Come and join my facebook page :)

Hi everyone

I'm currently running a facebook promotion to win a Lily Collection valued at $450. To be in the running please become a member of my page and tell all your friends, we only need 94 more members for the prize to be drawn!

My page is http://www.facebook.com/julievellaphotography

See you there :)
Julie

Merry Christmas - Sydney Children's Photographer

Well Christmas Eve has lots of traditions in our house. There's feeding the reindeers their oats and glitter food, hanging up the stockings, leaving milk and cookies out for santa, leaving the key on the front door as we don't have a chimney and Lexi has added sticking a picture of what she wants on the front door so santa doesn't forget as he walks in lol.



Then Christmas morning comes and the entire loungeroom is littered with presents and wrapping paper. It fills my heart with joy to see the kids faces as they run out on Christmas morning to see their stack of presents, yes I go a little overboard but it makes me happy lol!



So it's all over for another year. Only 11 months until the Christmas spirit starts again lol.

Have a happy New Year everyone :) Enjoy spending time with your families.
Julie
xx

Merry Christmas from the Vellas - Sydney Family Photography

Well it's Christmas Eve, my favourite day of the year :) The build up of excitement on Christmas Eve is amazing for the kids, hanging out the stockings, leaving the milk and cookies for santa, leaving his key outside the front door and trying to get the kids to bed with all that excitement, making reindeer food to sprinkle on the grass, I love it!

I'll add some photos tomorrow of their Christmas Eve preparation as well as opening their presents tomorrow but for now I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas from my family to yours :)

Hope you all have an exciting Christmas Eve!

Julie
xx

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Christmas Cookies - Sydney Children's Photographer

Today's Christmas tradition is baking cookies! Sooooooo messy with a 2 and 5 year old but so much fun, we made little snowmen and the girls iced and decorated their own, they really enjoyed it :)

Now I've sent them out with daddy on a sugar high lol.

Beautiful Baby Olivia - Sydney Newborn Photographer

I shot the most beautiful newborn Olivia this week, oh she made me so clucky! So tiny and perfect and very sleepy for me which was great :)!

Enjoy your sneak peak guys.

Beautiful Engagement Session - Sydney Couple Photographer

This weekend I shot an engagement session for Kristy and Steve and what a beautiful day we had! Brilliant blue skies, a couple so much in love and their gorgeous baby girl. It was a great session.

Hope you enjoy your sneak peak guys :)

Chrissy Cards - Sydney Children's Photographer

Another huge part of my Christmas is sending out Chrissy cards! This year Lexi sent out a card to every child in her preschool room so that made her for sitting down and writing out 20 odd cards and the little darling did them all by herself, it took her ages!



And here is the Christmas Card our immediate family got this year. Photos of the girls at Brighton Boathouses in Melbourne.

Santa Photo - Sydney Children's Photographer

We took the girls to get their Santa photo taken today and I was actually very happy with the overall experience I have to admit! The girls were great, walked confidently over to Santa and Kenzie even sat on his knee and after a couple of attempts they managed to get some happy faces, santa included lol.

Bedtime Stories - Sydney Children's Photographer

I look forward every year to reading the girls Christmas stories at bedtime for the month of December. The night before Christmas is a huge favourite of mine but this year the girls have a new favourite, Olivia helps with Christmas. We went to the Myer window display when we were visiting family in Melbourne last month and Olivia was the theme for the display. The girls were so enchanted by the story that we had to buy the book and it's been read just a few times now lol.

Christmas Lights - Sydney Childrens Photographer

Nothing says Christmas to me more than a front yard littered with lights and decorations and of course I've had to do ours up this year! The girls love coming out to see the lights each night and switching them on is a highlight for Lexi.

You can imagine how much my hubby is loving me right now after I made him do all this lol.

Advent Calendars - Sydney Children's Photographer

Today's photos are of the girls opening their advent calendars. I can still remember the joy I had as a kid running to the fridge to open my calendar to see what chocolate I got and to see what was under each square. I see it on my kids faces too, it's so exciting although what isn't exciting is that they are now waking up around the 6.30 mark to get their chocolates asap!

Yay it's Christmas - Sydney Children's Photographer

Ahh my favourite time of year is here :) I absolutely love the month of December, I'm still such a kid at heart. I love decorating the tree, the house, baking cookies with my kids, the Christmas parties, wrapping presents etc. Pretty much everything lol.

Between now and Christmas I will be documenting the little things that make Christmas special and keeping them updated on my blog. I hope you enjoy :)

Have a safe and Merry Christmas to you all!

Julie
xx

Gorgeous kiddies - Sydney Children's Photographer

I shot a family of three children recently, they are such beautiful kids and were so well behaved for me, they did anything I asked of them, including climbing a tree lol!

Thanks so much for a lovely session L, your children are beautiful.

Welcome Back Spring Mini Sessions - Sydney Children's Photographer

Smile Photo Competition - Online Voting is now available

Hi everyone

The link for online voting for the Centro Smile Competition is now available, would you please help me out by voting for me :) My photo is number 1 at the Seven Hills NSW store.

I truly appreciate your support, thanks so much in advance! By voting you are also in the running to win a $5,000 shopping spree!

