HAPPY SPRING! I have lots of GREAT NEWS! The final touches on the TEXAS studio are happening this week! I am officially taking TX appointments starting April 5th… JUST in time for EASTER! I’ve also planned a quick spring trip to Tampa next week and will be scheduling limited appointments on March 31st and April 1st. If you are interested in scheduling or details, shoot me an email! alycia@alyciaalvarezphotography.com
…JULIAN!! The Cutie Contest had over 6,500 total votes and topping off at a grand total of 2,537 VOTES, Baby Julian is the GRAND winner of the free session, 11×14, Custom Everything bag and 50% off all prints! CONGRATULATIONS!
Because of all the great entries and HUGE response, I decided to award 2nd and 3rd prizes too! So CONGRATS also to Baby Wyatt who placed 2nd and Baby David who placed 3rd. These little guys will also get a free session and an Everything Bag!
The studio is closer to being done and the grand opening will be next month! To say THANKS to all the contestants, everyone who entered can schedule a session for only $99 which will include the session and also an Everything bag! ($322 value!) Stay tuned for news and upcoming specials… I plan to run more fun contests in the future!
First off… HUGE apologies for not getting this posted yesterday… I am in the middle of a HUGE move to my new “digs” and it took longer than I anticipated. At any rate, as a “redemption”, everyone who has entered will receive a $25 gift certificate towards a future session, regardless of the final winner! 
And so now… drum ROLL, please….. Here they are! SOOO many “cuties”!! The WINNER with the MOST votes will receive a FREE Keller STUDIO portrait session, a custom “My EVERYTHING Bag”, a fully retouched and mounted 11×14 and 50% off any additional prints.
Rules are simple… Vote HERE for your favorite, using their name/number from below. One VOTE per IP address. Spread the word! Voting ends this Sunday, January 23rd.
On your MARK, GET set! GO!! GOOD LUCK!
Here’s a few of the entries for the CUTIE PATOOTIE CONTEST I’m running this week! You can’t vote for them until next Monday, so if you haven’t entered your own CUTIE, you still have time to get them in to me! I’m sure glad I’m not voting because it would be hard to choose!!
The WINNER with the MOST votes will receive a FREE Keller STUDIO portrait session, a custom “My EVERYTHING Bag”, a fully retouched and mounted 11×14 and 50% off any additional prints.
Rules to ENTER
1. Email a NON professional picture of your little one (ages 0 [maternity] to 12 years) to alycia@alyciaalvarezphotography.com by Friday, January 14th.
2. ONE picture per entry (however, if you have more than one *cutie*, they can all be in ONE picture if you prefer)
3. ONE winner per household (can be photographed together with siblings)
4. ONE vote per IP address
5. Images will be posted on the blog using your image and the “first name”. Image with the most votes will win the free session and print!
6. The official voting will begin on Monday, January 17th and end Sunday, January 23rd.
On your MARK, GET set! GO!! GOOD LUCK!
Here’s some entries so far… OFFICIAL ENTRIES will ALL be posted by Monday and VOTING will begin! Hurry! There’s still time to enter! Good luck!!
I’ve been photographing Miss “O” for years! I adore watching the kiddos grow up right before my eyes! It’s the LOVE of my LIFE!! Miss “O” has a bit of “MISS THANG” in her and she CRACKS me up!
First of all, I’ve been photographing her since she was LITTLE BITTY!
These are from our first session YEARS ago….. awwww!
Of course they finally moved to *MY* neighborhood just as I moved to Texas… I love THEIR new house! Gorgeous!
ADORABLE!!! One of my ALL time FAVS of MISS O! Love the TOOTH growing IN! 
I LOVE when I get to see how my *ART* is displayed in my clients homes!
Ok! FUNNY story! THIS cracks me UP!! We did this album as a surprise for her Daddy for Father’s Day in 2009… Later, Miss O changed her mind on an answer and “scribbled it OUT” with a MARKER!
