Kailee Michelle Jarman is here!!!

Kailee Michelle Jarman is finally here. She was born on July 29th at 1:48 PM. She weighs 6 lbs 4 ounces and is 18 3/4 inches. She is absolutely gorgeous and looks just like her daddy!!! It has been a rough day because she came out having a hard time breathing so they took her straight to the ICU and has been there all day. We've been able to visit her and she is doing great... we hope that tonight we will be able to have her in the room with us.

I'm doing great and recovering well from the whole thing. I'm just so excited to get to hold my little baby girl!

I want to thank my very very good friend Rebeca Bouck for coming out and taking a few pictures for us. She just emailed me the picture above so I could blog it... it is gorgeous! Thank you Rebecca!!!

The two pictures below are of Kailee in the ICU. Stay tuned for more... but once we actually have her in the room I think that blogging is going to take a back burner for awhile... so it might be a little while!

Welcome to the world little miss Kailee Michelle!!!

Brand New Albums

Running a business is hard.... and especially when you are constantly trying to find the very best products for your clients!!!!

I have been with the same album company for almost 5 years now, but have been having some problems with them, so this last spring I set out to find a new album company who could give me a product that was gorgeous and was extreme quality! Albums are a family heirloom and should be treated that way, so I am so excited to announce that I have finally found a company that I trust and I am so excited to start offering their albums to my clients.

Meredith and Ernie were the first clients who got to try this album and when I got it into the studio I was so impressed and stunned with how their album turned out! I had to share it with you! Below are some pictures from the final product!






I love how the cover turned out. This is an upgraded leather and metal cameo that is on the front. It makes the album stunning!


The pages are thick and great quality.

Perfect Leather Binding!






The pages are split in the middle so that they will last much longer.









We can also do duplicate albums! They are wonderful!

Proof Books

All of my packages for weddings include a proof book and I'm always looking for really neat ways to do them. Our newest proof books are totally unique because the image is actually on the cover... it's a true book! I love these!

A lot of people don't know what a proof book is.. basically a proof book is all of your pictures in a book so that you don't have to look at everything online all the time. The numbers coordinate with everything online so it makes it easy to order pictures. This book is yours to keep so that when it is all said and done you have all of your images from the wedding.

I wanted to show you all samples of what they look like and how neat they are.

Canvas Prints

Wrapped Canvas Prints are the new thing and I'm so glad my clients are jumping on board!!!

Most of the time when people order pictures they stick to the standard 5x7 or 8x10 prints, but sometimes you need to think outside of the box and go dramatic! Have you seen the homes on HGTV or Extreme Makeover? They are phenomenal... they are grand, big, and much of what makes the interior is the art; it is very dramatic and big. Most people don't realize that you can do that to your own house by taking your favorite picture and getting a large print or in this case Canvas.

Wrapped Canvas prints are wonderful because you don't have to frame them! They come ready to hang and truly are a piece of art. Framing is so expensive nowadays and wrapped Canvas prints make it much more affordable to get a true piece of art for your house at a reasonable price.

Lately I've had a few clients order canvas prints and I LOVE the way they have turned out.

Here are a few pictures of what the end product looks like.

Note that the image is actually wrapped around the frame.





The Canvas comes ready to hang!

Baby Update

Well Kailee has decided to be stubborn!! Today is her official due date and she is still not here!

Jamie says that she is late like her mom and stubborn like her dad!! Oh no, not already!!!!:)

I am hanging in there, but am very ready to meet my brand new little girl! The last stages of pregnancy definitely wear on you and I'm feeling it, but soon she will be here and life will be good!!!

I've been working quite a bit still, but things are slowing down! Melanie is still in the office and we are still checking messages and emails... just please be patient with us as we embark on this new journey!!!

I will update you all again once the little girl decides to make her grand entrance!! And there will be pictures!!! Lots of pictures!!!

New Camera!!!

