Fashion Friday: Senior Lifestyle Session

The Senior Session!


'Tis the season for Senior Portrait Sessions. I love meeting rising Seniors during the summer. In my opinion, Summer & Fall are both really good times to start planning and schedule your Senior Session. So, what on earth do you have to plan???

1. Your Photographer: I highly encourage you to research the photographers in your area. Take a look at their portfolio. Does their style of photographing people and posing people jive with your style? It's really important to choose a photographer that will best represent you in pictures. After all, Senior Portraits are an investment.

2. Organize: That is, organize your ideas about what you want your Senior Session to look like. Make a list of ideal locations. Make a list of items that you want to bring that represent you (see #4). Talk about these things with your photographer too!

3. Go Shopping: You don't have to purchase anything new, but it is nice to don some new threads. Look through your closet and set a side a few things that you love. Look through your friend's closet (if you & your friends borrow each other's clothes). Don't forget the accessories. 

4. Accessorize: jewelry, shoes, purse, musical instrument, poms, books, hats, or anything that represents you :)

5. Schedule: Summer & Fall are usually pretty busy for photographers and families alike. With family vacations in the summer, and Back to School shopping and starting school in the fall, it leaves little time for much else. Schedule your Senior Session as soon as you have a block of time available. 

The Senior Session is all about you. Make sure to have fun. Your Senior year is a great time in your life, but it goes so fast!

Happy Friday!

KDP {Giveaway}

Hey, hey, hey. It's a giveaway! Kim of Sassy Girl Originals has created these beautiful flowers that are perfect for spring. Each flower is made out of up-cycled sweaters and hand crafted into a lovely fashion accessory. All three have an alligator clip and a pin fastened for versatile wear. These pretty spring flowers can be clipped in your hair. They can be pinned to a coat, a purse, a diaper bag, or a camera bag {for photographers}. If you are looking for a cute little gift, they are perfect to place in a little girl's Easter basket too. I am so blessed to have such a talented friend. I will be giving one flower away to 3 winners selected by random.org.

How to enter:
1. Like my page on facebook {Karrie Drake Photography}
2. Like Kim's page on facebook {Sassy Girl Originals}
3. Leave a comment here on my blog letting me know you completed both 1 & 2
4. For an extra entry post on your status: "KDP Giveaway! with featured vendor Sassy Girl Originals. Go enter for a chance to win!"

Giveaway will be closed Thursday, night at 9:00pm eastern time. Winner will be announced on Friday morning, February 17, 2012! And to end with a little quote from The Hunger Games, "May the odds be ever in your favor!"

Sassy Girl Originals

Happy Monday! Today I'd like to share a sweet surprise. A long time family friend, Kim, has started her own business. She creates these cute fashion accessories. You can find Sassy Girl Originals here. Go "like" her on facebook and share her page with your friends. Kim fashions these flowers from beautifully colored sweaters and adorns them with buttons and pins.

These lovely accessories from Sassy Girl Originals are fashionably versatile too. You can clip it to your sweater, jacket, or even your purse. The aligator clip allows you to wear it in your hair by itself or clip it to a headband for extra cuteness. I love my purple flower. I am going to wear this flower out!

By the way...Valentine's Day is coming. It's only 8 days away. Sassy Girl Originals will have something for the littlest Sassy Girl to the Sassy Mama. Thanks Kim for my purple clip!