25 Days of Christmas.

Hello All.
I am excited to be blogging more often! I vowed to myself this year that I would *TRY* to blog more so that you could get to know me on a more personal base. I am honestly no good at writing(or spelling! I'm sure you've noticed!). I find myself struggling to make these long enough, so I've decided that I will be a short blogger :D I am also hoping that more of you will keep stopping back and leaving feed back, encourage me along the way!

So for the month of December I've decided our family will be doing "The 25 days of christmas" The whole idea for me is to find ways to bless others around us where it's those who are in great need or those in our neighborhood or church or school or work. Where ever! Also I want to find things to do that are special with my boys. (Tyson will be 5 in January & Lucas is 1.5 years old) I am so busy the rest of the year that I want to make them a priority this month! This means working less. ;) (Sorry all, I will be back in the swing of things for January. I felt this was super important to do for the family.)

SO here are a few ideas I have!

• 1. Make a christmas card for a special family member.
• 2. visit the Live Nativity at in Kelowna.
• 3. make paper snowflakes
• 4. Bake a pie for someone in our church.
• 5. Deliver flowers to an unsuspecting person.
• 6. Make Apple Cider for the postman.
• 7. Go for a family walk in the snow and then make snow angels.
• 8. Go skating at Apex mountain and have Hot Cocoa!

But I would SOOOO love for you to give me other ideas! Do you know any great needs in Penticton area? Do you have any ideas for me!?

Leave me a little note! Remember that all comments go towards 'Cans for Comments'. I am going to donate 1 canned food for every comment! If you are new to this check out my post from yesterday HERE.

Ignore the quality of photos i know they aren't super but I try to just be a mom and not always a photographer!
Here are a few posts from the last two days.
*Making Cookies for our neighbors.
*Going up the mountain and tobogganing (hot chocolate too!) Notice our cute Reindeer :P


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Cans For Comments :: 2010

This is my first year doing this but I am SOOOOooOOOooo Excited!! Cans for Comments has come to Jodie Lemke Photography's blog! I'm Thrilled to be doing this, and you’ll love being a part of it. Let me fill you in on the details below:

Cans for Comments is a canned food drive where you and I get to partner together to donate canned goods to The Salvation Army, Penticton's local food bank. The success of the drive relies on two things:

1. I will post fun blog posts for you to read
2. You leave comments on any and all blog posts

For every comment on my blog within the given time frame, I’ll donate one canned food item directly to the Salvation Army. All you have to do is comment. It’s super easy and really fun, and in the process, I hope to get to know who you are, which is awesome for me! Comment as many times as you like. Tell me about yourself, tell me what photos speaks to you, tell me how much you love sushi, ok maybe that's just me ;)… or anything else you wanna share!

Here's my GOAL ------> 100 Cans! WE -CAN-DO-IT!!

The cans for comments drive starts TODAY (Wednesday, December 1st) and goes through December 17th. I will be posting a photo of ALL the canned goods I donate!

AS A BONUS :: I will be Giving away a FREE Christmas GIFT BASKET (details to come). All who comment will be entered in the DRAW!

Here's a few of my favs right now! So can't wait to use that Cranberry sauce! Yummy! What is your favorite canned good?

Notice the link below. SHARE TO "FACEBOOK" help me get the word out!

The last Session for the Season!

Well all! Today I shot my last two sessions of the year! (Though I just remembered I do have a Maternity & Newborn session, but thats not for a while!) I am so excited that for the month of December I will be with my family. JUST a mom! I hope to get all my editing caught up by the 5-6 of December! I am very much looking forward to the holidays and celebrating a holiday that is so special to me!

Well My First session was inside! Little Miss "R" was adorable. I hadn't seen her since her newborn photos a year ago! I can't believe how much she's grown!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Little Miss!!


My second session was OUTSIDE! ACK! I know! It was a very very very cold day today! I had so much fun though! This family were troupers! Enjoy a little teaser from their outdoor session!

Fancy New Blog :)

Well Its finally all finished! My new blog feels alot more professional and looks more organized! I hope you enjoy. Feel free to search through the categories above, FAQ's, link to my website, as well as learn a little about ME, plus y new awesome CONTACT me tab so you can get ahold of me to book your session! :)

If you have any questions please let me know!

Also I am always looking for more testimonials to add to my blog & website, please message me if you have one to share :)

Jodie~
xxoo

Holiday Card Templates!

Hello Everyone.

I am so Excited to announce the launch of my Christmas Card Templates! I have been working really hard to get a few done up so that you can have a peak! Here is a fav of mine. If you want to check out the rest you can see them all on Facebook or on my SmugMug account :)

These Templates are very customizable. You can change the colors. backgrounds & Text to any of the others that you see in the album. I will get you to email me your photo(s) and then Get the template back to you within 1 business day. These are Digital files. Meaning that you will send the file in like any other picture as a 5x7!

This service will be at an introductory price of only $15!!!!! Closer to December it will go up so get your orders in as soon as you can!

Comment here if you have any other questions or send me a message through my NEW Contact tab above!! :)

Jodie

Fresh little 'L' :: Penticton Newborn Photographer

I was so privaleged to work with Ry-Ann & Thomas. Meeting their new bundle of joy was a fun & relazing expierence! We had some very yummy natural light plus I used my studio lights for some too! :) I think its safe to say I LOVE THEM! They worked very well, I am really starting to get the hang of them!
Thank you both so much for allowing me the honor of being in your home and to capture some wonderful photos of your new family :)

xxoo
Jodie~

Cutie! :)