If you choose to use Debbie Baxter, Photographer in SE Portland, here's how it works: For just $50, Debbie offers half hour sittings for a photo session with you and your loved ones. Within a week of the sitting, she posts the images online for you to select which image you would like to use on your cards. From the available selection, you choose the card that you prefer and tell us the quantity that you would like to order (in increments of twenty cards). We print and assemble your cards and arrange for delivery or pick up, when they are ready. The cost of the session with Debbie grants you permission to use the photo of your choice for as many cards as you order. Quite often, it is difficult to choose the best photo, so Debbie has agreed to make all of the photos taken during the session, available for purchase or printing at her published rates. Debbie's dates have already passed for 2011. You can call Debbie to see if she has further availability: 503.309.3371. Alternately, if you have had a photo shoot with Debbie already during the year, or you particpated in one of the school sessions that she has offered around town, you may use a photo of your choice by purchasing it for only $30. Debbie's spots fill quickly and she no longer has a studio space available for last minute families.

If you choose to use Kati Radziwon of BSP Studios llc in Lake Oswego, here's how it works: When you complete a session with BSP Studios you are given a disc with approximately 20 photos on it. From the photos you have at your disposal, you can choose to use whichever you like. As long as you have done a session with BSP Studios this year, you are eligible to participate in the cards. Kati is extremely busy with shoots at this time of year, so if you would like to book a session with her in order to particpate in the cards, you will need to book as soon as possible. Her contact info is: 510.367.7192, or you may email beanandsproutphotography@gmail.com