Pool Party

This past weekend I went to my hometown to visit friends and family. I was hired to shoot a birthday party for Ryan, who was turning 3 years old. Ryan and a few of his closest friends and family met early by the pool to avoid to Louisiana heat! Ryan had fun jumping in the pool, eating cake and opening lots of gifts! I ended up taking over 200 pictures in about an hour of this fun event! Obviously I don't have room to post them all on this blog, but here are a few of my favorites from the day!

My nephew Landon hanging out with his new pal. :)

Ryan, getting a little taste of his cake.

Time to let the balloons go!

There they go!

Spring Fling Winners!

This past month I've had fun with a little promotional event I like to call "Spring Fling." You may have seen my previous post about this event... Well, here are the rules of the contest:: I am giving away TEN Spring photo sessions at a discounted rate of $50 for the month of April only. All you had to do to register to win was leave me a comment on Facebook with the words "Spring Fling" in it. For my first promo event, I was pleased with the response. But more than that, I am very pleased to announce the winners that were chosen the old fashioned way (by drawing names out of a hat.)

And the winners are:

1. Trinka Newman

2. Stella Prather

3. LeAnn Roshto

4. Amy Bradley-Hole

5. Allison Kizzia

6. Lindsey Moon

7. Kathy Berry

8. Brie Alter

9. LeAnn Ramsey

10. Carrie Donnell

This promotional was for those in the Little Rock area. A few of you signed up that live in Minden, LA. I will be coming to Minden and will schedule you during the month of May so stay tuned!

Participants of Spring Fling will receive a mini session (approximately 30 minutes) and a CD with low resolution images from their photo shoot. Professional quality prints can be ordered directly from me.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the SPRING FLING event! It was fun and I am looking forward to these upcoming 10 sessions and to meeting with you, my amazing clients!

*I will message each winner individually to schedule your Spring session.

Spring Fling!

Rehab Reveal!

I am so excited to show you all my rehab piece that I will be auctioning off tonight at Habitat for Humanity's "Restore & After" event. Since I was asked to be a part of this special event, I have been brainstorming about what piece I wanted to redo. It started a few weeks ago as I scanned the aisles of flea markets and antique stores. I had no idea what I wanted to get my hands on and redo- there were so many choices! But this little guy caught my attention instantly and I knew it HAD to be mine!

After much love and a couple cans of spray paint, I think it turned out pretty darn good, if I do say so myself! :) And I have a confesstion to make:: this was my first *official* rehab piece I've ever completed from beginning to end, by myself (with the help of my lovely assistant, my wonderful husband, who did most of the sanding. I couldn't pry that sander away from him if I wanted to! Thanks for your help, B!)

Before:

I definitely have rehab fever now! And it's a good thing, because I bought ANOTHER stool to refinish for our home!

Stop by my booth, Cara Beth Photography, to bid on this little red jewel and sign up for a chance at a FREE photo shoot! See you tonight - 6pm at the Layfayette Building, downtown Little Rock.

Restore & After

If you've missed me lately it's not because I haven't been around. Quite the opposite actually. This is prime time for Family Portraits and that is exactly why Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. I LOVE being busy with Fall Family Photo Shoots! :)

This fall, I am also honored to participate in Habitat for Humanity's "Restore & After." What is "Restore & After?" Well, I'm glad you asked! This is an event where 'local artists, schools and other community members help rehabilitate furniture and other decorative items that can then be auctioned off!' I was flattered, to say the least, when my buddy, Eric, asked me to redo a piece of my own to be auctioned off for the cause.

This is the lucky guy that is currently being rehabilitated. This is an original Singer sewing stool that instantly caught my eye at a local antique store. With a lot of love and a little elbow grease, I'll have this stool restored in no time! In fact, I worked on him this Saturday a bit and took pictures of the process...stay tuned for another blog on the before and after.

Not only will this stool be auctioned off but many other fabulous finds like this one from my oh so talented friend, Cara Wilkerson. Check out her rehabilitation station for more fun projects! And while you're swooning over her website, take a look at her stool rehab, which is the inspiration for my little Singer stool redo! I can't wait to show y'all the finished project!

I will also have a booth at this event displaying some of my photography. Stop by my booth to enter for you chance to win a FREE PHOTO SHOOT! See you there!