Miss Amy Fiala!!! Amy sent me an "sappy thank you" email and got herself a free 8x10!!
Congrats Amy! ....THANK YOU for being such a wonderful client, its been so nice to get to you know and your little men were a total delight to photograph!!!!
Thats all for now, I will be out of town this weekend, but be sure to check in next week!!! OH and I will also announce the winner October 1st for the raffle drawing from Thursday night in Chillicothe so keep watch!!! yea!
Thanks again, everyone! Have a fantastic weekend!
~Shellie
Friday, September 28, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Big sappy Thank-you!
Oh you guys are killing me this past week!! I just had to post a big HUGE, HUGE , HUGE thank you to all of my clients....really all of you!!! You guys have been so over the top wonderful lately, the comments and emails and phone calls I have been getting about your galleries...they just mean SO much to me...words cannot express how wonderful it's been.
So, I just had to publicly say a huge THANK YOU to each and everyone one of you!!! Thank you for being such great clients, and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to let me know how much your images mean to you...it just means the world to me. This "job" I have, its not a job to me..its my heart and my passion and to get such a wonderful response makes me tear up. You guys are just the best...much love to each of you.
Okay, the moment has got me...I'm give something away!!!!! The first person to email me at shellie_benson@yahoo.com will get a free 8x10...compliment's of me, just because. Just say " Sappy Thank-you!" in your email and I will know exactly why you emailed me, hehehe!!
Thanks again you guys...you all ROCK and your beauuuuuuuutiful families make my "job" that much more special.
~Shellie
So, I just had to publicly say a huge THANK YOU to each and everyone one of you!!! Thank you for being such great clients, and thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to let me know how much your images mean to you...it just means the world to me. This "job" I have, its not a job to me..its my heart and my passion and to get such a wonderful response makes me tear up. You guys are just the best...much love to each of you.
Okay, the moment has got me...I'm give something away!!!!! The first person to email me at shellie_benson@yahoo.com will get a free 8x10...compliment's of me, just because. Just say " Sappy Thank-you!" in your email and I will know exactly why you emailed me, hehehe!!
Thanks again you guys...you all ROCK and your beauuuuuuuutiful families make my "job" that much more special.
~Shellie
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Phone!
Hey everyone!!
I have GOOD news!! You can finally reach me by phone again 309.249.3141...the repair guy got out here and fixed it!! YEAA!!! I can not even tell you how grateful I am for that fact!! Everytime it rained out here we would get water in our line and you would hear some static for a few days and then it would get better and go away. Well 3 weeks ago we got a couple BIG storms a few days in a row, the phone did the usual noise, but just got worse and worse and then REALLY bad and then NO dial tone at all and a loud annoying noise in its place.
The repair man siad that they kept thinking the problem was at the facility, and couldnt find the problem, then after checking a bunch of stuff out here he said 2 connections that run into the house were completely broken off??? What in the world?! HOW they would miss that I will NEVER know...I mean really now. But it does make since becuase he said we must have been having problems before and then the latest storms just took it out completely....yep, that was the case!!!
BUT...who cares!!!!!!!!! It's fixed!! yeahooo!!!!! So, feel free to call me like crazy now, haha!! Thank you for everyone who was so supportive during the lack of phone....we really apprieciate it, you guys are so awesome!
OH just a little update, next week is a 2nd street Market in Chillicothe...Thursday night the 27th and I wil be there with a display, so if any of you are out and about stop by and see me!
Bye guys, have a great week!!
~Shellie
I have GOOD news!! You can finally reach me by phone again 309.249.3141...the repair guy got out here and fixed it!! YEAA!!! I can not even tell you how grateful I am for that fact!! Everytime it rained out here we would get water in our line and you would hear some static for a few days and then it would get better and go away. Well 3 weeks ago we got a couple BIG storms a few days in a row, the phone did the usual noise, but just got worse and worse and then REALLY bad and then NO dial tone at all and a loud annoying noise in its place.
The repair man siad that they kept thinking the problem was at the facility, and couldnt find the problem, then after checking a bunch of stuff out here he said 2 connections that run into the house were completely broken off??? What in the world?! HOW they would miss that I will NEVER know...I mean really now. But it does make since becuase he said we must have been having problems before and then the latest storms just took it out completely....yep, that was the case!!!
BUT...who cares!!!!!!!!! It's fixed!! yeahooo!!!!! So, feel free to call me like crazy now, haha!! Thank you for everyone who was so supportive during the lack of phone....we really apprieciate it, you guys are so awesome!
