If you’re new to mini sessions and unsure of what they are, they are basically a scaled down version of one of our full portrait sessions. Our mini sessions include 20 minutes of shooting and 10 fully-edited proofs presented to you in an online gallery. You can then choose from our 2 Collections, outlined below, and will also have access to order any of our other prints or products a la carte.

We have 2 great locations to choose from for this round of minis:

• Morning sessions (8:00 am – 11:00 am) will be held at Holz Farm in Eagan. We had a great response to that location for our Spring Minis and I know it will be even more beautiful with the fall colors!
• Afternoon sessions (3:00 pm – 6:00 pm) will be held at Minnehaha Falls Park in Minneapolis.  If you’ve never been there before, it’s one of my favorite places to shoot families and kids!

2 Collections to choose from:

Mistletoe Collection – $250 (valued at $390+)
*Download of one Digital Image of your choice with print release
*Set of 25 custom 5×5 or 5×7 Holiday Cards •8 Gift Prints (8×10 or smaller)
*25% off a la carte prints & products (including additional sets of Holiday Cards)

Candy Cane Collection $150 (valued at $200+)
*Set of 25 custom 5×5 or 5×7 Holiday Cards
*5 Gift Prints (8×10 or smaller)
*15% off a la carte prints & products (including additional sets of Holiday Cards)

How to reserve your spot:

Book online by going here: http://tentinytoes.bookmonline.com/schedules
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Email amy@tentinytoesphoto.com with your first 2 preferred session times and we will respond within 24 hours to confirm availability

Bookings will be taken on a first come, first served basis and require a $50 deposit to secure your session.  Your deposit will be applied to your Collection purchase.

So, I promised a big giveaway and here it is!  Be sure you’re a fan over on Facebook before entereing as only fans will be eligible to win!

We’re giving away a complimentary 20-minute Mini Session along with a disc and limited print release of 10 images of your choice!

To enter, fill in the below entry form.  Only one entry per family, please!

I’ve got a few fun little things up my sleeve as we celebrate over the next few weeks, so be sure to check the blog often and the Facebook Fan Page so you don’t miss out!

I can’t wait to celebrate with you all!

Pricing Changes effective August 1st

We will be adjusting our Session Fees, Collections and Product pricing effective August 1st.  So, if you’ve been considering booking a session, but just haven’t decided yet, you’ll want to make sure you book by August 1st to receive our current promotional pricing (session need not take place by August 1, just session fee paid and date held prior to then).  Email me today amy@tentinytoesphoto.com to discuss setting up your portrait session!

Registry Perks:

• For every $200 contributed to your registry, we’ll throw in an additional $50!
• Custom designed mini registry cards that can be given out to friends and family or included with your baby shower invitations
• Complimentary 11×14 wall print ($50 value!)

Here’s how it works:

• Contact us at amy@tentinytoesphoto.com and request that a Baby Registry be set up.
• We’ll work some magic on our end and send you a unique code that you can use and share with anyone that would like to contribute to the registry.
• We’ll also provide you with custom mini registry cards that can be given out to friends and family or included with your baby shower invitations.
• Guests from anywhere can log onto the ordering site and gift you any amount into your registry!
• Then, have your portrait session with us and put your gifts to use!

I’m really excited to start this new monthly feature here called Feature Fridays!  The last Friday of each month (or maybe more often, we’ll see), I will be featuring a local or online business for all various types of products and services.  Maybe it will be clothing or accessories to compliment your next photo session, or maybe a great local service in the Twin Cities.  Either way, I think it will be fun to learn about some other small businesses and I would also love to hear about any of your favorite shops or resources as well and maybe even feature them too!

Today’s Feature Friday is Brianna Bean’s Boutique.  She is based out of Madison Wisconsin, but has an online Etsy shop.  I have been doing some product photography for her Etsy shop and her stuff is SO cute!! 

She creates cute ballet baby booties sizes 0 months all the way up to 24 months.  She  also has adorable bow boards to match and of course bows to put on the bow boards.  She also is happy to offer wholesale of her products as well!

