Welcome to Honeybee & Peony

Honeybee & Peony is the creative cooperative of Leann Manning Photography and Sarah Wachholz, designer. We are both mothers with a flair for the creative. Leann is an on-location photographer who will come to your home and capture images of your children and family as well as your most favorite pets and special occasions. Sarah is a graphic designer who has a special interest in providing creative and beautiful products for families at down to earth prices. She offers such products as birth announcements and greeting cards as well as custom designed invitations and stationary.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Welcome, Ezra!


Congratulations to Sarah and Family on precious little Ezra. Although he weighs in at a hefty 9 lbs, he is still so tiny! Wrinkly toes and little grunts and funny faces abound. He's beautiful and it was so fun to get a few shots of a 1 day old newborn precious little being :) Mommy (and Daddy) are doing great and adjusting to having 3 children to tend to and very happy to be home!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Honeybee & Peony News



Peony News!!

Sarah and Family welcomed Ezra Christopher into the world this morning at 6:14am!
And darn it, it's about time!! (he is about a week late according to his due date)

He weighed 9 lbs even and was 20.5" long

Congrats to the whole family and especially to mama who achieved her goal of a totally natural childbirth.

Since I have not had a chance to take his first Honeybee Photos yet, her is a cute picture of Sarah when she was pregnant with Ezra.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Baby Ingrid



Ingrid is the daughter of my very great friends and while I was visiting them one day, I noticed the cool pink scale that they had been loaned by a family friend and could not resist doing a photo shoot of her on the scale. She is 3 months old now so we weren't so sure how well she would fit on the scale but it was a blast! And she weighed in at a healthy 15 lbs! She also got to be in an Easter basket and had huge smiles in the adorable hat the mom brought for her. Too cute!

Sean 6 Months


Sean always provides great smiles for me whenever we take photos and he did not let me down this time. But this was also a very touching photo shoot since his daddy was going to be leaving on his way to Iraq the next day. I (very embarrassingly) totally spaced out on our scheduled photo shoot so we had to reschedule for this date which actually turned out to be ok, since then dad could be home for the shoot. There is something so precious about a dad bonding with this child and especially bittersweet since it could be a year until they see each other again. My thoughts and prayers are with their family for his safe and speedy return.

Happy Birthday to Sydney!


What a fun way to take Sydney's 1 Year Photos! (She is actually little baby David's big sister!!) We went to the Como Park Conservatory and let her run around and have fun. I can't believe how time flies and that she is already 1 year old. She is also my first baby to complete the Baby's First Year Package.

Welcome Baby David!

Congratulations to Mommy, Daddy and Big Sisters, too on the birth of David. He is such a cutie!
One of the things I love is finding amazing furniture and fun colors in peoples homes that I get to use as props! This chair was perfect for David's newborn photos! It truly shows his size (actually a big "little guy"!) and will be a great way to chart his growth through his first year of photos!