Maggie Holmes

We've got DT member Maggie in the spotlight today!  Be sure to congratulate this gorgeous mama on the newest addition to her family!

Name: Maggie Holmes
City, State: Gilbert, AZ
Blog: www.maggieholmes.typepad.com

How long have you been a DT member? 2 years

Favorite SC product? Mister Huey’s Mists!

Any rituals when your kits arrive? I always get them out immediately so I can look at them and examine everything up close and personal! It always makes me so excited to start scrapping with everything!!

All time favorite SC kit? Candy Shoppe

Three products you can't live without: Cardstock, Patterned Paper and Alpha Stickers

Three people you get scrappy inspiration from: I can’t choose just three.... I am simply in awe at the whole Studio Calico design team and I always go to the gallery when I need inspiration! Each month I am so inspired by the things they think of and the innovative ways in which they use the products!!!

Three goals you have:
My ongoing goals are:
1 – to make sure that my husband and kids each feel important and loved every single day. It is so easy to get busy and wrapped up in the normal tasks of life and so I am always working to make sure I take time out to just snuggle with them or sit and talk to them or play outside.... Even if it is just for a few minutes at a time. I also love to tuck the kids in at night so that I can kiss them goodnight and tell them I love them one more time.

2 – to do better at editing and printing out my photos instead of leaving them sitting on the computer. I find that it is so much easier to scrapbook when I already have the photos printed and ready to go

3 – to be better at blogging.... I go in phases but overall I wish that I could keep up with it more, especially when it comes to recording our family stories. I love looking back at my blog posts about my kids and our family life but I am not the greatest at keeping up with it.

Take a peek at three of my favorite photos:

This will forever be a favorite photo of mine.... Even though it was a more formal photo shoot that I set up, this is one of the candid shots that I got in between the posed smiles and I love it soooo much! I love the way Tyler and Matthew are interacting and the fact that they are so happy and having fun. I love that Emily is looking at them and laughing as if she knows what they are saying and is in on the joke even though she has no clue what they are laughing about. And I also love that Nathan, my sweet and obedient one, is still looking at the camera and smiling even when I told them they didn’t have to. He was so excited about being in those rain boots and so proud of the fact that he got to stand on the bucket!!

I love this photo of Emily and Tyler simply because of the emotion and connection that it captures! It’s another candid moment that was captured during a more formal photo shoot. I love to do styled photo shoots of my kiddos but often my most favorite images are the ones that I take in between the poses! Little do my kids know that I am still snapping away and then I am able to capture their real personalities and little treasured moments like this!

I love any photos that I can get of all my kiddos together..... Anyone with more than one or two little ones knows how hard it can be to capture images of all your kids together and happy at the same time! :) So it is always fun when I get one like this of all 4 of them!

Comments

[neelu]

the photos are adorable!!

[Candace Bunch]

Those photos are..WAY TOO CUTE!!!...now I have to take an anti-cute pill to recover. Ha!
Thanks for sharing!

[Candace]

You have such adorable children, you must be so proud. Just love the first photo so much

This is something I have never tried but when summer is here I think it is about time we tried some posed photo shoots

[Linda]

Thanks for sharing! Your photos are always so inspiring! Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl!!

[Gracie]

Oh my gosh Maggie, you are so beautiful and your children are so sweet. Enjoy your new bundle of love! :)

[Diana]

WOW, Maggie I love the bucket shot, that is so awesome and colorful. I haven't done that in a long time and will now be adding that to my list of things to do this weekend. Your children are so adorable. Thank you for sharing your photos and for being so candid today. Like you I love all the DT Stars here that give us so much inspiration all the time. Have a blessed week, Diana xoxoxo

[Kim J.]

Love the photos, Maggie! ;)

[Marsha]

Hi Maggie-you have such a beautiful family & take the most amazing photos! Congrats on your new baby girl. Just wanted to say that I adore your work & yours is the first gallery I go to every month for inspiration.

[Leah]

congratulations on your new baby girl!

[kim smart]

just wanted to say congratulations on your beautiful baby girl and i love the photos!! what a beautiful family you have! thanks for sharing :)

[TheScrapbookprincess]

Maggie, you are one of my all time favorite scrapbook designers. I had the honor of taking a class your class at Reflections in So Cal last year. You are so inspiring! Congrats on your beautiful baby girl!