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J’adore ~ Laptop lunches

While at New Orleans, a photog friend, Karen Byer, showed me some phone pics of the lunches she makes for her kids. WOW! I was super inspired! Not only did she pack unconventional lunches but they were flippin’ cute AND healthy!

Karen shares with us: “The best resources i’ve found are from www.laptoplunches.com. Get 10% off using discount code: ”beyer”. I recommend reading the book: The Healthy Lunchbox by McClendon and Shauck. You’d also be surprised at how many blogs are out there with ideas and tools to make packing healthy lunches/meals fun:”

Check out some of the Karen’s super inspiring lunches:

xoxo,

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The Power of Moms ~ France Photography

As much as I love blogging, I don’t read a lot of blogs. I just don’t have time. So the blogs I do read are like gold to me. A friend of mine recently shared a new blogsite called The Power of Moms and I love it! Here’s what it says so you can get an idea of what the website is all about:

You want to be the mom your children need, but you also want to become the woman you’re meant to be.

Your goal isn’t to simply get through motherhood–you want to enjoy the process.

If you’re like us, you’re busy…very busy, but you’re determined to find balance in all your pursuits.

If you’re like us, you need a place to

learn and share as you
mingle with like-minded moms and
become the mother you really want to be

If you’re like us, you need this website. And we need you.

LOVE IT! Another thing I especially love is that they offer Moms Retreats kinda like a workshop for Moms. I love going to workshops for photography because I learn new things and meet great people and leave feeling energized so I ADORE the idea of a workshop for Moms! I’m totally going to their next one because my role as a Mother is even more important to me than that of a photographer so why not invest in it?! Anyhoo, I know a lot of Moms read this so I had to share this site since I’ve found it to be such a helpful source of information for Mamas!

xoxo,

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Easy and enduring sticker charts that work! ~ Colorado Springs Mommy ideas

Check out my latest article on The Creative Mama where I share about the sticker charts that I have used with my kids for the past 3 years and they STILL work!

xoxo,

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Bonjorganization ~ organization guide for working moms

Remember when I mentioned a while back that I had been working on some secret stuff to be revealed later? Well, here it is! I’m SO excited to share my new BonjOrganization guide!

I often get asked by other photographers and moms, “How do you do it all?” The Bonjorganization guide includes all of the strategies that I utilize to maintain balance between my family and my work. I wasn’t always organized. The strategies that I share are ones I had to learn the HARD way when my life was getting WAAAAY out of wack and I almost wanted to quit. Now, I incorporate the ideas and suggestions included in the BonjOrganization guide on a daily basis to keep my life in check. Oh how I wish I had had this guide years ago!

The Bonjorganization guide was designed to help the overwhelmed Mom photographer. The BonjOrganization is a 50 page pdf guide teaching the art of balancing work & family along with client and time management. Bonus items include “Worst First” charts for the entire family, my Mom-preneur schedule, client checklists, and much more. It also includes my office makeover with specific details on the strategic setup as well . This great guide is jam-packed full of ideas to help balance your work and home life. It will change the way you work and play.

If you are in desperate need of keeping your sanity and the beds made, you can buy this lovely PDF exclusively at The Savvy Photographer Store in the
“Savvy Finds” section for the introductory price of $99. The price will go up to $129 so act fast if you are considering purchasing one!

An organizational guide for the overwhelmed working mom

www.francypantsacademy.com

xoxo,

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Office Makeover: the “after” photos ~ Colorado Springs baby photographer

This was no easy task. I had to take everything out of the office and then start from scratch. My goal was to make it look clean, fresh, happy, pretty and functional. It was difficult to do because not only do I work in there but my husband & kids like to be on the other computer AND I needed space for my Presentation Artist to package orders and frame prints. This is a tiny room so I had to utilize EVERY square inch. We are also renting this home for now so I could not paint the walls or build anything onto the room. However, I knew that if I made it pretty, I would be more likely to keep it clean and organized…regardless of my right-brain tendencies.

So here it is. My clean-fresh-pretty-and-functional (and no longer crap-tastic) OFFICE:

When my Presentation Artist saw the office for the first time, she gasped and asked, “Has it always been this big??” See what I mean by feeling like the walls were crowding in.

www.francephotography.com

www.francypantsacademy.com

xoxo,

france photography

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J’adore ~ Laptop lunches

The Power of Moms ~ France Photography

Easy and enduring sticker charts that work! ~ Colorado Springs Mommy ideas

Bonjorganization ~ organization guide for working moms

Office Makeover: the “after” photos ~ Colorado Springs baby photographer

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