Ladies Night...Supporting Women in Business

Tomorrow night, I will be participating in a fun event in Bolingbrook, IL.  If you reserve your spot & pay online via paypal you will receive a Holiday Surprise when you arrive!  Stop by my booth and let me know you saw this blog post, and you'll get an additional gift from Monarch Tree Photography!

We will also be rolling out a brand spanking new product that the Ladies are sure to love! 

Ladies Night...Supporting Women in Business 

A Holiday, Food, Fun, & Shopping Extravaganza!

$10.00 ALL INCLUSIVE!
Call up your girlfriends, moms, grandmothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, nieces...It's Ladies Night at Annette's!

20 vendors supporting women in business:

... MONARCH TREE PHOTOGRAPHY, KISS DAY SPA, GOLD CANYON CANDLES, MICHE BAGS, TASTEFULLY SIMPLE, LIA SOPHIA, MARY KAY, PARTY LIGHT, PAMPERED CHEF,DESIGNER PURSES, WHOLESALE JEWELRY, SOME AT DISCOUNTED PRICES AND MUCH MUCH MORE....


$10.00 ALL INCLUSIVE
General Admission
FREE Custom Sutter Home Fre' Mocktails
FREE Chair or Hand Massage or Mini Mani
FREE Buffet Featuring Homestyle Caterings by Annette's
Raffle Tickets for Prizes from all Participating Vendors
DJ Services by Angelson Entertainment & Tina Messmer-King

Gift Bag Filled with Goodies from Participating Vendors

Grab all your Lady Friends...Friday Night is Ladies Night!

Reservation Recommended for Massages.
...Contact TERI 630-487-9363 for Reservations
SPACE IS LIMITED MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!

Website
Facebook Event

-Jess www.monarchtree.com

Holiday Portrait Special

Now is the time to book your holiday sessions!  Book any type or size of session and get 25 custom holiday greeting cards for free!  And, book by 11.15.10 and get 15% off the session fee!  Call or email today!

Email:  jess@monarchtree.com

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Kids Halloween Special Sessions!

Halloween is near and you have the perfect cute/scary/creative costume for your kids.  Remember the fun and excitement with a photo session!

For $75, this session includes:

- 30 minute photo session for up to 2 costumed kids (of any age) at the location of your choice.

- 10+ professionally edited images in a private, password protected, online gallery within 7-10 days of shoot

- 2 – 5x7 prints of your choice

- All low resolution images (watermarked) perfect for sharing via email, facebook, etc.

(Notes:  Additional kids can be included in the session for $20 each.)

Visit our website or email jess@monarchtree.com today to set up your appointment!

-Jess

Superstitions

I've just started a new series that documents superstitions.  Here are the first few photos in that series.  Enjoy!

Watch for more in the Superstition Series.

-Jess
 www.monarchtree.com

Birthday Girl

My niece, Isabella turns 3 years old today!

Since she lives 6 hours away, I took her some gifts earlier in month when we were down for a visit.

Of course, Aunt Jessica bought her very first camera!  Oh and did she ever love it!  She followed me around all weekend, mimicking everything I did.  When I squatted to take a photo, so did Bella.  It was way too cute.  Here are some pictures of the budding photographer.

She knew what to do right away:

Happy Birthday, beautiful girl!

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Sweet Home Chicago

There are many things in this city that make it distinguishable.   One of those things is the el...

For more Chicago photos, visit our website.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Purple Coneflowers

These flowers make such beautiful subjects with their lovely textured orange center.

For more photos, visit my website.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Garden of the Gods

While in Southern Illinois, my husband and I took a day trip out to Garden of the Gods, located in Shawnee National Forrest.  It is a beautiful place.

From the Shawnee National Forrest website: 

More than 320 million years ago, the wind and rain patiently started to chisel away at large deposits of sedimentary rock located in what is now, Shawnee National Forest . Over the years, the elements have sculpted some of the most stunning and extraordinary rock formations known to man. This garden of sandstone sculptures and vast untouched wilderness was fittingly named Garden of the Gods.

For the rest of the photos, visit my gallery.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Southern Illinois

I grew up in Southern Illinois.  Sometimes when I'm away for too long, I forget just how much I love summer there.  Everything is blooming and growing.  It is simply beautiful.

For the rest of the photos, go here.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Mattie

Over the weekend, I got to play with photograph Mattie, the Boston Terrier. She is very energetic and sweet.  The poor thing had a run in with a cat though, that gave her a permanent snake tongue (which always hangs out).

See all of Mattie's photos here.

-Jess 

www.monarchtree.com

Fireworks

My brother and my husband had such fun shooting off fireworks and I had fun photographing them (and playing with the sparklers).

Happy (belated) 4th of July!

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Hooray for Holiday Weekends!

I'll be leaving later today to visit my family in Southern Illinois, for the 4th and my birthday. I'm gonna beg my mom to make me one of these again this year.  Red Velvet cake is my favorite!!

  I hope everyone has a great weekend!

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Adoptabulls!

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of volunteering with Midwest Rescue of Illinois.  This dedicated group of people work very hard to find good homes for wonderful pit bulls.

Are you a pit bull skeptic?  Think they are a danger to society?  Well take a look at the pictures below and then read some pit bull facts here.

PayTon:

Nova:

 

And last but not least, Leo:

Leo gets a couple extra photos on the blog, because he is still up for adoption.  Does anyone know a good home for Leo?  He has a smile that lights up a room, and loves to give hugs!

PayTon & Nova already have found great homes, but they come out as good ambassadors.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Swirling

This looks like a great idea after the hot hot weather we have been having.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Waiting

Maddie, the Boston Terrier, like to sit on her very own bench by the window.  She watches people drive by, her family come home, or just the wind blow.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

After the Storm

Chicagoland had a huge storm last night.  When it finally moved on, I went outside with the dog.  I had to run back in for my camera...not only was the sky this crazy shade of yellow, but the air even seemed tinted.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Make a Splash

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Maggie

Maggie is often silly, usually playful, and always loving...so don't let this stoic pose fool you.

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com 

Recycle

I can't remember where I first saw these crayons but I ended up buying them on Amazon.  I thought they were just too much fun.

Crazy Crayons "Recycle" Crayon Sticks (100% Recycled Crayons)

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com

Welcome

Welcome to the Monarch Tree Photography blog.  Let's start this thing out right, with a photo of course.

I took my dog Maggie for a walk around the neighborhood today and look at what we found...

-Jess

www.monarchtree.com