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Mirei’s Newborn Photos

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When Mirei was just 8 days old, we had some newborn pictures taken by Stephanie Elizabeth Photography to capture her first moments as well as our first portraits as a family. I love the dreamy look of her natural light photographs, and we asked for a balanced mix of lifestyle photos as well as her more traditional posed photos. She was amazing — we love how beautifully the pictures came out and will treasure them for years!

Newborn Mirei

The above photo of Mirei with the mobile hanging over her is my favorite. I had been looking at this beautiful mobile on Etsy, and my girlfriends all pitched in together to gift it to me at my baby shower back in December. I wanted to include it into one of the photos because it’s so gorgeous and because of the sentimental significance of it, and Stephanie incorporated it in such a lovely way.
 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

Newborn Mirei

 

With the lovely photos, I was able to design birth announcements for Mirei to send out to family and friends. I rarely get to work on personal design projects for myself these days so it was fun and I’m pleased with how they turned out. 🙂

Mirei's Birth Announcement (front)

 

Mirei's Birth Announcement (back)
 

Featured on On to Baby!

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We’re thrilled to announce that Mio’s newborn photo session with Dreambox Photography was featured on On to Baby, a premier style blog for all things baby! 🙂 The blog was created by The Wedding Chicks and I’ve been following it religiously ever since its launch earlier this year in February — it is the one stop site for all kinds of lovely things for both mother and baby. We are delighted and honored to be featured today on their blog — click over to see the post here!

Mio on On to Baby

 

Mio’s Newborn Photos

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Earlier this month — on Mother’s Day, actually — we had the pleasure of having the lovely, uber-talented photographer Tea Ho of Dreambox Photography over for a newborn photo session for Mio. I absolutely love how the photographs turned out, and am so grateful to Tea for capturing baby Mio and our first moments as a family so beautifully.

Here are some of my personal favorites!

 

With Tea’s gorgeous photographs, I was able to design Mio’s birth announcement. I used my favorite blush tones and layered floral elements on top of a textured background to complement the photographs. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out! 🙂

Mio's Birth Announcement (Front)(front)

Mio's Birth Announcement (Back)(back)

We got them printed on pearlescent paper for a subtle shimmer that turned out to be a lovely touch. (My only gripe was that white text ended up disappearing a little against the background….)

We also got some Moo Cards printed to go with the announcements. The great thing about Moo Cards is that you can have a variety of photos/images printed on one side! We had four variations for the front…

…and the back sides all had a little plug for our blog here. 🙂

 

Thank you to everyone who let us know they received the birth announcements in the mail, as well as those who told us how much they liked them! I had a lot of fun creating these birth announcements, especially because I had such lovely photos to work with. A huge thanks to Tea for her amazing photographs! We will treasure them in our family for years to come.