Shabby Apple Raffle

Ever heard of Shabby Apple? Basically, GORGEOUS! We are so excited to offer this to our supporters and one lucky winner will get a darling Shabby Apple dress all of her own! How can you enter to win?
1. Book a studio session at our fundraiser boutiques either November 19 or December 3
2. Purchase raffle tickets...they will be $1.00 per ticket at the boutiques. There is no limit on the amount of tickets you purchase.

Certain restrictions may apply, but basically you can win ANY dress and ANY available size.

Christmas Fundraiser Boutiques 2011

It is finally that time of year! We are on our 4th year of fundraising for a Christmas service project. We are super excited this year and will have lots of fun goodies for sale as well as our usual Christmas studio sessions. Here are the details...

Sessions are $25.00, 3 files will be emailed to you after selecting from a gallery online.

Saturday November 19, 10a.m.-2p.m. This boutique will be in the home of Angie Seare in South Jordan. Please contact Angie for address/a session 801-694-1515 via text or call.

Saturday December 3, 10a.m.-2p.m. This will boutique/studio sessions will be held in the Home of Sophia Leasure. Please contact Angie 801-694-1515 or Sophia 801-808-1237. Her home is located in Holladay. Call one of us for exact coordinates as well.

This year promises to have lots of great goodies for you to purchase that will be perfect for neighbors, visiting teachers, and teachers. And this year we will hold a raffle for a SHABBY APPLE dress! Every session will get one ticket the raffle. Any additional tickets will be $1.00! Obviously, the more tickets you buy, the better chance you have. You don't want to miss it!

In years past we have raised money for the Ronald McDonald home, the festival of trees, and this year we are excited to participate as Sub-for-Santa for a family in need. We appreciate all of your support, and remember ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT A FAMILY IN NEED.

2011 Utah County Photo Shoot

We feel the  Mini Christmas Photo Shoots help out so much in our fund raising efforts and are usually a favorite to our supporters so we're pleased to announce we will be offering a Utah County shoot this year. It will be held in Pleasant Grove on Friday, November 11th. It is by appointment only.  Each session is $25 and lasts about 15 minutes. You'll receive 3 digital images to do with what you please (print, blog, Christmas cards, gift tags, etc.).
 If you are interested in donating $25 to our 'Special Christmas Project' and getting Christmas photos in return please call (801-808-5535), comment, or email (abbieutahusa@gmail.com) to make an appointment.

Here are some fun photo ideas:
1. Kids in Christmas pajamas
2. Kids in tacky, ugly sweaters. Shoot, dress the dog up too!
3. Kids in scarves, hats, gloves, and in their favorite sled.
3. Halloween Costumes (That's right its never too late...)

Click here or here to see past pictures.

We are very excited to be providing Christmas to some very special families this holiday season! We are so grateful for your support!

Merry Christmas,
Eight old Friends

PS Other photo shoots will be held in South Jordan and Salt Lake City.

How Can I Help?

We are delighted that each year many of our friends and family members join us in our project. If you'd like to join us here are some things you can do:
1.) Purchase some of your Christmas gifts from our boutiques.
2.) Donate items to be sold at our boutiques
3.) Make an appointment to have pictures done at one of Angie Seare's mini Christmas shoots.
4.) Make a monetary donation. (Call one of us for details.)

Merry Christmas!

Sincerely,
Eight Old Friends

2011 Special Christmas Project

This year we have decided we will be working together, pulling our resources, and sharing our talents all to provide a generous and thoughtful Christmas to a few families who really need it! We are excited to get started!

More info to follow.... 

Happy Holidays,
Eight Old Friends

2010 Festival of Trees Project

'HEARTS INSPIRE US' 

 We used our 2010 earnings from the Holiday Photo Shoots and Craft Boutique to make a beautiful tree for some special little angels! The tree was amazing and we were able to donate $1,500 to Primary Children’s Medical Center when all was said and done!

What a cool experience! From start to finish our Festival of Trees project touched my heart. So many willing and wonderful people came out to support us at our fundraising boutiques and played a huge part in our success. Thank you to everyone who donated, supported, got pictures taken, and helped in any way. We couldn't have done this without you.

Decorating day was definitely one of the highlights of the experience for me. It all came down to that day after weeks of preparation. We got up bright and early and battled the storm to get to the Southtowne Expo center where we spent the entire day putting up our tree, securing it with PVC pipe and rebar, fluffing, loading in our decor and gifts, wiring and gluing all of our items to the tree, and cleaning up and organizing the space we were given to display our items. All the while I was lucky enough to do this with some of my very best friends in the world. The day flew by and I couldn't have been happier with the finished product.

Our tree was named "Hearts Inspire Us" after the precious baby hearts that inspire us all.

Ava, Breck, and Brynlee

We are so looking forward to another year and hope to be able to help a family in need enjoy a Happy Holiday season with all of the proceeds! Thank you in advance to all who help make it possible!

-Casi Blanchard 

Heather and Sophia - Decorator Day

Sara - Decorator Day

Heather and Angie

L to R: Casi, Angie, Sara, Heather  -  Decorator Day

Finally finished!

HEARTS INSPIRE US!

The Blanchard Family

2010 SLC Boutique

The SLC Boutique was a lot of fun and well attended! Some of the items that were sold included: hand crafted Christmas cards, homemade vintage kids bow ties and ties, headbands and bows, rice bags, LOTS of DELICIOUS homemade goodies, baby blankets, crayon rolls, specialty iron items, a variety of small gift wrapped goodies, and more...

It's was fun to see so many kids come dressed up in their Christmas outfits and darling dresses to get their pictures taken! Angie was busy photographing all morning and well into the afternoon!

Merry Christmas!

Eight Old Friends

2010 Flyer

2009 Christmas Photos