OH just a little update, next week is a 2nd street Market in Chillicothe...Thursday night the 27th and I wil be there with a display, so if any of you are out and about stop by and see me!
Bye guys, have a great week!!
~Shellie
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Mid-month Reminder!
The month is 1/2 over! Here is a little reminder for everyone of my specials this month!
September Special!!
$425.00 Baby Plan, with 10% off ALL orders thru-out the year,
OR
$325.00 Baby Plan! ( no 10% off thru-out the year on this one)
IF 2 people sign up together, and purchase their plans together you can even save more....2 Plan special is just $585.00! Sooooo, if you have a friend who is pregnant as well and was considering a Baby Plan, get together and purchase them as the "2 Plan Special" You can save even more!! That would put each plan under $300 each! (...both plans must be paid for together, in order to get the extra savings)Now you all can chooose what will workout best for you guys!
! I'm SO excited about this special this month, I hope you can take advantage of this great deal!Also...current Baby Planners, if YOU refer someone who purchases a "Baby's First Year Plan" during the month of September, you will get 35% off one of your upcoming orders!I have been having SO much fun with my current baby planners, its just such a great thing to watch each little one grow thru the year...it makes my heart smile!
As always, if you have any question, just let me! shellie_benson@yahoo.com or shellie@shelliebenson.com
Have a GREAT weekend, everyone!
September Special!!
$425.00 Baby Plan, with 10% off ALL orders thru-out the year,
OR
$325.00 Baby Plan! ( no 10% off thru-out the year on this one)
IF 2 people sign up together, and purchase their plans together you can even save more....2 Plan special is just $585.00! Sooooo, if you have a friend who is pregnant as well and was considering a Baby Plan, get together and purchase them as the "2 Plan Special" You can save even more!! That would put each plan under $300 each! (...both plans must be paid for together, in order to get the extra savings)Now you all can chooose what will workout best for you guys!
! I'm SO excited about this special this month, I hope you can take advantage of this great deal!Also...current Baby Planners, if YOU refer someone who purchases a "Baby's First Year Plan" during the month of September, you will get 35% off one of your upcoming orders!I have been having SO much fun with my current baby planners, its just such a great thing to watch each little one grow thru the year...it makes my heart smile!
As always, if you have any question, just let me! shellie_benson@yahoo.com or shellie@shelliebenson.com
Have a GREAT weekend, everyone!
Minor website update :)
My website was needing a minor update, the picture of ME! With the help of my lovely...er, handsome assistant *wink* Jeremy (my husband in case you were wondering) I now have some new ones on my "ABOUT" page on my site! Seee...he is a great student, and he listens well! There is hope for him yet, haha!
WHY do I live in the country???
Thats why I'm posting this session today...to restore my faith in living really far out in the country!!! I LOVE it out here, but when we have these phone issues I get 2 seconds away from saying we are MOVING into town!!!! And then....I look outside, and see the beauty that is my backyard, and I come back to reality. Yes it has the downfalls....the phone line for one, and ask me when we are buried in SNOW this winter!...but really now, its so worth it! Look at this beautiful family!!
New Additions!
I have all kinds of new overlays! These are just a few...they are limited as too what size picture you can use them on, but they are really cool! I thought I would show off a few. Keep an eye out, i'm sure you will see some on your images in your gallery!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Still no phone.
Okay guys. I'm officially broken down. I have gievn up all will over this phone deal.
We now have absolutley NO dial tone, nothing. The repair was scheduled for today beween 1-4pm. Its 4:29pm, no one showed up. I keep trying to sumit an update request online, and Verizon ( our phone company) keeps giving me an Internal server error.
I mean really. This is insane. I still have no phone, I'm being to think we just wont get someone out here to fix it! Its been 2+ weeks!!
Please email me guys, sorry again for this hassle.
~Shellie
We now have absolutley NO dial tone, nothing. The repair was scheduled for today beween 1-4pm. Its 4:29pm, no one showed up. I keep trying to sumit an update request online, and Verizon ( our phone company) keeps giving me an Internal server error.
I mean really. This is insane. I still have no phone, I'm being to think we just wont get someone out here to fix it! Its been 2+ weeks!!
Please email me guys, sorry again for this hassle.
~Shellie
Friday, September 7, 2007
Phone update, and vacation dates!
Hey all!
