Sandra Regier Photography » Family Photos http://www.sandraregier.com/blog Web Journal for Sandra Regier Photography Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:16:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Monkey Hooks – Seriously the coolest thing http://www.sandraregier.com/blog/2012/02/monkey-hooks-seriously-the-coolest-thing/ http://www.sandraregier.com/blog/2012/02/monkey-hooks-seriously-the-coolest-thing/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:22:01 +0000 Sandra http://www.sandraregier.com/blog/?p=4334 I love having photos on my wall.  Love it.   The problem is I was always terrified to try and hang them.  Scared I’d make a gigantic hole in my wall and have to have the drywall repaired.   I always would have Chris hang them for me…. which he is awesome at doing, but sometimes I had to be a bit more patient that I wanted to be.  Now that I’ve found theses amazing little things I’m able to hang the photos all on my own.

This is a monkey hook.  Simple and easy.  Rather than trying to explain the finer points, I figured I send you to their website…..http://www.monkeyhook.com/ - We picked ours up at Lowes I think, but I’m pretty sure you can get them at any hardware store.  They have different weights and we even found some that will hold up to 50 pounds.  Pretty incredible.  I used one to hang this canvas in my studio.  The print is 30×30″ in size so it’s pretty heavy, and this little hook does a fabulous job!

I love anything that makes it easier for everyone to hang photos on their walls, cause really that’s where they should be!! :)

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As a service to my own clients I offer photo thank you cards and Christmas cards, baby announcements … just about anything you can dream up!  I know that for couples who have recently gotten married the task of writing thank you cards seems a bit (or maybe a lot) daunting.  So many cards … so many addresses.  I encourage all of you instead to think about how happy the people who receive those cards will be.  The fact that you took the time and wrote them a note is always appreciated.   Here’s a photo of the card that Kaley & Aaron sent out to their guests this past year.

And this morning, I came across a blog entry called ‘5 Tips for Wedding Thank You Cards’ –  a great little read for brides and grooms – Thanks Emmaline Bride!.

So in short I encourage all of you too keep up the ‘art’ of sending handwritten cards… for any occasion! You can guarantee it will be the highlight of someone’s day when they find it in their mailbox!

 

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Such a sweet baby and this album will be an awesome keepsake for her!

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Congrats to Brent & Morgan!  You have one sweet little boy!

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This morning as I blog I’m waiting for Gill & Tyler to arrive with their sweet little girl Evaleigh.. so I thought it was only fitting to blog a few photos from their maternity session.  Gill & Tyler are so awesome to work (you can find their engagement and wedding photos on my blog too) with and it’s an absolute honour for me to be capturing this exciting time for their family!  Here are few of my favourite photos… both of them looking as gorgeous as ever!

We totally lucked out with a gorgeous November day and headed outside for some photos.. and even make a trip to the beach!

Can’t wait to see their gorgeous baby girl today!!

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Congratulations Bill & Anna on your beautiful daughter!

 

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I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Mrs. Gilbert of the last number of years as she’s a teacher at my children’s school.  I’ve really enjoyed getting to know her and her fun sense of humour.  This past year I’ve captured their family a few times… this past summer at their favourite beach right near their home in Bayfield.

Loved this shot of the kids….

As we were finishing up the beach session they mentioned how much their were looking forward to having some Halloween photos taken… how fun is this??  The entire cast of the Wizard of Oz showed up for the shoot!

Absolutely loved this!  Inspired me to get my Halloween Costume ideas started already for next year!  Believe me I’m on it!

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