Western Themed Birthday Party

This week we were invited to celebrate Josecito's birthday. It was a very nice party "Western Themed". All details were nice and most importantly a fun party.



We had the opportunity to ride the horse...which I did not ride, but we took pics of our son on it.

Here are a few pics of this day.






All the boys were given out cowboy hats and bandana's which to me were a hit! they looked so adorable with them on...and the girls also got the cutest hats ever!

Brotherly LOVE

≥This past weekend I had the fortune to photograph two little boys. About a year ago, the mom had schedule and appointment for Eddie to take pictures for his 2nd birthday while she was pregnant with another boy, now she came back with both of her boys and I had the pleasure to meet baby Isaac...I think the session went great, here are a few of the many shots I took:







This photograph was totally improvised as the mom only wanted pictures of the kids, but I felt the need to take these as to me there is nothing more touching then a mother and their little newborn love.







He is only 4 months Old, isn't he yummy?

Have I mentioned how much I like baby feet?

The Big ONE

So the party was a complete success! He had a great time and everyone else that attended!





at first it was kind of stressful as we were running a little late, but thanks to our awesome friends we were able to bring everything to the park and organize everything right on time. I want to publicly thank everyone that helped out in transporting all the goods to the party location and after the party to our house. I will always be thankful for their enormous help.

As I mentioned on an earlier post, I tried to make as many details I possible myself. The only things I did not make was the cupcakes.

...it all began with the making of the invitations and it all went from there...


Then I decided to wrap the napkins around the utensils with matching ribbons.



I got insipired and continued going to Hobby Lobby week after week purchasing papers, ribbons, and anything that would come to mind to complete the BLACK, YELLOW, and RED Mickey Mouse
Birthday theme.

I got the idea of making wind-wheels from a little brochure I found on the Hobby Lobby DIY site. It tells you how to make them and they are extremely easy to make.



The bags were also very simple



on my last night before the party, I thought about purchasing Mexican bottle sodas and adding a label to match the party colors, I wanted to add some writing to it but I was running out of time. The most I did was to buy pineapple and strawberry favored sodas to match the party.



The rice Krispies were the easiest of all the treats and I think the cutest, I have received many compliments about them. All I did was purchase the cookie cutter to make the round shape.




made by my friend Jennifer (Sweet Tooth Bakery)




and the cake was made by Rendy Bredland (you can find her on facebook).


The outfit was made by Colleen Andreson (littlemissmaddies) she is also on facebook. She was very flexible and made exactly what I asked her to make in the colors that I wanted. She is also very affordable.





I really loved all of my vendors as they work really hard to make what they do best.

One of the things I had in mind was to make a candy/ Sweets table to thank everyone for attending. I had little bags for them to take the treats home if they wanted to..



Banners were also made from scratch from cardstock and scrapbooking paper.





These were the Centerpieces..at the last minute I added a larger wind-wheel



The Cake Table looked marvelous!



These are super easy to make also, they are gummies on a stick and they look super nice in my opinion.




I highly recommend the Clown/ Entertainer who not only had games for the kids but also for the adults. The music was really good and she provide services that I did not expect like cutting the cake, organizing the Pinata event, giving out goody bags, and reminding us of little things here and there. She did the job of a Master of Ceremony. If you are interested on her services you can find her under Zamorinas Clown on the internet, or on facebook. She did an Excellent Job!

Spring

The holidays are gone...and ringing 2011 brought many new clients. I have been quite busy with life situations, house chores, raising an infant, and doing a few photoshoots. I have not updated my blog in a while, but work has been consistent.

Have I mentioned how much I love my job? I love being a mother and a photographer, I pray to god everyday that he allows me to continue doing the two things I love and enjoy  the most by providing me with health, strength, and patience to do the best job a mother and a photographer can do. here are few pics of my most recent shoots.


Please keep in mind that all of these pictures have been taking in our new home based studio, with basic lighting. I try to use natural light as much as I can and manual settings for most of my photographs.

some of the Easter sesssions

OH Boy His is turning 1

Planning a birthday party for our son has been more difficult then I imagined it to be...HOw do single mothers do it? I take my hat of for those single mothers that no only take care of their children but also everything else that life brings with them, like the seasonal flu, working, and providing for a child. I guess that we all adjust to life but let me tell you this birthday party is getting bigger and more complicated as we get closer to the day.

All details will be handmade by me, hoping that he naps long enough to let me work on some of the crafts.

We decided on a Mickey Themed party so I have began making all the invitations.


to make them, I used simple cardstock already made cards and envelopes I purchased at Hobby Lobby (my favorite Store) and some placecards I had left over from our wedding reception (2 yrs ago). I printed them at home and was lucky to find a hole puncher at Hobby Lobby with the Mickey Monogram.

One of the reasons I decided to make them myself is because I try to avoid spending too much on things that I know people will throw away, I love crafting but always keeping in mind the environment, our pocket, and if it is useful to others or not.


I think that this puncher is going to help me build the theme with little mickey heads all over the place.

I am aware that I don't have much time to plan a birthday party, but I don't have much of a choice to do this barely a month before as it will be on May 21...

Day at the ranch

A good friend invited us to the ranch yesterday and I am glad to have accepted the invitation. It is a Mexican traditional "Hacienda" type of ranch. It was a hot day of over 100 degrees, to be more exact it was 106 F. but regardless of the hot weather we still had a good time. We ate, some of them rode the horse and others just hanged out next to our babies attempting to keep them entertained...I did not waste the opportunity to take some photos of the beautiful structured ranch, house, and every detail that caught my attention...