Just Peachy Photography

Welcome to the Just Peachy Photography blog. You can see some favorites from recent sessions, promotions/specials and get the latest news! Be sure to leave a comment and show you stopped by!
Just Peachy specializes in maternity, newborns, babies, toddlers, children, families, small events, couple/engagement, and pets! Ask for other requests or more information!

You can also request baby announcements, Christmas cards framed photos, wall canvas art and much more! Just ask for a full list of products and we'll email it to you! All other information can be found on our website at www.justpeachyphotog.com.

If you have any questions, please email me at Erika@justpeachyphotog.com!




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Monday, May 23, 2011

Just Peachy Photography May Giveaway Winner



One lucky family won a Day In the Life of (your child's name) session!  This is a special 30-45 minute session that captures special moments in your child's life.  Some ideas are riding a bike for the first time, story time, bath time, playing soccer with Dad, baking cookies with Grandma, dress up with mom's clothes, playing catch with Grandpa, brothers building blocks, sisters having a tea party and baby's first steps.  There are so many events you can choose!  After the session is over, you will receive a keepsake cd of no less than 50 images.  These are not portraits and have a candid style but are mildly edited/retouched.  They are meant to capture the emotions, expressions, and memories of the event as it happened.  There will be no posing or prompting just FUN!  

The winner of the Day in the Life of (Your Child's Name) is Sue Kowols  !  Congratulations to the Kowols Family!  

Please email as soon as possible to schedule your session!


That isn't all!  We are having a June Special to get a lustre coated, mounted custom collage like the one here for only $50 in the month of June!   Contact us for details at Erika@justpeachyphotog.com or use our "Contact Us" tab on our facebook page.

While you are there, sign up for our newsletter!  May's newsletter should be sent before the end of the weekend!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Just Peachy Photography Spring Cutest Kid Grand Finale Surprise

As many of you have seen, there will be ONE more grand finale surprise to our Spring Cutest Kid Contest!  Then sadly it is over:(  I really had a great time hosting it and I REALLY hope the other sponsors had fun participating too!

I have randomly selected 3 winners of the people that voted in each age category to win 3 prizes.  The first prize is a $100 gift certificate for Just Peachy Photography--good on your next portrait or Day in the Life Of (Your Child's name) session.  The second prize is a $25 gift certificate--to be used on our new photo scanning and archiving services.  The third prize is for 1 FREE photo to be retouched or restored through our new services.

The randomly selected winners are:

0-1 age group

$100 Gift Certificate for Just Peachy Photography portrait or Day in the Life of (Your Child's Name)-cannot be used with any other offers.    Winner is Mary Coronado who voted for Siquem

$25 Gift Certificate for Just Peachy Photography's new photo scanning and archiving service.  Cannot be used with any other offers.  Winner is Eryk Sekiewicz who voted for Lindsay

1 FREE retouched/restored photo.  Winner is Maria Walker who voted for Celia.

1-5 age group


$100 Gift Certificate for Just Peachy Photography portrait or Day in the Life of (Your Child's Name)-cannot be used with any other offers.    Winner is Kelly Seifert Jaster who voted for Jake

$25 Gift Certificate for Just Peachy Photography's new photo scanning and archiving service.  Cannot be used with any other offers.  Winner is Misty Allen who voted for Colton



1 FREE retouched/restored photo.  Heather Tindall Mitchell who voted for Olivia

Congratulations winners!  These prizes are transferable.  Contact me at Erika@justpeachyphotog.com to claim your prizes!


Finally, all of families who have submitted photos to the contest will each receive a $50 gift certificate towards their next portrait or Day in the Life Of (Your Child's Name) session if they fill out a super short survey HERE

Thank you again for making this contest so fun and successful!   Please remember we are having a Giveaway until Sunday HERE.   Also there are still openings for our mini sessions.  If the spaces do not fill up, we may have to cancel them so please share with friends who might be interested!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Winners of our Spring Cutest Kid Contest 2011

Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Spring Cutest Kid Contest!  We had a lot of fun and are so grateful for all of our new fans!  We hope you will stick around!  We post a lot of fun specials, client sneak peek photos, kids tips and great deals in the area, fun projects to do with your child and other "don't want to miss" information! 

