Personal – Hazel & Skye

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January 11, 2019

The Beauty of Freckles Project

This project celebrates the beauty of freckles. This project was a result of an incident I encountered.

I was told by a professional makeup artist at a beauty counter that she wanted to show me the best foundation make-up to cover my “flaws” (aka my freckles). Little did she know that I love my freckles and I don’t consider them flaws. That was the first time someone hated on my freckles. So, I did respond with “I love my freckles” and walked right out. However, I was thinking what if this make-up artist would have said this to someone that didn’t love their freckles, those words could have been devastating. Let’s be careful with our words! Freckles are beautiful and unique! Read more

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January 3, 2019

New Name: Hazel + Skye

I’ve been thinking about this day ever since day one of my business, which was a decade ago. “What will my business name be?”. At the time, I could not relate to any names. Therefore, I settled for the name ‘Denise Espinosa Photography’. I knew from the start that I was not going to use it forever; I think I shared with anyone that would listen how I needed to change my name. Fast forward to the summer of 2018, when a fellow photographer responded to a “call” about my name change desires and challenges. We met for lunch, talked a bit about the business and to my surprise the new business name was birth during that lunch; it resonated instantly.

I could wait to do a whole re-branding before sharing. However, I decided that I waited long enough. I will be sharing and celebrating as I go.

After several months, thanks to another fellow photographer/designer, we ended with not only one but two logo branding kits that we absolutely love! Although we are starting with one branding kit, the other will be on file in case I decide I want to switch things up a bit down the road. For now, I am sharing our first main logo. I could not be happier! Thanks to my fellow photographer/designer for having so much patience with me when creating my brand…I do not have enough words to describe how thankful I am. I feel very blessed for the help of these photographers, I love and truly believe in community over competition.

My Baby Turns Four

Hazel Turns Four » Denise Espinosa Photography

I needed to make time in the middle of my busy season to get this post out there finally! To believe our baby turned four this past Tuesday. I am feeling all kinds of emotions. Blessed for sure! Take it from an experienced mom of three — who’s feeling melancholy because I can’t slow down time — it just goes by too fast!

It feels like just yesterday, the little baby we were praying for was finally here. On another blog post, I’ll share more details about our 8-year journey, but this one is about wishing this gorgeous, sweet, and spunky four-year-old a Happy Birthday! We pray God will bless her with many more years of grace, mercy, good health and protection. We love you, Hazel! Or as you like to call yourself right now “Joy” (as in Disney’s Inside Out).

Some of her favorite things at 4:

Pizza Puffs (She calls it ‘Pizza Butter’)
Pink
Playing at the Park
Singing
White Powder Donuts (by Hostess)

The Green Machine

Hello! I have something a little different today — a new fruit-and-veggie combo smoothie. I prep these for the week and freeze them in a large Ziploc bag (one bag serves two people). These smoothies are delicious and refreshing! If you have picky eaters in the house, or you yourself find it hard to eat veggies, this is a great way to get them in.

I have a smoothie almost every night instead of munching on something else. Let me know if you try it!

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