Photography studio

Today is the one month mark for opening our studio in Mill Creek. Rachele and I have been working six day weeks, but we are having fun creating beautiful images of high school seniors, babies and families.

The response from the community has been very positive. The owner of the local newspaper, the Mill Creek Journal, has been so nice to us. His designer has been creating some of our marketing pieces for free and they even print up flyer for us at no charge. Of course, we are running ads in their paper, but it's so nice to have a "staff" to do some of these things for us.

We've been doing a great job of networking with other businesses to expand our line of products by outsourcing. Today, we spoke with our neighbor, Jeff, across the street at the wrapping and shipping store and it's a great place. We take all of our packages there for postage, wrapping and packing. It's a one-stop-shop. We are working out
an arrangement where he will handle all of our stationary needs for our families and brides who require cards and announcements and we don't have to take on the extra burden of marketing those items. We are trying to share the wealth and expertise.
We are doing the same sort of thing with a children's clothing shop and they will have as special selection of clothing just for portraits and we will send all of our families there to select outfits for the family photos.

A couple of days ago, I spoke with the Mayor, Donna, and she asked us to participate in the City's annual Trunk or Treat event at the City Hall on Halloween. The city staff circles about 35 vehicles in the parking lot, load up the trunks with candy and more than 1400 kids come through for a fun and safe evening. They host balloon animals, big balloon bouncy toys, hot drinks and lots of fun for the kids.

We are so lucky to have picked the Mill Creek community to open our photography studio because it feels like a small town. I am often reminded of all my friends and family from Wallace, Idaho where everyone knew each other and were happier because of it.