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  • Hi I'm Beth! Welcome to my blog! I am a Dallas, TX based custom baby, child and family photographer. I'm also a mom of two boys who strives to be fabulous {while managing snot, drool and spit up}, organic {in a chemically overdosed culture}, budget conscious {in a spendy metroplex}, keep up with a house {with a hectic schedule} and stay sane on top of all that. I write about all of those topics here in addition to posting all of my latest photography.

February Giveaway: Gone With the Wind

Happy February friends!  I’ve decided to do a little giveaway each month here on the blog.  Sometimes it will be related to the goings on of that month and sometimes it’ll be just because.  Because who doesn’t like a present?  I know I love a present!  THIS month, since it’s the loooove month with Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I’d give away my very favorite love story of all time.  Gone With the Wind {talking about the book} is an epic, consuming love story set in the civil-war era of Georgia.  It is both a beautifully written novel and a fantastic look at the history of Southern culture.  Although we all know how it ends, my heart still flutters every time I read it, hoping that Scarlett will come to her senses and realize how much Rhett loves her.

Side note, although this is my favorite book, I did not actually name my son after Rhett Butler.  We just loved the name.  In fact, Jake had no idea who Rhett Butler was!  He’s a Yankee, he can’t help it…  Second side note, one of my friends just had a baby named Scarlett!  Can you say fantastic costumes and photo ops for years to come?!?!

If you’d like to win a copy of Gone With the Wind, all you have to do is:

1.  Sign up for my newsletter below

2.  ‘Like’ Beth Dreyer Photography on Facebook, and

3.  Leave a comment here on the blog about Gone With the Wind – your favorite part, how much you’ve always wanted to read it, or how your dog ate your last copy and you need a new one. 

4.  Tell your friends!  Ok, this one isn’t really required, but I sure would appreciate it:-)

A winner will be selected with Random.org and announced next Monday, February 13th!

 

 

I really do love the movie too, here’s a little trailer from the movie to get you excited about reading the fabulous book!

Fashion Friday

Some days makeup is superfluous and bright shiny accessories just get in the way.  Not very many days, but some days;-)  These photos were taken by my four year old son.

Look at him go, being all artsy and I didn’t even tell him what to do!  He loved taking the pictures!  This is actually probably the simplest outfit I wore all week.  I wore makeup every other day this week.  Heck, one day this week I even put on red lipstick just to walk over to the playground with the boys!    I just wanted to be real and let you know that although I love fun and creative outfits, some days you just gotta go with jeans and white t-shirt with no makeup!

T-Shirt: Target.  I don’t really like this shirt that much actually.  I have a gray one from Old Navy that I like much more!

Jeans: What else?  Citizens of Humanity.

Necklace: Planet Jill.  One charm with Shep’s image and one with Rhett’s.  Love this necklace.

Shoes: Tom’s.

Sunglasses: Target.

 

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Adelaide Turns Five!

Today is our sweet friend Adelaide’s fifth birthday.  Her mommy and I were pregnant at the same time and I remember holding her right after she was born ~sigh~.  Adelaide’s fifth birthday made the reality of Shep’s pending (in six months) birthday a bigger reality to me ~gulp~.  I started to tear up thinking about it last week!!!  To anyone who’s wondering if all those moms are right when they say it all goes by so fast, don’t doubt them they’re telling the truth!  If I had this much of a deep breath moment of someone else’s baby turning five I can only imagine myself sending my babies off to college.  Don’t even get me started on the fact that KINDERGARTEN is coming up!!!

Since Adelaide at the precious age of five had decided to have an all-girl princess party later this week, I decided that we needed to celebrate her with some of her boy friends too.  Ok that’s partially true.  I also decided that this was an excellent excuse for me to whip up a princess party utilizing all of the princess paraphernalia that I have laying around (tiara, pink dress, pearls, princess cupcake cups, Disney music etc.).  So yesterday we had a little bitty mini princess party celebrating and bemoaning the fifth birthday of Adelaide Joy.  And although I did have on full princess regalia, there are no pictures to prove it because we mommies were too busy keeping the little dears from killing themselves and wiping icing on the furniture:-).

The birthday princess and her sisters.

Happy birthday to you!

Shep really loves his friend Adelaide.  He has no idea there is such a thing as an all-girl party, the little dear.

Joel was determined to eat his cupcake without using his hands.

Rhett had no such qualms.

Happy birthday sweet Adelaide!  We love you so much!

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Organic Bloom Frames On My Chalkboard Wall

Last week I decided that my chalkboard wall needed a new look for the new year.  Ok really what I decided was that it was time to erase the Christmas lyrics that were still dancing merrily across my wall.  I cranked up some music and decided to get creative.  I pulled out my Organic Bloom catalog and lots of do-overs later, this is what I came up with.

Let me stop right here and say that by drawing the OB frame shapes on my wall I am expressing my love and support for their creative designs and am in no way trying to claim their delightful work as my own.  These frames just make me happy.  I love them and I sell them.  I have a nice big over my mantle and I decided I needed a few on my chalkboard wall:-).  Also, I’m sure you’ve seen that photo on Pinterest suggesting that you can purchase these frames at Hobby Lobby and Modge Podge a photo onto them.  Here is a pin of that image where a photographer sets the record straight -

 

Phew!  That was a big ol intro just to show you my little old chalkboard wall… Please excuse these photos, the area is very very small and very poorly lit and I don’t actually own an extremely wide angle lens!

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Fashion Friday – Pink Gingham!

Happy Friday everyone!  Today the boys and I went to the mall and had lunch with a friend.  I kid you not I saw at least two other moms wearing this exact same shirt in green.  At one point I was sitting in the outside courtyard in the mall watching the kids play with another little boy.  Sitting across from me was the mom of the other little boy and she was wearing this same shirt in green.  We both awkwardly pretended to ignore the fact that we were matching.

Pink Gingham Button Down: H&M.  I really love this shirt, it’s so soft – and it’s also cute in green:-)

Jewelry: Forever 21.  I love finding fun jewelry at Forever!

Pants: J. Crew.

Sandals: Banana Republic.

Happy weekend!  I’ll leave you with a verse that is really speaking to me right where I’m at today.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

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