Last week we photographed the Mancero family of West Des Moines for the Glen Oaks quarterly magazine “The Link”.  West End Architectural Salvage (http://www.westendarchsalvage.com/) was kind enough to provide us with an inspired location for their photo shoot.  Look for the Manceros member spotlight in the next edition of The Link.

OK, this next picture of Bella was created at Glen Oaks last year and then digitally hand painted. 
Yes, the ones and zeros actually fly out of our finger tips onto the canvas .  It’s one of our favorite paintings and definately worth re-posting.

We recently had the pleasure of co-hosting an open house with Liddy Loo and Mommy Too at our studio. Liddy Loo and Mommy Too is a unique, one of a kind clothing and accessory site for girls and their moms. They create outfits unique to each girl and have headbands, bows, flowers, hats, and handbags. They also make matching outfits for girls and their dolls as well as outfits for boys. Mandy Ives is Liddy Loo’s super-talented owner and designer and mom to my favorite little model Lydia. You’ve probably seen Lydia’s little red pig tails in previous posts.

The open house featured Liddy Loo’s new line of spring fashions. Mandy’s mom, Judy catered the affair with some really sweet treats and we photographed our young guests in the new fashions for Liddy Loo’s catalog.

Liddy Loo Too Owner and Designer Mandy Ives

Cheesekake Lollipops by Judy Allen.  What can I say other than Mandy gets more than her red hair from her mom.

Victoria makes matching buttons and accessories for Liddy Loo’s clothing.  She’s been making her own clothing since she learned to sew as a child. Now she’s teaching our daughter how to make clothing, including ceramic accessories the way she learned.  Needless to say Lanie is very excited and fortunate to have the opportunity.

Isaiah, Maddie and Lydia (Liddy Loo)

Our Little Models in Liddy Loo Too Designs