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    Family Portrait with Enchanted Photography by Marla Michele Must+ Giveaway !







    Family is everything and such an important  aspect of one’s life. It makes us happy, makes us feel loved and gives us that feeling of belongingness. Photography  captures the moment, freezes time and has the power to move us. It reflects our personal story of the people we share our lives with and the places we love.
    Year after year, we always  have a family portrait session where we dress up and shoot at beautiful places. As a mom, I want our family portraits to be a part of our family legacy. That our children would understand that we are a family unit and they are valued and important part of the family unit.  It is the best way in preserving our history, our life and our journey.
    I am so happy to have one of my visions come to life with Marla Michele Must of Enchanted Photography here in Michigan. Her photography style is really what i desire as a perfect family heirloom that will be cherish forever and be passed on from generation to generation. It is classic, sophisticated and dreamy. That’s why I chose simple and classic looks for this photoshoot. Just like Marla’s photography style, I want it to look timeless. Seriously, these photographs brings tears to my eyes. I can’t believe they came out so great. Our session wasn’t long nor did we feel like we are being rushed either. The kids didn’t get fussy at all. Marla was really good with the kids, they were actually attentive the whole time. She also let us be ourselves and just captured our natural moments. She also helped us with some of the poses and our hand coordination. It is quite fascinating and the whole experience was great.
    I also admire Marla’s editing style, she uses hand artistry on all of her portraits.
    What is hand-artistry ?
    It’s taking an image straight out of the camera and transforming it into a dreamy piece of art by hand, without presets and actions, using brushes to paint in the light and add detail, highlights, and dimension.
    Today, we are giving away a gift certificate worth $575 one family portrait session with Enchanted Photography by Marla Michele Must.
    Michigan residents only. It starts 7/10/18 – 7/17/18. Winner will be announce on 7/18/18.
    Just follow the Mechanics below :
    1. Follow Enchanted Photography by Marla Michele on Facebook and Instagram .
    2. Leave a comment below.
    3. Leave a comment by tagging a friend on Instagram.
    That’s it !
    Good luck and thank you for reading!
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    Empathy Starts At Home

    Olivia’s outfit : coat : Gap Kids / top : Janie and Jack / shoes : c/o Janie and Jack other option here / jeans: Target / sunglasses : Janie and Jack other option here

    It was Valentine’s day when i was taking pictures of my daughter after we did our errands , then we went to her pre-school’s Valentine’s day party. After the party, i picked up my son from his classroom. It was a great day, even though it was cold. It was nice and sunny. When we went home, my husband told me about the shooting that happened in Parkland Florida High School. As a mom with school aged kids , i got really affected with the devastating and horrible news. I mean anybody would be, it doesn’t matter if you’re a parent or not. It’s such a heartless and inhumane act. I’m sure my post is nothing new to you, everything is being said  all over social media platforms. But since the incident, it’s whats all in my mind the whole weekend . It makes me weak reading and listening to all the news. I was grieving too but most of all, i am afraid. Now, i’m thinking of  homeschooling my kids. But that is something that me and my husband will have to think through more about it. My kids go to a school with small class sizes, where everybody knows everybody and pretty much everybody’s family. As far as i know they have cameras and  security systems but it still bothers me somehow because i’m a parent. We will do anything for our kids. So I signed up this petition for Gun control and i encourage you to do the same too. Owning  firearms shouldn’t be easy and have to go through an extensive mental and background check. They should increase the age limit as well. Most of all we should watch over our kids and raise them as good and compassionate human beings. I believe that everything starts at home. That empathy for that matter should start at home. It’s not just we say, “Be kind to everyone and don’t bully.” but we need to show  our children what it means to accept others. We also need to teach our children on how to act or deal on disagreements instead of rushing to insult or physically hurt people. It starts by setting an example of the way we act and the way we say things on certain situations, of how we speak our minds without being disrespectful. All these is easier said than done because we are not perfect but we  have to keep on trying to re evaluate  ourselves and our actions because we are our kids greatest influence. I wanted to share this poem from Charles Swindoll that hits me home. It reminds me that we have choice on how we want to live our life base on how we react to certain events of our life. It’s not about what life has given us but it’s how we react upon it.

    Attitude

    by: Charles Swindoll

    The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
    Attitude, to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company …a church …a home.The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.
    We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude .I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you …we are in charge of our attitudes.
     

     

    Empathy and good attitude goes hand in hand and should start at home.

     

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    Mommy and Me Valentine’s Day Casual Outfit + Valentine’s Day Date Ideas with your Kids

    On me:    coat: Express similar here / top: J.Crew / bag : Prada similar style here / sunglasses: Prada / boots : Hunter

    On Olivia :    coat: Gap kids similar here  / sweater: Gap kids similar here / jeans: Target similar here / boots: Target (s0ld out ) other option here/ turban: J.Crew kids

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    A Breakthough Ice Experience – Cirque Du Soleil Crystal

    coat : Amazon / boots: Hunter kids / scarf : Zara kids / beanie : Amazon / dress : Gap ( old ) other option here

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