Another amazing local business on the blog today featuring Market Seafood LLC. Co-owned by Jessica Feldman, a past client of ours, along with her awesome hubby Zach.

It is an honor to introduce a local small business owner to you, who is so near and dear to our hearts: Tiffany of Tiffany Loveless Makeup Artistry.

We exist to empower you to love your body by celebrating your beauty, confidence and strength through our boudoir photography experience!

What better way to celebrate all of these qualities then to give our clients complimentary digital images with their boudoir session purchase?!

With it starting to look a lot like Christmas. . . what better way to warm your heart than a sweet boudoir Christmas story?! After the photos are taken, your favorite photos are picked out and an album is created, we very rarely get to find out how the story ends! We are so thrilled that one of our clients shared her story with us - why she decided to take these photos and how she presented them to her, now, husband. Check out her story. . .

Nearly 1 in 4 women have experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner during their lifetime. Young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence — almost triple the national average. Violence against women is not limited to socioeconomic status, race, age, or cultural background. 4 million women each year are subjected to abuse committed by their male partners, intimate partner violence is defined as “a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors used to establish power and control over another person whom an intimate relationship has been shared”.

Healing after domestic violence is a lifelong journey of recognizing destructive behavior in one's self and in others, letting go of wrong placed guilt, forgiveness and listening to one’s intuition. Some of our own clients here at The Boudoir Studio have booked a session as a way to reclaim their power that was taken away by their abusers. Asif shares his personal story of how boudoir can be used as a tool for healing:

Back to school season is here! You may be wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of scavenger hunting for school supplies and adapting to new routines. During this season, quite often a mom’s sanity is forgotten on the back burner. If you were to ask yourself, what do you do to take care of yourself -emotionally, physically and spiritually, what would be your answer?

I can already tell that you are drawing a blank.

This week, all the moms at The Boudoir Studio reflect on our own self-care routines to help remind you to, well… take care of yourself!

If someone were to ask you to give up your children so that you can have your pre-baby body back (most days) your answer would be no. So here you are with no other choice but to accept your mom bod. Whether you are pregnant now, had a baby recently or three years ago, your body will never be the same! I am currently struggling with body image issues as I am now pregnant with my 2nd child. All the feelings of inadequacy have already rushed back even though I am barely halfway through pregnancy #2. So what better way to refresh my mind by reminding you and I to love our mom bods!?

Save the dates, bridal showers, bachelorette parties and wedding invites are flooding our mailboxes…

HELLO WEDDING SEASON!

Whether you are planning a wedding, dreaming of your wedding or have already walked down the aisle, ‘tis the season to think about weddings! All the women here at The Boudoir Studio are married and can’t help but compare what our wedding days looked like and most interestingly, what we would change about our big day!

Mother’s day is this Sunday! I cannot help but reflect on what it means to be a mother while honoring the many mother figures in my life. If you missed one of my past posts, An Unconventional Love Story, I became a mother unexpectedly early! While I had always imagined myself becoming a mother, I felt like a had little time to actually prepare. Now being 3 1/2 years into motherhood, it makes me wonder…

is anyone really ready for motherhood?