We also hope that you have shown our sponsors some love and visited their sites!  I still can't believe the amazing prizes that were donated to our winners!  There are over $600 in prizes for each winner!

Remember the winners were voted by our fans and the numbers are posted as "likes" under the photos.  If anyone "unliked" our page, their votes would not be listed on the page anymore.  Also, we think ALL of the children who entered the contest are SUPER adorable!  Wish all of you could win but it is a contest!  Hope you all had as much fun as we did!  Winners announced are final and will be contacted soon with information to claim their prizes!

Onto our winners....



Congratulations, Siquem and family!   I can't wait to meet you all when we schedule your session!


Congratulations, Colton and family!  I can't wait to meet you all when we schedule your session!

We have a special surprise for the facebook fans that stay with us after the contest!  You'll find out within the next couple of days what that is! 

As promised we also have a special gift for all of the families who entered the contest!  I'll be emailing you all this week! 

Make sure you enter our May Giveaway if you haven't already and we still have some spring mini sessions available on the 21st of May in Schaumburg and the 4th of June in Barrington. 

Our next contest may be next month in honor of Father's Day!  Make sure you sign up for our newsletter so that you get all of the information!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Just Peachy Photography May Giveaway

We are just wrapping up our Spring Cutest Kids Contest and were so lucky to have so many wonderful sponsors.  If you didn't check them out yet, make sure you do! 


We will be announcing the winners before May 20th!  All of the votes are being verified and then we will officially announce our Spring Cutest Kids!  

Now on to our AMAZING May giveaway!  

In honor of my twins' 4th birthday today, I'm doing an amazing giveaway!  One lucky family will win a Day In the Life of (your child's name) session!  This is a special 30-45 minute session that captures special moments in your child's life.  Some ideas are riding a bike for the first time, story time, bath time, playing soccer with Dad, baking cookies with Grandma, dress up with mom's clothes, playing catch with Grandpa, brothers building blocks, sisters having a tea party and baby's first steps.  There are so many events you can choose!  After the session is over, you will receive a keepsake cd of no less than 50 images.  These are not portraits and have a candid style but are mildly edited/retouched.  They are meant to capture the emotions, expressions, and memories of the event as it happened.  There will be no posing or prompting just FUN!  

If you are interested in winning this amazing giveaway, enter HERE!

Rules: 

*One entry per family/household
*Giveaway ends Sunday, May 22nd at Midnight and winner will be selected randomly and announced on the blog Monday, May 23rd
*Session must take place 20 miles or less from Palatine, IL 
*Giveaway has no cash value
*You must "Like" Just Peachy Photography on Facebook to enter.  

Good luck!  Send any questions to Erika@justpeachyphotog.com.  Thanks!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Just Peachy Photography Mini Sessions


Spring is here at last!  The flowers are blooming and it is the perfect time for family portraits!

Just Peachy Photography will be offering a few Spring mini session events.  These sessions will give several families a chance to meet at one location at different times which allows me to give a great deal on the sessions!

The session will be about 30 minutes and each family will get 10-15 fully enhanced in a private online gallery.  Two packages will be available for purchase.

Package 1:  $79  Includes session fee and portrait print package which consists of 1-8x10 print, 2 5x7 prints and a set of 8 wallets.

Package 2:  $150  Includes all of the proofs presented from mini session on a keepsake cd with a full printing release.

**Other prints and products can be purchased at 20% off regular prices.  Contact us for a full price guide. 
**Prices include up to 5 people.  There will be an additional fee of $10 per person over that amount.
**Session must be paid in full 48 hours prior to the session date.
**Times will be scheduled in advance.  If you are late, you will have a shorter session.
**No refunds without a 24 hour notice.  

