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Melissa Carlson

@mellymaey

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PHX, mama of 3 girls, photographer.
Owner of @maecollectivephx

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Turns out, the best way to break in a new home is to fill it with our favorite people. 💛🐝

Our Hive HQ team, our families, lots of little ones, plenty of laughs and all the sweetness that makes Busy Bees so special.

Consider the Hive HQ officially housewarmed. 🏡✨

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Taylor and Teddy were the most fun to photograph! 📸: @mellymaey

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🌟 week 2 🌟

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another day, another hike 🌄 #piestewapeak

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Headshots with Sawyer- such a natural.

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the great ones🤍

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Arizona Baby Shower🪻

In honor of being 38 weeks and feeling like this little girl could come any day now, I wanted to post my shower photos!

Five years ago I moved to Arizona and had no idea how hard it would be to find community. For a while, it just felt lonely. But then God brought the beautiful school, ACA, into my life, and everything changed.

The teachers and families there have become such a steady, loving presence, especially this past year. It’s been the hardest season I’ve ever faced, and I know I wouldn’t have made it through without them. Feeling really grateful for where God has placed me and the people He’s surrounded me with. 🤍🪻

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Nothing brings me more joy than photographing adorable, stylish kids. Throw in a cute puppy, and I’m toast.

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Friendly reminder: fun sessions = fun photos
Don’t forget to be the fun type.
And I’d love to do more sessions like this. If you’re up for a confetti mini 🙋🏼‍♀️
📷: @mellymaey

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love day💌

the other week we were watching ethan at the skatepark and a sweet stranger asked if she could take pictures of ethan & payson together. she sent them to us the next day & we haven’t stop looking at them since:’) forever grateful to @mellymaey 💓

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Some of my favorite photos from the lens of @travelertrippy from the wedge winter jam 2k26 📸

#wedgewinterjam #2026 #photography #trippytraveler #explore

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Hi- We’re the Carlsons! Mel is a retired hairstylist and local photographer going on 20 years. Josh is a realtor and dreamer and talented in all areas of construction. We put all our powers together to create this space. Thanks for being here!
We’re excited to share we’ll be opening the same concept near Indian School and 24th st this summer. If you’ll be in need of a suite, please reach out! We’re in the demo phase so custom requests could be a thing 😉

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