First, I must say just how fun this week’s What to Wear has been for me! It is seeping with all kinds of baby girl goodness, and this has been a treat for me to put together (although there may have been a client in the studio this morning listening to me complain about just saying how late I stayed up last night putting this together 🙂 )  Hope you like to read about this kind of thing, because I have much to say!

ok, so I know just how tempting it is to bring several frilly dresses to sport your new doll in and photograph her in all of them, but rather than that let’s do something a little bit different. Bring one dress (or bring several and we’ll help you choose one at the studio) and lots of accessories so that we can have a good range to choose from.  Now don’t get me wrong, you know just how much I love the girl clothes, but for baby portraits I’m all about capturing their purity and innocence.  And that is usually best captured when showing some skin.  Having said that, let’s add some thought to it.  Imagine putting a nine month old chunky monkey in that pink striped hat with a solid diaper cover holding a little pink/green painted wooden toy and sitting on the white background. Or a newborn wearing nothing but one of those pink hats with the large flower and laying in a beautiful cream colored basket (we have tons of baskets, by the way.  I can’t stop buying them!)   Or your six month old in a solid onesie (or maybe it might say something cute like ‘Made with Love’ or something like that) and holding nothing but that tree teething ring sitting while sitting in natural window light.  We want your portraits to be simple and perfect, just like your baby.

I wanted to make sure that I really showed a good number of accessories here, because our Baby’s First Year clients will come in for four separate sessions during their first year.  And we want each session to be unique in it’s own way. So bring a bunch, and we’ll work with you to choose the right pieces for your sweet angel.

And, by the way, every single piece here is from Etsy.  I can’t get enough you know!  Stop by next week when it will be all about the Baby Boys — and oh boy, is it awesome!  I’ll also step away from Etsy (though not completely) to show you some more cool baby clothes/toys sites to peruse.

Here are all links, in order of appearance:

Hair Accessories

Hydrangea Headband, Grey Crochet Beanie Hat, Daisy Flapper Beanie, Pink Stripe Beanie, Pink Crochet Flower Hats, Pink Flower Headband

Diaper Covers

Chunky Hiney Cover, Floral Print Diaper Cover, You Pick Fabric Bloomers, Ginger Blossom Diaper Cover, Hoo’s There Ruffle Pants, Blue Ruffle Diaper Cover

Toys:

Block Talk, Giraffe Wooden Pull Toy, Teething Tree, Mod Blocks, Baby Stacking Rings, Baby Elephant Eco Softtoy

Pinafores:

Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4, Set 5, Set 6