It's All About Me

Can somebody say adorable headband?

As if I wasn't busy enough, I busted out my glue gun, some feathers, tulle, and some silk last week and this is what I came up with:

 

 

 

  
I kinda fell in love with them, especially after I got to test drive them on baby Maddie here, how squishy and adorable is she?!!!   I had first intended the headbands to be used only for newborns, but thanks to the wonderful world of Facebook, I received lots of requests for little AND big girl headbands too.  

All sizes will be available on August 5th in the store, BUT I have decided to do a pre-release on them this Sunday (August 1) and you will be able to purchase them as a bundled set OR individually at a special introductory price!!!  These 4 colors shown are the first to be released (dark pink, rose, teal, and gold).  I have 4 other colors in the same style releasing the following week in yellow, gray, ivory, and maroon!

So... who is up for a giveaway?  Wanna win ALL 4 of these headbands shown here?  

Here is how YOU can win a set of NEWBORN headbands:

 

Choose any FOUR colors you want!  

#1:  Become a fan of Corina Nielsen Designs & Photography on Facebook.   I will be giving away lots of coupons, announcing all of my promotions and giveaways, and will be having more session giveaways there first so this is the best place to stay in the loop!  (not mandatory, but posting on your Facebook account will give you another chance to win- 3 chances total)

#2  Follow me on Twitter (not mandatory, but posting on Twitter will give you another chance to win- 3 chances total)

#3   And here are your 3 chances!  Go to your blog, Facebook account, and/or Twitter account and post the following:

I want to win these adorable headbands from Corina Nielsen Photography & Designs– win at www.corina.typepad.com by @corinanielsen

Post the URL(s) to your link(s) in the comments for THIS ENTRY. Comment(s) must be posted here by 11:59 p.m. PDT on Saturday, July 31, 2010

You can enter up to THREE times total – one entry each per blog / Facebook / Twitter account.  Please post each link separately!!!

Please come back HERE and post your URL's (please note that if you have a private blog or it is password protected, those entries will NOT count.  Only post links to valid URL's that I can verify!  Also, duplicate links will be removed.  

Comments on THIS entry will be numbered in order of posting. The winning number will be chosen by www.random.org and the winner will be contacted within 24 hours of contest’s and will be asked for the snail maid addy and shipping info!

That's all folks..... GOOD LUCK! 

Portrait Display Guide... upcoming FREE w/ Purchase!

I'm in absolute LOVE with these little spiral bound books I stumbled upon a couple of months ago!  I thought it would be great to use for my studio portrait display guide for clients.  I got mine back from the lab and had to shoot a few samples with it:

 

Nice, thick front and back covers make it perfectly!

 

I only shot 2 pages, but my portrait guide has about 15 or so displays...

 

 
 

I puffy *♥* it....

This guide includes:

• front cover
• 15 wall displays to be used for framed or canvas's
• layered PSD file (couch on white background, each framed portrait on a separate layer, collection name & sizes so you can name them whatever you like)
• personalize them even more for clients by adding THEIR images to each frame
• specs are sized for 5x7 prints but can easily be changed to suit your needs

You can keep a hard copy like this in the studio AND/OR print the 5x7's, attach them with a pretty ribbon or metal ring and give them to clients to take home!  Imagine the ordering possibilities!  When clients have an idea of what 6- 11x14's look like or what 8- 10x10's, it makes it easier for them to picture the wall art in their OWN homes!

Once I got designing this product, I knew I had to share it, it's too darn cute not to!  So, with that being said.... I have decided that once the store launches in a couple of weeks, this will be a FREE w/ purchase item!!! Not sure about the details, but I will have both a digi scrapping FREE w/ purchase as well as this pro photog item :)   Be sure and stay tuned for details.... best way is to:

☛  join my Facebook Page HERE

☛  follow me on my new Twitter HERE

☛  and/or join my BLOG feed

Alright, that's my share for the day :)  Remember, only 1 day left for the $500 GIVEAWAY to the new store... check on this post for details!

{ Small 2009 Photo Share } - San Diego Portrait Photographer

I have officially decided that I will be launching the new website in just over 30 days... July 7th to be exact!  I have so many fun things planned... lots of new products (hopefully lol), collabs with amazing designers, freebies for digital girls and photographers alike, a FREE portrait session w/ an 11x14 print, and a few big giveaways are already in the works. Take a look at 2 of the items will be hopefully giving away next month...

