The Photographer Pinspiration Party Series

I’m super excited to be a part of Laura Winslow’s Photographer Pinspiration Series!

 I’m teaming up with my dear friend Laura along with my awesome graphic designer, Christine from DeluxeModern Designs, and Brenda from the Bloom Forum,  plus our fabulous friends from Miller’s and Mpix Pro! 

 The Photographer Pinspiration Series is a Pinterest party and is intended to inspire one another, share tips, tricks and finds. The series consists of 9 themes...a different one each Wednesday through March... with several Featured Pinners.

Laura asked me to take part in week one and pin some of my favorite packaging and product ideas and inspiration. So please won’t you join us here on Wednesday, January 16th (tonight) from 9-9:30pm EST/6-6:30pm PST. It will go live tnoight but you can start following it now...hope to see you there!!

Savvy Workshop 2012 Mpixpro

Finding a lab you love is one of the most challenging parts of running a photography business. They produce what you create and if that product isn't high quality, then you fail your client in delivering a superb product. When I found Millers and Mpixpro, I knew I had discovered a great find. They have continued to amaze me with their great customer service and top of the line offerings. And when two of my favorite photographers and 2012 Savvy workshop speakers, Jamie Schultz and Laura Winslow,  are Mpixpro experts, I knew I wanted them as workshop sponsors. They kindly agreed...and went above and beyond! Not only did they sponsor Jamie and Laura, they also gave a Savvy reader a full scholarship to the Savvy workshop and another lucky reader a partial scholarship to attend! Their donation gave these girls a chance to attend and if was a life changing workshop for them!

They sent lots of goodies for the attendees to see and also sent tons of giveaways for the attendees! I want to send a big thank you to Mpixpro for the kindness and generosity!! 

If you haven't found your lab yet, give them a try!!

 To learn more about attending the next Savvy Sisterhood workshop, visit the workshop blog. We would love to meet you there!!

Congratulations to our scholarship winner!

We are so excited to announce the scholarship winner to the Savvy Sisterhood 2012 Workshop!

Congratulations to Jesseca Bellemare!

It was such a hard decision choosing from so many great applicants...thank you so much to all of those girls who applied. Jesseca's photography spoke volumes to us...her words touched our hearts and her vision to change the way women feel about themselves made her a perfect choice as the Savvy Sisterhood Workshop Scholarship recipient. 

Thank you so much to MpixPro for giving this amazing opportunity to one lucky girl! We love MpixPro...if you haven't tried them yet, you are missing out! They have the best team around and we consider the entire Millers/MpixPro part of the family here at the Savvy! 

exciting news!

We are so excited to team up with Mpixpro...they are giving one lucky girl a scholarship to the 2012 Savvy Workshop! To apply, click here. 

Packaging Week~ day five

Since Valentine's Day will be here soon, I thought it would be fun to show a little "love" inspired packaging. Everyone likes to open something sweet on Valentine's Day...why not give your best clients a gift certificate to use on their next session and then wrap it delightful...don't forget to include the chocolate. 

Cream boxes~ Mpixpro

Ribbon and polka dot gift bag ~ Hobby Lobby

Pink take out box ~ Michaels

Heart shaped cherub tags and glitter "L" tag ~ Michaels

Pink zebra paper~ ~ Michaels

Candy bars ~Home Goods

I hope you enjoyed packaging week!

We want to know your favorite packaging from the past week...leave a comment on our facebook page under our latest facebook status update...and we will choose a lucky winner tomorrow morning from all of those who left a comment. The winner gets the entire Savvy Digital Collection (all seven products!) and a 25x60 Savvy flooring runner in your choice of pattern!! 

Leave a comment on our facebook page...not here :)

Packaging Week~ day four

I love the look of black and white! It always looks classy...and makes a simple, yet elegant, statement. 

I added different embellishments to show how you can change up the look...the white tissue paper flower adds a more casual look...the black and flower gives it a whimsical look...it's all about preference. Or you can go completely classic and just use ribbons to dress up your packaging.

Cream boxes~ Mpixpro

Luxe Cards ~ Mpixpro

Card Designs~ Jamie Schultz Designs 

Black and White Houndstooth Gift Bag~ Pier 1 Imports

Ribbon~ Hobby Lobby

White tissue paper flower~ handmade and super easy! Here's a great tutorial for making the flowers. 

Black and white  flower~ Michaels

Gleneagles Bottled Water~ love this water...found it at Home Goods!

Just in case you missed the rest of packaging week, here's a link to the entire week... Packaging Week. 

