LISA SHELTON!!!

WooHoo! Congrats, LIsa! I will be in contact with you to give you your very own KitchenAid Decal set from Custom Kitchen Couture!

The rest of you, have no fear, there will be more contests and giveaways in the future!! IN FACT, Heather Lynn Photographie has just branched out to a new studio space, exclusively offering BOUDOIR and PIN-UP photography complete with hair and make-up! To jump start this venture, we are giving away a session {includes 90 minute session, disc of 20 images, hair styling, and make-up!} But you have to go to TraLaOohLaLa.com to find out how you can enter! Again, there are 3 ways to enter this giveaway and chances are VERY good for those who participate!! So what are you waiting for!??

A winner will be chosen on February 7th…you have 3 possible entries:

1} Become a FAN of TraLa Ooh LaLa on Facebook

2}Refer TraLa Ooh LaLa page on your profile

3} Leave a comment on the TraLa Ooh La La  BLOGSITE or our Facebook Fanpage

{Contest runs between February 1-7th! Winner will be announced on this Site and on our Fan Page!}

Thanks to ALL of you who are participating! I am really enjoying giving things away

xoxo ~Heather

{sorry ladies, this one’s all mine!}

Many people ask me if I have decals on my mixer…I actualyl picked this design and Nicole Dinardo painted it to match my kitchen!  It’s a one of a kind, but guess what…Nick saw that this design was super popular, so she made a simple solution and started making Decals for those of you that want  your mixer to look fabulous like this, without getting a custom paint job! Behold, Custom Kitchen Couture!!

I get to do a lot of the photography for  this business, and am one of their biggest fans, so I’d like to Give Away a Premier Damask Decal Set to dress up your own KA Mixer {from Custom Kitchen Couture by Un Amore}!!

There are 3 ways you can enter to WIN this giveaway for a total of THREE entries:

1. Leave a Comment here on this BLOG saying something that will make me smile

2. Leave a Comment at our Heather Lynn Photographie Facebook Fanpage {just mention this giveaway!}

3. Leave a Comment on Custom Kitchen Couture’s Facebook Fanpage {and remember to mention this giveaway!}

KitchenAid Mixer shown is NOT included, you can WIN the DECALS and apply then to your own mixer!!! Up to 3 entries per account/ip address. Winner will be announced February1st on this BLOG, so check back to see if you’ve won!!

Comment Contest Ends January 31st!!

READY…..GO!!!!!

I recently had the brilliant idea to have a Baking themed birthday party for my 12-year-old. My blossoming young tween wanted a baking-ice-skating-painting-dance-slumber party…so we compromised and I let her have a few friends over the night before to participate in the preparations for her Baking Slumber Party!! Part of the “party” was in the experience of making all of the cake-pops and cookies the night before, together.

The girls had a blast {and I almost had a nervous breakdown with all that was going on at once, at volume 12, until 2 am…} We had lots and lots of help from my fabulous mixer {custom painted by the amazing Un Amore Designs} and I think the girls just liked having turns using it {I know it inspires ME to bake!!}. Bright and early in the morning, before the party, the girls made decorations with cupcake liners, and party favors with Cookies in a Jar. We even had time to mold edible PhotoBooth Props {lips and mustaches on a stick!}. My favorite touch!

I provided ideas and inspiration, and everything was homemade by the girls except the aprons! I really wanted to make those myself, but I am no wonder-woman…so I hired the wonder-woman at Rockin Bobbin to make my over-the-top adorable aprons and hat flowers {just got the chef hats at Micheals!} My youngest girls even got to dress up and be a part of the party! They all had the best time I could have ever imagined!! It was totally worth the hours spent on Pinterest and sleepless night with a house-full of aspiring Bakerellas

This last few months has been flooded with adorable little mini-sessions and family-fun galore!! I have been doing Holiday sessions like you would not believe, and I have had a blast! I love being part of making family memories and telling a story of who you are and what your family is about!! I was completely touched by the Schwab family that is fighting {and beating} Cancer. This photoshoot was a Celebration of Life and every single moment we have together!! Heck-yeah. Hope. Love. Life. This is what it’s all about, and these families of lovers and fighters are so lucky to know how precious life is. This New Year, I am totally going to smile bigger, love deeper, live louder and dance harder.

So, I have always been a crafty momma. I like making gifts and pretty things.  I used to scrap-book with my girlfriends, and set up scenes to photograph just for a page, and spend hours creating the perfect homemade birthday invitations…ok, I still do that, but I have totally been consumed with working and going, going going, that I had to remind myself that I’m not just a photographer. I’m a mom, an artist, I like to dress up, dance, I like to cook, I like to create crafts and plan parties!!! So, with a little help from my new BFF Pinterest, I have been categorizing those ideas and actually doing them!! This Fall season, I have taken back my inner house-mom and I got crafty, I dressed up for Holloween, I find new things to do every day! Take a look at some of my Pinterest Inspired craftiness! If you aren’t already a Pinterester, you may not be addicted yet…that’s ok, you will be soon, and you can Follow my Pins HERE!!

