Before his hectic Holiday schedule, Santa stopped by my studio to take some pictures with some lucky families.

My daughters did awesome with him, their photo made it for our Holiday card.  Even Chef Stephanie Izard and her little family dropped in for photos.

Here are some of my favorites from the day, now Santa can rest.... he did an amazing job this year!

I had the absolute pleasure of photographing over 300 families for the Holidays! 

I want to wish you all a happy, healthy and beautiful Christmas and wanted to share some adorable love I captured in my studio for my Christmas trees mini photo shoots!

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After recently acquiring a new headboard for my studio and Unpatterned providing me with some gorgeous curtains from Target, I felt I should decorate the "bedroom" for the Holidays.

I headed over to TJ Maxx and Marshalls and picked up some beautiful pillows, fluffy blankets and Holiday inspired knick knacks to create the set.  I already planned the annual Holiday party for my daughters and their friends and decided I should turn it into a Holiday PJ party!

In my mind, I have these adorable kiddos coming over I have photographed before, this beautiful set.... all would go according to plan........

My daughters ruined part of the set in less than a minute and refused to look at me at the same time.  I should have listened to what I tell my clients upon coming to my studio..... "Walk in the door with zero expectations!"

The photos still turned out really cute, just not what I envisioned.  One day I will repeat my mantra at the start of a shoot, go with the flow and let my kids be kids (like I do for my clients).

Here are some of my favorites from the afternoon, the kids were more concerned with running around like maniacs and eating sugar (as they should).  The parents enjoyed some food, mimosas and a great conversation.

Happy Holidays all!

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