As mentioned, I have a number of templates you can choose, but you can also create your own using the designs available in their card creator (they have a LOT of designs!)

I created a quick two minute video to show you how to create a card for printing (if you want!)

If you want to print cards using one of the designs I am offering this year (which you can see here) I will add the template to your gallery, and you can order the card by choosing ‘no design’ in the card editor, then dragging and dropping the card design.

Again…this is just an option! But, I know some of you are looking to get printed cards (so I wanted to give you an easy option!)

If you have questions, please ask! And if it’s easier to discuss by phone, send me an email with your number and the best time to call!

So, instead, I’ll share a little montage of the limited holiday minis we did this year.

Wishing you a peaceful holiday season!

Before I was pregnant, I wondered if I was going to lose some of the awe I felt every time I had the privilege of capturing this moment for families.

Definitely not!

Is there anything more beautiful than a mamma-to-be, radiant with joy and love and sweet anticipation?  She is simply glowing!

So much love!

Congratulations A & R (both on your upcoming new arrival and engagement!)

She was wide awake and alert at the start, then slipped off into peaceful sleep.

Congrats J & M!

Here’s a little preview from a few of the family sessions…more to come soon  – I’m falling behind (…something about have an 11 week old baby?!)

What I love about these sessions is seeing how much the kids have changed in the last year!

I’ll have to dig up some previous sessions and do a ‘that was then, this is now’ series!

I remember taking this little cutie’s photo when she was in a little basket!  How quickly they grow!

And the first time I took this little gal’s photo her brother was still a sparkle in his mom’s eye!

A big thanks to all the families who came out to play for the Mini-Sessions!

If you know someone who missed the last set, I’ll be back in Victoria for one more day – Sunday, December 5th.

(and in Kamloops Nov 13/14 & Nov 20)

This year, instead of holiday cards, I’m offering the Digital Negatives (with a custom card template too, so you can still get cards printed if you like!)

Holiday Mini Sessions
1/2 hour studio session
Online gallery with 12 images
CD of high-resolution Digital negatives
Web video with holiday greeting
Custom Holiday Card digital file
…$245+tx

You’ll also receive a custom holiday video, which is a great way to get your holiday greeting out (without the need for envelopes or stamps…or paper!)

Of course, it’s fun to have printed items too and I’ll make it super, duper easy to get prints & fun swag!

Your online gallery will link to one of the labs I use, where you can do your holiday shopping with a few clicks of the mouse. Order up some prints, some playing cards for the grandparents, and maybe a mug or two.

NEW!! Victoria: Sunday, December 5th: 9AM – 3PM

Kamloops: Saturday, November 13th & Sunday, November 14th: 9AM – 2PM
Saturday, November 20th: 9AM – 2PM

Interested? Email me at erin@prairiechild.com with your preferred time (ie: 10am’ish), and we’ll get you in the first available spot!

Note: Once your time has been confirmed, you will be emailed details about studio location & payment options (A non-refundable $100 retainer is required to hold your spot).

I’ve posted a few of my favourites from the session below, but, if you have a couple minutes, check out the slideshow!

Meet Bodie.  A sweet little guy with the most amazing blue eyes! Bodie had just hit the 6 month mark, and mom and dad realized that they were missing some family shots

(so that was the focus of our shoot!)We started to get some ‘eye rubbing’ part way through – but Bodie was a trooper!

Sophie the giraffe came to the rescue several times (and if only I could sing some decent scales, he loved that!)

Thanks again Nicole & Derek, for allowing me to capture some portraits of this special year for your family!

(By the way, I hear about this happening a lot – a new little person comes into your life. You get lots and lots of photos of the baby. Or baby with mom. Or baby with dad. But you come out of the first whirlwind year and realize you have virtually NO photos of the whole family!)

If that sounds like you, get in touch (or pull out your tripod & self-timer) and get shooting!

A slideshow to enjoy!

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