Just a couple updates! The repair man is scheduled to fix our phone(309-249-3141)...but not until Friday, September 14th. Yep. That's a WEEK away. So, this means for the next 8 days I'm going to be very hard to get ahold of. Please email me for ANYTHING if at all possible! I'm going to post 2 emails for you...use 'em both, that way I have some sort of back-up...I feel so helpless!!! I CAN check voicemail though, if they are short *sigh*...so if you need to tell me something about an order and I can email you a response, go for it!
shellie_benson@yahoo.com AND jeremynshell@gotsky.com just send them to both, I'd rather just be safe! I check email many times a day, so if you haven't heard back from me in 24 hours...there is an issue!!
Also...my hubby is on vacation starting today, for the next 10 days! (sept 8th-sept 16th) I still have sessions all next week as planned(...so if you have a session don't worry it's still business as usual!) but there is a couple days earlier in the week where I'm not shooting, so we might take a day trip or two. If thats the case I might not be where I can't pop in as often as normal...but not to worry, we wont go far!
Also...Tiffany J. who just booked a session the other day, for October 6th...I know we got cut off during our phone call the other day, and I'm SO sorry..I knew it would happen!! I did not get your address, so if you could pretty please email that to me to both email addy's above, I would be forever grateful!!! Thanks so much, dear!
Thanks guys!! Again, I'm sorry for all for all of this chaos, it's been one crazy thing after another!!!!
Have a WONDERFUL weekend and enjoy this perfect weather we are supposed to have!!
~Shellie
Just a couple updates! The repair man is scheduled to fix our phone(309-249-3141)...but not until Friday, September 14th. Yep. That's a WEEK away. So, this means for the next 8 days I'm going to be very hard to get ahold of. Please email me for ANYTHING if at all possible! I'm going to post 2 emails for you...use 'em both, that way I have some sort of back-up...I feel so helpless!!! I CAN check voicemail though, if they are short *sigh*...so if you need to tell me something about an order and I can email you a response, go for it!
shellie_benson@yahoo.com AND jeremynshell@gotsky.com just send them to both, I'd rather just be safe! I check email many times a day, so if you haven't heard back from me in 24 hours...there is an issue!!
Also...my hubby is on vacation starting today, for the next 10 days! (sept 8th-sept 16th) I still have sessions all next week as planned(...so if you have a session don't worry it's still business as usual!) but there is a couple days earlier in the week where I'm not shooting, so we might take a day trip or two. If thats the case I might not be where I can't pop in as often as normal...but not to worry, we wont go far!
Also...Tiffany J. who just booked a session the other day, for October 6th...I know we got cut off during our phone call the other day, and I'm SO sorry..I knew it would happen!! I did not get your address, so if you could pretty please email that to me to both email addy's above, I would be forever grateful!!! Thanks so much, dear!
Thanks guys!! Again, I'm sorry for all for all of this chaos, it's been one crazy thing after another!!!!
Have a WONDERFUL weekend and enjoy this perfect weather we are supposed to have!!
~Shellie
The dirt road...
This is the dirt road I spoke about in my previous post! Its right up the road from me...Can't you just SEE a little girl, in a Tutu, and crazy baby leggin's out there? Or a simple white cotton dress? Or 2 little boys in jeans with thier hands in their pockets...or a family walking down...oh my. I drive by this place, and thats all I SEE, haha!
Here is a slideshow for ya!
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I happen to know of 2 of the cutest little blonde girls EVER, who are due to come out for photos soon...and their momma should highly consider this spot!! ...you know who you are Miss V....bring me those girls!! *wink*
Here is a slideshow for ya!
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I happen to know of 2 of the cutest little blonde girls EVER, who are due to come out for photos soon...and their momma should highly consider this spot!! ...you know who you are Miss V....bring me those girls!! *wink*
Thursday, September 6, 2007
My 'Outdoor' Studio ;)
So do you have a session booked with me this fall and are headed out my way? Well, here is a preview of your session location! THIS is my outdoor studio...literally, my backyard! its SOO beautiful this time of year. I wanted to post some pictures for you guys who have booked, and who are considering coming out here, verses meeting up somewhere!
This was this evening, on a gloooomy rainy day, and literally 20 minutes before sunset so it was pretty dark...but I think you can get a great feel for my grounds. This is the PERFECT time of year to schedule...I can;t even put into words how perfect this time of year is! If you are thinking about a session, book one in September and October and you will not be disappointed, I assure you :) Oh and to add to the "perks" of booking out here, one mile up the road are railroad tracks, and also a old dirt road thats just fantastic!
I'm also going to head to Morton on Sunday and take some shots of a park there thats just lovely, I think its a great idea to show you guys all the possiblities we really gave and let you see and choose what will work out best for your family!!
