Hi friends! So this is the time of year where things are slowing down and I can actually take the time to blog about some behind the scenes stuff! I know the title says NEW flash drives but I’ve actually been sending out these puppies since the end of the summer! I ordered these custom flash drives from Flashbay and I LOVE them! I decided I needed to update some of my packaging and I knew that I wanted to offer flash drives to my wedding clients for several reasons. First, one flash drive is better than several discs. It takes up less space and limits the amount of things you need to keep track of. Second, they are starting to make computers without disc drives! Crazy right? I still deliver CDs to my portrait clients but in the future I will most likely get some smaller flash drives for them as well! Lastly, there are now many photographers who have decided to only deliver images via online galleries. That’s totally fine if that works for them, but I personally feel like it is still so important to deliver a finished product to the client and I think a flash drive is such an easy way to do that!

It took me awhile to really piece my packaging together. I struggled with pairing functionality with what I wanted for my brand! I had to ask myself what I wanted my client to open and how I wanted it to make them feel. I wanted it to be personal and exciting for them. At the same time I wanted it to be beautiful and simple. 

I started with a custom rubber stamp. Jeanne from Twin Soul Art rocked out an amazing stamp for me! She did an amazing job! I love it because it’s so versatile. I can stamp just about anything with this!

These adorable little muslin bags are from Besotted Brand. My flash drives fit perfectly in them!

One of my favorite touches on my new packaging are these custom tags from Tiny Farm Studio. I looked all over for tags. Most of the ones I found said things like “Thank You” and “Yay!” which are all nice, but I wanted something that described what was actually in the package. I had them made with the phrase “Your Story” on them because I felt like that’s what I was delivering. The STORY of my client’s wedding day! I’m not just delivering some wedding photos. I’m delivering their day start to finish. Every tear, every emotion, every detail they worked so hard on!

I hope you love my new packaging as much as I do!

First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in my first every giveaway! It was so exciting! I appreciate everyone’s love and support. This morning two winners were picked randomly and the winners are…

For the earrings and gift card to The Lady Jane: Rebekah Charles!

For the free portrait session: Ginger Emswiler!

Thanks again guys! That was so much fun I just might have to do it again sometime!:)

Words can’t express how excited I am about my new website and rebranding! In fact, I am SO excited that I am in a giving mood! To express my gratitude to my followers and friends I am having my first ever giveaway. 

So… what can you win?

The first prize is a pair of adorable crystal earrings from my favorite local vintage shop, The Lady Jane! These earrings are so cute and man do they sparkle! They come in a little floral jewelry bag AND with a $10 gift card to the store. That’ll give you an excuse to go in the store yourself and experience all it’s vintage loveliness.

Love them, don’t you???

The second prize is a FREE portrait session! That’s right… up to 2 hours of shooting time at the location of your choice along with all of your edited images delivered right to your front door. 

How do you enter to win? It’s VERY simple….

1. Go on over to my Facebook Page and “Like” it. Already like my page? No worries, you can skip this part!

2. Share a link to this post on your Facebook Page to spread the love.

3. Leave a comment at the bottom of this post telling me what you think of my new blog!

There will be two winners, one for each prize. You have until the end of the day on Friday, February 1st to enter!!! The winners will be announced the following day. Get to it peeps!