Hello everyone!

It is finally March! Here's some info on what we have planned for the month!

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are nearly finished with the mixing stage, and are currently working on composing music. We are still looking at a March release date, but are not sure exactly when yet. We will let you know when we know!  So excited to be reaching the end of this. We can't wait to share it with you guys!!

MUSIC:
​Yes, we are fully aware of the fact that it has been over 2 months since we have released any music . . . I know we keep saying this, but we are working remedying that very soon! Hopefully March will be the month!  We have so many ideas of different songs we want to do, just so little time. A couple of our ideas are a Disney parody music video (it is going to be epic!) and a Hawk Nelson song paired with a classic hymn. 

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
This past month, Victoria flew solo as I (Sarah Grace) was out of commission. She discussed Les Miserables -- the book, the movie, the audio drama, and the music. Victoria did a great job; you don't want to miss this episode! 

ICHTHUS FAMILY PUBLICATIONS:
If you missed it, we opened a new branch of IFP! We are now branching out into published works, starting with Victoria's debut novel, London in the Dark. It is currently in the publishing stages, and we will let you now when it is available for purchase. Victoria also has another novel, Bound, that she is currently releasing as a serial on her blog.  

OTHER:
Our friends at Porchlight Family Media shared a new Verses in Vox featuring Victoria! You can check that out here.

Also, I (Sarah Grace) am hosting a writing contest called Stroke of the Pen! It is open to anyone to enter! You can find out more details and submit your entry if you decide to enter here.

I think that is all for now! Have a wonderful March!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
Sound designer\producer
Ichthus Family Productions 

Hello everyone!

​Here's some updates on what we cooking up in February! 

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are currently looking at a mid-March release date. We just finished with the sound design, and are moving forward with mixing and composing. We are so excited to have accomplished another milestone in this project. Can't wait to share it with you guys!

MUSIC:
Due to work on Treasure Seekers and . . . ahem . . . another project that is in the works, we haven't very much time to devote to music production. But, we hope to get back to that within the next few months! We are also planning a fun, parody song that we hope to release sometime here in February. Just a few hints: it is about coffee, and the song is a popular Disney song. Give us your best guesses in the comments below!

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
After a short hiatus, we are back with a review of a fantasy series of books, AND another author interview! You can check out that episode here. Going forward, we are planning more book reviews, and another episode about old movies.

OTHER:
In February, we are opening a new 'branch' of Ichthus Family Productions! But, that is all we are going to say for now! Subscribe so you don't miss that announcement! 

Also, Porchlight Family Media released a new Verses in Vox, in which our own Victoria did the reading! Be sure to check it out!

Thank you all so much for your support of IFP! God bless, and have a happy February!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
​Ichthus Family Productions

Happy December! Are you all ready for Christmas? We are super excited, and already consuming a TON of Christmas music! ;)

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are still cracking away at the sound design for Treasure Seekers. We are more than halfway done, and getting very excited for you all to hear it! To wet your whistle, check out the promo we released.

MUSIC:
This month, we will be releasing our first ever music video! We are beyond excited! We have put a lot of work and effort into it, and we hope you enjoy it! It is Christmas themed and will include some drone footage as well. Be looking for it on December 14th, 2016.
Also, we plan to release a piano solo of one of my (Sarah Grace's) favorite Christmas songs.
In November, we released a cover of More of You, and, in honor of our parent's 28th anniversary, we covered Still the One by Shania Twain. If you haven't already, check it out!

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
This month we released a two part episode of our favorite Christmas media! It was so much fun for us to put together, and if you haven't already, you should check them out! We shared some of our favorite Christmas music, books, audio dramas, and movies. Christmas Extravaganza Pt. 1 and Part 2. 
We decided to take December off, as the next episode would release the week after Christmas. So enjoy our Christmas two-parter, and we will talk with you again in January 2016! 

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy spending time with friends and loved ones! God bless!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
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Ichthus Family Productions
Sound designer\producer

Happy November! 

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are hard at work on this! We have been set back a bit in the past two months or so, but we are making a ton of progress now! I am about a third of the way done with the sound design, and it is going very well! This afternoon, in order to record the perfect sound effect, I climbed a tree . . . one-handed. Wouldn't really recommend it. I had my recorder (my amazing, uber-expensive Zoom H5) in my left hand, and climbed the tree with my right, recording the sound of someone climbing a tree. Despite it being a bit windy, they turned out pretty well and will fit perfectly into the scene I need them for. 
Also, in case you missed it, we released the trailer and cover art for Treasure Seekers! Check it out on the "Treasure Seekers" tab under the "Productions" tab on our menu bar. The cover art was a lot of fun to do; I painted it with the help of 4 people over my shoulder, directing me. It was really a group project. ;)

MUSIC:
We FINALLY jumped back into the music production world with the release of More of You and Still the One.  Both were a ton of fun to do, and we are pretty pleased with the way they turned out! Check them out on our Music page. We are going to be working on a pretty epic Christmas music video for our next song, so we might be into the new year before we get back to regular programming. 

