Lisa Shreffler Photography

Name: Lisa Shreffler Photography
Address: 108 E Livingston Street, Monticello, IL, 61856, US
Telephone: +13093061032
Price range: $$$$

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Lisa Shreffler Photography

Full service wedding & bo***ir studio located in Monticello, Illinois. 🤍✨

Est. 2010

After being a professional photographer for over a decade, I have only fallen more in love with the art and the clients I serve because of it. Whether you’re a bride, a couple deep in love, or a growing family, these are special times in your life and I don’t take my job lightly. There’s a good chance when we meet, you’ll find me sipping iced coffee or tea out of one of my many tumblers and wearin

g a smile. I enjoy leaving people better than I found them and I really think photography has given me the opportunity to do just that. I am excited for you to visit my page www.lisashreffler.com to learn more about how becoming a LSP Client isn’t your typical photography experience; it is customized with you in mind from start to finish!

02/04/2026

🎉 It’s my birthday and I’m celebrating YOU! 🎉

✨ TLDR:
• Birthday Celebration Sale is live
• Only 4 sessions left at this price ($195)
• Last chance to book under current pricing before a maternity leave overhaul!
• Sessions take place October–December 2026 (Your birthday does not need to fall during the session months to be eligible.)
• Book here 👉 www.lisashreffler.com/birthday-sale

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Each year around my birthday, I open a small, intentional sale for the women in this space. And if you need the reminder, your existence is a miracle. Truly. Ask this IVF mom how I know.

✨ Birthday Celebration Sale Session | $195 (reg. $495)
• Professional hair and makeup
• Studio refreshments + prep guide
• 60 minutes of guided posing
• Client closet access (XS–4X)
• 1–3 outfits included
• Same-day viewing & image selection

📚 Bonus for Birthday Sale Clients
• Album size upgrade
OR
• Complimentary glass album cover

⌛️ Only 4 sessions remain at this price.
This is the last chance to book under my current pricing. A full pricing and experience overhaul is coming during maternity leave.

💖 Sessions are limited and reserved now with a pre-session payment plan.

👉 www.lisashreffler.com/birthday-sale

01/25/2026

From our family to yours, stay warm this weekend. While we’re bundled up and watching the snow fall, our hearts are already looking ahead to spring, when the days are longer, the air is softer, and we get to meet our sweetest little reason for it all. 🤍🌈✨

01/05/2026

Happy New Years, friends! ✨

This is a heavy post, but I wanted to share a gentle reminder about my annual winter break and why it looks a little different this year.

I’m typically closed from Christmas Eve through the first week of the new year. This year, I’ve extended that time and will not be returning until next Tuesday, January 12.

This week marks what would have been my daughter Sugar’s due date. 🎀😭

Grief has a way of resurfacing in waves, especially around milestones like this. I’m taking this time to honor her, to sit with what should have been her birthday, and to allow myself the space to process a loss that still runs deep. This pause is necessary so that when I return, I can show up fully and with the care and presence my clients deserve.

I’ll be back in the studio next Tuesday, and all communication will be responded to by the end of that week.

🩷A quick reminder on communication with LSP🩷
The studio phone is reserved for new inquiries, consultation calls, and time sensitive communication related to upcoming appointments - unless otherwise initiated by me.

Email is always the best and quickest way to reach me. It allows me to keep all communication in one place, supports how my ADHD brain works best, and helps me maintain a healthy boundary between work and home. I put this into place over a decade ago, so please dont take it personal.

For pending orders: Any designs that were approved during my break will be acknowledged and ordered once I return to the studio.

Thank you so much for your patience, understanding, and kindness. It truly means more than I can say.

And in case no one has reminded you today, God is always good. I’ll never claim to understand why this happened, but I can tell you it changed me for the better…somehow. He knows what He’s doing and there’s unexplainable peace in surrendering it all to Him. 🤍

12/23/2025

A gift so perfect, Santa would be proud. 🎅🏼

If Christmas shopping feels officially down to the wire, I’ve got you.

