Woodard Family

The Woodard family is close to my heart in many ways! I was so glad to be able to capture some fun times for them! And I think that it's quite possible that Willie was my first guy that didn't mind having his picture taken! The boys had a great time & I think you can see that they were just boys being boys - which I LOVED! There were so many to choose from that I had a difficult time deciding. Sorry if there are too many. Hope you enjoy.

Contact Information

Seems that some people have had trouble finding my contact info. (I'm still new to the blogging thing, so it's pretty small over on the side panel), so I thought it might be nice to just add this to make it easier...

Email me at sarahwilliamsphoto@yahoo.com
OR
Call me at 740-710-1403

Apple Festival Week

So the Apple Festival came and went. It seemed like it went on forever, but flew by - does that even make sense? I'm sure some of you will understand! Thank you to those of you who stopped by our booth! "Our" booth because I shared my booth with my Awesome - Super-Cool sister Amanda who makes custom invites, paper goods, etc. Check her out over there on the right "akaye"! It was a lot of hard work (Thanks DADDY:) but totally worth it! We had a great time talking to old friends, making new ones, and just visiting with people that didn't know we were officially "In Business"! Yeah! Now everyone knows! It was also fun just to spend time with my sister, who I don't hang out with as often as I used to, and to see my nieces have so much fun with temporary tattoos. Who knew that it was so easy to entertain them? Another highlight was seeing adorable Helena win the Little Queen's Contest! Don't you love it when the one that you know wins? That hardly ever happens! I was fortunate enough to get to photograph her as a finalist, so it was great to be able to display "The Queen" in my booth! She is so adorable with those front teeth missing, I'm sure I'll be displaying her pics for years! All the girls did a great job - hope you all had fun!

Thanks to everyone who entered the raffles! We made a great donation to Secret Santa, so thanks for that too! The winner of the Sarah Williams Photography raffle was Tracy DeLong - Congrats Tracy! You win a free session & an 11 x 14 print! And for those of you that entered both, the winner of the akaye raffle was Candace Kennedy! Yeah for you Candace! You win the giant box of 30 handmade cards & metallic markers!

Many special thanks to my Dad (Greg Fannin) who used his wicked awesome construction skills to throw that booth together in no time, for putting all those little hooks on the back of those frames, and for trusting us girls with your tools; To our fabulous Aunt Jeri for letting us borrow all your fabulous decorations; to Joan at Michael's Ice Cream Shop for allowing me to display Helena's photo in her window all week & for providing us with such a great background for taking that photo; to Halle & Sydney who made a wonderful marketing team passing out (and displaying) our fish tattoos, business cards & stickers in the street; to MaryAnne and John for allowing us to borrow the front part of our booth - you saved Dad a lot of work!; to Aunt Carol, Uncle Jim & Brenda who manned the booth on Friday evening so I was able to get rained on and see Halle cheer at the ballgame (sorry Jim:); and to my brother-in-law (Travis Hughes of Servpro) for lending his truck & helping us tear it all down super fast! Just a little explanation...I wrote that "of Servpro", because lately I can't remember a time when I heard Travis's name without that attached! He's much better at marketing than I am! Come to think of it, maybe that's where the girls get it! :)

Here are just a few snapshots from the week!


Me & Sophie in the booth

Sophie asleep in her stroller w/her Apple shirt on

Jen & Halle

Miss Helena being crowned Little Apple Festival Queen

My Favorite Decortation - The TIKI GODS - aren't they cute?

Our Booth (I loved it so much that I wanted to paint my whole apartment turquoise & live there forever!)





Our artwork looks more impressive in pictures than it did in person, but we sure had a lot of fun doing it! (Blotchit, Amanda! Blotchit!!!)

Amanda's beautiful box of handmade cards - no wait, Candace's box of cards:)

OK, this one isn't from the A-Fest, but aren't they cute in their Buckeye gear?

Kristi & Darren

Kristi & Darren were so much fun! No really, they danced down the aisle...need I say more? OK - the groom did a cartwheel & toe touch! These two were great! Thanks Kristi for taking a chance on a newbie! I hope you love them!






Not everyone will understand, but I'm really proud of myself for catching Lexi smiling! She is too adorable!





I love this one of her dress twirling!

The bride was gorgeous & my beautiful sister just happened to be a bridesmaid!

Fall Fun

So when Sophie gets her picture taken, it isn't usually scheduled. It's usually just when I feel like having some fun playing dress up with her! You have to catch her in a good mood though, because while she is normally rather smiley, she hates having her clothes changed! So, we limit it to maybe 2 outfits and make sure Gpa Greg is nearby to make her smile! Loved these new ones!

More of the past...Helena

I've known Helena since she was a teeny tiny baby & her family even longer. I was so excited when Helena's mom decided to use me to take her pics! She needed some photos for the Apple Festival, as she is one of the top 10 finalists, but we did a little bit of everything, just for fun! Helena was sooooo much fun & easy to photograph. A bit of a model in the making:) And, who doesn't love a toothless face? Had a great time with her, her mom & Aunt Mechel! Love her, love her fam, love it all! Hope you enjoy!

PS: We tried to bring a bit of what Jackson is about into Helena's pics and one of those things was Michael's Ice Cream (who doesn't love that!) You can see Helena's pic displayed at Michael's Ice Cream this week during the Apple Festival! Hope you will all visit our booth too! ( I think it will be near Andrea's Dress shop.)

My Lil' Sis

So my Little sister has started a blog of her own...Really Really Adorable! She has been making custom invites & cards & such for a long time & started a blog so she can share with everyone! You should have her make you something - she's good! Check her out at:
akayeinvites.blogspot.com

Hope you enjoy!

McGee Family

OK - so, friends have been good to me. The McGee's are another family that are also great friends! Had so much fun - they were very easy to shoot! And they were troopers too - it was so hot that evening, we were all ready for some ice cream by the time we were done!