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Holiday Round Up – 2017

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  Well, I LOVE holiday sessions – and this year, I had 85 little ones in front of the camera in a 9 day span.  Which fuels me creatively (but also makes December a GREAT month to relax and spend time with family!)

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Items in the image above:

Fabric Christmas Backdrop – Owl Be Home For Christmas (Baby Dream Backdrops)
Brown Flokati (5×7 size) – Rugs USA
Red lantern – from home decor store
Little PJ’s for boys – search Etsy for “French pajamas”
Nightgown for girl – Joyful By Design For Kids on Etsy
Santa suit – from Amazon
Santa boots – from Amazon (bought separate as ones that came with costume weren’t very nice!)

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Items in the image above:

Intuition Backgrounds – (Benjamin & Nebraska)
Mitten “banner”- Mitten Advent calendar from Restoration Hardware
Train – sweet find at an antique store
Overalls – EtsyHoliday Round Up - themilkyway.caItems in image above:
Intuition Backgrounds – (Benjamin & Nebraska)
Mitten “banner”- Mitten Advent calendar from Restoration Hardware
Bed from Dreams Come True Beds
“Bedspread” is a table clothe
Paper packages – I made up, with a few decorations from home decor stores (framed image, rocking horse)

Red pjs gap

 

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The candle above is an brass candle holder found at a second hand store with a ‘light bulb’ candle from Michaels (I then add in light using Photoshop)

Holiday Round Up - themilkyway.ca“Knucklehead” coveralls from Amazon
(My son’s tool set) and I painted the “Santa’s Workshop’ on an old piece of wood

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Make sure you have a spotter on hand nice and close and just out of the frame (or do a composite if they are wiggle worms!) when you have little ones up on a bed!

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Remember – with the props, you can set them up differently.  In this shot, the bed is facing straight on to the camera vs in the image below.

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This backlit image uses a sweet nightgown and pair of angel wings (from a Halloween store).  (here’s a link to a DIY angel wing tutorial)

Holiday Round Up - themilkyway.caHoliday Round Up - themilkyway.caThis red cape came from a Halloween costume with the nightgown from Joyful By Design For Kids on Etsy

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These cute little checked PJ’s are from
And the tree with burlap sack from Winners (home decor store)Holiday Round Up - themilkyway.caHoliday Round Up - themilkyway.ca
Here’s an image for pinning so you can find this page easily in next season!
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Looking for more holiday inspiration?  You can see past holiday round up posts here and here

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