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  • Welcome to the Gigi Blog!

    Mother to six Little Women and Two Little Men. Married to a Happy Mortician. Caretaker to goats, chickens and many, MANY bunnies. Photographer. Homeschooler.Β Lover of Jesus, coffee & tea and all things pink & vintage.

The Icing on the cake.

Have you ordered your cupcakes yet for our Cupcake Kids sale?

If not, now is the time to send us your order! You can order your cupcakes by sending an e-mail to me at gillian@gigiphotography.com. Let us know what flavours you fancy:


vanilla bean with vanilla bean icing

old fashioned vanilla with pink (or another colour – you choose) icing

delicious chocolate with regular icing (indicate the colour, please)

Red Velvet with icing

You can also pre-order these adorable cupcake sugar cookies from Cutie Pies ….

Wondering how much they cost? Whatever you want to donate. It’s up to you.

There will be quite a few other cupcake-goodies availbale! You will not be disappointed!

You can pick up your order at 12 York Street from 10-4 p.m. We will have some extra cupcakes on hand, but to be sure you receive exactly what you want, a pre-order is best.

Speaking of cupcakes …. I have one of my very own right now. And I could just eat her up! This scrumptious hat is beautifully made by Eloise’s Hand Knits

… or how about a darling bunny? Seriously. Love these hats. And Lovie’s silly faces ….

Would you like a chance to win one of these adrable hats? Eloise has graciously offered to do a giveaway for one of her Bunny hats or an Upside Down Daisy hat.

To enter for your chance to win, all you have to do is leave a comment here on the blog and hop over and check out the rest of Eloise’s beautiful hats! I’ll draw a winner in a few days.

Happy Friday!

March 29, 2011 - 9:10 am

Carry These hats are so adorable and so is that sweet little one of yours!

March 29, 2011 - 2:21 am

Desiree I love those hats!

If only I lived nearby, I would love to order some of those delicious cupcakes and cookies. I have quite the sweet tooth πŸ™‚

March 28, 2011 - 10:56 pm

April Ware Love the hats! Sooooo cute! πŸ™‚

March 28, 2011 - 10:18 pm

Becky Just love your pics and all the amazing props you seem to come across i have a 3 week old baby boy that would look so sweet in one of the hats from Eloise hand knits

March 28, 2011 - 9:54 pm

LeAnne Your little girl is gorgeous!! Love your pics and love the hats!!

March 28, 2011 - 9:29 pm

Bronwen Oh I love the bunny hat – so cute!! Love the expression too πŸ™‚

March 28, 2011 - 9:16 pm

Jojo Smith I have FOUR yummy babies who would look DELICIOUS in one of your hats!!! What a gift you have – beautiful creations!!! πŸ™‚

March 28, 2011 - 8:45 pm

Erin Adorable, the hat & the baby!

March 28, 2011 - 4:57 pm

Kristine Love those adorable hats!

March 28, 2011 - 4:35 pm

Katie Cook I LOVE the hats, what a great job Eloise. I have my fingers crossed!!!

March 28, 2011 - 12:08 pm

Debbie The bunny ears are precious!!!!

March 28, 2011 - 11:12 am

Amie Love This!!

March 28, 2011 - 10:27 am

Anne These are the cutest hats ever!!! love them!

March 28, 2011 - 9:13 am

Michelle OMG I love the bunny hat…perfect for Easter!!

March 28, 2011 - 9:12 am

Eva Mende-Gibson OMG…! Absolutely ADORABLE hats! You are both incredibly talented women β™₯

March 27, 2011 - 10:35 pm

Natalie Grist These are so adorable! My Sophie would look so cute:)

March 27, 2011 - 10:13 pm

Jody Farkas The cupcake hat is so adoreable!!! I love different things!

March 27, 2011 - 10:03 pm

Devon Love the cute hats, I know a little cupcake who would love a new hat!!

March 27, 2011 - 9:24 pm

Erica t These are the most adorable hats!! What a great talent!!!

March 27, 2011 - 9:15 pm

Pam Breese I have a little cupcake on the way and I would love to win!

March 27, 2011 - 4:59 pm

Jenn OMG, I need one of those bunny hats for Corbie for the spring! Too cute!

March 27, 2011 - 12:01 am

Mich Gorgeous!! Both the hats and your sweet Lovie!!! I don’t know how you can resist eating her up all the time πŸ™‚ She is just too scrumptious πŸ™‚ xo

March 26, 2011 - 3:43 pm

Tara Love her little ‘bunny face’ in that hat…too cute. All the best with the cupcake sale. we live too far away πŸ™

March 26, 2011 - 10:43 am

Lori VERY cute! Little Love is rocking those hats!

March 26, 2011 - 9:18 am

Sherri Smith Man, you could sell all those hats, or anything for that matter, with this particular L modelling for you!

March 26, 2011 - 8:31 am

Nicole Those hats are way too cute! and little Lovie is just way too adorable….those eyes!!!

