Houston, TX Children and Family Photography | Christie Lacy

gifts that grow | houston photographer

Christie Lacy Photography — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:19:56 +0000

There are only a few more days until Christmas is here. People have shifted into their frantic holiday mode and seem to have tunnel vision (no, maybe not all of them, but a lot!).

This will likely be my last post before Christmas so I thought I’d post a few little things I’ve found in the last few months. I love buying from charities and organizations that have a purpose behind them. IF you’re in a jam and can’t figure out a gift to give someone, perhaps think of any one of these. Any one of them is a gift that grow, whether it’s message can grow in someone’s heart, help someone on the other side of the world thrive, or grow spiritually…

Help give a child in Bubanza an education by purchasing a desk for them! Click the image below to read a beautiful story about how life is changing for students there!

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I somehow came acros Sevenly.org earlier this year. Every week they feature a new t-shirt and a new organization to raise funds for. Through the sales of their t-shirts, they’ve helped little girls enslaved in sex-trafficking, helped give children education, helped to give water wells to people in need. I love what they are doing and I love wearing their tees while they do it Mostly, I love that part of my purchase helps to change the world, one tee at a time!

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Samaritan’s Purse offers a wonderful option in their gift catalog. You can purchase a gift of an animal for food, clothing and education for a family or child in need in a foreign country.

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This year, the kids and I looked over the hundreds of children that are currently in the Compassion Sponsorship program, and we all chose our first compassion child, Oscar. The kids are very excited to learn about Oscar and to pray for him. Sponsoring through Compassion will help Oscar to learn about God and the bible, provide medical check-ups, nutritional food , tutoring, school uniforms and more.

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Walk In Love is a company whose message I love. They have great t-shirts with wonderful messages and, well, again, I just love the message they send” Walk In Love. If anything, it’s a little reminder for me as I go about my day.

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Clean water means a brighter future, less disease…Hope. For a gift as small as $25, you help give the gift of life and growth by giving them clean water. Water.org helps you do just that by offering many different ways you can contribute, weather just a donation or purchasing a water bottle or t-shirt.

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This summer I bought a watch from Hello Somebody. It’s light blue and stands out. It’s an eye-catcher. But what’s more is that it’s an opportunity to talk about this organization and what purchasing the watch actually did: Feed people! Hello Somebody’s mission is this: Hello Somebody exists to feed and educate children, by providing an avenue of knowledge, in order to break the cycle of poverty and hunger within their generation. You can purchase t-shirts, watches, hoodies and more and while you do, you help to feed people.

So, that’s my list. I hope you take the time to look at and perhaps purchase one thing from at least one of these stores!

Care to share any organizations or charities that you contribute to? I’m always on the lookout!

o Christmas tree | houston photographer

Christie Lacy Photography — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:03:42 +0000

finishing up all orders this week and thought I’d stop in for a sec and share a little something. It seems the kids have taken over the Christmas tree decorating in this house. And as much as I would love to have the tree decorated my way, I love even more that they are making these memories and putting their own creativity into our tree.

My friend, Linda, over at willow nest made up a sweet tree for me a few years back. I love how light and fluffy it is. I decided to redecorate it and add some little zoozoos that I picked up from BHLDN a few weeks ago. So, even though it’s not the big family Christmas tree, I do have my own little tree in my office that is very much me.

I hope you find a space in your home that you have for your very own! I’ve found it to be very therapeutic to have my own creativity in a space that is untouched by the rest of the family…well, as untouched as it can be with 3 children and a little puppy running around!

Be Merry,

P.S. If you’re a photographer and are wondering about those silver gilded cameras, I found them at ZGALLERIE a few weeks ago for less than $10 each!

Gift Cards Available | Houston Family Photographer

Christie Lacy Photography — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:18:54 +0000

Are you running around, browsing around, trying to think of the perfect gift for your loved one? I have it, the perfect thing. A CLP gift card. Gift cards for a family photography session are the perfect thing to gift your husband, wife, friend, sister, cousin, long lost kid who used to live down the street from you (I kid, I kid). But seriously, what could be better than gifting something so wonderful as a photography session that’s all about them?

Gift cards are available in amounts starting at $200 (the classic session creative fee) up to where ever your pocketbook will allow.

If you’re having a difficult time thinking of that perfect gift, this just may be it!

And now, through 12-15-11, on any gift card you purchase, I’ll add half that amount for an extra credit (i.e: Purchase a $200 gift, I’ll credit it with $300, Purchase a $400 gift, I’ll credit it with $600, you get the picture?).

Just to break it down, here’s an example of a few denominations you can choose!

Buy a $200 gift card, receive an additional $100 credit making it $300
Buy a $300 gift card, receive an additional $150 credit making it $450
Buy a $400 gift card, receive an additional $200 credit making it $600
Buy a $500 gift card, receive an additional $250 credit making it $750
Buy a $600 gift card, receive an additional $300 credit making it $900
Buy a $800 gift card, receive an additional $400 credit making it $1200
Buy a $1000 gift card, receive an additional $500 credit making it $1500

But hurry, this offer will be over as soon as the clock ticks over to December 16th!

