The Final 10!

I'm so exited to share with you the final 10 participants of the photo contest. All entries were amazing, the photographers below are my favorite 10. In the next couple of weeks they will submit their final photo featuring an Alejandra Kearl outfit, then the voting begins.

Here they are, enjoy!

Sunny Woods Photography - Phoenix, Arizona

 

Lou Roberts Children's and Family Portraits- London, UK

BeniBee Photography- Gulf Breeze, Florida 

 Jana DeGange Photography, Los Angeles, California

 

 HB Photography - Reno, Texas

 Heather Ellis Photography - Orem, UT

Sydney B Photography- Glendale, California

White Balance Photography- London, UK

 Mili Walker Photography, Indianapolis, IN

 

Heather Telford Photography - Spanish Fork, Utah

 

Alejandra Kearl Photo Contest

I'm having a photo contest! I've worked with many photographers in the past few years doing family photo shoots and collection shoots. With my 3 little boys growing, pictures are precious to me and I'm thankful for the talented photographers that have helped me capture these sweet years.

Here are the Rules:

Pre-Contest:
-I will be accepting submissions starting tonight through January 22nd. 
-Send one photo no more than 2MB to my email at babychic@mac.com (any picture that represents your best work)
-Include your name, business name and where you do business in the subject line.


Contest
-If you are selected, I will need your address and the size of dress (12-18 months up to 6/7 years only) This will be the dress your model will wear in your entry photograph. This also means you will be on our photographer list link.
-Please send one photo of a model wearing the dress by February 12th. This is where you get to show your creative genius.
-From your blog or website, you will need to link to Alejandra Kearl (blog/website or facebook page)
-Your photo will be posted on my fan page https://www.facebook.com/alejandrakearldesigns
-The winner will be chosen by the public, voting will begin February 12th ending February 26th, the picture that receives the most "likes" will be the winner.

Prices
The winner will receive a * $300 gift card to AlejandraKearl.com, a featured spot on AlejandraKearl.com and a $50 gift card to TinyPrints.com. 

Good Luck!!

* Gift card can't be combined with any other offer, full retail prices will apply.

Last Minute DIY Valentines

I  don't know about you, but I usually find myself making Valentines last minute for my kids' classes. I don't like to buy the store ready Valentines, but I also don't have a ton of time to make them.  Each of my kids have to bring 24 Valentines and I've found a few cute/easy ideas I'd like to share with you.

We made these last year, the idea and photo came from Martha Stewart,

I just printed these cute cards for Joey's class from InkTree Press she has a great blog. You can dowload them here.

I've been wanting to make these for a while, they are so clever! The idea came from the talented Allison, check them out here.

Nico decided he wants to draw a picture and have me make copies for his friends, if he does it I will share them on an update, we'll see.

Let me know if you make any of these :)

Do you have any easy Valentines ideas?


UPDATE: This is what Nico drew and gave his friends today, we just taped a chocolate candy to the back,  he's so funny!

I think he saw this in one of his Diary of the Whimpy kid books.

Picture Perfect

I love reading & looking at blogs with beautiful photography, don't you?
One of the reasons it took me so long to start my own blog was because I don't know how to take beautiful pictures.
I wanted to get a nice camera and learn how to take pretty pictures, so for Christmas the only thing I asked of Santa was a good SLR camera, "Santa" didn't know which camera to get, so he had me order it online :). The camera came, I opened it and it has been seating in its box ever since. There are just so many buttons, options and settings. I became very confused and intimidated by this camera, I was starting to think I should return it and just get a nicer "point and shoot" camera.

But then, I found this blog:Nicole is a professional photographer and also a photography teacher. I'm so exited Nicole is offering classes here in Los Angeles & they are affordable!
The event is called: The Mini Art Weekend. Classes are the weekend of February 19 & 20. The class I'm taking is Photo Basics, is a 2 hour class for $45. They have many other interesting classes, including an all day Crash Course.

I would love to go with a friend, let me know if you are coming, I hope to see you there!