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Holiday Order and Delivery Schedule To ensure that you have your gift in hand on or before 12/24/2008: - Regular (non-rush) orders for prints (excludes all 3rd party items which are clearly indicated on our product list which is below every photo) placed by the end of the day on 12/6 will be ready for pickup on or before 12/24. If we're shipping allow another 3-4 days.
- Rush orders for prints (excludes all 3rd party items which are clearly indicated on our product list which is below every photo) placed by the end of the day on 12/19 will be ready for pickup on or before 12/24. If we're shipping allow another 3-4 days.
- 4"x8" photo cards ordered by 12/14 should arrive at our studio by 12/24.
Or you can give the gift of choice and give a Photo Pass ($50 minimum). Photo Passes are always available - at the studio by appointment or online. Click here to go to the Gift Photo Pass information and ordering page.
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Our grand (re)opening was wonderful! To everyone who attended (we estimate about 90) we say Thank You! It was great to see you and to feel your support as we shared our celebration of our new space. If you didn't get to come by, we're sorry and we missed you! For everyone, it was so much fun that we're planning to make this an annual event!  Photo courtesy of Jaqi Christopher
View of the outside of the studioWe were honored to have the mayor (John Johnson), the superintendent of our school district (Joe Schroeder), the executive director of our chamber (Kathy Chiaverotti), the president of our chamber (Terri Lewis) our alder-person (Traci Snead) to help us (Roger, Tammy, Ryan, Aidan, my mom and dad) cut the ribbon.  Photo courtesy of Jaqi Christopher
Ribbon being cut by Mayor Johnson, Tammy and Carol
Tammy's sister (my daughter) Nikki and Sophia (granddaughter) were able to attend the ribbon cutting along with several members of the Chamber's board and ambassadors and some of our BNI friends. All in all the ribbon cutting started the festivities with great ceremony. Then Tammy and I performed our 5 minute commercial (it has some funny moments about snoring, farting and nakedness - all in a "P" rated performance) with a champagne toast.  Photo courtesy of John Schlintz (my dad)
Champagne Toast
After that we saw around 90 friends, family and clients (who have become friends) stop in to share a moment of our celebration. For those who don't know... Tammy owns Touch of Health Massage, the 2nd of the "Studios 2" and this was her celebration too! See more about her practice at www.TouchOfHealth.biz. The whole evening was a celebration with gratitude. We can't wait to see all of you again!
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It's been so long (53 days to be precise) since I've had (or "taken" some would say) the time to blog, that I hardly know where to begin. So how about some statistics?
Since I last wrote we've photographed 29 high school graduates, 5 families/professionals, 28 dogs (27 of them German Shepherds), 2 volleyball matches, 4 football games, and 2 weddings (one was an emergency wedding). We've also celebrated 5 family birthdays (from 2 years to 32 years). And we've processed 92 orders - meaning we retouched, cropped, printed and packaged each order.
Whew!
Now we're looking froward to our Grand Opening/Open House at our new location. We're celebrating with everyone who will join us (yes, that means you!) on Friday, October 10, 2008. Festivities start at 4:30 PM with a ribbon cutting and continue from there to a rich buffet featuring many dips (from Tastefully Simple) with chips/crackers, shrimp (3 ways), a hot pork loin marinated and slow-cooked tender, a shish kabob bar (come early for this as we're cooking to order for a short time), desert, soda-beer-wine and tea. I'm sure I've missed something, so just join us any time after 4:30 to see and taste what's really there - and to help us revel in the space we've created.
See you Friday!
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What a great show! And an awesome experience for our children. Bravo to the Missoula Children's Theater directors, the wonderful cast of young people, the parents and volunteers and to the sponsor: Muskego Performing Art Council. Bravo! Here's a collage we made for the Directors as a Thank You gift. Enjoy it and then click on it to go to the gallery. This week we'll be creating the memory book of the performance!  The performance photos are now published. Enjoy!
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One more show ski nationals under our belt marks the coming end of the 2008 show ski season. It's probably a good thing, as this morning's air temperature at the Lake Wazeecha tournament site in Wisconsin Rapids was only 44 degrees! More than one competitor awaited their next act while wet and shivering. Again this year we were the official photographers
at the Indmar Marine Engines Division I Show Ski
National
Championships.
Originally destined to be held at the Rock Aqua Jays site in Janesville, the floods that occurred earlier this year forced a last minute move to Wisconsin Rapids. The Rock Aqua Jays teamed up with the Wisconsin Rapids Aqua Skiers to host a very successful event which featured skiers vying for individual national titles as well as 14 teams competing to be tops in the nation. Our sincere thanks and congratulations go out to each competitor, team, judge and official ... this was a great event!
This is the height of the graduation photo season in our
studio, so we will balance those sessions with our processing and
posting, and proceed as quickly as we can! We'll be
publishing the photos in the same order as performed:
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Once again this year we were invited to be the official photographers at the eighth annual Indmar Marine Engines Division II Show Ski National
Championships which were held Saturday and Sunday in Warsaw, Ind. Hosted
by the Lake City Skiers, the tournament featured six teams competing
for the Division II show ski national title, as well as many contenders for individual titles. This is the height of the graduation photo season in our
studio, so we will balance those sessions with our processing and
posting, and proceed as quickly as we can! We'll be
publishing the photos in the following order:
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Once again this year we were invited to photograph the Wisconsin State 3-Event Tournament. What a great weekend of skiing. The weather was awesome
and the skiers great company - what could be better?! This is the height of the graduation photo season in our
studio, so we will balance those sessions with our processing and
posting, and proceed as quickly as we can! We'll be
publishing the photos in the following order:
Due to a big project, the only progress made on the 28th was Jim's Jump. After a few years of not jumping, our exalted Safety Director landed a jump and made us all proud! So proud, that I had to publish his effort tonight. Way to go Jim!!!
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| The Holidays are Coming and We Can Help!
The holiday season is filled with family and friends, awe and wonder, and a reconnection with our generous spirit. It's also stressful, trying to keep up with the demands of our daily lives while making the time to visit with those we love and to gift them with something meaningful. How to choose!!??
Let us help! We've been working on a new program that provides a year of photography with a generous number of prints. And the best part of giving the gift of portraits is that the gift often gives back to the giver! Our program has 3 levels to fit your needs and budget. Click here to learn more!
 Here's another idea... Even though sessions held after 12/17 probably won't have prints ready for giving, we offer Photo Passes as gifts. Use yours for your prints and purchase more for giving to your family and friends so that they can select their portrait. Or have your Photo Pass total split onto a number of Photo Passes ($50 minimum please) for giving as gifts. Either way, you can have your portraits taken right up to the holiday and still have a gift to give.
New Photo Purses Now Available!
To see samples of each bag, please visit our About Photo Bags page. Here are a few samples: Click here for our faq that includes prices! Call us at 262.679.7900 to order yours today. They make wonderful gifts! |
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