I love photographing Nova Rae Candle Co products. I have been working with Ashley from this candle company for over year now. Her products are why I dipped into branding photography and realized how much I really loved it. It has been fun to see how her products have evolved as well as my photography of her products.

I had the pleasure of meeting this sweet family last week and the minute I wanted into their home I knew it would be a memorable session. The sweetest little dude who taught me more about dinosaurs than I will ever know, a house flooded with neutral tones and natural light and the sweetest demeanour. I will never say this enough, I am so thankful for my job and the people I meet.

I met Megan through one of my past brides. Megan is best friends with her. But I remember before I even knew who she was, we followed each other on Instagram. I was shooting a wedding at a venue Megan worked at, which I had no idea. She came up to me and made me feel like I was a famous person and was just the kindest human I have ever met.

If you have been following along for awhile now, you know how big of a fan I am of Janna with Jae Rae Creative. Janna is the mastermind behind my brand, my website and anything that comes with my packages. Janna is an insanely talented human and I cannot thank her enough for all she has done for my business.

Baby Sofia was the most content little girl and happy doing whatever during her lifestyle newborn session last week. She is a lucky little one to be born into such a loving family. Their house was drenched with natural light and the prettiest scape of the Calgary city line. Which I knew I needed to include into her session. Here’s a few favourites from her newborn session.

AHHHHH. I just love these two so much. Their wedding was a dream to photograph and it was such a quiet, relaxed warm day. We did a first look in Fish Creek park followed by all the couples portraits and their family portraits before the ceremony. It was my first time photographing a Jewish wedding and it DID NOT DISAPPOINT. I learned so much and it was such a special day to be apart of. The energy, the love and the vibe was something I never want to forget. Here’s a few teasers from their day.

I started photographing branding sessions about a year ago and they are easily some of my favourite sessions to be apart of. I love seeing makers/business owners/entrepreneurs doing their thing and I’m just on the sidelines to capture the magic. Branding photography is such an important tool in advertising for your business. It allows your clients/customers see who is behind the brand and how it is done. These images are perfect to update your social platforms, your website and to reach prospect clients.

I have been longing to shoot out in the Dumhellar canyons for as long as I can remember. And it did not disappoint. It was hot, dry, and lots of climbing but all of it was so worth it for these images. I love this beautiful place and I can’t wait to shoot here again. It has so much character, colours and textures. I still can’t believe this is in the heart of Alberta.

Meeting sweet Sully and his family was such a dream. I remember walking into their home thinking WOW this is magical. It was filled with natural light, a jungle of house plants which is basically a photographers dream. Sully’s mama is an interior designer and wow did it show in this space. I love being able to incorporate peoples style and taste into their newborn photos. And I’m sure after looking through these images you’ll see how obsessed I was with that gallery wall with the “I love you too Honey Bunny” framed print. Sully’s relationship with his pup was already so strong and it was the cutest thing ever.

This is seriously one of my most memorable newborn sessions. It was so sweet, cuddly, intimate and quiet. Oakley is a proud big fur brother and wanted to be in on all aspects of the photoshoot with Baby Kingsley. Kingsley is the sweetest and just wanted to be held and cuddled the whole time. Which was totally okay by me because it adds so much emotion and love into the images.

Usually at Christmas time I gift my baking for friends/family and coworkers. But this year being the odd year that it is, I wasn’t sure how people would feel about that. So I decided to stray away from that and make these easy DIY bird feeder wreaths. Which I am going to share with you guys how to make. They are so simple and make the cutest gifts to give to your loved ones. I had everything to make these in my house, with the exception of mini bundt pans, which I have wanted forever anyways so it made the perfect excuse to buy them. And really, who doesn’t LOVE feeding the birds?

I've never been a huge fan of Meringues but than someone changed my life and told my to put them in my coffee or tea in the mornings. That was a life changer for me, and I've been a fan every since. They are so creamy and delicious. The perfect amount of crunch and sweetness. This morning while I was laying in bed, I had a wonderful idea to make a traditional meringue cookie sprinkled with peppermint crushed candy canes on top. They are everything I hoped for and more. So simple to make and they wrap up nicely to give as gifts this season.

With Christmas right around the corner, I decided to start doing weekly blog posts to share different recipes of my favourite Christmas baking. I always have friends and family asking me to share recipes with them so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to do so! I'm going to start with my absolute favourite recipe that reminds me so much of my childhood. My Grandpa Weston's Gingerbread Cookie recipe. Every time I think of Christmas as a child, this is the first thing I think of. Going to my grandma and grandpa's house and filling our bellies with these delicious cookies. Always decorated so cute and they never changed year after year.

Shawn were supposed to get married in Maui at the end of this year, but COVID19 had other plans for them. They decided to still go forward with a wedding but instead of a beach and ocean view, they traded that in for a view of rolling hills with the rocky mountains in the distance at the sweetest bed and breakfast in Longview. I can't wait to share their wedding day with you, it was literally out of a dream. But first, I want to share their engagement session because it is one of my all time favourites. I met Shawn + Alyssa out in Kananaskis.

This might go down as my most favourite engagement session in history. Everything about it was perfect and it was like hanging out with my two best friends all evening. When Amanda stepped out of her truck I almost had a heart attack because she's so dang beautiful, and Andy's outfit complimented her perfectly. Andy is a pilot and we couldn't have picked a better location to do their engagement session - the antique aerospace museum. I have never been here before, so I was in utter shock at how incredible this place was once we arrived. The place was soooo cool

I seriously have a soft spot for lifestyle newborn sessions and I love that my schedule is full of them lately. I love the dark moody colours in this clients home with the natural light pouring into their home. Baby Lincoln is the sweetest little guy and has two puppy siblings to look after him (you’ll see what I mean below). Lincoln was wide eyed and had serious FOMO during his session. But content and happy as can be the whole time in dad’s arms. I had a hard time picking my favourites, so here’s basically the entire session because they are all way tooooo good not to share!

Here I am, writing my second first birthday letter but this time its to you. Almost two years later than the first time I sat down to write one of these. After I wrote my first letter to your older brother, I really had no idea what our path would look like. I didn’t know if we would be blessed with another child, or how differently life would look for us. At the time if you would have told me I could love two children to the exact same capacity. I would tell you that you are crazy. That it would not be possible. But on June 8, 2019, that changed forever. I changed forever. Our family changed forever. Love is boundless and my heart was instantly big enough for two perfect little boys. You always hear parents talk about their children and how much they mean to them, but until you become a parent you don’t realize just how real those words truly are. One day my love, you will know that feeling for yourself.

I posted a picture of my homemade pop tarts I made this morning on my instagram stories and had so many people requesting the recipe. So here it is folks. Homemade Pop tarts. They are easy, delicious and better than the real deal store bought ones.

I ate two pop tarts a day for nine months when I was pregnant with my youngest boy. I was so sick of them, but craved them every day. I never thought I would look at another pop tart again, let alone eat one. But I decided to give them a shot. Safe to say – I still love them and will be making them again.

I used a refrigerated pie crust that I bought at the store, because well – time. But if you are feeling extra ambitious, you can certainly make your own crust. You can use whatever jam you want, but I’m biased to strawberry and raspberry jam and that’s what I had at home!