Launch Day 5 • Business Spotlight: Cottage Letters

Today’s business spotlight is on Cottage Letters. This is the week of giveaways as we celebrate the launch of my new website. When I was honing my craft as a newborn and motherhood photographer in Tallahassee, Elizabeth of Cottage Letters was having her first son. I went down to West Palm Beach where they were living at the time to photograph her, her husband Nathan, and their new baby.
(Instructions for entering the giveaway are in the Rafflecopter box at the end of this post)

She has since added two more boys to their brunch and four more moves throughout the Southeast onto their punchcard. They recently settled in Cordele, Georgia where her husband took a position as student pastor at First Baptist Church Cordele.

Elizabeth, like so many creative mamas who are home nurturing babies, found herself in need of an outlet. She took to the craft of hand lettering and has blossomed and bloomed. She does incredible work and custom pieces for all different occasions. You can see her designs on her Facebook and Instagram pages where she shares videos in her stories often. She’s done classes in the past and I hope she’ll be doing more in the future because she definitely has the heart of a teacher and I’d love to sit and learn this beautiful art from her.

As I was re-branding my website, I immediately thought of Elizabeth to hand letter a phrase that is near and dear to my heart personally. It is a phrase that is included in the end note of many emails I send to new mamas and mamas to be. It was a phrase that was said to me in my earliest days of motherhood by my aunt, and I have carried it with me ever since. It has held true to this journey, and in the more challenging seasons of parenting it has been a shining reminder of another season to come that will bring light after what may have been a shadow filled hike with roots and rocks trying to trip me along the way.

Sarah Gray Photography Website Launch, Tallahassee, Florida Business Spotlight

Elizabeth has lettered this precious for message for one lucky winner. It will be printed as an 8×10” ready-to-frame. It’s simple and beautiful.

To enter the giveaway follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter box below and we’ll announce the winner on  Sunday.

If you don’t already, like my photography page so you don’t miss out on the upcoming giveaways the rest of this week from other amazing Tallahassee loving businesses. There is more to come!

Be sure to check out the other four businesses participating in this week of giveaways who have already been featured. Their giveaways are still active for entering through Sunday afternoon! Winners will all be announced here on Sunday evening.

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Maclay Gardens in full bloom is one of those things that genuinely cannot be recreated.

Not next month. Not next year. Not by finding a similar spot somewhere else in town.

The soft pastel color, the light filtering through the canopy, the feeling of being completely surrounded by spring - it exists for a brief window, and then it is gone.

April 11 is the date. Five spots is the limit. When those are filled, that is it for this spring.

If you have been wanting to get your family photos updated and you keep waiting for the right moment, this one is worth paying attention to.

Link in bio to grab your spot before the blooms move on without us.
My dad was a hobbyist photographer when I was growing up.

Not a professional. Just someone who paid attention, picked up his camera, and kept a record of our family over the years.

Those photos have given me something I did not fully understand the value of until I was older - glimpses of moments that would have otherwise just faded. Seasons of our family's life that I can actually see, not just try to remember.

That is a big part of why I believe what I believe about this work.

Your family is your legacy. The people in your life right now, at this exact age, in this exact season - they deserve to be beautifully preserved. Not just for you, but for the people who come after you, who will one day look at those images and feel the warmth of a family that showed up for each other.

That is what I am here to help you do.
I’m still sifting through all the December sessions and have so many favorites to share. Thank you to all my families who trusted me to be a part of their photographic legacy. It is an honor and I never take it lightly.

Here’s to another great year!
Tonight I had the first session of the year! It was beautiful. I’m not sure if I love this warm January or not,  but it sure made this maternity session more comfortable.

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Sarah Gray Photography | Professional Photographer of America Member
Sarah Gray Photography | The Motherhood Anthology Member

Sarah Gray creates timeless and joyful images that are designed for living room walls and photo albums. A tallahassee photographer, Sarah Gray also serves Thomasville, Crawfordville, St. Marks, Gainesville and throughout the panhandle of north Florida and south Georgia.

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telephone (850) 321-0208

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