Call the studio for more information at (832) 671-0250

love is all you need | Cypress Family Photographer

Christie Lacy Photography — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:54:13 +0000

Nailing down a date for a session can be hard. Making sure everyone is on the same page, that one person or another doesn’t have something going on…It can be even harder when one person or another lives out of town. We’d initially thought we could do this session last year during the Thanksgiving week, but one thing or another came up and, well, it just didn’t happen. But we were not going to let that get in the way this year. No Way, Jose. And another thing we weren’t going to let get in the way? The weather. Freezing cold, super fast wind, frost bite kind of weather? Well, you’d never know in the photos below that this is exactly the kind of weather we had

I love all this love. I mean look at them? They are freezing their booties off and yet no one is crabby or fighting…if anything, cold weather makes you want to huddle together and lean on each other for warmth, right? Somehow, I think this family huddles together, even when it isn’t 40F outside…

in it – Houston Family and Child Photographer (personal post)

Christie Lacy Photography — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:10:39 +0000

The last stretch, that is. Oi Vey. I am vowing that next year, I will begin buying gifts and planning holidays in March. The mad rush to buy gifts is always so frustrating to me. If I could get away with donating to some charity for every person I know, I would do it in a second!

This post is a bit random, but I realized that I haven’t posted in a while. So here it is…

Santa sent us our very own elf this year! He arrived on our doorstep yesterday and my middle was so excited. His words: I can’t believe out of all the kids on this street that Santa sent us our very own elf! The elf arrived with a note from Santa:

November 28, 2011

Dear D, A and J,

I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mrs. Claus and I really enjoyed having all of the elves and reindeer over for dinner. I think I ate too much though because a button on my suit has busted open! Don’t let Mrs. Claus know or she will make me go to the gym and run a mile or two every day.

We are preparing for Christmas Day and I hope you are too! I peeked in your window and noticed the tree is up. Yay! But I also want to remind you that, while I love giving gifts for Christmas, it is important to remember the real reason for the season, Jesus. Mrs. Claus and I are so thankful that Jesus came to save us and teach us how to love like God loves us. While you are getting ready for Christmas, don’t forget to be thankful and giving, just as Jesus did.

And so, I am sending you this little something to keep you on your toes and keep check on you. I want to make sure you are on the Nice List this year, each one of you!

I’ll be getting reports daily, so be on your best behavior!

Love,

Santa Claus

PS, I really enjoy peanut butter cookies!

I am sure that you have seen The Elf on the Shelf floating around the internet and in stores all over the place. They even created a new movie about the Elf. I have wanted to incorporate the idea in to our Christmas, but didn’t want to lose sight of the true meaning of the season. The kids already get so glazed over with all the treats and gifts and glamour during this season, so I made sure the letter sent led back to Jesus.

Lanny's first night here and he's already causing mischief.

I found this Advent Guide from The Village Church and will be making sure that we incorporate it into our days leading up to Christ’s birthday. They also created this wonderful message on Advent, take a look if you have a few minutes!

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We have a new family member. Her name is Molly and we are so happy to have her.

She’s a snuggly little one and I can’t help but laugh at her mischief. The kids love her, too, and are taking responsibility in being her owners

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What are your Christmas Traditions? How are you remembering the true Reason for the Season, this year?

Jordyn | Houston Senior Photographer

Christie Lacy Photography — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:28:38 +0000

Meet Jordyn. She loves photography, music and she babysits for me We’ve been planning this session for a long time and I’m so happy that it’s finally done, although, we had so much fun that we may have to do another one “just because”

All in a Life’s Work | Cypress Family Photographer

Christie Lacy Photography — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:27:31 +0000

“It’s just a sweet, sweet time,” she said. She was referring to this time, right now. All of her girls are grown now and their relationships are different than ever before. She said she almost cherish’s it more because the time they spend together is a gift, limited but so very appreciated. How amazing…

I’m not there yet, but even in my relationships with my own children I can see how it changes. My 10 year old is less dependent on me, but when he wants to spend time with me, my heart leaps for joy. I don’t want to imagine them grown (I secretly hope they could stay so little forever), but if I have to, I want to imagine that our relationships will be so much like this family’s.

fun with family | Houston family photography

Christie Lacy Photography — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:40:44 +0000

Whew! Christmas Season is in full affect here at CLP! Orders, galleries, cards galore…all of these keeping me on my toes. I wanted to take a quick minute to share, yet another, gorgeous family!

Mom loves bricks and so she had this great idea to incorporate her children’s school in the background of their family photos. An added plus was that the schools 3rd grade class upkeeps the butterfly garden! They were everywhere!

I hope these guys had a blast and a relaxed evening of fun with their family in their element

sisters – Houston Area Child, Family and Senior Photography

one of my kind | Houston Maternity Photography

Christie Lacy Photography — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:53:05 +0000

Truth be told, I have never been one to really enjoy maternity sessions. I don’t know exactly why. I suppose I didn’t feel a lot of freedom in photographing maternities and I sort of never really explored them. But, between this maternity session and the one I’m showing you today, i just might have decided that they are for me, after all.

This mama. There are so many things I could say about her and her heart. She is a lover and a giver and is so very special. She has so much to give and I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever met anyone like her. Like the song goes, she’s one I’ve decided who’s one of my kind. I am so excited to be a part of her and her family’s life.

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keepin’ it real | Houston Family Photographer

Christie Lacy Photography — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:26:08 +0000

One of the things I love about photographing kids is that they keep it real. I mean, on a whole level that I, as an adult, forgot about. If they don’t feel it, they ain’t doin’ it. If they aren’t in the mood, well, you just gotta roll with the punches. I wish we adults were more like that sometimes. Sometimes.

I first met this momma when she called me to photograph her sweet son’s newborn pictures. We quickly hit it off and I’ve so enjoyed getting to know her and her family over the last few years. One of my favorite things about photographing people over and over is that they eventually become so relaxed that the anxiety and frustration over the idea of not getting the perfect pretty picture just floats away. And then I get to see who they really are and I fall in love.