Thank you to ALL of the wonderful women who came out to our Boudoir-Burlesque Open House! Wow, what an event! We were blown away by the number of ladies who RSVP’ed (over 180!!!)… and it was so much fun to meet many of you, and introduce you all to the wonderful world of the Boudoir Divas. :) We also had nine beautiful women sign up to get their boudoir shoot with us, so thank you to you ladies specifically; we can’t wait to have you back into the studio for your shoot!
This was such a fun evening! We had a couple of demo boudoir shoots, so that everyone could see a little glimpse of what they might be able to expect from their boudoir shoot with us. Deena & Crystal, fab diva photographers, showed us how they work to get some amazing photographs – and here are just a few of their shots:
The ladies in the photographs above ALSO gave everyone a really fun show (it was SO cool!) These are the Lala’s – LA’s hottest burlesque group, and we were thrilled that they came to our Open House! Donna & Camille gave us some really fun performances; we just loved having them here. (Thanks, Lalas!)
We also have to give a shout-out to Unique Excellence & Blush … two amazing companies that were represented at the Open House. Thank you for being a part of our evening, Jessica, Peggy, and Christa. We loved having you at the Open House, and hope you’ll come represent at our next one. :) You all ROCK!
The night also wouldn’t have been complete without our raffle! Congrats to all the lucky ladies who won one of our prizes (a free in-home massage from Baylee Strayer, and lots of gift cards for the Boudoir Divas studio! Also, if you were at the Open House, you might have noticed that we completely forgot to draw names for one of the raffle prizes! I am so sorry, ladies… we just forgot. SO, that means that you now have a chance to enter! TWO LUCKY WINNERS will get half-off your hair & makeup application by the lovely Blush ladies, Peggy Rogers & Christa Thorton! This is an amazing prize, so if you have a boudoir shoot scheduled (or if you’re getting married), sign up to win! All you have to do is leave a comment below (make sure you fill out your email address so we can notify you), and we’ll draw two winners. Woo-hoo!
And now for the BEST part of this blog post: the VIDEO! This is just a quick recap/overview of the evening – ENJOY! xoxo, The Divas
If you want to see our earlier post to learn more about changes click here!
Miss Deena Cormier ….. Studio Manager
This fabulous woman has been with us for years and years. She and I (Marissa) have been best friends since we were in middle school and we even shared the same photography teacher in High School. If he could only see us now! Deena is an amazing photographer and she knows everything about this studio inside and out. Her love for the studio, and more importantly her love for our amazing clients, has given her the promo of Studio Manager. When K and I are traveling for speaking or workshops and are gone for weeks at a time, this fabulous lady will be able to run the place as her own, she does now already! Hip hip hooraaay to Deen!!!
Erin Ashley Greene …. Photographer and Customer Service Diva
First, I have to say I just love her name. I love it so much that I just call her by her full name all the time. It just has such a good ring. Say it …. “Erin Ashley Greene.” Ah.
This wonderful woman was working using her kind heart, organization and people loving skills working quickly up the ladder at a huge and fancy salon as a coordinator. Sounds nice huh? That’s why we were so honored when this amazingly sweet and talented lady wanted to be a part of our staff as a “Photographer and Customer Service Diva.” I instantly knew she would be perfect for the job and we were thrilled when she accepted! I cannot tell you how thrilled and perfect I think she for this and I am sure you will feel the same way the second you chat with her.
Welcome to The Boudoir Divas Erin Ashley Greene! You have no idea how blessed we feel to have you and we know that not only will you find that shooting boudoir is incredibly rewarding, but the amazing clients that you become friends is the best reward of the job!
Crystal Carr…. Photographer
You know her already! She’s been with us forever and is still here and rocking her incredible skills as a photographer! Lucky us, or maybe lucky, lucky YOU if she ends up being your photographer!
Peggy Rogers…. Make-Up and Hair Extraordinaire
You all know Peggy already! Peggy is one of the make-up n hair gals here and it goes without saying that she is pretty freaking amazing. We are lucky to have her. She is so fun to chat with while you are getting your hair and make-up done! She also works at Elite Salon and does wedding’s with her own co… Blush Bride.
You know us….. Marissa Boucher and Kimberlee West… Owners, Photographers and Photography/Business Educators.