This was this evening, on a gloooomy rainy day, and literally 20 minutes before sunset so it was pretty dark...but I think you can get a great feel for my grounds. This is the PERFECT time of year to schedule...I can;t even put into words how perfect this time of year is! If you are thinking about a session, book one in September and October and you will not be disappointed, I assure you :) Oh and to add to the "perks" of booking out here, one mile up the road are railroad tracks, and also a old dirt road thats just fantastic!
I'm also going to head to Morton on Sunday and take some shots of a park there thats just lovely, I think its a great idea to show you guys all the possiblities we really gave and let you see and choose what will work out best for your family!!
I'm not gonna lie, my schedule is pretty full, but if you can have a week night session out here...about an hour and a 1/2 before sunset...I can absoluetly find a day to get you in! shoot me an email or give me a call and we'll get ya scheduled!
Thanks guys!!! Talk again soon, I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the location!
~Shellie
Chat on MSN!
Hey everyone!
I just wanted to let you know...with all my phone troubles I have been having, thats really driving me crazy! I have set up an MSN Messanger (Windows Live Messanger) that I will log into during the day! If you would like to chat with me, ask about booking, or just have general questions, please feel free to Message me anytime you see me online! ( link to get it free: http://get.live.com/messenger/overview )
My msn email account is " shellie_benson@yahoo.com " So, just add me to your MSN account and we can chat away!
Thanks so much guys, i hope you enjoy this! I know it will save me from stressing out about phone lines and emails, thats for sure!! If you have NOT heard back from me in the past couple days...that's not *normal* so please try again!
Sorry for all the trouble..I feel like I have done nothing but post email and phone problems all summer!!! It's just so frustrating.
Thanks so much everyone,
Shellie Benson
I just wanted to let you know...with all my phone troubles I have been having, thats really driving me crazy! I have set up an MSN Messanger (Windows Live Messanger) that I will log into during the day! If you would like to chat with me, ask about booking, or just have general questions, please feel free to Message me anytime you see me online! ( link to get it free: http://get.live.com/messenger/overview )
My msn email account is " shellie_benson@yahoo.com " So, just add me to your MSN account and we can chat away!
Thanks so much guys, i hope you enjoy this! I know it will save me from stressing out about phone lines and emails, thats for sure!! If you have NOT heard back from me in the past couple days...that's not *normal* so please try again!
Sorry for all the trouble..I feel like I have done nothing but post email and phone problems all summer!!! It's just so frustrating.
Thanks so much everyone,
Shellie Benson
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
I've been Tagged!
I just read my email that I was tagged by a FABULOUS photog buddy Sylvia Laughrin!! Love her! So now I guess I have to give you 8 FUN facts about me. Now...Let's see if I can come up with 8, haha!
[1] I'm a church girl (missionary baptist!), never miss unless I'm deathly ill or something absolutley crazy has happened where as I can not get there!! They way I see it, God gave me life, and my family, and this crazy talent that has blessed me with having a wonderful career..I refuse to say job ;) ...I can EASILY and HAPPILY give Him a minimum of 4 hours a week of my time, that's His only.
[2] Um, I'm a little crazy about matching...I can't rest if my boys go to bed in jammies that do not match, or to the store or something...anything! I'm such a goofball about it!! When my husband dresses the boys I have to correct it, haha!
[3] I'm the only girl in this house...and even though I SAY I want a girl, I secretly adore being the only girl...it does have it perks!
[4] I'm not a good singer, not even a little...okay so I'm really bad! But if I were to choose a talent I WISH I had, it would be singing! I think music is absolutley important to a happy life :) Since I can't sing, I just pretend, hehe!
[5] I love living in the country...ohhhh how I love it. The colors, the skies, the cornfields, the wide open space around me....makes me feel so tiny in a big ole world... and like God is teaching me that I'm just a little spec, haha!!!
[6] I loooooved being pregnant, LOVED it...there was not one thing I didn't like ...other than labor, thats never a complete joy. But being pregant, oh...I think its just such an amazing thing. I'm very happy that I'm all done having babies, and that my expereinces were so great!
[7] My sister is one of my favorite people in the whole wide world and I love her more than words can describe..it tears me up when I just think about her! I'm a sappy dorky sister!
[8] and last, but not least....I just might dye without caffiene! haha!!
There, now you know some silly things about me, and I get to tag more people in return! yea!!
Diane Cotton
Amy Jamieson
Kris Evans
Starla Wideman
[1] I'm a church girl (missionary baptist!), never miss unless I'm deathly ill or something absolutley crazy has happened where as I can not get there!! They way I see it, God gave me life, and my family, and this crazy talent that has blessed me with having a wonderful career..I refuse to say job ;) ...I can EASILY and HAPPILY give Him a minimum of 4 hours a week of my time, that's His only.
