I can’t believe it’s time already for the Year in Review!  I used to think I could narrow the year down to a top 10 or 20, but really, that’s impossible, soooo here are my “Favorite Moments of 2013!”  Enjoy!!

(Be sure to turn up the volume and make it full screen!)  ;)   If for any reason, you cannot see the video below, click HERE to view.

Thank you so much to everyone that has made this such a wonderful year!  My seniors, their parents, my friends and family.  I could never do all of this without you and I am so incredibly thankful for each of you!

Happy Holidays everyone!  I wish you all the very best and especially for the New Year!  I know it’s a bit early, but Happy New Year!  Let’s all make it even better in 2014!

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Well, “It’s a Wrap!”  This is it – the absolutely, positively final post for “Once Upon A Summer.”  

First, I want to thank again everyone who participated in this shoot.  If you have been following the story and the backstory, you know of all the challenges that we faced.  That’s why it makes it all the more exciting to share how all of our hard work paid off!

Not only did “Once Upon A Summer” receive a national feature on the website Seniorologie, but one of Devan’s images from the second half of Cinderella was chosen as a Top 3 of the week on Seniorologie, resulting in the Spotlight Image of the week!

Also, one of Kathryn’s images from “Little Red Riding Hood” was published in The Bold Issue of Chic Magazine!  This image was an Honorable Mention for the Cover and I couldn’t be more excited by this!

Soooo, how about some Behind the Scenes action?!

Kat, looking all super fab as “Little Red.”

If you saw the short video on Instagram, here is the extended version:

Staci working on Devan…

“Rrrrrr…”

I’m not even sure what Devan is doing here.  ;)  Flying like a bird??

One of Casey’s 8000 takes!

Awww…aren’t they the cutest!?

and….SMIZE!

Laura touching up Devan…

and then losing her mind and hiding inside my reflector bag…

And finally, the mother of all Behind the Scenes – Devan’s best Ozzy Osbourne impression!

Well, that’s all folks!!!!!!

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry
Hair – Staci Gibbs- Freelance Makeup Artist
Models – Kathryn Dickerson, Devan Heyburn, Casey DeArmon

So I bet you are thinking…”why wait to squeeze in the “Once Upon a Summer” blog post right before Fall!”  ;)  I know, I know!  You all may have been waiting since May or June, but trust me when I tell you, this shoot has literally been in the works since last year, probably around this time last year in fact!

What started out like any other shoot, became a massive project.  And like any other massive project, we hit lots of bumps in the road.  So many that some days, we didn’t think the shoot would ever happen or even if it should.  I can’t even tell you how many times Laura and I met to plan or look at locations.  Or how many hours we spent shopping for props.  Or how long Laura’s husband spent building a spinning wheel.   Or how Laura’s Aunt spent hours making tulle skirts for us.  Or how the weather made us postpone, I think four times…see, I can’t even remember anymore.  HA!  :)  I think you probably get the point though now.

So, as you can imagine, when the day finally arrived to do the first part of the shoot, we weren’t sure if we should be excited or worried that lightning would strike us!  ;)  Well, since I am here to write this, you’ll be happy to hear, no lightning strikes occurred and in fact, we couldn’t have had a more perfect shoot!   Wait – now that I think about it, the police showing up on day two, probably wasn’t a perfect scenario, but at least we have a funny story to tell now.  :D

Ok, ok, enough of that!  I won’t keep you waiting any longer.

Let me introduce you to Kathryn Dickerson, or as we like to call her – Little Red Riding Hood.

Let’s join her as she makes her way to Grandmother’s house…

If you recall Grimm’s Fairy Tales, you may remember that Little Red was taking cake (we improvised with cupcakes) and wine to her grandmother.  After she met the Wolf, he attempted to distract her by telling her to look at all the pretty flowers along the path.

and our Little Red is so tired from her journey that she decides to lay down for a nap.

What?  Wouldn’t you do the same?  ;)  I mean, come on, it’s got to be tiring looking this cute while hiking through the woods and avoiding a Big Bad Wolf, right?!

and someone please tell me you noticed the “Big Bad Wolf” in these shots?!  

That’s all of our story of Little Red Riding Hood – be sure to come back for Cinderella and the Miller’s daughter from Rumpelstiltskin!

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

Guess what day it is??  Nope – not Hump day and this isn’t the Geico Camel commercial, although, I do love that commercial!  :)

It’s actually the final day to enter Chic Critique Forum‘s Chic Magazine Cover Contest!

I am so excited to enter one of Kathryn Dickerson’s images from our Once Upon a Summer styled shoot!  This is my submission for Issue 7!

Wish me luck!  I would be ecstatic to see this on the cover.  *fingers crossed*   Every little bit helps right?!  ;)  Have a great weekend everyone!

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

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I wasn’t sure that this shoot would ever happen.  We’d been planning since last year…literally.  We had husbands building spinning wheels and aunts making custom tulle skirts and tutus.  We had model recasts and location changes.  We had to postpone three different times due to weather and oh yeah…the police showed up on the day of the shoot!

So you can see, it’s like the little engine that could – except it’s “Once Upon a Summer” and here is your sneak peek…

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry
Hair – Staci Gibbs- Freelance Makeup Artist
Models – Kathryn Dickerson, Devan Heyburn, Casey DeArmon
“Helper Extraordinaire” – Parker Thompson