Katie Tyree Photography: first birthday photos

{Katie Tyree Photography + Mystical Cupcakes}

I often sit in my dining room day dreaming while my two girls are napping... Day dreaming about the thousands of ideas and desires I have. Sometimes those dreams become reality and sometimes they just sit on my note pad or in my head and become nothing but meer thoughts that float off into nothingness. Why they become something or nothing? Sometimes I know why and sometimes I haven't the foggiest of clues why they do not develop at all. I think it's fate that they become nothing or else I'm assured God would develop them into something or i'd have that burning desire to see things through at least.

Speaking of day dreaming...

I was sitting there a few months ago when I got a desire to do something special and different with my business. I already customize every photo session that I do, but often times they aren't ones that are done in the studio with the exception of babies, newborn photos and senior photos. Anyways, I thought, how much fun would it be to offer customized 1st and 2nd birthday smash photos and smash cake sessions for the same exact price as my regular sessions except with the cake smashing you'd get to have a custom high end boutique style cake that was designed just for your child. I mean... Who knows how badly their children fall apart at their first birthday just in time for the eating of the cake which results in not so great first birthday cake photos right?

I've thought long and hard on it for a few months and although I considered making the cakes myself or looking for some simple way to do these cakes I have decided to do something above and beyond. I've teamed up with an awesome baker named Rachel who owns Mystical Cupcakes in Olympia and will be making all of the cake smash cakes custom for every single session. Rachel is a mom and a mom with a passion for baking and her business {Mystical Cupcakes}. She puts so much heart into her food and you can tell when you bite into a piece of cupcake or smash cake. Trust me, you'll be ordering every birthday party and special event cupcake or smash cake from her because they're that amazing. She makes butter cream icing with home made from scratch butter that she whips. You know your cupcakes and smash cake is amazing when you can SEE the vanilla beans in the frosting and in the cake batter. It's almost too good of a cake for a baby to appreciate. So after you finish your cake smash photos with me you'll have to take a fork and try her amazing cake for yourself.

Here are a few images of the cupcakes that are created by Mystical Cupcakes of Olympia. They are as tasty as they look.

www.katietyreephotography.com