Happy Easter, everyone …!!! What a beautiful weekend to come!
I just had to get this photo up seeing as this little guy’s gramma made this special Easter outfit for him …
Today the cutest, sweetest newborn visited me in the studio. 11 lbs. 1 oz. of pure beauty. Austin, you were such a good baby …. thank you for not even peeing on one blanket. 🙂
and another … just because he is too cute …. and because I love his hair … isn’t he gorgeous?!
Oh so stinkin’ gorgeous!
I read once that you love food photography and you do a wonderful job! I’m passing along this link I found because I’m always reading just a little more about what I love…
http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/2011/01/ten-important-things-ive-learned-about-food-photography/
Enjoy!
Happy Easter to you and your family.
Love, Heather
What a cutie!!!! I love his chubbiness and that outfit is adorable!!!
Gillian, you are truly an amazing photographer and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for once again working your magic with one of my grandbabies..and you caught his cheeks perfectly lol. THANK YOU!!
Ohhh my gooooodness! He is the sweetest thing ever!!!!! And that bunny outfit……LOVE!! Great photos! Happy Easter 2 you & yours!!!!
Austin is the sweetest! Love him so much and you captured his sweetness to a tee… Awesome job again! So precious xoxoxoxoxo
love the easter outfit
You know it’s been a good day when you hear your girls reading (or trying to read, for some – it’s a learning process) together while you fold little piles of laundry …
… you smile when you see this adorable little poodle bum ….
… you find time to perfect your child’s vision with a pair of fashionable reading glasses …
[They are going to be all the rage. I just know it.]
and you end the day with super-silly-fun-foamy bath paints for tub time …
Would you like the recipe for the bath foam paints? I know you do – because I already got quite a few e-mails and facebook comments from the quick i-phone pic I posted of the bath paints … 🙂 so, grab a pen and get ready because the directions are super complicated!! 😉
Okay.
1) Buy a bottle of shaving cream.
2). Squirt it in a container and add a teensy-weensy-bit of food colouring.
3) Mix. And that’s it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Give your kids a paint brush and watch them paint the town … I mean, tub.
So very. thankful. Thankful for every day, especially for the good days …
“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself:
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet.
I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
– Groucho Marx
by Gigi
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You are so brilliant I am trying this tonight…. gorgeous photos!!!!
Cool!!! Will have to do that, one time when they are visiting. I’m sure Grampa won’t mind …. I will have to stock up on shaving cream! 😀
How do you come up with all these fun things to do ALL THE TIME? It’s very impressive and the girls obviously have a blast & learn at the same time. <3
Wow!!!!!!!
What a CUPCAKE sale!!!! I am still so excited about the results from yesterday’s big huge Cupcake Sale for the Cupcake Kids of SixtyFeet. You guys are amazing to help support such an awesome, beautiful cause!
Okay, so first let me just say this was SO MUCH FUN – it was so wonderful to involve my girls in helping others, showing them how they can be little kids with BIG hearts for God and others!
First on Thursday, we started the baking. We baked up a STORM!
The girls were so excited to do the decorating!
We had some amazing helpers – especially my mother-in-law, our Gramma ‘Cottage’ (as the girls call her). She stuck around and helped with the entire baking and decorating and CLEANUP process (that was a very messy part!)…
We were OVERFLOWING with chocolate cupcakes! We literally ran out of room for anymore! We baked the chocolate, my friend Tabitha baked the red velvet, my friend Leanne baked the vanilla, and my friend, Nicole, baked the vanilla bean! We had over 1,000 cupcakes to sell!!
To one little girl, it was pretty much HEAVEN!
… more handiwork …. all decorated with LOVE!
and then Friday morning, we set out the cupcake sign (Thank you, Chris, for the balloons and all your help during the day!!) and the sale began! It was literally SO BUSY I didn’t get a chance to take pictures during the sale – the studio was non-stop with cupcake customers picking up their orders and walk-ins coming to taste the amazing cupcakes … it was INSANE but wonderful!!! [Nicole of Cutie Pies, and her daughter, Rylee, were here doing the sale with us as well, but as I said, it was SO SUPER busy that I didn’t get a chance to take my camera out DURING the sale and I failed to get a photo of them … (Boo!) but make sure you hop over to her blog and read all about her experience with the cupcake sale, as well!]
We had a table of Calorie Free Cupcake Goodies for purchase, as well ….
A big thank you to all the amazing businesses who supported this cause – we literally had so many – you guys were wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! And you will be blessed for your amazing efforts!!!
