*UPDATE – 1/8/13* I just wanted to share some love for the Etsy shops that the costumes are from!
Snow White – Three Dutch Divas
Cinderella – Made for Mermaids
Red Riding Hood – Three Gen Jewelry
Snow White’s Bow – Girly Treasures
*UPDATE – 1/3/13* WOW! When I blogged this post, I never expected it to be as popular as it is. It has been repinned several thousand times on Pinterest, and the traffic to our site has exploded. Thank you to everyone for the sweet and wonderful comments that you have left! I hope to update soon with links to some of the vendors that the outfits and props are from. Also, keep an eye out for Miss Maddie’s first birthday session in late March/early April. There were a couple of fairy tales that we didn’t get to do, and one in particular that is just perfect for her cake smash!
We have also had requests to feature these images on other blogs. We are absolutely open to this, so don’t hesitate to email info@wendiriggens.com.
Thanks again everyone!
*Original Post Below*
When Nicole said she wanted to do fairy tales for Miss Maddie’s 9 month session, I never imagined just how incredibly adorable and amazing the images would turn out! She spent weeks and weeks searching for the perfect pieces for the shoot, and we spent two hours the day before setting up sets and discussing strategy. At 9 months old, most babies don’t have an incredibly long attention span, and we knew we would have to work quickly to ensure that Maddie was happy and that we got the shots we wanted.
The day of the session went better than we ever could have planned. Maddie didn’t mind the non-stop clothing changes, and seemed entertained by all the sets! She especially loved the “big bad wolf” and soap bubbles! And then, at the very end, she fell asleep, giving us one last shot to wrap up this perfect session, a shot we hadn’t even planned on and threw together very last minute!
Without further ado, welcome to Miss Maddie’s Once Upon a Time!
Once Upon a Time… We included a few pieces from our fairy tales in this initial shot, to sort of tie it all together…
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Snow White
Peter Pan & Wendy
Alice in Wonderland
Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood & The Big Bad Wolf (or super sweet and cuddly husky that Maddie absolutely adored!)
And they lived happily ever after…
by Wendi
Tanya - OMG!! I love it all!! WOW!!
Shante' - Oh my goodness! This is ridiculously adorable!!
Cynthia Nodland - I made the dress for the Wendy/Peter Pan shot so I got to see the pics from this session and they are all AMAZING!!!! I cannot believe the creativity and beauty of all of them. Seriously wonderful!!!!
Leslie - I love the picture’s !!!
Michelle M - How precious! Wonderful pictures!!
Nicole Lepper - Thank you everyone for you comments and all the likes and pins! This session could not have turned out any better! Everything was seriously perfect! Thank you to all the people who made the beautiful outfits and props and Wendi for capturing my daughter so beautifully!
Megan Gorman - BEAUTIFUL! Nicole the pictures turned out so adorable! When you said you were using the dress for a photo-shoot I had no idea how precious they would turn out! What a wonderful job!
Beth - Oh my goodness! how adorable! Where did you find all the Alice in Wonderland stuff though? I tried to do that theme for my daughters birthday, not easy to come by
Wendi - Thank you! Her mom made the cookies, found the playing cards on eBay, and the Drink Me bottle and top hat on Etsy. She printed the 10/6 card and put it on. The mismatched plates and cups are from a local resale shop.
Melody - My mom crochets the same ABC blanket for allll her great nieces and nephews. I have never see it any where else until now.
Great photos !
Susie @ Homemaker-mom.com - That is just fantastic!
Neva Fitzgerald - Amazing pictures! Such a wonderful idea! I am so going to have to try something like this with my 2 year old!!!! Absolutely precious!
Tim - Where did you get the Peter Pan backdrop?
neo - What an adorable little princess. She looks so much like my baby. So adorable! It’s obvious that both mom and photographer took a lot of time, thought and patience into this shoot. Little babies are hard to wrangle!
Nicole - Thank you for all the wonderful and positive comments. The Peter Pan shadow i drew on charoal color paper and cut him out. Then we taped him on a background that we thought looked like Victorian syle wallpaper.
Melissa Chatten-Sopha - These are the most amazing child pictures I have ever seen. Such a great use of props and backgrounds. And they tell a story, which I love. You are truly talented. Now here’s my question, what will you do for a boy?? lol
Wendi - lol – thank you for the kind words! And excellent questions! Whatever his parents want.
It would be fun to do fairy tale princes and other stories based around little boys – Three Little Bigs, Jack & The Beanstalk, Aladdin – possibilities are endless!
Porch Swing Photography - Holy cow this is impressive. Great set design! And such a patient subject.
Carol - Your baby is really cute! Congratulations on your beautiful photos!
Kathy - Soon to be a Grandma, I love your pics, thinking you must be a real life ‘Disney Princess”! You are sooo talented!!
sandra - Amazing pictures, these are the most wonderful baby pictures i’ve ever seen!!!!!
Sarah - Adorable! and where did you find the once upon a time book? did you make it?
Wendi - Hi Sarah! Maddie’s mom found the book on eBay of all places!
Amy - Oh wow! Just found this on Pinterest and I have to say I love them all! My favorite pic is the one where she’s holding the apple and making kind of a sour face at it. So priceless! Great job!
crystal - Few comments- Besides how amazingly adorable these photos are!!! :0) I would love to feature these on my blog, so i’ll email you next week! Also, where did you get that book? It’s the same one from the series, I’m a huge fan of the series!
Bernadette Dezdjek - love love love your work!
Jason McBee - Can you tell me where the cute mice and the bucket came from for the cinderella shot?
Wendi - Thank you so much for the kind words! Definitely email me!
The book is from eBay. 
Wendi - The mice are from Etsy and the bucket, I believe, is eBay or Etsy, I’ll have to check with Maddie’s mom!
Danielle Farmer - Amazing!! What I would give to live in Iowa to be able to do this!! Love it!
Tina Speece - I just OD’ed on cute and I do not care! Love this shoot, and that baby is SUCH a good little model!
Giftsoc - I have never seen a more adorable baby shoot! Wish I could go back in time and do this with our children.
Kacie - Absolutely LOVE these photos. You’ve inspired me to use a once upon a time theme for my daughters first birthday!
Rosa - Preciosas fotografías. La pequeña Maddie,es toda una profesional, tan linda y dulce.