below are some images I took for my Etsy shops, and I will treasure these images for years to come...

 

 

desert beauty

 It is really starting to heat up here in Phoenix!!  We are loving all the blossoms that are coming out, and everytime we go outside, my second daughter, Bailey, wants to pick me a flower :)  I have to restrict her to only picking from our property, but she ventured out to a local park in front of our house and picked this beauty. 

We moved here about two years ago from Utah, and it has been a huge adjustment in a lot of ways, and I miss the beautiful mountains and trees in Utah.  BUT, I'm starting to realize just how beautiful Arizona can be :)  Not completely over Utah, but getting there! 

The Beautiful Madison

I was so lucky to take pictures of Madison this past week!  She was so cooperative and easy to work with and looked beautiful!  Thanks for a fun shoot!! 

 

Madison C

Here is a sneak peek from my fun portrait session tonight!  Madison was so easy to work with and great with posing.  Not to mention her beautiful eyes and the fact that she is only 12!!  Thanks for a great session!  Full blog post coming soon! 

Our Forever Neverland

I'm so excited to be part of this new blog with some amazingly talented photographers!  Here is a little info about it:

"Our Forever Neverland is an ongoing project of skilled photographers who want to challenge themselves to pick up the camera and capture memories happening around them at home.Each Friday, the collected images will appear on this blog."-ourforeverneverland.com

http://www.ourforeverneverland.com/2013/03/week-of-march-8-2013_8.html

Visit the above link to view the blog entry for this week.  And here is the image I included of my sweet Abby on her 6th Birthday this past week: