| We will be offering special Limited Edition Urban Boys and Sassy Girls sessions on select dates in July. These will be sessions geared towards kids from newborns to age 12. We will focus on downtown Madison, creating an urban, cool setting for girls and boys. For the girls, we will have pettiskirts on hand, size newborn up to girls’ size 12. However, if you want your color choice, you will want to order your very own pettiskirt by the end of May, as these are custom made. Check your May e-mail newsletter for a great coupon! Sizes are available in newborn up to teen/women’s small/medium. Clothing suggestions for what to wear with the pettiskirts and ideas for your urban boy will be offered!
There is no session fee for these Limited Edition sessions and we will have two specials. A $195 deposit will reserve your time. That full amount will go towards your order. Two great options that you will love for your session: a package that includes an 11×14 wall portrait, 2 5×7’s and 8 wallets for only $299 ($375 value) or a 10 image album allows you to keep all of your favorite images for only $350 ($400 value). All other prints are at regular studio prices.Session times are available four days in July, which will be posted next week and they were listed in the newsletter. Our current clients get the first opportunity to book their session before we open them up to the public- so don’t wait, call today to reserve your time 608-280-8845! |
May Newsletter is Sent
Our May newsletter was sent out today via e-mail. Did you get it? If not, you may need to update your e-mail address with us. Send us a quick note letting us know your preferred address and we’ll make sure you are up to date on our list.
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We Now Sell Pettiskirts!
We are very excited to announce that we now sell pettiskirts! These are the adorable fluffy, fluffy skirts that little girls LOVE! When they put these skirts on, there is no way they can resist spinning around! 🙂 We also offer matching tees and tanks, as well as bloomers and dresses. These are custom-made with super-soft chiffon in fun colors.
To celebrate, we will be offering special Limited Edition Pettiskirt sessions on select dates in July. These will be sessions that focus on the fun that these skirts inspire. We will be offering special packages, with a deposit required to reserve your time. We will have a few pettiskirts on hand, size newborn up to girls’ size 12. If you want your color choice however, you will want to order your very own pettiskirt by the end of May, as these are custom made. Sizes are available in newborn up to teen/women’s small. E-mail me for color options and images. Stay tuned for more session details to come.
Madison’s First Farmers’ Market
Saturday marked the return of the Farmers’ Market to the Madison Capitol square. The weather was perfect: sunny and in the 70’s. Since there are not much for fresh vegetables yet aside from some salad greens, the crowd could buy meat, cheese, flowers, fresh bakery and enjoy the weather.
Baby Display is Up!
We are very excited to share our newest display- and it’s all about newborns! These are some images from when it was finished last night. I’d love to share images from the day, but the glare on the windows would make seeing the photographs inside difficult. So, instead of waiting for the perfect cloudy day (we’ve already had enough of those!), you get to enjoy the warm glow of tungsten. Please stop by and see it in person, too! We would like to give a special thank you to Sam, Noah, Eden, Hayden, Cadence and Mackynzie.
Sad to See Brava Go
It makes me feel sad to see local Madison magazine brava go away. When they called to tell me, it made my heart ache a bit for them. You can read the scoop here (link to WKOW 27 news) and here (link to Wisconsin State Journal). The magazine always cheered the working professional women of Wisconsin, and the void left will be hard to fill. The future is uncertain for the annual Woman’s Expo, but I hope someone will step up and carry this event on. It was great for the community.
Thanks brava for the great years of reading you provided!
That “New Baby” Smell….
The new window display will be up next week! Thank you to all the parents of newborns that came in, and thanks to everyone for getting the word out. I know what a big deal it can be to just leave the house with a new little one, so I really appreciate the effort! We are excited to showcase the babies and hope you enjoy the images! Here is a sneak peek at what we will be showing. Please take a look the next time you are downtown!
Facebook Fan Page & Twitter
We are happy to announce that we finally have a Facebook Fan Page! Come visit us and sign up to be a fan. The idea is for us to share information about what is going on at the studio and with us. Also, we plan on sharing images from sessions, hopefully tagging our fans, so they can share them, too. We just ask that you do NOT remove our tag. 🙂 So, starting in April, watch for images of YOU! (Yes, please feel free to bug us if you don’t see your images!)
Also, we are all a-twitter here at Appleby Photography. You can now follow Becky and Chris on Twitter. Find out what we are up to, right now! Follow us to get the updates right in your own update feed.
We are still new at all of this, so please bear with us as we try to figure the technology out. It makes me feel old-school to say that I prefer my ‘paper and pen’ planner, and that I type really slow. At least our kids can remind us how true that is: Madalyn, age 8, wanted us to explain what a typewriter was (“It’s like a computer, but there is no screen and you can only make one copy…”) and Lydia, age 3, told us she *needs* an iPod touch (not a regular iPod- she needs the screen on her iPod), and Henry, age 1, is sure he can take photos with his play cell phone….
Newborn Needed for Studio Display
I am getting ready to do a new window display at our studio that will feature a newborn. If you or someone you know has a new baby, age 0-14 days old as of right now, please contact us! The shoot needs to be scheduled for the week of March 30th or April 6th.
Participants will be photographed at the studio for no charge. Your child’s image will be used for studio display, samples and marketing material. Please call Becky at the studio for details, 608-280-8845.
Please pass the word!
Thanks so much!
Is Winter Done Yet?
The fact that we have several inches of snow in the forecast for the weekend says that winter is still here. That’s sad news since the last of the snow just melted from our yard last weekend. At least everyone at our house is healthy for the moment. It feels like the kids, mainly Henry, have been battling one cold or flu bug after another for weeks. I’m convinced that if we could just get outside more, we would all be good!
We were quite excited tonight to get a sentence out of Henry, who is 16 months old. Henry took his sweet time with gracing us with his gift of gab. We knew he could speak, he just chose not to share it with us. At a little over a year, Henry would get coached by big sister Lydia: “Henry say ‘goo goo ga ga.'” Henry: “Goo goo goo ga.” Lydia: “Henry say ‘ta-da.'” Henry: “Ta-da.” Lydia: “Henry say ‘uh-oh.'” Henry: “Uh-oh.” Lydia: “Henry say ‘mama.'” Henry: [silence] It was no surprise after months of the whole family begging for ‘mama’ that he first proclaimed ‘Lydia.’
Then, tonight, after we scolded Lydia for sliding out of her chair repeatedly at dinner, Henry declared to us, “Lydia good girl.”
So, there you have it. In Henry’s eyes, big sister Lydia does no wrong.
(Of course, Lydia also says that Henry wants to share, as she swipes food off his plate, and he doesn’t seem to mind. Yet.)