I’m offering a special bo***ir session booking fee gift card for $395 (normally $495).

🎄 Delivered instantly via email
🎄 Valid for 2026
🎄 Only 10 available at this price!

Perfect for the last-minute shopper who still wants to give something meaningful.

And for the woman reading this…if you’re worried you won’t get what you really want this Christmas, you’re allowed to choose yourself. ✨

And yes, you absolutely have my permission to act surprised. 😉

👉 Grab one here before they’re gone:

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/075MDE4J42NPY/checkout/ZWOFT4SYJHCNJU5ZBDUXH7EP

11/13/2025

Long time, no see...I know. But that doesn't mean I haven't been busy behind the scenes. 😍

Join me tomorrow evening in my private bo***ir group Midwest Empowerment Sessions | VIP Community by Lisa Shreffler (feel free to request to join if you aren't a member yet), for the biggest announcement in LSP (and personal) history! And what better way to share than with a little game of Two Truths and a Lie?

Sorry, fellas - this group is for women only! 🩷

10/23/2025

🤍 Five Years Married Today 🤍

How has it already been five years since we said “I do”? 🥹

Every year when we watch our wedding video, I feel this mix of sadness and pride. Sadness, because those two “kids” were so young and so sure life would go exactly as they planned…and pride, because they had no idea just how strong, faithful, and deeply rooted in love they would become.

We’ve lived a lot of life in these five years as we were busy building businesses, chasing dreams, and walking through heartbreak we never saw coming, especially in our journey through infertility. There have been seasons that broke us wide open and others that brought more joy than we could’ve imagined. Through every single one, God has been faithful…and so have we.

AJ, thank you for loving me so patiently and so well. For leading our family with faith and humility, for showing up every day even when it’s hard, and for growing into the man and husband God has called you to be. Watching you lean into that role — to lead our home, protect our hearts, and keep your eyes on the Lord — has been the greatest gift.

We still dream of land to call our own, a home full of babies and laughter (and animals!), more nights around a campfire, and a life that’s slow, simple, and deeply rooted in love.

This year, maybe more than all the others, has stretched us and blessed us beyond measure. And I’d choose you — this life, this love, this journey — again and again and again. 🤍

08/26/2025

✨ GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION ✨

I don’t typically share my live videos from Midwest Empowerment Sessions | VIP Community by Lisa Shreffler publicly, but I’m feeling called to share this one today.

Disclaimer: Yes, I’m in my nightgown still. Yes, my hair is a mess. But this is me in my private group. Transparent, relateable, and real.

If that’s something that resonates with you, I encourage you to join us there. The group is more so a place for me to encourage and support you than anything. A community where we can all do that for one another.

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06/24/2025

A package arrived yesterday… one I wasn’t expecting.

When I saw the personalization, the date it was ordered — just one day after we lost Sugar — I broke down. I still don’t know who sent it, but to whoever you are: thank you. For honoring our baby. For seeing our grief. For reminding me we’re not alone.

This season is strange. Grief, healing, numbness… they all swirl together. Some days feel manageable. Others feel like I’m just surviving.

I tend to isolate when I’m hurting — not because I don’t need people, but because being vulnerable has felt risky in the past. But I’m learning that receiving love, without strings, is part of healing.

To the one who sent this gift: thank you for loving us in silence. For seeing Sugar. For reminding me that we are still held, even in the hardest moments.

If you’re in a hard season too, this is your permission:
Pause.
Rest.
Receive.
You are still worthy — even in the unraveling. 🤍

06/19/2025

Words truly fail me when I try to describe how loved and supported I feel through all of this. Today, before my midwife appointment, a package arrived. I waited to open it until AJ got home, and I’m so glad I did. 😭

Inside was the most thoughtful care package from Lullaby of Hope—a ministry I hadn’t heard of until today. From the delicate bracelet to the candle, tea, devotional, and the fine line drawing of a momma holding her “glory baby” that had tears streaming down my face… every item was intentional and deeply meaningful.