Kelly Moore bags are always sold out, but I'm hoping to snag a couple this month when her shipments arrive.  How flippin fabulous is this?????  A photographers dream bag if you ask me!  They come in 3 different styles for women and in lots of fun colors.  I, of course, adore the pink one here, BUT I am very tempted to buy the red one for myself!  Go check them out :)

 

and check out this neat little geeky gadget I just bought for myself and the new MacBook:

I got tired of seeing plain, boring skins and protectors for laptops and then Joe found this for me a few weeks ago from Twelve South.  I instantly knew I had to have one.  I have not seen anything like this anywhere and when I went to Best Buy to buy a pink case for $50, I was thinking "What a waste!  Why not just spend the extra $30 and upgrade to this one?"  So thats what I did!

Aside from these 2 things I would like to giveaway, I have a couple of friends who will be giving some very generous coupons out to their own stores and possibly be doing a giveaway as well :)  Make sure you stay in the loop though, dont miss out!!!  I will be adding information to my new Facebook Fan Page and my new Twitter (I cannot believe that I JUST signed up for an account there... behind the times much?) so make sure you go ahead and add/follow me!

FACEBOOK:  HERE

TWITTER:  HERE

OK and now on to a brief photo share :)  Since I wanted to have a lot of my photography work added to the Facebook Fan Page, my anal, OCD self felt like I needed to have them all branded and sized the same. Since I have changed my logo a couple of times over the past year or just got lazy and wrote ©corinanielsen, nothing looked cohesive in any of my galleries.  I decided last week that I would get crackin resizing and posting though.  It made me realize that I never really showed a lot of my images here on my blog!  Here are just a few for now!

Some adults...

 

And some kids...

 

I had intended on sharing some maternity, newborns, and wedding stuff, but man am I BEAT!!!  Will be back soon with some more shares :)  Hope everyone is having a great week!

Quick little knitting share

I'm in love with headbands... fortunately she is the biggest girlie girl ever and if I can get pink somewhere in an accessory, she is all over it!  I got the itch to knit again about a month ago and have made some things for a couple of shoots I had, but also managed to make Makena and myself some stuff also.  I haven't taken the shots of everything, but did want to share what I made last week... so adorable!  I tweaked a pattern I found a bit and then added the flowers!  Love how it came out and since it was pink, Makena was sold also :)

 

and the headband in action....

 

Adorable, both her little pose and the headband :)

I'm getting ready to finally catch up on my P365 album here on my blog, I had intended on adding them here each time I posted, but that never happened!  I stay pretty current on my Facebook and on Project 365, so I just need to add a few more here.  I wanted to share a couple of my favorites from January though...

snazzy leaves in the backyard and some red shoes I have never worn:

 

my fist shipment of K-Cups for the most amazing coffee machine ever:

 

New short haircut:
 

a rainbow the kids and I came home to that was directly over our house:

 
  
Homemade felt IPOD cover's:

    

Giants love:

 

Getting baked goodies ready to deliver to some friends:

Peanut butter & jelly panini's, Valentine's Day style:

  

and from last week, "Band Hero" excitement:

 

Alright, off to add the rest of my images to the album here and maybe to Flickr!  If you are on  Project 365365 or Flickr, go ahead and let me know so I can add ya to follow!

The Samaniego's- Corina Nielsen: San Diego Photographer

Of course I am always thrilled when I get to do family shoots. I love them. I love capturing the love that is shared between mom and dad, and parents and child and so on.  I love catching dad's sneaking in the little kisses.  I love just watching people be a family, enjoying and savoring the time they spend with each other.  AND what makes this one even more special was dad was getting ready to head back in a few days to finish out this deployment... how could I possibly resist shooting a military family "living" here in San Diego... dad has been away for a VERY long stretch of time and was finally getting a small window to come back and see his wife and child, my heart was already melting with just the story!  What a special time to capture.  I couldn't wait to see them all together.  Here is a little bit of what I caught on film:

Corina Nielsen Photography: The Samaniego's- San Diego Family Photographer from Corina Nielsen-Thomas on Vimeo.

I mean really.  Does it get much better?  As I was putting the slideshow together, I honestly could not contain myself.  They were so stinking cute... oh and as if all that weren't good enough?  Mommy and Daddy JUST found out the other day that Hayden is going to have another brother or sister, not bad getting stuff accomplished in a small window of time huh?  Such a blessing!  Congrats again to this special family!