Current clients should have recently received an e-mail promoting the Summer 2008 Canvas Sale — savings up to 37% off the normal rates — this promotion also offers the ability to put a deposit down on the gallery wrap or standard wrap canvas(es) of your choice through the end of the month. Hurry though. Once June is gone, so is the sale!

*poof*

Much like my 2008 availability. I now have no dates left on the 2008 books. Everything else from this point forward will be done by wait-list, with no guarantees. (No holiday sessions canceled in 2007.) Contact Robyn via the "CONTACT FORM" for waitlist information. I am accepting booking dates for 2009.

Now that my 2008 dates are gone, they're gone...and the 2009 countdown will begin...

If you've wondered why things have been so quiet around here lately, this should be a nice little visual tutorial. Oh baby, what a May! Congrats to all of the new Buttons and Bows mommies and daddies! If you haven't checked out the Galleries recently, now is a great time to start. Several new photos have been added recently with more to come!

UPDATED 06.22.08:
Current availability located here. Don't delay - I'm now only booking sessions for 2009!

Members of my mailing list received the following notice over the weekend.

Session and holiday-session availability was very limited and was on a first-come / first-serve basis in '08.

There are now no dates left in my 2008 session booking calendar - all slots below have been filled. This includes holiday portrait events. Please contact me to be waitlisted.

Saturday, September 20 (no longer available)
Sunday, October 26 (no longer available)
Saturday, November 8 (no longer available)
Sunday, November 23 (no longer available)

Everything else is booked solid and there will be no other dates added for the 2008 regular and holiday seasons. (My books are officially closed for the 2008 year. I am accepting bookings in 2009.)

If you are a sterling or platinum package client and have a session slated for October, November, or December you are not effected by this notice.

Please Christmas, don't be late!

(To receive monthly updates go to THE CONTACT FORM section of the website and enter your e-mail address in the subscription form.)

The new May 2008 newsletter is out! It features brand new designer birth announcement options and the just-released 2008 Wall Design "HOME STAGING" Gallery (available in an online e-book, and also in print).

(To receive the monthly newsletter go to THE CONTACT FORM section of the website and enter your e-mail address in the subscription form.)

Two years ago today - April 30, 2006 - I shot my first-ever newborn photo session. So I guess you could say today is the birthday of Buttons and Bows Photography! The photo above was from that session and is one of my most-recognized images. It was inspired by my good friend Angela, of Angela Wright Photography in Richmond, VA.

In the here and now, the above photo is a teaser from a recent 8-month session with one of my 365-platinum babies. It's so much fun watching them grow up! You might remember her as the little baby girl in the Santa bag under the Christmas tree last year... You can see more images from this session in the "Lullaby and Goodnight" gallery.

And just in case you thought I'd forgotten, here's an update shot of my newly-redesigned office. This is the wall opposite the wrapping / packaging station shown previously. This desk is my workspace, and my husband's desk (for gaming and surfing) makes up the middle of the "U"-shape. This way, when I'm editing into the wee hours of the morning, we can still be together. Especially since it promises to be a very busy late spring!

The thing I'm most proud of in my new office will hang in the empty space above the the wrapping / packaging station. It's a photograph of me with my mother from 1976 taken by Glen Sanders (now deceased) of Sanders Studios in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

My grandmother owned a specialty maternity / newborn / infant / children's boutique called "Dene's Stork Shop" in the 1970s and 80s. This photo hung above her wrapping station until the day the store closed. Now it will hang above mine. Fitting since she provided my business model.

Unfortunately the years have not been kind to this heirloom and I'm in the process of having it restored. We know so much more about photo care and preservation now than we knew back then. Hiring a custom portrait artist is essential to protecting your family's memories for generations to come!

Introducing the newest Buttons and Bows offering - the Precious Metals Collection!

This has just been added to the 2008 Spring product catalog online. Please use THE CONTACT FORM if you have any questions and to book your session package today!

Ever wonder what the Buttons and Bows "headquarters" looks like? Guess no more! This is just a quick sneak-peek at my new office renovations. You're looking at my wrapping and packaging area in this photograph. The opposite wall (not shown here) has my new workstation. Just a few more items need to arrive and I'll post update-photos at the end of the month. See if you can spot one of your portrait-session masterpieces above!

The new April 2008 newsletter is out! It features brand new pregnancy / maternity session photographs and holiday package booking info.

(To receive the monthly newsletter go to THE CONTACT FORM section of the website and enter your e-mail address in the subscription form.)

I'm already getting availability-inquiries for Christmas 2008.

UPDATE as of 07.05.08: I have no more session dates left in this calendar year. Everyone who inquires may opt to be placed on a waitlist.

Have a hippety, hoppity Easter everyone!

I won't be able to add updates here after every session, but I'm particularly proud of this maternity / pregnancy portrait event and had to show off a few teaser-proofs...

Check the "Monochrome" black & white and "Great Expectations" maternity galleries for more recent additions.

It's going to be a spring full of bellies and babies for me. I'm already booking into July and we're not officially to St. Paddy's Day quiet yet!

Please go to THE CONTACT FORM to reserve your "belly to baby" or "baby's first year" maternity/newborn/infant package ASAP! Session dates are very limited through summer.

The new March 2008 newsletter is out! It features the new 2008 "prêt-à-porter" ready-to-wear style guide and a new maternity / pregnancy weekend session.

(To receive the monthly newsletter go to THE CONTACT FORM section of the website and enter your e-mail address in the subscription form.)

The new Buttons and Bows Photography 2008 Style Guide is now online. Before your session you will be sent the link to this great web-guide in order to coordinate 'the look' for your maternity, newborn, infant / toddler, or family session. It even includes links to websites that will help you dress from head-to-toe!

The February 2008 newsletter has been released. It gives a sneak-peek at the new 2008 designer birth announcement collection and new hard-cover fine art heirloom books.

New engagement photos have been added to the GALLERIES. Drop by and take a peek!

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Happy New Year everyone! The first newsletter for 2008 has been released. (You can view the 2007 newsletter archives here.)

The January 2008 newsletter discusses the annual "save your photos" sale. Don't miss it!

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Now accepting orders for the 2008 Buttons and Bows Photography desk calendar. Pages will be included through June 2009 so it will be a full-year set. More information here.