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A Evening of family fun (minus the husband that is, darn work gets in the way of all
the fun :// ) w/photo booth props:

Disclaimer: Be prepared at the end of the blog for heartwarming images or "total cuteness" as my Mom would say.

This Wednesday I received some props for upcoming Photo booth events, I will be shooting, so I figured my little ladies and I could take them for a test drive.. I am sure you will see we had a blast!

I have the most beautiful girls in the world!

What's this you say?? But of course I am french don't you see me with zis funny french mustache'?!

To see me wearing make-up is a rarity.. Zero skin softening yep! This images is about 2% away from being SOOC.. I am very content w/this almost 30 year old face & the hubby says he doesn't mind it either :p

A wee bit blurry but still one of my fave's!

There is little that happens in this household w/o a princess dress on..lol

Love my ladies. Kirsten at this point was in a shirt & pantyhose, so I decided I wouldn't make her hate me when she's older.

Okay Mom's, I am sure you know exactly what it's like when your hear or catch your kids doing something hilarious, adorable or downright draw dropping ridiculous & you wish you had your camera near by to catch it.. That's pretty much what happened here.. We had just finished with the props (or so I thought) when the girls left the room. When they came back I heard them shuffling then talking as I was sitting turned around looking at our photos. Now Mark (one of my cam's, & yes I nicknamed my camera's it just easier that way & more fun of course) was still on the tripod..My ears started to tune in to their planning of a wedding, when I overheard Kamie say "here's the ring, now Kirsten you be the boy with the mustache & I'll be the girl with the lips". Kamie always has to be the girly pink fru fru character. So I spun around no time to change settings, Mark still on the tripod,  all to catch this awesome moment. 

I love the dramatic hint of silhouette, & the back lit warmth around them.. I even love the catty-wampus framing from my in-the-moment excitement.. And most of all I just love these girls, I love their youth, I love the ideas that flow through their wonderful little minds!!

Feel free to share your favorite moments like these in the comment section below :)

Hope you've enjoyed these images as much as I do, to book our Photo booth for your next party just give me a call or email, 920-222-0598 or emerald_enchantments_photography@yahoo.com

Until next time,

~StaceB

EEP-ONEYEAR|April-4th

 So many things to catch you all up on...Ummmm, I REALLY need to blog more often, but I will just stick to what's most important and exciting so here it is :))))

Exciting news!!!

Emerald Enchantments is about to it's 1st Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!! And we have hired the wonderful adorable, newly established Nibbles© to make us some Birthday cupcakes for the weekend of April :)

It's hard to pick a specific date that the business was actually established because it was something that had been in my thoughts and wildest dreams since I had my first job as a portrait photographer four and a half years ago. So to pick a date I decided I would go with the day I actually first held my own DSLR. April 4th :)) Here are a couple images from my first session on Easter Sunday, with my best friends daughters.. Looking back I really feel that I still love these images from my very first session.

  You all know the rest of the story how I got here, or at least you should if you follow my blog, if not I will just say hoping not to choke up that this was a last gift from my Daddy.. Our love for each other will never fade no matter how long he is gone and as I type this it just hit me that I am blogging the day after what would have been his 55th Birthday..Happy Belated Birthday to my Dad :)

I would be lying to say this year has been all roses, there have been some extreme difficulties in my life involving a couple people who used to be a part of our life's..Apparently living your dream can lose you a few people here or there but I know God has a purpose for all of this, I feel it, I believe it, and I am bound and determined to get to the bottom of it. Until I realize that divine purpose, I have decided I need to just be calm and place it in God's hands even though I don't understand, even though I have been greatly hurt by their actions. I have absolutely refused to let these issues take presence in my heart and to hinder me no longer from fulfilling my purpose here on this Earth.

A Prayer of Reflection & Moving Forward:
Thank You Heavenly Father for Blessing me on this journey, Thank You for the hard times and the many, many out-weighing wonderful times..Every time I am weak you make me strong, every time I have doubt you immediately let me know just how wrong I am, this is my purpose and you have made that abundantly clear. Lord, help my heart be strong and abide in you for every breath I breathe has it's purpose.. I pray I live it..-Amen