Lucia, getting ready to sell the cupcakes! [These delicious ones were made by Tabitha of Yum Yum Desserts and her boys – they couldn’t be there that day but they sure did help with a lot of the baking!]
We had over 1,000 cupcakes to sell …..
and we sold EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF THEM in less than six hours!!!!!!!!
I think the girls did a pretty good job … 🙂
Gramma Gauthier and Lovelyn on quality control …
My awesome gramma and mom were here to help too! We couldn’t have done it without the helpers!!!
now … do you want to know the total????????
Our kids raised a total of:
How amazing is that?!?!? SERIOUSLY! Oh so blessed by those numbers!!!
How will that help the children of Uganda? Let’s break it down so you can see in your mind …
$2,843.84 will provide…
…1,425 healthy meals…
…school fees for 407 children for a month…
…570 new Bibles…
…380 blankets…
…medical care for 475 children…
…114 new mattresses…
…25 new beds…
…6 months salary for in country staff member…
…and lots of love, hope, and encouragement!!!!
If that doesn’t bring tears to your eyes, I don’t know what will!!!
THANK YOU for helping our little kids have big hearts for others!! If you want to host your own cupcake sale for the children of Africa, you can! This one was the first one in Canada – let’s have many more to come!!
by Gigi
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That’s so fantastic! Way to go girls!
They look so good I wish you could email me one through the computer right now 🙂
Gillian- that last picture is so timeless. I love the look of absolute pride on your mom’s face. And rightly so- she has a lot to be proud of! Congratulations!!!!
My little girl, Charley, was soooooo excited to be able to come out and buy some cupcakes (and of course a Sassy Sweet Pea bow)! You and your family did such an amazing job for such a great cause! And the cupcakes were delicious!!! Can’t wait for the next one 🙂
Fantastic Gillian! You must be so proud of your girls.
A fabulous job & the pictures are amazing. Well done! I LOVE the girls’ personalised cupcake tops!
You should all be so proud! This will bless those children with so many things!
I would LOVE for you to grow this into a HUGE annual event to help Africa! I am sure I speak for many folks in saying we’d love to help out if we can…
God bless all of you for your hard work. You were Jesus’ hands yesterday <3
SO PROUD of you all!!! xo
Thank you so much! The cupcakes where awesome. Money well spent to a great cause. And thank you for going out of your way to find me extra cupcakes!
May God bless and keep you always~
Thank you, thank you, thank you all!! You have been such a blessing to The Cupcake Kids and SixtyFeet. I’m so honored to call you friends/sisters in Christ!
Big Hugs!
Joy
PS – my favorite pic is the one of the four girls…priceless!
WOW Absolutely Amazing!!! To know that our ‘small’ town can make such a HUGE impact on people hundreds of miles away<3 I was so happy to be a part of this movement…can't wait for more to come! WAY 2 GO GIRLZ & BOYS!!!!! <3
What a great experience for your girlies to do good works in Jesus’ name! My mum was excited to tell me all about it and left two boxes of cupcakes here for our kids. Thanks!
That’s amazing Gillian! You guys did an outstanding job, and you must be so proud!
What a beautiful thing you did!!! Congrats to you ladies!!
They look so yummy!!!
AMAZING!!!! And for such a great cause.
WOW !!! THAT IS SOOO FANTASTIC !!! Congratulations to all of you for such a successful fundraiser !!!
Truly amazing! You have blessed so many orphans with your efforts and love! Way to be the hands and feet of Jesus, you are all shining examples. 🙂
P.S. LOVE the t-shirts!
Over 600 cupcakes. Who would’ve thought we could do it but we did!!
WHAT A DAY!!! We baked up a STORM!!!!!!!!! I’ve never baked so much in my entire life and I know some of the gals baking are JUST finishgin up their last few batches of cupcakes and cupcake cookies for tomorrow’s Cupcake Kids sale! Crrrrrrrrrrrazy!
But you know what? It’s all for an amazing cause! We are so blessed to live in Canada, in a country where health care is free and where children can go to school and learn and eat healthy meals at home and play safely in the streets. Time to take those blessings and help others, guys!
Show up tomorrow, fill your cupcake void with these yummy treats and help out an amazing cause all at the same time!
The details?
Where: 12 York Street (Gigi Photography)
Cost: donations! Please give what your heart tells you to give!
Cause: to help the imprisoned, orphaned children in Uganda, to better their lives through SixtyFeet.
When: Friday from 10-4 (TOMORROW!)
Do not miss out! We have baked LOTS of extras JUST for you!! See you there?
by Gigi
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