Mobile and tutu by Little Dreamers Inc. Look for her brand new line of flower girl tulle dresses that several of my brides have chosen for their weddings this year! :)
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AboutTara Swain
Hi, I'm Tara! I'm a wedding and portrait photographer based in Paris, Texas. I love bright colors, a vintage, eclectic feel and whimsical ideas. My passions are weddings and child photography. My favorite color is green, my favorite movie is "The Man in the Moon," I'm NOT a morning person, I've been happily married for 6 years with a beautiful 1 year old little girl and I love to blog!!
- Day 1 was HUGE success. Running on about 2 hours of sleep.. up and cannot get back to sleep. Wish I could fast forward and start the DAY!! 2012/02/21 | Follow Us
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So I am now the parent of a 2 year old. Hard to imagine, I know. I can’t believe we just celebrated Briley’s 2nd birthday!! Well when I say just… I mean over a month ago. Last year I posted her party in February.. I was determined to get it on the blog before then this year. I cut it close but I made it. :) It was as crazy as you can imagine.. 1 week before Christmas Eve, hectic, crazy, wild, but lots of fun. A HUGE thank you to Shani, Aunt Elise and Uncle Carsen, who came early to help set up and of course my best friend Necah (aka aunt Ne-Ne) and Miss Shani again for staying to help with the aftermath. ;) LOVE you all!!! Thank you to everyone who made it out. It means to much to us that you could be a part of her 2nd birthday!!
Last year I didn’t realize until after the storm had calmed that I had not taken.. 1 picture.. during the whole party. It was so chaotic that I hadn’t taken ANY pictures. Luckily Necah took my point and shoot and got some of us opening presents but other than that, all I had really taken was SOME of decor before the guests started arriving. This year I told myself I wasn’t going to forget.. BUT my sweet friend Shani took my DSLR and took pictures during the party. I don’t know what I would have done without her because I only ended up taking 1 or 2 with my point and shoot once the party got started!! THAAANNNKKK you a million times over Shani. :D I did manage to get most of the decor before guests started to arrive.. because I definitely wanted to show of Briley’s amazing Elmo cake and cupcakes from Girls and GirlsandCake!! Candace, your awesome.. as always!!! If you are wondering, that Elmo head… is pure cake. Yup. It’s all cake. Nothing fake on that bad boy. The head itself weighed as much, if not more, than a human head! haha. Sadly… B didn’t make it home without any accidents. With the drive home, and I’m sure there were plenty of bumps, Elmo’s head “slid” a little sideways. So if you notice any tilting on the cake, OR smudging on the icing.. please know that that was all me (trying to slide Elmo’s head back over. ;) Can’t believe how beautiful it turned out!!
Elmo Ribbon Piñata: Amazon
Balloons: Amazon
Cupcake toppers, Briley’s Party hat, Elmo Banner, Elmo Decor: I made
Briley (Seasame) Street Sign: Etsy
Cake, Cupcakes and Cake Push-pops: GirlsandCake
Red/Orange Elmo Tutu: Little Dreamers Inc.
Applique 2/B Tee: Paris Baby
- aHHH...so sad that I had to miss it. Looks like it was big success. She's getting so big! Next time I'm in town I need to drive out... (22.01.12, 09:40PM)
- What a beautiful party-decor and all. Looks like she had a great 2nd birthday. :) (22.01.12, 09:48PM)
- We had SOO much fun helping, attending, and playing with Briley at her birthday party!!! It was the CUTEST party EVER, you did such an awesome job!!! You are supermom!!! Thank you for inviting us, and I was happy to help, wouldn't have had it any other way!!! Love you!!! xo's (22.01.12, 09:51PM)
- Uncle Carsen and Aunt Elise LOVED b's party :) You are amazing with details and we can't wait to have you help us plan our kid's birthdays some day :) (22.01.12, 09:54PM)
- Omg soooo cute!! Love everything about the decorations! I was wondering if I had missed the birthday blog post! Haha (22.01.12, 10:03PM)
- Great party! Love the book signing idea! (22.01.12, 10:04PM)
- I was looking forward to this from your Pinterest! It was BEYOND amazing! Get ready to be pinned yourself. ;) (22.01.12, 10:10PM)
- AWWW! Looks like yall had an amazing time. I love all the decor! TOO CUTE!! I love the black and white shot of Briley. She is such a beautiful baby! I can't believe she is 2 already!! :) (23.01.12, 08:17AM)
- omg! Tara amazing job. You're definitely supermom. Special day and pictures for a sweet little lady! (23.01.12, 04:35PM)
- LOVE!!! You are such a talented person in all areas!!! :)) (02.02.12, 02:20PM)
It’s gotten much harder to get my girl to model for me. But with promises of dum-dum suckers and boxes of brand new crayons, I somehow manage to get the shots I need. :) This time she is modeling this adorable tee from Oh Fiddlesticks! I think her new favorite hat looked pretty cute too. ;)
- Adorable!! (15.12.11, 12:24PM)
- Adorable!! (15.12.11, 12:30PM)
- Too stinkin' cute!! love the outfit...the pooch...the photography and her! :) adorable. (15.12.11, 12:42PM)
- She is precious...and getting SO big!!! (15.12.11, 12:55PM)
- OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay yep i die....love these (15.12.11, 02:41PM)
- adorable!! love all the expressions! (15.12.11, 03:56PM)
- She is absolutely adaorable! Everyone of these are just priceless! Look what a cute red sucker can do!!!!!!! She is just as sweet as her momma! (16.12.11, 10:57AM)
- She's so perfect. I love the one where you can see B's big truck in the background. And apparently suckers can be used to get Opossum to model for you too! (17.12.11, 01:48PM)
- Oh how I love it. I love oh fiddlesticks stuff too. I am determined to dress mia as cute as this! (28.12.11, 06:05PM)
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Absolutely in LOVE with these images! Thank you so much for all your hard work and delivering such chic + classy pics. Can't wait to work with you again!
Thank YOU! xxoo (24.01.12, 08:44PM)
