Today, we have the beautiful Alida from Alida Makes, where she blogs about her adorable family, her awesome style, and of course, her lovely sewing skills. If you haven’t checked her out before… go… now. (well, go after you read this post). She was kind enough to stop by here with a super fun video tutorial! I am always on the lookout for new photography backdrops and it just so happens that I use my garage for a lot of photo shoots too!! Thanks Alida!
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Hey y’all!
I have been trying to get in gear and start some Christmas crafts and I’ve come to realize that I’m just not ready. I’ll get there folks. But, until then, there is one thing that makes my heart happy year round, and that is taking beautiful pictures of my children. So today I’m going to show you how to take beautiful holiday pictures of your kids with this simple trick.
Guess where I took these…
In my garage! Really!
This background was made totally on the fly, just imagine what you could do if you had a plan!
You ready to see how I did this? Here you go!
I love the way these pictures came out. I’m leaving the white background up for future use, I am so in love with the results!
Now how’s that for a Christmas card? Now if I could only get all 4 of my children in a decent picture that would be something!
Thank you so much for having me Hayley! This is my first attempt at a video tutorial of this nature, so don’t judge me too harshly!
Hayley
Hayley Crouse is a wife, mother and multifaceted designer. Her love of sewing, crafting, cooking and interior design infuses her daily life and naturally spills over into her online presence. She pushes the envelope of her creativity and hopes that others will be inspired to do the same. She currently authors the Welcome to the Mouse House Blog, is the pattern designer behind Mouse House Creations and is a collaborative designer with Willow & Co. Patterns.
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Oh my….LOVE THIS so much! Thanks for the idea!
I usually don’t have time to watch video tutorials but I couldn’t stop watching when this one started. LOVED IT!
Alida, you are amazing!!
This is great, Alida! Thanks for sharing!
Love it! Good to know that not only my daughter is moving like crazy when I want to take a decent picture of her 🙂
My kids two little NEVER stand still. It was even worse this time because they knew they were being filmed for the video so they really hammed it up!
Too cute, Alida! What a great way to use natural light. Fantastic idea!
What a great video! My photo shoots look like the fast forward version in real time lol.
That was AWESOME!! Thank you so much for the tips! Now….where to find the craft paper……
Oh thank you I forgot to mention that! I got mine at A.C. Moore.
Alida, you rock! I am going to take time to hire you next time I am on the east coast!!!!!!
I give it a 10! What an awesome video, it was so fun! Loved the music, perfect. And really, what an awesome idea for photos!
AHh! Love this. The video was so awesome. Perfection! I wonder if my pup and cat will sit still long enough for fun pictures like this!
Can’t wait to try this! Thank you so much 🙂
Grrat tutorial Alida! I really love that chalkboard backdrop!
OMG Hilarious video. I love seeing how much your kids moved when they were being photographed! I thought it was just mine that did that. LOL
Great suggestion!!
~Michelle
These turned out so well! This is such a great idea!
Thanks so much Alida! Great post!