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Creative Gift Giving: THe perfect Valentine

Tammy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:45:54 +0000

Are you looking for something cute and creative this year to give your valentine? Maybe something fun to send to school with the kiddos that you can make yourself in a matter of minutes? How about a few of these cuties??

Aren’t they adorable?? I can’t get enough of them!! Here’s the good news…you can make these with a few molds from Michaels, some chocolate melts in your chosen color, and a few minutes. Save up your 40% off coupons. All you’ll need is a microwave to make them. The instructions are on the back of the chocolate melts packages. Happy sucker making!!

Have a great day!
tammy

Everyday Life: A new Project

Tammy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:01:15 +0000

I’ve been busy this month working on something new and fun…I can’t wait for it to make it’s debut at the end of the week so I can share it all with you! Until then…a sneak peek!!

oh…and for those of you that ordered boxes…they have arrived!! I am packaging and shipping this week!

have a great day!
tammy

Happy New Year!!

Tammy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:46:42 +0000

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying getting back into a routine this week! Today is our first day back to normal life…it’s taking some adjustment!!

Happy 2012!!!

tammy

let’s party: throw a gingerbread man party

Tammy — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:58:30 +0000

Big boys are hard to plan parties for! That’s what I’ve decided. It’s easy to send everyone to play Lazer Tag, have a chuck e cheese party, etc., but it’s hard to come up with creative, fun parties where you can do something fun without it looking too girly and cutesy…know what I mean?? Last year I threw this party for my son during Christmas break. I just wanted a chance for him to invite some boys over, load themselves up on pizza and sugar, and be rowdy. We decided on a gingerbread man party. It was simple and fun. This year I have something a little more crazy up my sleeve and it requires a little more prep…I’ll be sure to share that later this month. But for now, here’s the gingerbread man:

I bought some gingerbread man kits at my local trader joes, loaded the table with candy and sweets and let the boys have at it. I was thoroughly impressed with their creations. They were actually much more creative and took a lot more time to work with them than I expected.

The table decor was made up of things from around the house. Andy’s already decorated gingerbread house, a few fake table top trees, a plastic tablecloth made clean up a breeze!

The cute little gingerbread dishes Ifound at Michaels for .99 cents each. A deal!! They worked well to hold icing for decorating. After the kids made their gingerbread men we had pizza and watched A Christmas Carol. It was a fun, easy and relatively inexpensive evening for the boys. I scored some big mom points with minimal work…that’s my kind of party!!

Hope you have a wonderful Monday!

-tammy

Make This: THanksgiving Turkey Cookies

Tammy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:23:22 +0000

It was Ashley’s turn to take snack to school yesterday. As much as I sometimes dread coming up with something fun to send with her (she ALWAYS asks for something special) but, I also realize that my days of having someone little ask me to make them something special are numbered…pretty soon they’ll probably be embarassed of me, SO I’m going to take full advantage while I still can! She gets such a kick out of it and the smile on her face is totally worth all the work!! I kept seeing pictures of these all over pinterest and decided to give it a whirl…at 11pm. Not so smart! Yes, they are a little labor intensive, but so fun!

Here’s what you’ll need:
mini reeses peanut butter cups
oreos…double stuff are the best
whoppers
candy corn (5 or 6 per turkey)
orange icing (i used candy melts so they would harden faster)
chocolate chips (i melted these down in the microwave and used them to fuse the PB cup and the whopper onto the oreos and the piece of candy corn onto the face so they would harden and stay put…i thought it might work better than icing)
white icing

I was just winging it from the pictures that I saw online (yes, pun intended…winging it…turkey wing…get it?? lol!! it’s late!) I was going to make a tutorial for you, but then I was too lazy and found this great video online to help! Yours will probably turn out better than mine if you watch the video!

Have fun creating!!

tammy

Photo Shoots: Cutie Pie Twin Boys

Tammy — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:48:46 +0000

It is always so fun to shoot twins! Getting those double smiles takes a little more effort, but it is oh so worth it!! These two little ones were just perfect! They are definitely the pride and joy of their sweet parents. It was a real pleasure to meet and shoot this adorable family…and then I lucked out because we realized near the end of the shoot that we’re practically neighbors!! That’s the best part of meeting all my clients. Not just the pictures we capture but the friendships that are created. I look forward to watching these two littles grow up!! Here’s a little sneak for mom…

Have a great day!
tammy

Photo Shoots: One Year Already!

Tammy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:58:23 +0000

I LOVE this age!! I am so excited that I get to shoot twin one year olds this weekend!! It is seriously my favorite age. They are smiley, can do fun tricks and still can’t move too fast. Here is a special little cutie and her one year old shoot from last week.

If you would like to schedule a shoot for your little one just contact me at tammy@tammymitchellphotography.com

have a great day!
tammy

Photo Sessions: Christmas Shoots

Tammy — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:43:44 +0000

It’s that time of year again!! Time for the yearly family photo for the Christmas card. I am SO glad that I got to shoot this cute family again this year. Last year they moved to Seattle and I really missed them!! If you are in need of a quick shoot for your Christmas card, shoot me an email and we’ll see if we can get something set up for this month. I have a few spots open.

Have a great day!
tammy

Happy Halloween!

Tammy — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:38:23 +0000

I hope you all had a happy and safe halloween!!

Make This: Halloween Mummy Mini Pizzas

Tammy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:25:58 +0000

I’m really trying to make this week before halloween tons of fun for the kids. I have all kinds of easy, fun things planned that we can do at home together. We kicked today off with a fun lunch. These Mummy Mini Pizzas are SUPER easy and fun for the kids to make. You’ll be amazed at how long they’ll sit at the table creating their masterpieces. It is SO cute!! You’ll just need a few simple ingredients…toasted english muffins, pizza sauce, sliced olives, pepperoni (if the kids want it) and string cheese (one for each pizza they want to make).

Add a few apple lips and bones to your mummies and you are all set for a spooky lunch!

Have fun creating with your little goblins!

tammy