30 Elf on the shelf ideas
So we're almost half way into Christmas month now and I bet some of you are rattling your brains on what that naughty elf can do to entertain the kids tomorrow morning! Some of you either love it or dread it, I personally can't wait til my boys are old enough...
Top 10 Christmas gifts for toddlers 2019
Buying Christmas gifts for toddlers has to be one of the most exciting things about this festive period – but what do you buy a toddler that has endless amounts of toys already! And although wandering around your favourite shops searching for gifts is fun, its not...
Membership
Good photography is an investment, but something that lasts forever. Way beyond our years, and can evoke memories and feelings every time you look those images. I can't count the times my daughter sits and goes through all of the photo albums that live under her bed...
Christmas Sessions
Is it too early to play Michael Buble's Christmas album yet? I feel like whenever I am writing about the big C word, I should be sat here with a mulled wine, whining like a strangled cat to Jingle Bells! So thats pretty much how my December goes. Did you know that...
It’s giveaway time!
It's giveaway time! Can you believe it's only just over 12 weeks to go until Christmas! I'm not sure about you, but every year I try and be a bit more organised and think about presents in October rather than leaving it until the last minute, but no doubt, yet again...
Are Cake Smash sessions the cutest trend ever?
One of the most rewarding things about being a photographer is making priceless memories for clients and families to cherish forever, a cake smash session is such a great way to do this. It’s not exactly known how this trend really started but, for the last ten years,...
Could You Save A Life?
As a mum, the requirement to learn first aid became ever more important to me, when I had this beautiful bundle that was my responsibility to keep safe! Would I know what to do if she was choking or burned her hand on something, or god forbid, needed CPR, and at the...
5 Reasons Sitter Sessions Are The Best!!
So before we go any further, let's talk about what a sitter session is! Sitter Sessions are for babies approximately 6-10 months old or when baby is sitting up on their own (without falling) and before they start to walk. In the blink of an eye, your...
How to book a newborn session
Ok ladies, this is the one question I get asked all the time and the one thing that prevents people from booking their session whilst pregnant. How do you book a newborn session when you don't when baby will make an entrance? Being a newborn photographer means...
What would you save?
I'm sure its a question you've heard before, but if the unthinkable happened, and you woke to find the house on fire, once the family was safe, what would you save? 100% for me would be the family pictures (and shortly after, the Louboutins that hubby...
Bluebell Minis 2019
Yay! Spring is nearly here! What a glorious few days we've had recently and long may it continue! The Bluebell sessions are some of my most popular sessions of the year and I have had already had lots of people asking when my sessions this year will be...
Outdoor Maternity Photography Oxfordshire
I have a fascination with bumps, the baby kind that is! There is something special about maternity photography, watching mummies to be cradle their bellies, wondering what the life inside her is going to be like.
Bring on the sparkle!
It's not just newborn photography that happens here at my studio in Oxfordshire. Sometimes we do something fun and different, and fun is exactly what we had when we unleashed the sparkle yesterday at one of my new 'Glitter Mini' sessions. The very...
Lets get creative!
I love to read and get creative. I remember the days before my daughter arrived when I would read 6 books in the space of two weeks, and now I would struggle to read 2 books in a whole year.In the days of technology and mobile phones, you can more often...
The things that change when you become a mum.
There are many things I’ve noticed that have changed in me since I became a mum. I weigh more and sleep less, and I am sure I have aged ten years in the last two!
Cooking – Getting the Kids Involved!
New year, new start? If you’re like me and every January you swear to be a little bit healthier and a little bit slimmer, then no doubt you are either watching the likes of Tom Kerridge, or Jamie Oliver, or a whole host of other chefs on TV to get some ideas.
Top baby names for 2018!
Whilst you’re still packing up the Christmas tree and you’re still catching up on all of your TV recordings, I’ve been busy planning for 2019. And in my mind wandering moments, I thought back on all the wonderful babies I have met in 2018.
Competition Time
Happy New Year to you all! I hope everyone had a magical and happy Christmas! It’s January and it’s competition time. I’m keeping busy making my plans for the year ahead, and I’ve got lots of exciting things going on that will I will be offering to customers over the next few months. I can’t wait to tell you all about it.
How to have a calm birth
Naomi Woolfson, Embrace Bump to Baby, explains how you can experience a calm birth.
You may be wondering how the birthing mama looks so calm and collected throughout even though she is birthing in a pool in her living room!
BLUEBELL SESSIONS OXFORDSHIRE – 2018
Despite the weather being horrific over the past few weeks, I am certain that Spring will finally catch up with us and within a couple of weeks we will start to see the carpets of wonderful Bluebells again! There are so many wonderful spots to pick from for the Bluebells Sessions in Oxfordshire, we are truly spoilt with our counties beauty!