The address link is below:

http://www.smilephotos.com.au/

Thanks again
Julie

Please vote for me :)

I'm very excited today, I received an email this morning advising me that I am a finalist in the Centro Smile Competition that I entered this year! My photo will be on display at the Seven Hill Centro Centre from Thursday 3rd September until the 20th September so if you happen to be in the centre please come and vote for me :)

Online voting is also available from next Thursday so please check back here then for a link to vote for my photo, I would be extremely grateful :)

Only 16 finalists were chosen from thousands of entries at each centre so it's very exciting to have my photo chosen!

Here is the photo.

Goodbye Winter - Sydney Children's Photographer

Well I think Winter is on its way out here in Sydney, the last few weeks have been really nice weather and today was absolutely beautiful - hot enough for an ice block so that's just what the girls and I did, enjoyed an ice block in our backyard.

Enjoy your weekend :)

A pic of my girl :) - Sydney Children Photographer

I took Lex out to the trampoline the other day for a bit of fun and she was more than willing to play along, lol.

Thanks for looking :)

Precious little Annabel - Sydney Baby Photographer

I shot a session for the most beautiful little bub this week, little Annabel is so precious, I just wanted to take her home, lol. She was such a good girl throughout the session, I had a great time.

Thanks so much Jake and Jorgie for a wonderful session :)

Gorgeous Thomas - Sydney Cake Smash Photographer

I had a really fun session on Saturday with little Thomas, oh my goodness what a happy little guy. He loved the camera and he LOVED the cake, he managed to get through almost all of it, lol. He thoroughly enjoyed the session, it was fun to watch :)

Hope you enjoy your sneak peak Melanie and Gavin!

Holly's Cake Smash - Sydney Baby Photographer

It was little Miss Holly's cake smash session on Saturday and oh my gosh she was a happy little bub! She was my friend from the minute I walked in the door and was happy as Larry enjoying her cake, the hardest part of this session was choosing which of many smiley photos to include in the sneak peak pics below, lol.

Thanks so much Cherie and Dan for a great session, I had a ball!

Yesterday's Cake Smash - Sydney Children's Photographer

Yesterday I shot a cake smash session for the most adorable little girl. Baby M was so much fun, I really had a ball watching her - initially not wanting to have a bar of her cake to thoroughly enjoying it at the end. She's such a happy little girl :)

Thanks for a lovely session L & A :) I hope you enjoy your sneak peak.

Beautiful Wedding - Sydney Family Photographer

A few weeks ago I second shot a wedding with a friend. It was held at the Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour and was just so beautiful, the bride looked amazing!

It was lots of fun although exhausting, a very long day.

Thanks for looking :)!

Al & Ben's Wedding - Sydney Family Photographer

Last week I was lucky enough to go up to Cairns for my friends wedding, it was so beautiful! A night without the hubby and kids in a beautiful hotel room, drinking cocktails with my friends and attending a wedding, who could ask for more, lol!

I took a few pics from the day (including a 6 am sunrise, eek!). I wasn't the hired photographer so couldn't get the best positioning so here are just a few snaps :)

It was a beautiful wedding guys xx

My new little niece - Sydney Baby Photographer

I shot a session with my little newborn niece M last weekend - oh my gosh she's cute! She's so little :) She was such a good girl for me, slept almost the entire session and gave me no trouble at all, lol.

Enjoy your pics D&T :)

Messy Cake Smash - Sydney Children's Photographer

I had a really fun cake smash session on Saturday, little C had such a good time, she thoroughly enjoyed every single bite of her cake and made the best mess, it was really fun.

I hope you enjoy your sneak peak mum and dad!

40th Wedding Anniversary - Sydney Family Photographer

Two weeks ago I shot a 40th Wedding Anniversary with such a sweet couple. You can tell they are still so much in love after 40 years of marriage, it's such a wonderful thing to see. It was lovely to be a part of their special day.

Lovely Family Session - Sydney Family Photographer

I shot a lovely family on Saturday with such a cute little boy. Unfortunately it was raining so we mainly shot inside but we got some lovely shots regardless.

Thanks for a lovely session C&D. Enjoy your sneak peek :)

Beautiful little S - Sydney Newborn Photographer

I was lucky enough to shoot little baby S on Tuesday and she was so just cute! She has the most amazing hair and eventually settled into a nice little sleep for me to photograph her.

Thank you for our session K&S. Hope you enjoy your sneak peak :)

Newborn Baby J - Sydney Baby Photographer

I got to shoot little baby J on Saturday afternoon, he was very sweet. He is such a cute chubby baby! After a few unsettled periods I managed to get some lovely photos of him, his mum and dad and his beautiful sister, it was a lovely session.

Enjoy your sneak peek S & M :)

Fun Cake Smash Sneak Peak - Sydney Baby Photographer

I am having a run of cake smash sessions lately which has been so much fun! My latest session, little baby A was so adorable and my friend from the second I walked in the door, she was such a happy friendly little girl.

Enjoy your sneak peak S&D :)

Sweet Baby E - Sydney Newborn Photographer

I had the pleasure of shooting our very good friend's baby E today. Talk about make me clucky, lol. He is so cute and such a sweet baby, so good for mummy and daddy. Apart from E deciding it would be great to pee all over me we had a fantastic session, lol.

Thanks so much guys, hope you enjoy your sneak peek :)