March 26, 2011 - 8:11 am

Julie The hats are way too cute (as is the adorable model!) :o)

March 26, 2011 - 8:04 am

Heather So adorable, pick me, oh please pick me, lol.

March 25, 2011 - 11:41 pm

Joyce She is so cute!

March 25, 2011 - 11:36 pm

Eloise Pranger So loving the picture’s of little Lovelyn!! My hat’s just accent her adorableness God’s little beauty.

Looking forward to making someone special a hat soon! Keep your comments coming to win!

March 25, 2011 - 11:19 pm

Hannah Campbell These hats are SO adorable!!!!

March 25, 2011 - 11:16 pm

kelly what amazing talent – all three of you πŸ™‚

March 25, 2011 - 10:35 pm

monica Love the pics

March 25, 2011 - 10:18 pm

Michelle These hats are ADORABLE! (and so is the cutie wearing them!)

March 25, 2011 - 10:14 pm

erynn These hats are just way too cute!!! The sweet face helps too. Super cute designs!

March 25, 2011 - 10:14 pm

Michelle Sweet hats would look adorable on my niece:)

March 25, 2011 - 10:07 pm

Kim Bovaird Beautiful hats, my little cupcake would look so cute in one!

March 25, 2011 - 9:57 pm

Jennifer Heemskerk Could totally see my sweet Evelyn wearing one of those cute little hats!;-)

March 25, 2011 - 9:41 pm

Eloise Pranger It is such a treat to see cutie Lovelyn in my hat’s thank you so much Gillian!!!! Looking forward to making a special hat for the winner of the contest!

March 25, 2011 - 9:33 pm

Rose:) Oh My Goodness…how cute are they!!!!

March 25, 2011 - 9:01 pm

Nancy absolutely the most adorable hats ever!!! <3

March 25, 2011 - 9:00 pm

Andrea A cute kid sporting a cute hat!

March 25, 2011 - 8:54 pm

Christine so cute

March 25, 2011 - 8:49 pm

Candace I love that bunny hat, so precious and it helps that the model is more precious than the hat. I love her little fingers….so straight

March 25, 2011 - 8:34 pm

Leanne moore Love these hats!! I’m Soooo looking forward to the cupcake hat I ordered for my Hannah bear!!

March 25, 2011 - 8:26 pm

Rachel absolutely gorgeous and what a little cutie patootie Lovelyn is!

March 25, 2011 - 8:25 pm

grandma Gerr Too too cute! xx

March 25, 2011 - 8:16 pm

Tabitha Awwww, too cute!!! I love the bunny ears!!!

March 25, 2011 - 8:16 pm

Heather Awe Lovie is the cutest !!!! I totally want those hats soo cute !!!!

Cupcak-a-licious!

Okay ……. here are the details you have all been waiting … the details I’ve been dying to post …

The details about our Big HUGE CUPCAKE KIDS SALE!

My four girls and I will be baking cupcakes, along with my friend, Nicole of Cutie Pies and her daughter, Rylee, and Tabitha of Yum Yum Desserts and her three boys, for this BIG HUGE CUPCAKE KIDS SALE!

ALL the money raised from this cupcake sale will go to help the imprisoned children of Africa. Plain and simple. No strings. No crazy details. Just all money raised will go help out these beautiful children who need our help. How? Click this link for more information. It explains everything you need to know.

They are just little kids with big hearts for God and the children of Africa.

Then on Friday, April 15th, here at the Gigi Photography studio, we will be SELLING these lovely cupcakes … for whatever price. For whatever cost. Whatever you decide to donate. How simple and easy is that?!

Do you need a visual of what some of these delicious cupcakes to help you decide how many you want? πŸ™‚

Look tasty enough?

Oh yes and five year old Rylee and her mom will be baking these up, as well, for the sale!

Too cute!

We DO need you to PRE-ORDER your cupcakes NOW so we can bake enough for all of you amazing poeple who I know will be coming out to help the children of Africa!

So here are the details on the cupcakes …

You can order:
Vanilla Bean with Vanilla Bean Icing

Old Fashioned Vanilla with pink Icing

Decadent Chocolate with pink icing (if you really want another color, let us know!)

Chocolate with chocolate icing

Orders come in individual cupcakes, 1/2 dozen or a dozen.


Please send your order to gillian@gigiphotography.com

Please write CUPCAKES! in your subject line.

Tell us which flavour you want and how many.

Show up on April 15th at 12 York Street to pick up and pay for your yummy cupcakes!

You can drop in and purchase cupcakes the day off, as well! But to ensure we have enough, we do appreciate a pre-order. πŸ™‚

There are also some amazing businesses who want to help out as well who will be showing up with some awesome, cute cupcake goodies to help support the cause …. so come expecting to see some adorable cupcake-goodness …! I’m hoping to list some of these amazing goodies soon!

