Balloon Craze

 I personally am loving the balloon frenzy!

Something so simple can add such color and fun to a group of photos.

For this set, I purchased a handful of random colored helium balloons on our way to take the pics.

(note to self: haven't had much luck keeping helium balloons to last longer then a day, so try to buy them the day you need them.)

And I opted to go with multi-colored balloons for the day to really pop the color.. but how

adorable would a grouping of all orange, pink, or lime green be with a few different props that matched?? I am picturing all yellow balloons with a sweet baby girl and some all yellow props out in the field.. presh

 To capture mostly sky as the background for the balloons, try to find a location with an incline. My son is setting at the top of a small hill in these pics, my husband is close by to make sure he is safe, and the camera and myself are down the hill about 15 feet and shooting up. As usual, my son has one of his many hot wheels cars in hand, and we brought along the singing sock monkey to add color.. not to mention he's a singing sock monkey with a funky beat, so if needed we can turn on the jamz in efforts to get my child's attention.. multi-purpose sock monkey! which also reminds me that the sock monkey has also made a HUGE come back lately and its also an adorable prop with kids.

 We did tie the balloon strings around his wrist to make sure they didn't fly away.. it would look classier, I'm sure,  if he were just holding the strings, but on a semi windy day we didn't want to chance it.