Friday, October 30, 2015

Fall Gowns with Janay Marie Designs

"Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale." - Lauren DeStefano

We had the great pleasure of working with more of Janay's incredible gowns for this shoot. They were beautiful with the colors of this lush Utah autumn.
There are a million photos in this post because they were all so breathtaking we couldn't narrow it down any more!! Enjoy!

Makeup: Tayler
Hair, floral hairpieces, photography: Hilary
Models: Brooke, Devyn, and Lindsey




 




 
 






 


 
 

 




 
 



 
 

 

Monday, October 26, 2015

Quick and Easy Halloween Treats

This past weekend I made these adorable Mummy Chocolate Covered Oreos for neighbor gifts. They were so easy and took almost no time (which is good because I don't have any to spare!) and they were a hit. I'm always looking for something new to try that won't take up my whole occasional day off. There are various forms all over pinterest, and of course I had to try them and put my own spin on them. Cue cute pictures of my HEART-EYE EMOJI MUMMIES



 Melt your white chocolate chips and dip the Oreos in. I tapped the excess off because I didn't want a pool of chocolate underneath them when they cooled. I put extra melted chocolate in a sandwich bag with the tip trimmed to do the mummy wrappings. I know it would also be easy to drizzle the chocolate over with a fork, but I like the control of the bag and I felt like I didn't drip all over!

Instead of making eyes, I used heart sprinkles to make the heart-eye emoji, Halloween style. For Christmas, I like to make the candy cane version. (Notice a theme here? I like to make quick, cute stuff!) Everyone loves those too, and they were much more indulgent because I used double stuffed cookies!
 


I doubled or quadrupled these up in little cellophane bags, tied them off with cute baker's twine, and ran them around to the neighbors with a little note. Done and done! 


--Hilary

Friday, October 23, 2015

Spooky Photoshoot

We're pretty excited about Halloween over here, and to get ourselves good and creeped out, we put together this scary photoshoot.

Tayler did the terrifyingly good makeup, and I did their crazy hair and the photography.
Don't get nightmares!!

Walker





















Lady Macbeth
















Lost Girl