4th Street Dreams, an event to honor the Children's Dream Fund. - St. Petersburg

4th Street Dreams is only five days away. We are having a celebration with our neighbor's Pinky's Painted Cottage and Northeast Pyramid Barber to benefit The Children's Dream Fund. We are so excited!! We have been putting the final touches on the studio and it'll be ready for viewing Wednesday night, the 29th.

There will be food, drinks, a wine tasting provided by Uncorked, and many raffles and silent auctions provided by other popular 4th street retailers. Marion's, One Lucky Dog, Red Mesa, J Con Salon Spa, The Nature of Art Gallery and Reno Beach Surf Shop to name a few!!

Raffle tickets will be sold for $5 each and you don't need to be present to win. Other promotions include:

Tanya Sharkey Photography - a FREE Image Collection, a $379 value, for every photo session reserved and completed by May 31st.

Pinky's Painted Cottage - photo frames painted the night of event receive FREE Studio time!

Licensed Massage Therapist Janet Forbing will be on hand for mini massages!

Get a haircut at Northeast Pyramid Barber!

* A PORTION OF THESE PROCEEDS GOES TOWARDS THE DREAM FUND *


Look for tents at 2720 4th St. North. Parking will be available behind Pinky's Painted Cottage or at Colonial Bank.

Hope to see you there!!

Here is Pinky, at Pinky's, in a hand-made frame from Wild Sorbet! These come in every color under the rainbow!

High School Senior Session - Ybor City

I so love to photograph High School Senior Sessions. They take direction, have attitude and are willing to do almost anything. Here are a couple of shots from a session I did on Sunday afternoon in Ybor - Tampa.

Happy Easter Eggs

I can smell the bacon cooking in the kitchen. Yes, my awesome breakfast chef of a husband is cooking up omelettes this morning, Easter Sunday! It's a family day, the kids have already ripped apart their baskets and hunted for the candy filled eggs, left by the Easter Bunny over night. Later we'll watch a movie, or the Master's, well daddy will watch the Masters. I personally can't wait to open the Sparkling Shiraz.

Happy Easter Everyone!! Hippity Hop!

Ahhhh, decompressing before the Opening of the new Studio and Gallery in St. Petersburg.

Yes, relaxation! Palm trees, cool breezes, mojitos, this is what was desperately needed a few weeks prior to our studio coming to fruition. So, we packed up and headed the family down to Key West for a week during Spring Break. We're always asked what we do there, having two kids that are 5 and 7.

Pool. Eat. Shop. Cat Man. That's it! Ahhhhhhh.
Well, we squeezed in a ghost tour and toured the Hemingway house this trip too.

Now we're back to focusing on our Grand Opening on the 29th of April. Things are coming along well, the excitement and anticipation iare rising, and the plans are almost complete for a great event to benefit the Children's Dream Fund. It's going to be a great evening and can't wait to see how it unfolds.

My daughter didn't humor me until the morning we were leaving. After breakfast at Pepe's, waiting for daddy to pay, she got all drama suddenly. Typical, lol!

New Photography Studio: St. Petersburg - Grand Opening Special

Tanya Sharkey Photography is opening the doors to a new studio and gallery on 4th Street in St. Petersburg! Our first official day is May 1st, but the excitement is building with our new sign, a big grand opening event and a very special offer!

Please join us April 29th starting at 6 pm, for our exciting Grand Opening event! We have teamed up with several 4th Street businesses to offer great food, wine, drinks and prizes. This free event will also benefit a very special local non-profit organization, the Children’s Dream fund, helping make dreams come true for children in our community.

In addition, we are thrilled to present a very special Grand Opening offer! With every session reserved and completed by May 31st, you will receive our Image Collection absolutely free – a $379 value! As well, Tanya Sharkey Photography will donate a portion of all net proceeds from these sessions to the Children’s Dream Fund.

See you at the Grand Opening!

- Tanya

New Photography Studio: St. Petersburg, FL

It was mentioned earlier this year that there was some big news coming. The wait is over! Our Portrait Photography Studio is almost ready to open on 4th St. in St. Petersburg. Our sign went in over the weekend and we are on schedule to have our big Grand Opening Bash the night of April 29th.

We are teaming up with our wonderful new neighbors to through a great party. You won't want to miss it. About our neighbors, we couldn't have dreamed up better people to share our block with. Kaylie at Pinky's painted Cottage, formerly Bisque-itz, is so amazing!! Then we have Richard and Carl, the new barbers next door, love them! The grand opening will celebrate our coming together and the giving of new life to the 27 block on 4th St. We will have lots of goodies to give away from other 4th St. retailers, food, wine tasting from our neighbor Uncorked, and a great time to be had by all. Proceeds from special services we're all offering will be donated to The Children's Dream Fund.

So much excitement and so much still to do!! Doors open for business on May 1st!

See you soon!

Pet Portrait Event: Bark in the Park - Humane Society of Tampa Bay

This past Saturday the 14th was Bark in the Park. An annual event put on by the Humane Society of Tampa Bay! It took place at Al Lopez park in Tampa and it was packed with dogs and their humans. They shopped, walked, got a bath, had there nails clipped, and dressed in costume, sang and did tricks too! It was action packed and so much fun. As usual, at these events, I received tons of kisses. Love it!

Max Power
the beagle with attitude

Little 3 month old beagle puppy Bella and Pomeranian friend Taz!

Spinner, a 5-year old Papillon

Didn't get this ones name, but look at that face:-)

I had not seen a hair-do like this before on a poodle. I love it!! It's called a corded poodle, like dread locks. So cool! This is Lacey the 3-yr old who lives at The Almost Home Pet Resort with Guardian Betsy Hicka. you can find them in Valrico on 514 St. Cloud Ave. N.
www.almosthomepetresort.com

Children Portraits: Gingerbread School

Here are the adorable little girls that we photographed on 'make-up day'!!

Upcoming Events!

This is Pinky of Pinky's Painted Cottage, formerly known as Bisque-itz on 4th st. here in St. Petersburg. Join Pinky for her 4th Birthday from 10:30-2:30 on March 7th to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. It's 'Paint for the Cure'! When you make a donation of $5 to the Susan G. Koman for the Cure, the $5 studio fee will be waived. You will also recieve a bisque breast cancer ribbon add-on and a pink bracelet to remember courage.

Pinky's Painted Cottage is located at 2710 4th St. N.
www.pinkyspaintedcottage.com
727-821-8399

This is Brady of Adventures in Bradyville. Adventures in Bradyville is the creation of Sandy Williams and Kathy Crotts, a mother/daughter team who own and run The Nature of Art Gallery, located at 1100 4th St. N. in St. Petersburg. Every 2nd Thursday, at the Gallery, Brady brings humans and 'fur kids' together to raise money for a different animal rescue group or shelter. It's called Brady's Yappy Hour for Rescues.

On Thursday, March 12th from 5p - 7:30, please come out and join Brady to raise money for the Pet Pal Animal Shelter. There will be refreshments, silent auctions, adoptable pups and more to benefit the Pet Pal Animal Shelter! See you there!

Children Portraits: Family Day at Gingerbread

My daughter attended pre-school at Gingerbread School-Azalea and I recently offered the families there a special 'Pictures in the Park' day. For those families that we're bummed out that the afternoon session was canceled due to the rain, we will be returning on March 12th from 9am to noon. See you then!