So go – now! And pre-order your cupcake heaven and help out this amazing cause!!!

March 24, 2011 - 1:48 pm

Darleen I may be missing the link, but I cannot find where to pre-order and the address doesn’t say which city?
If you could point me to the pre-order link and where and how to get the cupcakes etc … would be wonderful

Thanks!!

March 20, 2011 - 5:16 am

Petra Totally worth jetting across from England just for a dozen of these beauties. You’re all doing a wonderful thing.

March 16, 2011 - 9:16 am

Sherri Smith I read about this on someone else’s blog as well. It’s quite the fundraiser! What a great thing for you to get your girls involved with. I’ll send you my order. <3

March 15, 2011 - 10:16 pm

Tabitha YUM YUM!!!

March 15, 2011 - 10:16 pm

Brenda (Gillian’s Mom) I am soooo looking forward to being there and helping out with the sales! What a great idea, Gillian and Nicole!! God bless you and the children of Africa!! xo

March 15, 2011 - 10:11 pm

NICOLE The photos look amazing Gillian! Rylee and I can’t wait…..this is going to be so much fun…..Eeeek:)

Little Man.

My good friend brought her adorable little guy for a few photos today … he’s just about a month older than Lovelyn and was one of our travelling companions when we went to Disney World. I just love this little cutie!

More to come of Mr. Anderson laterΒ  … but one for now …

March 16, 2011 - 6:41 pm

Brenda (Gillian’s Mom) Awh, he is sooo cute!!! And I LOVE his name!!!! He looks like Sonya too!!!

March 12, 2011 - 8:10 pm

Tracy Nevin Oh come on…any cutier would be a CRIME!!! LOVE IT!! xoxooxo

March 12, 2011 - 6:41 pm

Grandma Gerr What an adorable little guy! Great pic!

Cupcake Love.

Do you love cupcakes?

In this family …. we sure do!

Nothing can brighten a day like a cupcake can …

I also have a heart for children in need, especially in Africa … and I love to find ways where my kids can learn about helping others and spreading God’s love in this world!! And that is why my girls and I are going to hosting a “Cupcake Kids” bake sale

Yes – we’re going to be baking up a storm and will be selling these lovely little cupcakes with all the money raised going to help out the orphans in Uganda. How does it work? You can click here and read all about it.

I have approached a few local businesses to see if they will help with the baking and the decorating and so far, everyone has been AMAZING with their responses!Β  [I will post a list of the confirmed businesses as soon as all the details are firmed up.]

I’m still working out the details but mark Friday, April 15th on your calendars! I’m going to open up the studio and have my girls sell the cupcakes that day – with all the money going to help the children of Uganda. I’m so excited about this! And if things work out as planned, you will NOT want to miss out these awesome cupcakes to come!!

Do you want to do a cupcake sale too? You can!!!!!! Just visit The Cupcake Kids for more information and you can head up your own cupcake sale! And if you are a local baker and want to help out- please email me! We would love to include you in this Cupcake Sale!!

March 11, 2011 - 6:11 pm

Rebecca McLaren Great idea!!! I would love to help out, let me know!!!!

March 11, 2011 - 3:41 pm

Jennifer Heemskerk Wish I could grab through my screen and eat those! They look so scrumptious!

March 10, 2011 - 9:49 pm

Tara C What an amazing idea!!! I’m sure there will be a huge lineup outside πŸ™‚

March 10, 2011 - 9:41 pm

Tabitha Such a great idea Gillian!!! Awesome cause! Looking forward to being a part of it!

March 10, 2011 - 6:34 pm

Grandma Gerr What a great idea! Will be very successful!!!

March 10, 2011 - 5:22 pm

Teressa MMMMMMMMMMMMM yummy. This is a great cause I will be there to buy up a few dozen yummy cupcakes.

March 10, 2011 - 5:12 pm

Amy Rasmussen-Harry What a great Idea. I just love that.

March 10, 2011 - 4:56 pm

Brenda (Gillian’s Mom) What a superb idea!!! Great fun for the girls and great way to raised funds! Good going Gillian and Lacey and Lyla and Lucia and Lovelyn!! (and Abby LOL)

March 10, 2011 - 4:21 pm

Heather This is soo awesome, yummy cupcakes, great cause… FANTASTIC !!! I cannot wait to purchase cuppy-cakes that day !!! πŸ™‚

Who…

Look at the cutie ‘who’ visited the studio this week ….

She was just the sweetest thing ….

More to come later …

March 11, 2011 - 3:41 pm

Jennifer Heemskerk Love the little owl hat! So cute! Newborns just make my heart melt!

March 10, 2011 - 9:17 pm

Lori *precious*

March 9, 2011 - 11:37 pm

Kati SO beautiful! You never fail to amaze me πŸ™‚

March 9, 2011 - 8:04 pm

Amy Rasmussen-Harry Gillian, She is so adorable and you did a wonderful and great job.