Here is my monthly update on Studio events.  If you did not receive this newsletter via email please let me know so we can correct your email address or add you to the distribution if you wish.  Email us at info@lorigrice.com or call us at 912-764-7274. 

Hope you have had a GREAT Summer!

Express session dates: 
Wednesday, August 15 Studio Express session, perfect for expecting, newborn, or children portraits.  Casual and Dressy backgrounds available. 
Tuesday, August 21 Guido Gardens - Metter, perfect for family, siblings and five year portraits. 
Express sessions are $180 and includes 30 minute session and two 8×10’s.  These sessions are for new and existing clients.  Our goal with these sessions is to allow anyone to be able to afford and experience the Lori Grice difference.

Studio Remodel Sample SALE:  We are remodeling the studio to make room for some cool new products that you are going to LOVE!  To make room for this we are selling everything off our walls for 50% OFF.  This includes all frames, display sample portraits, framed art, and children’s clothing.  We will be moving all negatives and files from 1987 to 2006 to storage.  Order any images from these files before we move them for 50% off.  SALE ENDS AUGUST 31.

Back to School Girls night out and away:  You’re invited to join me on a girls night out in Atlanta.  This Dutch treat trip will include great food, a great hotel, great shopping, and a visit to the Annie Leibovitz exhibit at the High Museum.  We will leave Statesboro around lunch on Friday, August 24 and return on Sunday, August 25.  Go to the studio events section of my blog to get full details.  Space is limited so reply to me now if you’re interested in getting away with us girls.  Sign up deadline is August 17.

Have you read my blog?  A couple of months ago we launched a blog on our website.  This daily journal has become very popular with those of you who have read it.  If you have not checked it out - I must issue a warning - it is VERY contagious.  Do not log onto it if you do not have plenty of time to read it.  Many of you have told me that it is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning and the last thing you do before you go to bed.  The blog includes powerful stories from many of you, sneak peaks at upcoming studio events and a look back at what you are missing.  I call it my own “reality” TV show….welcome to my world!  Check it out now at www.lorigrice.com/blog

Your portrait, Your Story promotion:  Congratulations to Neelam Raichura of Statesboro who was selected as the Judges Favorite in our “Your Portrait, Your Story” promotion.  Kitty Cason - Statesboro, Sheri-Lyn Owens - Rincon, Kristen Grach - Pooler and Stefanie Reeder - Savannah were named finalist by the judges- Congratulations!  In addition, there were lots of Honorable Mentions named in the promotion.  You can read all of their stories in the Your Portrait, Your Story section of the blog. www.lorigrice.com/blog Thanks to all of you who entered.  These powerful stories have inspired me and touched many of you in incredible ways.  Knowing how special your portraits that I have created for you have become is a tremendous compliment.  I hope after you read these stories that many of you will take the time to send me your story.  These serve as a constant reminder to all who reads them of how powerful and beautiful life can be.

Lori Grice Gift Bonds:  There is NO better gift than a Lori Grice gift bond.  Email me and tell me what your Lori Grice birthday, anniversary or Christmas gift wish list is.  Husbands are always looking for a creative, unique gift for you.  I know how hard most of you are to buy for - so he will be THRILLED with some help.
Tell me what you want and let me know the best way to reach him.  I will contact him personally and get to work on making your next occasion as special as you deserve it to be.

Husband DOG House - repentance program:  If you’re married there is two sure bets where husbands are involved.  They are heading toward the dog house are they are in it currently.  When your husband needs a way to make it up to you send him my way. Some examples of how I have “helped” husbands get back into good graces again?  Well the basic gifts are family or children portrait sessions with no complaining about the location, attire or budget for the portrait sessions.  Location is the real kicker - can you say St. Augustine, Tybee, Atlanta….you get the idea.  Thank goodness husbands are human and us wives are VERY forgiving - for a price.  Isn’t Love GRAND?

St. Augustine portrait travel weekend:  We are currently working with several clients for a location shoot in St. Augustine, Florida.  This would be a fun get away and a great opportunity to have  a “destination” portrait for your home.   I rediscovered St. Augustine on my birthday and am anxious to take a few of you down there for portrait sessions.  The trip will be in October - we are working on dates now.  Let me know if you’re interested and we will put you on the list.

Tybee Beach Portraits:  We still have a few openings for beach portraits.  These are some of my most popular portrait sessions.   They make great wall portraits, gifts and Christmas cards.  Our next availability is the weekend beginning on September 7th.

Have a GREAT August!

Lori

By:  Susan Allan - Statesboro

As I look back on the last nine years we have lived in Statesboro I see the threads of these years that have been woven into our lives, creating lasting memories ….
As I look around my house at the photographs that represents the days of our lives Lori Grice Photography has captured those days  of these special years that our woven into the fabric of our memory. 
I see memories of happy days of the final summers of high school - the senior portraits of both my girls capture their youth, their varied interests of high school days,  the hopes and dreams of their future.  From the casual poses in the ourdoors, to the poses representing memories of band concerts, leading the band in football half time shows for April and a treasure chest of ballet costumes for Ashley to the serious formal poses that remind us of the beautiful young women they have become - we treasure each thread of the tapestry.
Amidst the happy memories are the pictures of four best friends, reminding us that woven into the tapestry of life, yes, even young life, is sadness, tragic losses, mountains to be climbed.  These pictures capture the importance of friends as one of the four faces the pain, the fears, the uncertainties of cancer and reminds us of the miracle of good health on the other side of illness. We treasure the tapestry of friends in our daughters lives.
The generations are represented around our home through LGP of my parents as we announced the joy of their 5oth wedding anniversary.  A picture representing the blessings of family, the shared joys of the generations,the celebration of half a century of marriage!
Even our professional lives are captured by LGP through our official staff photographs at First Baptist Church.  Even the blessing of being able to connect our lives with those of our First Baptist Family has been made possible through the photography that introduces our staff to newcomers through our staff photographs. 
As the threads of the tapestry continue to be woven, we cherish the pictures of the new love of a new generation.  The engagement pictures of April and Eric represent the beginning of a new journey, the promise of many years together of shared love of yet another generation.  The cherished bridal portrait hangs in our home, a reminder of yet another passage of time, another family tapestry in it’s beginning stages with so many threads yet to be woven into the tapestry of love. 
Yes, Lori Grice Photography has truly enriched our lives through friendship and the capturing of the memories of our lives in this past decade.  We are grateful for these portraits that represent the tapestry of our lives and help us to remember in the days to come as God continues to weave the tapestry of his choosing in our lives.