Weston Boucher… Hubby, Founder, Late night tech support, Wedding Photographer
This talented hubby of mine has helped in so many ways. Although he doesn’t shoot boudoir (we are an all female staff) he is still a huge part of the biz. For example he stays into the wee hours of the night helping me put together new sets, and doing random things like hook up smoke alarms and fix all our equip. If you have been following us awhile you know he is a big part of The Boudoir Divas in so many ways. Thanks babe for all your love and for being there for me when owning a business just sometimes feels like a little too much.
Elaine Boucher…. 9-5, Monday-Friday Diva Assistant
She is always here tucked away on her leopard print bed. She spends her day napping and taking turns staring at each gal until they feel compelled to come over and give her love. As you can see she is a true asset to the company.
For those of you who can’t make it out to our Boudoir-Burlesque OPEN HOUSE this week (on Thursday night, 6-9pm!)… here’s a little taste of the Boudoir studio. We cannot WAIT to have all of you fabulous ladies here at the studio for the open house. It’s going to be so much fun! See you all in a few days! xoxo, The Divas
To our Boudoir-Burlesque BASH!!! Yayyy!!!!! This is going to be so awesome! The invitation is open to ANYone! … all of our friends, family, past clients, current clients, future clients, industry peers… anyone who would like to come! It’s an open house for anyone who would like to see the studio.
If you have had a shoot with us recently, why not grab a few of your girlfriends and bring them in to see where you had your boudoir experience?! If you are THINKING of doing a shoot with us (or hosting a Pin-Up Party), then this is the PERFECT opportunity to meet our staff, take a tour of the studio, and see what we’re all about. Or just come, grab a glass of champagne, have a few snacks, and just hang with your girlfriends. OH – and did we mention we’re going to have a RAFFLE!? We’d love to have you come hang out!
Details: Thursday, August 18, at 6pm! If you want to come, just shoot us an email (so we can chill enough champagne for everyone!) – and then we’ll also send you our address & directions to get here (if you haven’t been to the studio before). Hope to see you there! xoxo, The Divas
Ahhhhh we cannot WAIT to see the burlesque performance by the fabulous LALAs!!!! We’ll also have
Interested in booking a boudoir shoot with San Diego’s premier boudoir photography studio!? Give us a call: 858.485.0443, or email us: SDstudio@TheBoudoirDivas.com {Our dates are filling up SUPER fast for the rest of the summer… give us a call if you are ready to get a tentative date on the calendar!}
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A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU:
Based on some questions we’ve been receiving, I wanted to clarify a few things:
1) Cost: This is a FREE event! :)
2) Attire: You can wear whatever you want… the “Diva Team” will probably be wearing dresses (it’s always nice to have an excuse to dress up, right?!) :)
3) Time: It’s an open house – so come when you want, leave when you want! :)
4) Burlesque: The Lalas will be doing a short performance for us… but no, we won’t be having a ‘burlesque lesson’ (maybe we’ll do that at a future open house, though!)
As of right now, we have over 100 fabulous ladies who have RSVP’ed to the open house, so it’s going to be a LOT of fun!!!!! We can’t wait to meet and hang out with all of you!
Change is in the air around here. We have had such an awesome team and we know that it is the people that we select that make our fabulous Diva experience fabulous! Recently we had to say a very sad goodbye to Danielle, who Dad’s health (please say a prayer for him although he is in recovery now) had her jumping to her family’s aid in a time of need. In the same couple of weeks we said bye bye to Ashley as she left to work at Barona (she went to school for hotel management so it makes sense). That left Deena, Crystal, Kimee and I (Weston helped with a lot too) with a lot on our hands and on a mission to find the perfect peeps to fill these wonderful ladies shoes. It was a hard task but with the help of our network of amazing friends, and tons of resumes to sift through we found the gals!
Next week we will introduce the new Boss Lady in charge of running the whole place, you may know her, then we also found our new Princess of Production, we hired a perfect fit for Photographer and Customer Service, then we even added another Photographer and Make-up Artist. Whew!!! We were busy and we love what we ended up with. We will make their big debut on the blog and site next week.
For now here are some teasers….
Tune in next week to meet them all!! xoxo- Marissa & Kimberlee
