The Lovie Project

I was born on February 3rd, 1980.  My great-aunt gave my parents a pink blanket to swaddle me and take me home from the hospital.  It is a gift that has never left my side.

 Yes, I’m 34.                     Yes, it still comforts me when I’m sad.

This was my best friend growing up.  I took it everywhere.  I hid it when my mom came looking to wash it (it smelled “wrong” when it came out of the washing machine). I cried when I thought it was lost.  My parents HATED it after a while.

This is me with my pink blanket:

I feel very fortunate to have a “lovie” and a family that loves me in spite of it.  And a husband who won’t complain if the rags come out of hiding to give me a boost of love.

Not everyone is lucky enough to have one.  Some children who are in shelters are missing this key piece of childhood.  We are starting a campaign to help donate new lovies to those who need them.  Everyone deserves to have a lovie.

The Lovie Project is for someone like me. And you.  And your kids.  You probably know exactly which stuffed animal, blanket, toy  that fits into this category. I needed my blanket immortalized, and made a 20×24″ canvas for my NYC apartment. It’s the best piece of modern art that I own.  A great ice-breaking conversation piece.
We are having a party tomorrow, on Valentine’s Day (of course) to immortalize your lovies. FREE cocoa and cookies to have a fabulously comforting time.  Donate a new lovie to The Coalition for the Homeless here in NYC and get your lovie(s) photographed for free!

10% of all print sales all across the country will be donated to The Primo Shelter.

See you tomorrow!

Plus a HUGE thank you to The Chirping Moms, NY Metro Parents, MeMyselfandBabyI, Design For MiniKind and more who helped share this amazing cause!

And Baby makes Five

It’s no secret that we can’t help but make friends in random places.

We’ve met you, our lovely friends and clients, in chit-chatty places like Starbucks lines…cool spaces like Kidville…charity events at movie theaters like HelpUsAdopt.org …from having parties for “Mom’s Night Out”…from referrals by people like you…at a store like Giggle when shopping for nieces…and I could think of so many more!

So when ABC’s Good Morning America called us for an interview…it was not surprising that we made friends right away.  And we couldn’t take photos with Paula’s pregnant tummy without having her come back to see the new life she brought into the world.

We were lucky to get to know her whole amazing family and capture quiet moments like this that could just go ON and ON forever. Three weeks old and already a star.

We met the proud siblings that fought over who would hold him…

…we saw dreamy smiles…

….created silly poses (p.s. this pose is NOT PhotoShopped)……we used Dad’s loving arms for soothing…

…and we didn’t want to breathe to spoil moments like these!

All in all, it is a rare treat to share special moments with our amazing families.  We cherish each and every second.  It is a gift to be a part of a family history; to create heirloom portraits that will live on your walls for a lifetime or longer.

Stop on in the studio to meet us at anytime!  We can’t wait to meet new friends.

xoxo Lindsay May

Sweet Sibling Love

We’ve known these lovely kids since Big Sister was only 8 months old.  It’s crazy how time flies these days.  It’s amazing that they grow so fast…they giggle so sweetly…and they love each other so much.  We feel so lucky to be a small part of their family history.

It’s a party!