And then I saw the card. It was from my cousin Sausha. I had no idea she was the one who sent it, and I just sat there crying. We haven’t seen each other since we were kids, but somehow she knew exactly what my heart needed. Thank God for the way social media keeps us connected—Sausha, I’m going to need to hug you in person soon. 💗

My appointment today went well. I spent nearly an hour with my midwife—someone who has made me feel truly seen, heard, and supported as we begin thinking about our next steps. My pregnancy tests are finally negative, and my hCG is nearly where it needs to be.

It’s so bittersweet. Every part of me still wishes Sugar was here with us—alive, growing, and still part of our everyday reality. I would give anything for that to be true. But I know deep down they’re safe in the arms of Jesus now. And as hard as that is to accept, I also know that once my body is ready, we can begin thinking about what’s next. Hopefully, our second transfer will be the one that brings a baby home.

This beautiful gift couldn’t have arrived at a more perfect time. A gentle reminder that I’m not alone—and that Sugar’s life, however brief, is still being honored in the sweetest of ways. 🤍✨

06/09/2025

THE UGLY REALITY OF INFERTILITY, MISCARRIAGE, AND LOSS (THAT MOST DO NOT TALK ABOUT)

I thought the worst thing ever was month after month of negative pregnancy tests for more than four years.
Even our three early losses felt like the worst thing ever.

But I was wrong.

So wrong.

The worst thing ever is waking up to this nightmare every day after miscarriage and taking a pregnancy test - watching it slowly fade away.

Because nothing else can happen in our journey to parenthood until every last glimpse of Sugar is gone completely.

Until the test is finally negative—with bloodwork to confirm that everything is “normal”…which is just a clinical way of saying I’m no longer pregnant. That there’s no baby. Which we most definitely already know to be our reality.

It’s having to prove to the world, to the medical system, and to yourself that your baby really is gone.
It’s staring at the line that once made your heart soar that now makes your chest ache.

That.

That is the worst thing ever.

Sugar, you were so very wanted, and you will always be so very loved.

Nope. Still not okay. And if you expect me to be, go ahead and unfollow me. Thanks.

06/06/2025

We lost our “Sugar” baby a week ago today. It was a traumatic miscarriage that has changed me forever. A pregnancy once too surreal to believe could be true…ended at home (after leaving the ER AMA out of fear for my life under their care). I saw the entirety that was once our sweet baby. At that moment, even after multiple scans and bloodwork confirming it, it finally felt real. And it was over. Physically, a week later, it’s like nothing ever happened. I have some bloating that rudely makes me look pregnant still. But I’m otherwise “fine”.

Mentally…I’m not well. I’m still trying to process all that’s happened. I’m working through not being Angry at God. It all happened so fast - here one day, gone 48 hours later. I remember the day in between scans, sitting in our room just sobbing and praying over and over again, “Please God, heal our baby.”

And He did. Just not in the way we’d begged and pleaded so badly. We had hundreds from church and social media praying right along side our family and friends. But it wasn’t His plan for our family.

I never expected our first embryo transfer to take. And when it did, we were shocked and excited and cautiously optimistic. What I didn’t expect was for our transfer to take, for us to see their heart flickering, and then for it to end so traumatically. But I think somehow I knew something was coming. I could feel it in my soul. I tried to ignore it, but the day before the scan that indicated demise, I was so restless. The day their heart stopped, I woke up from a dead sleep and had to pace. I believe my body knew baby was gone right then and there.

I know God has a plan for our family. But right now…right now, when I call out to Him, all I can muster to say is, “I don’t understand why You let this happen, but I need You to get me through it.” It’s all I can pray right now. And that’s gonna have to be enough.

Please pray for us. But especially for my sweet husband that has carried me through it all. He needs prayers and check-ins just as much as I do. Maybe even more. Don’t forget about him, please.

Address

108 E Livingston Street
Monticello, IL
61856

Telephone

+13093061032

Website

http://www.LisaShreffler.com/

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