Please sign up for the session you are interested in attending.  We will schedule it first come, first serve.

Mini Session Event 1 will take place on May 21st at Volkening Lake in Schaumburg.  I will give directions on where to meet and answer any other questions about session once you book your time.  Times will be 9:00 am, 9:40 am, 10:20 am, and 11:00 am.

Mini Session Event 2 will take place on June 4th at the same times.  Location to be determined soon.  Most likely will be in Barrington or Arlington Heights.


Mini Sessions Sign Up Form


Thank you for your interest in Just Peachy Photography!  Remember we give $25 credits for your next session for each booked session you refer!  The person you refer gets a complimentary 8x10 too!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Just Peachy Photography's First Virtual Charity Event

Many of you know that I had twins in May of 2007.  They are just so much fun and I wouldn't trade the experience for the world even though it has had its challenges.  My identical twin boys were born premature.  We had suspected that they might be born early but not at 31 weeks and 6 days out of a 40 week pregnancy.  Any babies between 37 and 42 weeks are considered full term so you can see how early this was. 

I had spent 3 weeks in the hospital previous to the boys being born but there were too many complications and it turned out that they were safer on their own at that point.  The doctors decided to do an emergency c-section and I had two premature babies to worry about.   I always knew they would be ok but the experience is one I'll never forget.  They were born at 2 lbs. 13 ounces and 2 lbs. 7 ounces.  Since they were my first babies, I didn't know what to do with one full term baby and here I had 2 premature babies. 

The babies spent 1 month and 3 days short of 2 months in the NICU.  It was very difficult coming home with no babies at first and then later having one at home and the other in the hospital but somehow we figured it out.  The monitors they came home on, delays in development and constant doctor appointments were no fun either.  We made it though!  My beautiful boys are turning 4 years old this month and are doing amazing!  They started preschool this year and have gotten to a point where they are ahead of some kids their age instead of delayed.  I'm so proud of them and dedicate this charity event to them and all of the other babies who are born premature.

12.8% of babies born in the United States are born premature.  That is a pretty high number to me.  I'm sure you can see why I chose the March of Dimes to donate the money earned from this charity event.  They work to educate people about premature births and how they can be prevented.  I understand that our situation couldn't be prevented but there are a lot of premature births that can be. 

You can read more about the causes of premature births on their website March of Dimes and also all of the other resources they have.  They provide assistance for families with children in the NICU as well. 

Now onto the virtual charity event!

For one week I am offering a $100 Gift Certificate for Just Peachy Photography Portrait Services for only $50.   100%  of that money will go to the March of Dimes. 

Fine print
* Only one can be purchased per family/household.
* Can't be used on past sessions.
* Can't be redeemed for cash or returned later.


If you are planning or thinking about planning a portrait session with Just Peachy Photography some time soon, this is a great opportunity to save money AND help an amazing charity.  I will start this at 8:00 pm CST on May 3rd, 2011 and it will run until 8:00 pm CST on May 10th. 

It would also make a great gift for Mother's Day for mom or grandma!

If you are interested in purchasing a certificate, fill out this form and I'll contact you with details.

CLICK HERE FOR FORM

Please share this with friends and family so that together we can raise as much money as possible!  Thank you!

Here are some of the photos from when my boys were born.  Sorry, just taken with a point and shoot and nothing special but you can see how fragile they were and how scary premature births can be. 








Contact me if you have questions, at Erika@justpeachyphotog.com

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Just Peachy Photography Spring Cutest Kid Contest 2011 Information

Congratulations to all of our adorable participants!  If you see your photo in one of the 2 albums, you are in!!!

Now the important stuff! How to win!!!

1.) Contest will be held on Just Peachy Photography's facebook fan page. The contest is not affiliated in any way with Facebook.  Just Peachy Photography is sponsoring the contest along with 6 other wonderful local businesses listed below.

