A simple game of dress-up has earned an Okanagan woman some high profile media attention.

Photographer Camillia Courts乌鸦传媒檚 Disney inspired photos were profiled this week by Cosmopolitan magazine and the Huffington Post and now her work is going 乌鸦传媒渟emi viral乌鸦传媒� with millions of hits logged.

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While she乌鸦传媒檚 experiencing new found success with her family cosplay, there乌鸦传媒檚 more than enough evidence to indicate that people have liked what Courts, her daughter Layla and have been doing for awhile.

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Her growth into all corners of the internet started in August when her work was featured in Hello Giggles, a webpage that actress Zooey Deschanel founded.

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The value as Courts sees it, however, has less to do with numbers and more to do with creating a unique way to document her daughter growing up.

It乌鸦传媒檚 also provided welcome and unexpected side-effect.

They had their first photoshoot in 2014 after the perfect family trip to Disneyland with Layla and her older brother Aiden. There, she picked up an Elsa dress for Layla, and decided to take photos before it wore the marks of a beloved play-thing.

The photos were a hit, so she kept shooting new Disney scenes and the costumes got more and more intricate.

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The photos have become a bit more intricate since those early days, as well.

Now she乌鸦传媒檚 working with MacKintosh who raises the bar on the makeup.

Mackintosh who does work for Opera Kelowna, was trained at high-end makeup schools in Vancouver and Paris, was asked to help out in 2015. Since then they乌鸦传媒檝e come up with new ways to bring beloved Disney characters to life.

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Both Vernon乌鸦传媒檚 Courts and Salmon Arm乌鸦传媒檚 MacKintosh work up and down the valley. To see their work go to Instagram and follow courts or on Facebook at

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