Family in the Photobooth

I was blessed to have been born into a super awesome and fun family!  For my niece's birthday, I created the Life's A Beach theme, which you may have seen over at my other blog, Superflash Creative.  Since her friends' party was held on her actual birthday, we actually hosted two parties in one day!  First, the friends came over in the afternoon, and later in the evening, the family came over for a celebration.  Since the decor was still up from the first party, we decided to have a bit of fun in the photobooth!

 

       

By the way, you can download the props for FREE, right here.  The bunting printables, with the rest of the party decor, are available over at Etsy.

Portraits: Mister C on the beach!

Back in 2011, I had the pleasure of meeting this little man, and last month, I got to hang out with him and his parents in Sarasota, FL!  We had lots of fun playing in the sand, and he is one of the best behaved toddlers I've ever known.  Love this little guy - and his parents!

There's a few more shots over at facebook if you'd like to see more! Pop by, give us a like, and let me know what you'd like to see more of! 

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

On my last trip to Florida, my fiance and I took a trip to Orlando, to visit Universal Studios, but most importantly, to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.  Here's some of my favourite shots:

More pics from this trip, right this way.

Cleveland, in pictures

These are some of my favourite shots from my recent trip to Cleveland, with one of my best friends, Christina.  Watch for our full trip recap over at Singles and Pairs, coming soon!

 

 

Lots more pictures are up here.

Crafty V-Day Party Part 5: The Photobooth!

The Photobooth was one of my favourite elements of the party (aside from the crafts themselves). It was a really fun, interactive way to get fabulous photos of my guests. Some of them were really into the idea, a few were a little more reluctant, but I managed to capture all my guests at their best!

I found this tutorial linked on Craft Magazine's blog one day, and knew that I had to attempt this for myself. The photobooth itself was actually quite simple to set up. We hung a curtain rod, with a white sheet draped overtop (it actually ended up being one of my mom's sheets from when she first got married that she never ended up using - it ended up with creases in it, even after washing and ironing twice!) and a white table cloth on the floor. We added a banner that said Photobooth (cut out by Amy with her Cricut), and had a basket of props set up for people to play with (we went with things that were red/pink/white to suit the theme).

The end result ended up being a super fun and creative element, that really added to the party!

I ended up doing a little bit of editing in photoshop (playing with some colours, eliminating seams and creases) but the photos looked great even straight out of the camera. It would be really easy to incorporate this idea into ANY party.

I think this is probably the last element of the party that I'll blog about, though there are still actual "party photos" to come - you can check those out at my flickr photo set in the next couple of days, along with all of the rest of the party photos. Hope you enjoyed this glimpse into my Crafty Valentine's Party - feel free to leave feedback!

Amy's Cottage (better late than never!)

Amy invited us (Errol and I) up to her cottage one weekend in August when he was back in town. Although it was a bit chilly (unseasonably... kind of like our entire summer here in Toronto), we still made the most of it and had a great time. There was lots of nature involved. The Muskoka area of Ontario is truly beautiful though, and even an indoors type of person like me enjoyed it (though they couldn't convince me to get in that canoe!!) Here's a few pics.

You can view all the pictures from our cottage trip right here.