I've been searching hi and lo for a great point and shoot camera since my very old one of 4 years just died. After asking all of you for advice and doing some research I decided to buy the Canon 870 IS, mostly because it has a wide angle lens!! So far I really like it.

I started playing with it and took a couple pictures of my wonderful kitty, J-Lo and also Kailee's almost finished room. It did a pretty good job.

I will always still love my 5D and nothing can compare, but it is nice having a small camera to run around with!

My Three Sons Designs

A couple posts back I mentioned Jen Byard with My Three Sons Designs.

Jen has an awesome company that makes blankets, onsies, burp cloths, and just about anything cute for babies! I was able to take some pictures for her for her website and already posted the pictures of the little girl, well I just finished the pictures of the little boys so now I have more to share.

These little guys are so cute and were so happy! You can tell that Jen's products make them super excited.

These are great for baby shower gifts so make sure that you check everything out on the website. Jen is also doing a blog giveaway right now too. Check it out here, you could win some cool stuff!


I also want to thank Blissful Living Studio for allowing me to use the studio to shoot these in. If you want to do something really fun this summer check out some of the classes that the studio is offering.

This is one of my favorites!!!! Aren't those Onsies super cute?

Look at how much he loves that blanket. They are so soft...I seriously want Jen to make a big one for me!!:)












Matching space onsie and blurp cloth!







Precious!!!



The burp cloths can be used for so much more:)

LOVE This! These towels are so wonderful!



So Cute!











Look at those Baby Blues!


And of course she makes great bibs!!!

It's update and Contest time!!!

Things are going to be slowing down around the studio for the next few months as we are anticipating the arrival of the next addition to the Jarman Family, Baby Kailee! Please have patience with us as we navigate this new season of life and business. Melanie will continue to be in the studio on a regular, though limited, basis to return phone calls, emails, etc. Things will be back in full swing starting in October as we are completely booked with weddings and sessions for that month! If you are needing to place an order or schedule a session, please contact us in the next week in order for us to best serve you!

Also, because I haven't done a contest in a long time I thought it would be fun to do a baby contest!!!

Contest time:

Kailee's due date is July 26th, in just a couple of weeks!!! So I want everyone to chime in and tell me when you think she will actually be born (the date and time). The person that gets closest to her date and time of birth will get a $10 ITunes Gift certificate!!!

All you have to do is comment on when you think she will be born and then stay tuned for the update when she finally comes! Once things slow down a little bit we will look at all the comments and the winner will get a $10 ITunes Gift Card!

I might not be updating as regularly because of everything that will be going on, but I hope to let you all know once Kailee is born and at least post a couple of pictures!!! I'm in for a wild ride... wish me luck!!!

New Wedding Website

I'm so excited to finally announce that we have a new wedding website!!! I have been needing to update my website for some time now and decided that now is the time to do it! We finally just finished it and it is now live! To view the new site go to www.kimberlyjarman.com and click on weddings.

I would love to hear what you think!!!

Photography Workshop Recap!!!

Last Saturday Jennifer and I held our first Photography Workshop for Beginners. We had a really great time getting to meet all of the attendees and we felt like it went really well! Based on what everyone who attended said, we feel it was a success and look forward to doing more in the future. Everyone said they learned something new and felt it was a tremendous help to understanding your cameras and the fundamentals better through the hands-on instruction.

Above are a few pictures, but unfortunately the flash was inadvertently turned off on the point-and-shoot, so these pictures are pretty grainy and dark. (Thanks Katie, for helping to capture part of the day.)

Future Workshops::

We will definitely hold another workshop or two in the fall; likely the beginners workshop again as well as a more intermediate version that will include models and a live shoot. As of now we do not have a date selected, but if you are interested in being on the mailing list for our future workshops, please send me an email and we'll make sure to keep you updated! All of you who attended saturday will be automatically added.

Thank you to everyone who attended last Saturday and helped make our first workshop a success! We can't wait to see your work and how you evolve from here!