I really had a great time dressing up with my girls this Holloween! My favorite was my little Audrey Hepburn in her tutu from Bee Bops and Lollipops {I didn’t have to buy a thing for our costumes since I already had the tutu!}. I had a lot of fun as Rosie the Riveter too:) {my other girls went as I love Lucy and I Dream of Genie}.

After trick-or treating, we made roasted pumpkin-seeds…3 Kinds! Cinnamon, Salted Caramel, and Traditional Sea Salt!

We also totally had to try recycling old crayons into new fun-shaped rainbow crayons! All three of my kids loved this!!

We also made these decorations for the door! This ribbon wreath and pumpkin ideas can also be found on Pinterest! I am inspired every time I sign in, but I always find a way to put my own little creative twist on things Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

Krissy and Scott had one of the CUTEST weddings I have ever photographed! It was stylized by the amazing Adrian Perry & Aubrey Michaelis…and I just adore the Orange and Gray color scheme!! The photo-fun-booth went perfectly with the pinwheels and DIY theme!  They had timeless flowers by Sublime Stems & a Cupcake tower by Simply Sweet Cupcakes {this was  the icing on the cake}! SO beautiful and DELICIOUS!! I wouldn’t have changed one single thing about this wedding, I just loved everything about it, right down to the stunning candy table complete with monogram touches! The Hollywood Schoolhouse is an amazing venue with a vintage feel and great light!! It really seems like everything was planned perfectly for pictures because there were details and thoughtful touches everywhere!! I was in heaven Enjoy a few images of one of my all time favorite weddings to photograph!!

Venue: The Hollywood Schoolhouse
Dress: I Do bridal in Seattle
Hair/Makeup: Salon Maison
Photographer: Heather Lynn Photographie
Flowers: Sublime Stems
Cupcakes: Simply Sweet Cupcakes
DJ: Wave Link
Day-of coordinators: Aubrey Michaelis and Adrian Perry

 This Burlap and Lace wedding was a phenomenal wedding. Not only because the bride and groom have amazingly great taste, or because of the fabulous design and coordination by Jenny Keller Designs, or even because of it’s spectacular location at the gorgeous Hidden Meadows in Snohomish…this day was a photographer’s dream for sooo many reasons!! Lovely overcast weather, designs and details galore, a beautiful couple so in love and so happy…but some of the details that made this wedding so magnificent could not be planned! Just days earlier, the mother-of-the-bride fell and broke her hip, and was unsure how she could possibly attend her daughter’s wedding! How do you not let something like this dampen your spirits!?? Well, you just don’t, you pray for a miracle, and you hope for the best! That’s exactly what Tamara and Steven did. They were happy, hopeful, and in love. Those prayers paid off, because Tamara’s mother made it to the wedding right out of surgery, specially delivered by ambulance and escorted by some very special medics! You can read more about this story in the Herald.net! It’s wedding days like this that make you truly believe in love and miracles. I feel so blessed to be a part of this spectacular wedding and document the beauty and joy in this most perfect day!! Enjoy some of the images from this Burlap and Lace wedding! I personally am in LOVE with the dessert table and photo booth!!

Some of you may know about Nicole Dinardo of Un Amore Custom Designs…she’s kind of a big deal. I am honored to call her a friend, and to get to photograph this little vixen at work! If you don’t already know, Nic is the mastermind behind custom painted Kitchen Aid mixers. Does it get any more fabulous?? Nic has been featured in 425 Magazine, and the Food Network, with her custom mixers sitting in the homes of  celebrities such as Britney Spears, Khloe Kardashian, and The Pioneer Woman – Ree Drummand! Of course, I also had to get my hands on one of these collector pieces of art -you guessed it – Tiffany Blue with Damask embellishments {my fave!}. If you want one of your very own you’ll have to visit Nic at her fabulous shop in Snohomish or online…OR you can WIN your own from The Pioneer Woman! That’s right, Ree Drummond is having a giveaway on her blog today, so now is your chance to get the ultimate kitchen status symbol!!

This one’s all mine…

Once again, I have to catch up on blogging, I have just been soo busy working, living life and…well, working and enjoying life pretty much sums it up! It took me a few days to catch up on sleep after capturing this little miracle one early morning! There is no greater honor for me than to be asked to be part of a moment such as this. The moment your child is born. Why wouldn’t you capture this event to relive for a lifetime? We capture weddings and birthdays, family vacations, but what about the day you welcome your child into the world?? Simply priceless. I love this family and would have been there for this moment at any cost. I am humbled and thrilled that they love me as well, enough to invite me to share in this priceless event. You can’t rewind time, but you CAN relive a moment!! Enjoy these images of this amazing little miracle

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Rhonda & Guy are a classic couple who had a classic wedding. They had their wedding at The Grand Willow in Mt. Vernon on one of the ONLY beautiful days in April! The Tulip Festival was going on at the same time, so between the sunshine and tulips, we had the perfect setting for this gorgeous wedding day {once we all got through the tulip traffic}!! Once Keith and I got to the venue, we were thrilled to see all of the great details and colors! Guy & Rhonda had of my favorite things EVER,  Damask accents  and personalized Jones Sodas!!  This wedding was so much fun to be a part of!! Keith did some video for the wedding too, and we are just so excited to combine my still shots with his video to make the perfect combo! Here’s a little sneak peek of the day!