    2.) Starting May 1st, you will see 2 photo albums on Just Peachy Photography's fan page that are labeled SPRING CUTEST KID CONTEST 2011. One will be labeled 0-1 yr. And then other 1-5 yrs.
      1. Find your child's photo and “LIKE” it by selecting “LIKE” under their photo. It is facebook's rules that you cannot like a photo without first liking the page. Please make sure you “LIKE” Just Peachy Photography before you try to like your child's photo.
      2. Each person can vote ONE time per album! If you try to vote more than once per album, your other votes will be deleted or not counted at the end. Make sure you inform everyone else of this rule!


How will we choose the winners?
Photo with the most “LIKES” in each category will be the winners! Comments permitted, but WILL NOT count towards the total number of votes.

*The voting will close May 16th, 2011 at 10:00 am CST

TIPS for Winning!
  • Make sure you post the contest on your page and tell people why you want to win to get them to vote! Voting only takes a minute or two! Remind them they don't have to sign up for anything or give their information. Two “LIKES” and you are set! Facebook makes this easy with the “SHARE” link
  • Email all of your friends and family and ask them to go and vote for your child. Make sure you copy and paste the directions for them.
  • Tell everyone you know to go vote
  • Be creative, but get those votes in! Good luck!

    * The official winner will be notified and announced on the Just Peachy Photography blog no later than May 20th, 2011.

What will you win?

0-1 years old winner will receive:

  • The parent or legal guardian of the child in the photo that receives the most 'likes' will receive a free family portrait session with Just Peachy Photography, 1 8x10 photo, 2 5x7 photos, 2 4x6 photos, and 1 set of 8 wallets as well as prizes by other participating vendors (to be announced soon).
    * Photo session must be booked within 30 days of winning, and completed before October 15th, 2011.
    * Prize retail value of $250 plus other vendor prizes can NOT be altered or changed in any way, and not redeemable for cash
    * Additional prints and products will be available for purchase at retail prices provided from Just Peachy Photography (email for product guide)
    * No other promotions or discounts can be applied

ALSO:


Nibbles Play Cafe has generously donated a $100 gift certificate for a first birthday party (during their public hours) which includes admission, goodie bags and a cupcake decorating activity for 10 kids!
Mother's Helpers will generously waive the one time family fee for their services ($150 value)
A &  H Childproofers are generously donating $250.00 toward childproofing a home.
Pirate and Pixie is generously donating a $25 gift certificate towards any of their products.
Usborne Books and More - Jen Doerscheln Independent Consultant is generously donating a $20 gift certificate towards any of their products.  If the winner books a show with Jen shortly after the contest, they will receive $40 in free books instead of $20!


1-5 years old winner will receive:

  • The parent or legal guardian of the child in the photo that receives the most 'likes' will receive a free family portrait session with Just Peachy Photography, 1 8x10 photo, 2 5x7 photos, 2 4x6 photos, and 1 set of 8 wallets as well as prizes by other participating vendors (to be announced soon).
    * Photo session must be booked within 30 days of winning, and completed before October 15th, 2011.
    * Prize retail value of $250 plus other vendor prizes can NOT be altered or changed in any way, and not redeemable for cash
    * Additional prints and products will be available for purchase at retail prices provided from Just Peachy Photography (email for product guide)
    * No other promotions or discounts can be applied

ALSO:

The Storybook Mom has generously donated a child's birthday storytime (value $185) for up to 15 kids in the Chicago or North Suburban area. This is a custom designed theme for ages 1-6.
* Mother's Helpers will generously waive the one time family fee for their services ($150 value)
Pirate and Pixie is generously donating a $25 gift certificate towards any of their products. 
Usborne Books and More - Jen Doerscheln Independent Consultant is generously donating a $20 gift certificate towards any of their products.  If the winner books a show with Jen shortly after the contest, they will receive $40 in free books instead of $20!

No cash value on any of the Spring Cutest Kid Contest Prizes.

Thank you again to our 34 participants!  Thank you again to our amazing sponsors who have donated so many wonderful prizes to our contest!

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