The question was… “What are daddy’s made of”… her answer at the time was… “skin”… adorable! Fast forward. She no longer likes this answer. Takes the book. SCRIBBLES it out and puts “LOVE” with a MARKER… (followed by “that’s not what my daddy is made of.”) CLASSIC. I adore this! Miss O has added a whole new “element” to how much I love these “Kid QUOTE” sessions!!
Here’s the ENTIRE ALBUM: Happy Father’s Day!
My “job” is the greatest! I cherish it! I love you Miss O and your gorgeous family!!
Here’s a few of the entries for the CUTIE PATOOTIE CONTEST I’m running this week! You can’t vote for them until next Monday, so if you haven’t entered your own CUTIE, you still have time to get them in to me! I’m sure glad I’m not voting because it would be hard to choose!!
TAYLOR & TATUM
JAYLEE & LANDRY
OWEN
MIA
JUSSIAH
GAGE
CHRISTINA
ABAGAYLE
RUBY
COLTON TRAN
The WINNER with the MOST votes will receive a FREE Keller STUDIO portrait session, a custom “My EVERYTHING Bag”, a fully retouched and mounted 11×14 and 50% off any additional prints.
Rules to ENTER
1. Email a NON professional picture of your little one (ages 0 [maternity] to 12 years) to alycia@alyciaalvarezphotography.com by Friday, January 14th.
2. ONE picture per entry (however, if you have more than one *cutie*, they can all be in ONE picture if you prefer)
3. ONE winner per household (can be photographed together with siblings)
4. ONE vote per IP address
5. Images will be posted on the blog using your image and the “first name”. Image with the most votes will win the free session and print!
6. The official voting will begin on Monday, January 17th and end Sunday, January 23rd.
On your MARK, GET set! GO!! GOOD LUCK!
In honor of the Keller, Texas GRAND opening in February, Alycia Alvarez Photography is having a Cutie Patootie CONTEST!
The WINNER with the MOST votes will receive a FREE Keller STUDIO portrait session, a custom “My EVERYTHING Bag”, a fully retouched and mounted 11×14 and 50% off any additional prints.
Because I’m super excited about getting things KICKED off HERE in TEXAS, there will also be some random giveaways too! Get Excited! Spread the WORD!
Rules to ENTER
1. Email a NON professional picture of your little one (ages 0 [maternity] to 12 years) to alycia@alyciaalvarezphotography.com by Friday, January 14th.
2. ONE picture per entry (however, if you have more than one *cutie*, they can all be in ONE picture if you prefer)
3. ONE winner per household (can be photographed together with siblings)
4. ONE vote per IP address
5. Images will be posted on the blog using your image and the “first name”. Image with the most votes will win the free session and print!
6. The official voting will begin on Monday, January 17th and end Sunday, January 23rd.
On your MARK, GET set! GO!! GOOD LUCK!
Well, I must admit, 2010 is over and I couldn’t be more ready for 2011! Last year was a challenging year for me and my family for many reasons. Today, on January 1st, 2011, I’m filled with a new energy and spirit and look forward to all life has to offer. As always, I tend to make my new year “resolutions”… some will be easier than others, no doubt, but one of them is to kick start this neglected blog into HIGH gear! I have lots of new ideas for the new year and I’m excited to share them with everyone in the coming weeks and months.
I decided to share a mini 2010 recap…
The year started with a BIG move from Florida to Texas. This was a big mix of emotions. I grew up a “military brat” and lived all over the South, however, I really considered Tampa “home” after 7 years.
We’re finally feeling more “settled” into our new little Texas town and will actually be moving to a new house about 5 minutes away in the next week or so! I’m excited for the new place, but I am dreading the boxing and I must confess that I’ve recently been approached about being the next star of “Hoarders”! haha! I kid! I kid! (tho, don’t ask any of my friends who helped me box up the first time and and questioned if they were supposed to bag my “decoration beach sand”…. um, YEA?? duh! I brought it back from Anguilla and Tobago! haha!)
