{Another Milestone} First Feature in a PRINT Magazine

The other night, I opened  some of the best kind of happy mail. Love Sparkle Pretty has made its first feature in a PRINT magazine! This is the April issue of Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine-#1 monthly mag for new moms and moms-to-be. 

Getting featured in a print magazine was one of my "2014 business goals" and when Shea of P&N Mag contacted me back January about using one of my crowns from the shop, I was eccstatic! It totally made sense too because I've created several floral pieces for maternity shoots. They just add a bit of ethereal beauty to an already gorgeous glowing mother.

I'm so incredibly thankful and blessed for the opportunities I've been given and this one is definitely no exception!

You can purchase this issue very soon at Target, Barnes & Noble, Babies "R" Us, Borders, online and select grocery stores.

A maternity photo shoot + a minion themed baby shower

For the past couple months, I have been planning a friends baby shower to welcome their little "minion" who is due in July. I told them that I would also help by snapping some maternity photos to use at the shower (which will be-you guessed it-a minion themed shower). It was a lot of fun being behind the lens and capturing such a cute couple! Here's a few that I took and I can't wait to use some of them within the decor of the shower next month!

Here's a little inspiration board I came up with for the shower theme.

I've never seen a minion baby shower before so it's a bit of a challenge but I have some pretty creative ideas to tie it all together. I'm pretty excited for this one! :)

Our Maternity Shoot

On October 6th, My husband and I had our maternity shoot with the lovely Cortnie Dee. We met up in Riverside, CA where my husband & I not only took our engagement photos but we also shot some pictures where we got married over a year ago! I was so excited about this opportunity to get to work with Cortnie again because she has basically been "our photographer" and has followed our lives together in important milestones!

Here are just some of our maternity photos that I have fallen in love with!

{At Fairmount Park where we took our engagement photos in January 2010}












{At Crestmore Manor under the tree where we said "I DO"}


first comes love
then comes marriage
then comes little
LEVI
in the baby carriage









It was so much fun shooting our little family photos especially since we were able to go back to the exact same place where we said our vows a little over a year ago! :) Cortnie Dee did such an amazing job as always & I'm always impressed by her work! :) Thank you again!

I'm now 36 weeks pregnant & we are just counting down the days until our little man is here!