Handmade cards add the special touch. While we love letterpress and other fancy types of cards, there is nothing more interesting than handmade cards.

Many brides we know fall in love with luxury wedding stationery, only to find out it’s way out of their budget. Letterpress invitations can cost well over $10 per invite. That is not including the response card and supporting items that may be included.

New moms can also get amazing handmade announcements that have a different kind of wow factor.

I wanted to share some of the handmade collage cards I’ve created while working here! I am a collage artist and always happy to work with you to create personalized cards for any occasion, with or without photos. Our cards start at $8/card. For more info, email info@portraitbug.com!

Public schools have all been officially closed for tomorrow due to the impending snowstorm!! But don’t let the cold get you down: Bring the kids in for some fun and exciting activities here at PortraitBug! We’ll be running a drop off program for for kids age 2-10. From 10am-1pm we’ll be doing wonderful valentine’s day crafts, age appropriate art activities plus music & dancing! It’s gonna be a blast. We ask that you bring a bagged lunch for your child (No Nuts) and a snack will be served. Only $45 per child. That’s less then a babysitter! Only 15 spaces open so reply quickly by RSVPing on facebook or by emailing info@portraitbug.com. PM session will happen with weather permitting.

It’s not too late to join our fabulous baby sign language class! If you join now, we are offering a discounted price for the next four classes. Click here to sign up!

Today we took a picture of all the strollers parallel parked in the store for all the babies taking part in the class! Lori’s classes combine music and sign language, improving a babies ability to communicate. They’re also lots of fun! We all love her songs; my favorite is when she sings “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” while playing the ukelele!
The class is held Tuesdays from 2:30pm to 3:30pm. This price is for four classes every Tuesday for the next four weeks:

Tuesday, February 16th, Tuesday, February, 23rd, Tuesday, March 2nd, and Tuesday, March 9th

We just took portraits of Sakura and just had to blog about them! We all LOVE her vintage style! In addition to being fabulously vintage, she was also a sweetheart. Bring in your stylish kids for stylish photography!

We also have crafty options or our upcoming Valentine Workshops. There are several options to choose from but here are some samples of our little photo cards.

We’ve got six more weeks of winter according to Punxsutawney Phil, so come in from the cold and spend some time being creative with us at PortraitBug! We’d love to help you out with your winter scrapbook!

So we are ALL about Valentine’s Day here. Here are two great outtakes from our photoshoot this morning.

We were trying to get Chanelle, Belle’s daughter and Asher, Kim’s daughter to form a heart with their bodies. It didn’t quite work.

 Shannon tried too:

And then Asher and I just got silly

February is here! We are hosting two Valentine’s Day create-a-card playdate craft parties for kids! For just $15, each child will be able to paint 3 sweet Valentines with watercolor paints!

Click here to reserve your spot!

Dates and Times of Parties:
Friday, February 12th 1pm-3pm
Sunday, February 14th 11am-1pm

BIG NEWS. You know that feeling when you have totally finished a project that took you FOREVER. Well, my best friend turned 25 this weekend and for her birthday I asked 25 different people from her life to submit one birthday wish, and I complied them into a 25 wishes for your 25th birthday book. I wanted the wishes to be handwritten so I snail mailed the chosen people pieces of white cardstock in early October and just last week got all the wishes and photos in order. I have everyone from her friends now, to her grandparents, to her favorite high school french teacher to friends from camp. It was so much fun to watch her look at this because she had no idea who was coming next in the album.

I recommend doing a similar project like this around Thanksgiving when you can have each child write what they are thankful for, or even sooner for Valentines day and you could write one thing that you love about someone  - or of course around someones birthday! It is just a really nice way to incorperate a lot of different people into one cohesive gift.

Id love to hear what you think! Please leave a comment

PS. All the supplies except for the chipboard album can be bought in the store! Let me know if there is a technque or an item you like and I can tell you what it is.

So we’ve received some gorgeous valetine days scrapbooking  supplies.  My favorite is the card making kits and lolly pop kit since that is what I’ll be using.  Chanelle, my 3 year old, loves making her own designs, so this will be perfect for her to give out cards to herfriends at school. 

If you need a simple idea, you can help your child make special cards for her friends, attach one of the lollypops with some ribbon & glue. 

Voila! a perfect valentines gift.