Near the end of our little shoot, things were spiraling downward. We even considered a few of these very real life-with-a-toddler photos for our card.
This one cracked us up. We were so tempted to have a speech bubble coming out of Chris’s mouth with a big ol’ “Merry Christmas.”:
This photo was actually in our top two for our card. It sums up our last year almost too perfectly:
Another similar photo:
And this last picture is one of my favorite pictures of Greta ever. She is just learning to form words (she has a problem with her hearing, so her speech is behind) and every word, she concentrates so hard on forming and saying. This depicts that in action:
Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. It's the perfect, practical way to add the warmth of wood to all the rooms of your home.
We have teamed up with Loloi to create a line of rugs that are as affordable as they are beautiful. This collection houses a great mix of traditional and modern rugs, in cottage-y colorways, as well as vintage-inspired beauties that you’ll want to roll out in every room.
We partnered with Stuga on a line of hardwood floors — The Ingrid is really livable, and the color is very neutral. It doesn’t lean warm or cool, it’s that just right in-between. We have really loved putting it everywhere in our house. It’s the best jumping-off point for design, no matter your interior style. In addition to being beautiful, Ingrid is really durable — we have three kids, and we always have a home construction project going on. Ingrid stands up to it all.
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Great question. And if you have Photoshop, good news!, you have everything you need. I am not a Photoshop or photography master, so I just downloaded actions (a series of tweaks and filters) from the Pioneer Woman. It’s free! Go here (http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/2010/03/actions-update-2/) The one that I used with these photos is the “Seventies” action and it is kinda my favorite right now. Hope it helps, Heather!
Super cute! I am novice to photography, but do you mind telling me how you get that “look” to your pictures, the sort of vintage look. I have heard of “filters” but is that on your camera or during editing, haha I sound like a fruit cake but I love that style and see it on lots of blogs and have wondered how you do it. We have PhotoShop and all the Adobe things if that is how you do it. Thanks Julia
Lovely photos!
her eyelashes. and lips! That last pic is so stinking adorable.
The pictures are awesome!!! (seriously, the editting is perfection!). I tooootally wish you did the speech bubble in that one pic. That would have been hilarious.
The pics are cute! You need to frame some of these for your house!