Packaging Week~ day three

Day three of packaging week and I realized we have more than five packaging "looks" to show...so how about two today?

The above images of the tangerine and green branding was so much fun to put together. I've never been a fan of orange but it quickly became a new favorite...especially with the green!

Cream boxes~ Mpixpro

Signature Letterpress cards~ Miller's Lab

White bags and tissue paper ~ Michaels

Ribbon~ Hobby Lobby

Green flower~ Michaels

Orange and white paper flower~ Michaels

Orange and white gift card tin~ Michaels

The Beach Inspired Burlap...perfect for summertime shoots at the beach... 

Cream boxes~ Mpixpro

Natural color take out box and crinkle paper~ Michaels

Shells~ Hobby Lobby 

Vase with shell~ Michaels

Burlap and twine~ see yesterday's post

Ribbon~ Hobby Lobby

Packaging week~ day one

Mpixpro is our favorite lab {and Miller's Lab..they are "sister" labs} so we thought it would be fun to show the different ways you can make your packaging stand out to "wow" your clients... all while using the boutique packaging from Mpixpro. We love the clean look of the cream boxes and the simplicity of the chocolate brown grosgrain ribbon that Mpixpro offers...but dressing it up a bit can be fun and your clients will love it! 

Each day this week we will feature a new look...enjoy the inspiration! 

The 5x7 card is an example of the beautiful new Signature Letterpress Cards from Miller's Lab.

These cards are such great quality...and who doesn't love the feel of letterpress!

Miller's and Mpixpro booth~ Imaging USA 2012

We loved the Miller's and Mpixpro booths! They have wonderful products and the people that work there are simply the best! We can't say enough good things about this company...they make their clients top priority and it shows. We consider them friends...they are not just our lab...they are the lab we can trust to deliver our products beautifully and so quick it's amazing!

We love the display of the new LUXE frames from Miller's. 

Friday finds~

These make such a fun gift for those photographers with seniors for clients! Such a great idea from our wonderful friends at MpixPro and the talented Jamie Schultz. We just love her~ did you know she has a new design blog? Visit her site here.

dining with the Pros

Finding a great lab makes doing our job so much easier...and when you find a lab that go above and beyond for you, it must be MpixPro. I can't say enough good things about this company! When we were getting ready for Imaging, I had a big {really important} order that arrived to my doorstep a few days before I was to leave for Nashville but the order wasn't mine...yikes! I was upset...I needed my order...fast. Within minutes of emailing, I had gotten a phone call from John at MpixPro. {wow...they called ME!} They literally jumped through hoops to get that order ready {100 custom printed DVD's...not an easy task} and it arrived in time! They even hand delivered one of my last minute orders to me at the tradeshow. We then had the absolute pleasure of joining the MpixPro crew for dinner at a fabulous restaurant the next evening. The dinner was great...our host and fellow companions at dinner were fabulous! I was in complete awe...we dined with Jamie Schultz {loved her!! seriously adored her}, her adorable assistant Natasha, the lovely Catherine Clay and Heather Crowder, Arden Ward and then there was Joe Dellasega from MpixPro...what a great guy and a wonderful host! The next table was full of fun people...too many to name! {I must admit...after the great wine...I just couldn't remember}.

So...back to the workshop! MpixPro send us three or four huge boxes full of goodies to share with the attendees...and we got to experience first hand how great it is to open a boutique packaged product! The chocolate brown grosgrain ribbon...the vanilla colored tissue paper...it's makes a huge difference when you package things nicely...the power of presentation! {and their boutique packaging is only $7...try it once and you'll love it}.

I can't say enough great things about this company!

A funny story happened at dinner that I just have to tell...I'll keep it short...at the end of dinner a sweet girl got up to thank the guys and girls at Mpixpro for dinner...and she went on to tell this story~ she was invited to this restaurant by another group of photographers that she met at the tradeshow...she told the hostess she was with a group of photographers so they took her to the room where we dined. She said she noticed she didn't recognize anyone she knew but still sat down and started talking to John...after about 5 minutes she realized this was not the group she was coming to meet but she was too embarrassed to leave. So she sat there with her big coat on the entire dinner...hiding her t-shirt that she was wearing. She had gotten her blue shirt that day from Imaging...and it was from a major competitor in the lab industry. After everyone had a good laugh from her story, she went on to tell that she now has a NEW lab...once she told John she wasn't supposed to be there, he ask her to stay. That shows how much everyone matters at MpixPro!

More pictures from the tradeshow...

{a side note... Mika Beth worked some magic in the photo of me...I only wish I looked like that...thank you Mika beth!}