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!

Thank you {P} family for welcoming me into your home and for allowing me to capture this amazing time in your life.  Enjoy this sneak peek of your beautiful daughter!

Who: Just about anyone!  Families, kids, couples, you name it!
What: Kickoff to Summer Mini Sessions
When: Sunday, June 6, 2010 between 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Where: Holz Farm, 4665 Manor Drive, Eagan, MN

We have 2 great packages available for you to choose from:

Pink Lemonade Package – $175 ($50 due at time of booking)

• 20 minute mini session
• 10 edited images in online gallery
• 8 gift prints (8×10 or smaller)
• Disc of web-sized, watermarked images for online sharing
• 20% off a la carte prints & products

Lemonade Package - $100 ($50 due at time of booking)

• 20 minute mini session
• 10 edited images in online gallery
• 5 gift prints (8×10 or smaller)
• Disc of web-sized, watermarked images for online sharing
• 10% off a la carte prints & products

How to book:
Click here to book online.  $50 is due at the time of booking to reserve your session time.
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We will be taking requests for mini sessions on a first come, first served basis and will accept them via email so that we can accurately determine the date and time of requests.  When sending in your request, please list 3 time slots that you would prefer and we’ll do our best to meet your request.  Emails should be sent to us at amy@tentinytoesphoto.com or through our website or blog contact tool.

We’ll have many of our favorite props on hand, but as always, you’re encouraged to bring anything you’d like to use as well!

The atmosphere at Holz Farm is a charming old farmhouse and barn with many options for both unique and classic backgrounds.  It’s a great little place to have your portraits taken!

Session Times available (most up to date available time slots can be viewed here):
9:30 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm

The fine print:
Mini session includes up to 2 children (plus parents).  If more than 2 children, we cannot guarantee both individual and shots together due to time limitations, so we recommend that you book back to back appointments for an additional $25 charge.

A deposit of $50 is due at time of booking to secure your session, which is put towards your package purchase.  Sessions that have not been paid within 3 days of booking will be opened back up to others for booking.  Should you need to cancel, we will give you a full refund up to 3 days before the event.  Cancellations within 3 days of the event will not be refunded.  Full package fees do not include sales tax.

Online galleries will be posted within 3 weeks of the sessions and will be live for one week for ordering.

If we need to cancel due to weather, you will have the option of receiving a full refund of your booking fee or the option of keeping your same session time on our rain date (yet to be determined, will be sometime in June).

S, I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.  I sure had a wonderful time with you guys and am excited for you to see the rest of your portraits!

Some fun ones of mommy and her little man.

And my personal fave…

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!

March is already upon us and with that, our calendar has been filling up quickly with Spring sessions!  So, if you are hoping to get a session scheduled in the next couple of months, you’ll want to act quickly!  We only have one opening left in March and two openings left in April!  We’re also taking bookings in May and June now as well.

Worried about the weather?  No reason to worry now as we now have indoor, natural light studio space at my home in Rosemount.  Of course, we will prefer to stay on location for most of our sessons, but it’s a nice alternative in case the weather is an issue.

Of course since no post is complete without a photo, here’s a recent one of some snowflakes that were on my car window one morning.

M, thank you SO much for allowing me to capture this special time in your life.  I can’t wait for your little one to arrive and to meet them.  It’s so funny to think way back when we were just cheerleaders in high school and to look at how far our lives have come.  You and D are going to be great parents and will have SO much fun!  I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

This plan might be different than what you are used to seeing, where you are told to come at specific intervals.  We wanted to do something different and more flexible, so you can capture your child at whichever moment you want (or if you’re past the newborn phase, you can use it for moments later into the first year).  So, while our plan does have a recommended timeline, we are happy to be flexible and see you whenever you’d like within the first year!

Here are the details and both of these packages can be purchase through our online ordering site.   These are also a great way to give the mom-to-be in your life a gift that will stay with her forever.

First Footprints – $275

Our first year baby plan takes you from capturing your tiny newborn in the first weeks of life, all the way through their first birthday.  This package covers 3 separate sessions through the first year at whichever increments of time you prefer.  We recommend having newborn, 6 month and 1 year sessions, however we are happy to do whatever suits your style.

This package also includes:

• 10×20” Storyboard after the last session, featuring your favorite image from each session
• 20 page 8×8” coffee table album featuring a combination of your photos from all three sessions
• 10% off all announcements
• 10% off all regular print pricing

We also have a combo maternity/first year session as well.

Bump to Birthday – $500

This is a combination of our first year baby plan with an additional maternity session included.  This package covers 4 separate sessions beginning with a maternity session and 3 additional sessions taking you through the first year, at whichever increments of time you prefer.

This package also includes:

• 16×20” Framed Print from Maternity Session
• 10×20” Storyboard after the last session, featuring your favorite image from each session
• 20 page 8×8” coffee table album featuring a combination of your photos from all three sessions
• 10% off all announcements
• 10% off all regular print pricing

If you missed your chance at the complimentary session, fear not!  I am now offering discounted sessions at 50% off their regular rate.  This is still a great opportunity to have your familiy or children’s portraits taken in time for getting together those holiday cards (I know it’s only August, but we all know how quickly that will go by!) or for getting those senior portraits taken at the beginning of the school year.

But, be sure to book quickly as there are only a few weekend spots remaining in September and October.  I’m happy to also book into early November for outdoor sessions with the understanding that the weather may not cooperate, but we’ll make the most of it.    To see the dates that are still available please visit our website at www.tentinytoesphoto.com and click on the Calendar link.

This discount will be good on any sessoins that are booked by December 31, 2009.

Hope you have all been having a wonderful summer!  I can’t believe school will be starting back up in just a few weeks. The time is flying by WAY too quickly!

We got some fun and energetic shots of them throughout our session.

Then mom and I took some maternity pics of her in the gorgeous golden sunlight while Dad chased the boys around.

And this one is a new all time favorite of mine.

H family, I had so much fun hanging out with you guys!  I’m so excited to see photos of your little sister when she arrives.  Give her lots of kisses from me!

I hope you guys enjoy your sneak peek!