Preferred Vendors - A Family Resource Guide

Anytime Sitter | San Diego Preferred Family Service

BlueFlair Photography is pleased to introduce you to Anytime Sitter, and the President/Founder, Samantha Migdal.

Samantha, a San Diego native, graduated with honors from the University of San Francisco.  She has over 10 years of experience with children, and worked for a babysitting agency while in college.  Now that she is back in San Diego, she has quickly built a unique babysitting service with 30 on-call sitters. Each experienced sitter is background checked, safety trained, and typically is pursuing an education in child development or the nursing field.

Samantha is passionate about her work.  She evens works as a babysitter herself, as the need arises!  She is dedicated to providing quality child care that parents can count on.

Here’s what Anytime Sitter has to say:

“Anytime Sitter is flexible because its a service to be used ANYday, ANYtime, ANYwhere! They have a network of dynamic sitters who are enthusiastic about children and excited to babysit. Anytime Sitter is reliable because it’s a service that is always available, even in a pinch! Anytime Sitter is trustworthy because the owner Samantha personally screens, interviews and runs a national criminal background check on every sitter referred.

Anytime Sitter’s mission is to become the premier childcare service by providing a network that compliments the lives of caregivers and families while reaching out and giving back to the community. They are currently reaching out to Project Left Behind. For every sitter they refer, $1 is donated to help children in orphanages all over the world: http://projectleftbehind.org/Home_Page.html

In order to qualify as an Anytime Sitter, each applicant must meet specific requirements. Each sitter must have a legal right to work in the U.S., be CPR/First Aid certified, have a clean national criminal background, at least 5 years childcare experience and excellent references. Many of their sitters attend school at UCSD, USD, Point Loma Nazarene & CSU San Marcos majoring in fields such as Child Development, Psychology & Nursing. Many have experience as camp counselors, lifeguards, sport coaches and teaching assistants.”

Anytime Sitter has also added an Anytime Nanny service – short or long term! Need a nanny? Visit Anytime Nanny for ANY short or long-term nanny need. Every nanny placed in a families home is professionally trained by Marla Elliott, Parent Coach and Founder of Familiworks!

Anytime Sitter is your permanent solution for ANY temporary or last minute babysitting need!  Become a fan of Anytime Sitter on Facebook.

Anytime Sitter and BlueFlair Photography are holding a model call for children age 2-12 on February 27, 2010,at TRC Gymnastics, Inc in Solana Beach. There is no cost or obligation, and there are free gifts from BlueFlair, TRC Gymnastics, and Anytime Sitter for all participants!!

For details, click here - then call to hold your spot!


The Power of Professional Makeup | San Diego Professional Photographers

Professional makeup for photography makes such a difference in photographs.  It’s different than your everyday “street makeup”, and is designed to work with the camera.  While most people understand professional makeup is a necessity on the wedding day, they tend to underestimate how it can enhance your portrait in other situations – like updating your business headshot, social media profile photos, boudoir photography, high school senior portraits, family portraits, and the list goes on.

Here’s a quick, but impressive video of some of our clients, including some before and afters.

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One of our recent clients wrote this beautiful note, that brought tears to our eyes, after her session:

I just wanted to thank both of you for an amazing experience yesterday.
When you showed me some of my photos during the shoot yesterday, I could
hardly believe that was me.  Having a sister who takes great photos and
knows just how to pose always made me feel like the ugly duckling.  You are
true artists and are giving a gift to those you serve. CONFIDENCE!  We
always see our flaws and rarely get to see how others view us.  Your photos
will give me inspiration to let my true self shine through.  You showed me
that I can be just as beautiful as any of those girls in the magazines, with
a little help from my friends at Blueflair :-)

And here’s this beautiful lady who is sporting her confidence!

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We’ve been delighted to be working with Christy Stevenson for the last several months.  Clients who work with us and Christy, as a team, are just blown away.  Ladies are reporting that they feel so pampered, “like a princess”.  So, without further ado, we’d like to introduce you to Christy Stevenson.  She has an impressive list of credits and clients, and she even has her own cosmetic line!  Check back for more info as we add Christy to our growing list of Preferred Vendors.  Christy has been a joy to work with, and our clients love her as well, she’s just a sweetie!

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We’re looking forward to incorporating Christy’s wonderful makeup artistry and styling skills into more of our sessions.  Moms, how fabulous would it be to have a preconsultation of picking out your wardrobe options, tips for hairstyle, and professional makeup for your updated family portraits?  Talk about getting the royal treatment!





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