When your first child is born, I think most parents tend to go a bit camera crazy.  I know we were super snap-happy!  We have tons of photo’s of Anya’s first 6 months, then a quite a few of the next 6 months but after that the photo collection really seems to fizzle out.  Recently while going through my photos I realised this and saw that I wasn’t taking nearly enough photo’s of her anymore.  Sure, we still take them at big occasions like her birthday, holidays, her first day of school but not enough of her playing in the park, going out for a family meal or just being silly at home.

So I thought it would be fun to photograph Anya in her favourite place, the park, but it would be even better to combine this with my other passions – kids style and this blog.  So I teamed up with Juliana of Captured by Juliana (a family and kids photographer) and Nick from French Blossom to bring you this fun shoot. And as it’s my first blog shoot, I wanted to celebrate with a fantastic giveaway for you too (read on to find out more about the giveaway and how to enter). Most of the clothes worn by Anya on this shoot are by Emile et Ida.  If you already know this French brand, I’m sure you are a fan… who isn’t?!  But if you haven’t heard of Emile et Ida, prepare to fall in love.  Very chic, very playful with a touch of retro, Emile et Ida is probably my most favourite French brand out there at the moment.  Anya loved wearing the clothes and had great fun on the shoot.  None of the shots are posed… Juliana just let her be and do what a 4 year old does in a park and took photo’s as Anya played and did her thing. The giveaway:  The winner gets to choose any one item of clothing from the Emile et Ida range at French Blossom in the size of your choice.  If I could enter, I know what I would choose but more importantly, what will you choose?  I adore the cat print dress worn in the first photo but there is also a very cool cat print sweatshirt (not shown here).  There are beautiful skirts and cool stuff for boys too so you may have a hard time choosing!

To enter:  Simply like ebabee and French Blossom on Facebook and then leave a comment below to say you have done so.  If you already like the pages, then just say so in the comment.  All 3 things are mandatory.

One entry per person and this competition is open to all my readers worldwide.  The competition closes at midnight (UK time) on Sunday 6th October 2013.  Any entries after this time will not be counted. Winner will be announced on this post and on my facebook page on Tuesday 8th October.  This giveaway is now closed.  The winner of this giveaway is Abigail Fahey. Congratulations Abigail!

* This is not a sponsored post.  I thought a shoot was a fun way to share these lovely clothes.  All the clothes were loaned by French Blossom for the purpose of this shoot and have been returned and the talented kids photographer Juliana very kindly did the shoot.  All dresses and tops by Emile et Ida, tights by TroiZenfants and black skirt and shoes were our own.