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Oh little bunny, that huge toothless grin and smiley eyes are far too cute for Mommy to handle. I love how proud you are of yourself when you figure things out. You are stunning. ox

Love Mommy ~

(These were taken back in March … Sometimes I don’t get around to personal images as often as I would like. lol.)

To my clients and wonderful people who are both new and old to my life – you  are beautiful. I believe my images are beautiful because of you. They have life because of you. They breathe because of you. Your glow. Your heart. With each person I meet and each life I am welcomed into, you leave me feeling a little more alive. I am forever the grateful one.

Love Ashley ~

(I am re-posting this blog post since the comment section seems to be not working properly on the original one. Hopefully this one will work better. Thank you! )

The beauty of love and the depth of connection heals me. Tension melts, stress subsides and the world is wonderful.

Love Ashley ~

My love and gratitude towards my clients continues to bloom. Traveling from Calgary to come see me, this is the fourth time I have been honored to capture this families miracles. On this day however, I was so happy to help them welcome the very first, darling baby boy to the family. Welcome sweet prince. You are loved.

Love Ashley ~

A newborn baby is a creature of  exquisite details. It is important to experience their unique beauty, be in the moment with them and let these details sing through images so they can last forever.

Love Ashley ~

Love Ashley ~

You’re tea parties are much fancier.

You’re accessories are custom made (aka mama made), full of fabulous feathers and as unique as you are.

You play party games and surround yourself in flowers, like an untamed garden.

You laugh, dance and have a beautiful time with the loveliest of guests. You drink sparkling strawberry juice and raspberry herbal tea, eat blackberries covered in white chocolate, strawberries dipped in milk chocolate, grapes, raspberries, almond cookies, pink wafer cookies and pancakes with whipped cream! When you’re six life just becomes a little more fabulous.

My darling is six … not sure how that happened. My girls are turning into the most lovely people every year – every minute. I love them so much my heart could burst. Don’t worry my dears, mama was there too .. smiling behind the camera at my little fairies.

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For anyone curious, decorating was (a bit time consuming but) super easy and I reused things I already had. I made dozens of tissue paper pom poms in different sizes and hung them at varying lengths with fishing line from the roof. For some time – for  no particular reason – I have been saving the large amounts of paper that my canvas supplier packs my canvases with. With this paper I created the wall flowers by borrowing inspiration from Ruche’s Lookbook. I then hung some white flowey fabrics from the roof and used an old lace table cloth  to make the table “tent”. From the lace tent, I strung some daisys one fishing line to dangle above the table.  My daughter’s tea set was made of unique china tea cups I have been collecting from various second hand stores. Some hand picked flowers from the local flowers shop were the beautiful finishing touch! (Lots of Baby’s Breathe and other “filler” flowers combined with a couple choice blooms made for a cost effective table scape – only about $30). Each of our beautiful guests got to take home a little bunch of flowers as a thank-you-for-coming gift as well.

I much prefer parties like this with fruit and pancakes instead of pizza and chips, real flowers instead of rubber balloons. It’s much more organic and lovely, instead of so commercial and plastic. I hope my girls will grow up feeling the same way.

Love Ashley ~

Sweet Darling, you came a long way to visit me. We listened to music and danced. You tapped your foot to the music and your joy was soul lifting. Just like the fresh tulips blooming, your energy felt like spring. You are radiant love. Pure light.

Love Ashley ~

Car, vois-tu, chaque jour je t’aime davantage, Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier et bien moins que demain. - Rosemonde Gérard

(For, you see, each day I love you more, Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.)

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A quick note:  My internet connection has been horrible lately.  We are switching to another provider tomorrow in hopes of remedying this silliness.  I thank you all for your patience.  Since there currently is a slight delay in my email reply’s, for any urgent messages, please don’t hesitate to give me a call 403.352.1432.  Thank you so much!

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Love Ashley ~

What an honor it is to witness a tiny rose blossom.  It is a gift to me as a story teller, to grow with the beautiful souls and to see what amazing people they become.

Love Ashley ~