Her ballet baby booties are a new style she just started creating.  She is always creating out of love as if she were making it for her daughter. She also stands behind her products 100% and only top quality leaves Brianna Beans Boutique.

She’s also giving all of our readers a 15% discount on their entire purchase!  Just mention this post on the Ten Tiny Toes Photography blog when you checkout to receive your discount! (Discount taken before shipping)

So be sure to check out Brianna Beans boutique!!  Happy Shopping!

• Etsy Shop: http://www.briannabeansboutique.etsy.com/
• Facebook Fanpage
• Via email briannabeans@live.com

To be considered for one of our Feature Friday posts, please fill out our Feature Friday Questionnaire!

What will we be giving away?  We’re going to actually have TWO awesome prizes for this contest!

First Prize ($900 value): 

• Free Mini Session up to 30 mins either on location or at the studio
• Disk of 10  images from your session with a print release
• 2 5×7 prints

Second Prize: 

• $200 Gift Certificate to be used on any future session or prints with us.

Here’s how our Cutest Baby & Kid contest will work and how you can enter:

• Send ONE favorite photo of your child(ren), any past or current photo will do, anytime between today (March 2nd) and Tuesday, March 16th to our email amy@tentinytoesphoto.com  **If you have mulitple children, you can either submit a photo of them together, or separately, but you can only vote on one photo per day (they can all be a part of the mini session, even if entered separately).
  • Please add the following information to your submission email…(this information WILL NOT be included in the postings of your pictures! This is just information for us to use to contact you if you win and to send you special deals on your child(rens) birthdays!)

Parents Name(s)
Phone #
Email Address
Name/Age/Birthday of child(ren) in picture

• We’ll have two methods of voting each day: 
  1. The first will be here on the blog, where we’ll upload the photos with an assigned number and voting poll within the post and you and your friends and family can vote once each day. 
  2. The second way will be on our Facebook Fan Page, where you can vote once a day by commenting on the photo of your choice.  Your comment can be as simple as “This is my vote!”. 
• Send EVERYONE you know to our Facebook page and blog to vote! 
• Voting will begin on Wednesday, March 17th and will run through the 24th, so that gives you a full WEEK to get everyone voting for your cutie!

So, start sending your photos!  I can’t wait to see all of your adorable little ones faces!

We’ll also be offering a special discount on any sessions booked at the event, so if you’ve been meaning to book, stop by for this fantastic offer and book your Spring session!

The Midwest Kids Fest is running this Saturday and Sunday from 10 am until 5 pm each day at the St. Paul River Center.  Admission is free for little ones one and under and we have ax exclusive coupon for all of the big people too!  You can get our coupon here: Midwest Kids Fest Coupon  Feel free to share with anyone else too!

They have some pretty fun stuff going on for little ones of all ages and lots of neat vendors and companies for parents and grandparents too.  You can even enter for a chance to win a brand new SUV!!  They will have appearances from all sorts of characters and the Teddy Bear Band!

Hope to see you there!

Thank you SO much to all of you that participated in our Facebook Fan Page contest!  I drew the winner last night and the winner of a free session is…..

Free Photography Session Giveaway

 Jeanette A!!!!

Congrats, Jeanette!!  We’ll be in contact to let you know you’ve won and how to redeem your free session! 

Don’t fret if you didn’t win.  We’re giving away two free sessions this weekend at the Midwest Kids Fest, so if you missed out here, then be sure to visit us and enter for your chance to win another one! 

Thanks to all of you that entered!

So, as our way of saying “Thank You” I will be offering a 15% discount on all Gallery Wrap canvases through the end of the month!  If you’re a past client and wished you had gotten a canvas of your favorite portrait, well, now’s your chance!

To oder your canvas, visit our online store here and choose the size you would like.  Be sure to enter the code GIVETHANKS at checkout to receive your discount!

As always, feel free to email us with any questions about our canvases or other products at amy@tentinytoesphoto.com