[2] Um, I'm a little crazy about matching...I can't rest if my boys go to bed in jammies that do not match, or to the store or something...anything! I'm such a goofball about it!! When my husband dresses the boys I have to correct it, haha!
[3] I'm the only girl in this house...and even though I SAY I want a girl, I secretly adore being the only girl...it does have it perks!
[4] I'm not a good singer, not even a little...okay so I'm really bad! But if I were to choose a talent I WISH I had, it would be singing! I think music is absolutley important to a happy life :) Since I can't sing, I just pretend, hehe!
[5] I love living in the country...ohhhh how I love it. The colors, the skies, the cornfields, the wide open space around me....makes me feel so tiny in a big ole world... and like God is teaching me that I'm just a little spec, haha!!!
[6] I loooooved being pregnant, LOVED it...there was not one thing I didn't like ...other than labor, thats never a complete joy. But being pregant, oh...I think its just such an amazing thing. I'm very happy that I'm all done having babies, and that my expereinces were so great!
[7] My sister is one of my favorite people in the whole wide world and I love her more than words can describe..it tears me up when I just think about her! I'm a sappy dorky sister!
[8] and last, but not least....I just might dye without caffiene! haha!!
There, now you know some silly things about me, and I get to tag more people in return! yea!!
Diane Cotton
Amy Jamieson
Kris Evans
Starla Wideman
Phone Issues...
Hey everyone!
Our phone line is down, yesterday and today we didnt even have a dial tone. The past week and a half we have had a terrible noise on our line thats soooo loud we can hardly hear the person on the other line. I have called the phone company, they said they're dealing with a high number of calls and problems so it would be after Labor day before a service man can get out here...well its after Labor day, and the repair man still hasn't came. Its been ever since we got the rain, we always have trouble out here after a lot of rain, but this time its veeeeery bad :(
To make matters worse (most of you know this from experience!) my cell phone lasts about 2 minutes, then beeps and dies! ...need a new battery. SOOO, the joy continues! If you have called me in the last few days and I haven't been able to reach you, THAT is why!! Please, please, please email me if at all possible!! shellie_benson@yahoo.com We do have satellite now...thank goodness, so we do at least have internet!!
Just had to update ya, I hate that some people I just cant get ahold of! Thanks guys for your understanding, I'll post an update when the dude fixes the phone!!
~Shellie
Our phone line is down, yesterday and today we didnt even have a dial tone. The past week and a half we have had a terrible noise on our line thats soooo loud we can hardly hear the person on the other line. I have called the phone company, they said they're dealing with a high number of calls and problems so it would be after Labor day before a service man can get out here...well its after Labor day, and the repair man still hasn't came. Its been ever since we got the rain, we always have trouble out here after a lot of rain, but this time its veeeeery bad :(
To make matters worse (most of you know this from experience!) my cell phone lasts about 2 minutes, then beeps and dies! ...need a new battery. SOOO, the joy continues! If you have called me in the last few days and I haven't been able to reach you, THAT is why!! Please, please, please email me if at all possible!! shellie_benson@yahoo.com We do have satellite now...thank goodness, so we do at least have internet!!
Just had to update ya, I hate that some people I just cant get ahold of! Thanks guys for your understanding, I'll post an update when the dude fixes the phone!!
~Shellie
Saturday, September 1, 2007
September Specials!!!!
Okay everyone, it's SEPTEMBER!!! Lots of you know, but juuuuust in case you didn't, here are my Specials this month!September Special!!
$425.00 Baby Plan, with 10% off ALL orders thru-out the year,
OR
$325.00 Baby Plan! ( no 10% off thru-out the year on this one)
IF 2 people sign up together, and purchase their plans together you can even save more....2 Plan special is just $585.00! Sooooo, if you have a friend who is pregnant as well and was considering a Baby Plan, get together and purchase them as the "2 Plan Special" You can save even more!! That would put each plan under $300 each! (...both plans must be paid for together, in order to get the extra savings)
Now you all can chooose what will workout best for you guys!! I'm SO excited about this special this month, I hope you can take advantage of this great deal!
Also...current Baby Planners, if YOU refer someone who purchases a "Baby's First Year Plan" during the month of September, you will get 35% off one of your upcoming orders!
I have been having SO much fun with my current baby planners, its just such a great thing to watch each little one grow thru the year...it makes my heart smile!
As always, if you have any question, just let me! shellie_benson@yahoo.com or shellie@shelliebenson.com
Have a GREAT weekend, everyone!
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