On a serious note… While I know I am extremely blessed that I have grown up having all four of my grandparents my entire life, two passed away this year. My maternal grandpa Baker died in May. A World War II and Korea military veteran, he was such a sweet, sensitive & caring man.
Then in September, my beautiful little Grandma Savage passed away as well. She was a firecracker military wife who raised five kiddos including my dad.
They are missed by so many….
Onto another “mixed” event… I finally had neck surgery in September to repair a ruptured disk which had collapsed and was pinching a nerve to my right arm/hand. I was in a hard neck collar for several weeks and unable to drive or work at the computer. Those of you who know me, know I don’t sit STILL very well, so it was a LONG 6 weeks! I tried to take it in stride and took on the “Savage Stormtrooper” attitude!
I’m on the mend these days, but I am the new “bionic woman” with a titanium plate and screws in my neck. Amazing what science can do these days!
On the subject of science and technology… on the flip side, I’ve been having quite the war with computers, servers and iPhones! I went through 3 iPhones this year between cracking one, dropping one in my cup of Sprite and then finally a waiter spilled a HUGE glass of Diet Coke on me and my phone (luckily it was time for the iPhone 4 upgrade on that disaster!)
In addition, I’ve been fighting with “spam” and servers and computers all year it seems. It was almost a blessing in disguise when my computer just finally decided to DIE last month and force me to start from scratch. Although it’s a pain to reinstall everything and serial numbers, it’s sort of refreshing to have it all “clean” again.
On a side note… I always have my files backed up on external drives, however, I’m also now using a new company for online backup called Carbonite. It’s only about $55 a year and will back up your computer including your pictures! I know I have lots of clients who don’t back up their snapshots or print them, so be sure you have some form of backup!
In summary… I’m really looking forward to 2011! I’ve got lots of new ideas and plans that I am excited about so stay tuned!!
Last night while driving, I pulled over to take this picture. This was the last sunset of 2010 and it was breathtaking. I went to sleep last night feeling blessed and excited for all 2011 has to offer. I wish you all a wonderful and amazing year!
Be sure to check back to see the latest updates. I’ll be posting some of my past sessions that I loved but never got the chance to post, some upcoming specials, new products, new speaking dates all around the country, specific Tampa dates for 2011 and more! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Long time no BLOG! whew! This has been a crazy crazy year and all I can say in summary is BRING ON 2011!!
Be ready for lots of new blog posts in the New Year and lots of new ideas and specials! With my Keller, Texas studio GRAND opening just around the corner in January, you may want to take advantage of DOUBLE DOLLAR DAYS! Through December 31st, you can purchase a certificate for half the price! Certificates will be good for NEW studio sessions in my new Keller studio from March through August 2011 and valued up to $600! ($300 cost!)
I hope you all have a wonderful HOLIDAY season with your friends and family and a very Merry Christmas from my home to YOURS! And for my AMAZING Tampa peeps… stay tuned! 2011 dates are in the WORKS!
… well, maybe that’s EXTREME! haha!
I must admit I’ve been a really bad blogger in the past many months. Most of you know the main reason is due to my health issues, all surrounding a bad disk in my neck. I am officially packing my bags and heading to surgery in the next 45 minutes and hope to be a new woman!
I have to admit, the idea of having my very own “cadaver” bone doesn’t thrill me (yes! you read that right! Trust me, I watch CSI and forensic files, so the doc & I had to have a nice long conversation about this topic. ACK!), however, the metal plate and screws are sure to make me BIONIC! (either that or beep going through airport security?).
So on this note, thank you so very much for all the well wishes and prayers. I am anxious to have all feeling restored in my right arm and be out of pain. I’ll be back to my old bloggin’ self in NO time! I’ll try to post an update SOON!
(oh, and on a side note, NEVER try to “you tube” your upcoming surgery if you are squeamish! Lesson learned. JIMINY! LOL!)