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
In October, we released Episode 10 of Our Favorite Things, about our top 5 favorite musicals. We had a ton of fun in that episode, be sure to check it out if you haven't! We are not sure yet what we are going to talk about this month. What would YOU like us to talk about for the next episode?  Books, movies, music or audio dramas? Let us know! 

Well, I think that is all for this month! Thanks for all your support, and God bless!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
​
Ichthus Family Productions
Sound designer\producer

 Hello everyone!

Seems like it's been awhile, even though it has only been a month. September seemed to drag on, yet fly by all at once! 

Here's what we got planned for this month:

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are still working hard on this! We are still planning on heading up to a local bike trail to record some Foley for certain scenes. We will be sure to take a ton of pictures to share with you all!
​We are full steam ahead on this for the next 3 months! In October, we plan to release a trailer\promo, and the official cover art. So stay tuned for that!

MUSIC:
Yet again, we still haven't been able to work on any music, but trust us, it is still our goal to do so! Unfortunately, before we were able to do anything, most of us came down with colds, and are still recovering. So here in October, we will try again to make that happen! We did release a piano solo, which you can check out here.

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST
​In September, we released TWO episode of Our Favorite Things! An episode featuring our 4 top four indie artists, plus a bonus episode with a "get to know the hosts" Q&A for International Podcast Day! Those were both a ton of fun to do, and if you haven't already, go check them out!

OTHER:
If you haven't already, the poll we mentioned last month is still open, and we would love to hear your thoughts! We would love it if you would head on over and fill it out. It will only take a couple minutes of time. You can find it here.

I think that's about it! Are you guys excited for Treasure Seekers? What is a song you would like us to do a cover of? Thanks for your support of IFP! God bless!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
Sound designer\producer
Ichthus Family Productions

Hello everyone! 

Welcome to September! Only 4 months left in the year! Crazy! Here's what we've got planned for the month of September.

AUDIO DRAMA:
We are still in the sound design stage of this production. It is coming along swimmingly, and we are so excited for you guys to hear it! In September, our composers (Victoria, Isaiah and Isabella) will begin working on the score, as I (Sarah Grace) continue working on sound design.

​MUSIC:
In August, due to some unforeseen circumstances (aka, being sick for two straight weeks) we weren't able to work on any music. We definitely are going to try to release at least one vocal piece, as well as one to two piano pieces. We plan to release a fun piano solo commemorating the first day of Fall, on September 22. 

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
If you missed the last episode of Our Favorite Things, we talked about an audio drama series we love! You should definitely go listen to it! Check out the previous episode here, where we chatted with an Indie author, and reviewed an amazing book series! Also, we did a bit of re-branding on how we hosted our podcast, and you can now subscribe on Stitcher Radio or follow us on Kiwi6!

OTHER:
Also, we put together a survey that we would love to get your feedback on. It is only 4 simple questions, and we'd love to get your thoughts on how we can make IFP better! Please check it out below:

Thank you so much for your support of IFP and have a wonderful September! God bless!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
​Ichthus Family Productions

Hello everyone!

Welcome to August! Here is what we have going on this month.

TREASURE SEEKERS:
The bad news is, the actor we had planned to act a minor character was unable to do it. We are still working on getting this characters lines recorded. The good news is we are finished (except for slotting the aforementioned character’s lines in) with the voice track editing. We are getting closer to the finish line by the day! I am so excited to work on the sound design\Foley. We hope to make a big dent in getting this project finished these next two months.

MUSIC:
This month we plan to do more music. We have been so busy with Treasure Seekers this past month, we haven’t been able to work on anything else. We are excited to jump back into music. We will have a piano solo or two, plus Victoria has a song very dear to her heart she can’t wait to work on.

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
July’s episode was a ton of fun! We chatted about a series of books we love, and we also got to interview the author! It was a blast to be able to “meet” the author and get to chat with her. You can check out that episode here if you haven’t heard it yet.  For August’s episode, we plan to talk about audio dramas!
Also, Our Favorite Things is now on Stitcher! You can listen and subscribe there!
 
That’s pretty much it for this month! Thanks so much for your support of Ichthus Family Productions!
​
Blessings,
Sarah Grace
 

Hey ya'll!

Happy July! It is hard to believe it's July already! Seems like just yesterday it was still Winter!    

Here's our July News!

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are full steam ahead with Treasure Seekers. I am nearly halfway through the VT edit, and after that comes sound design, which I hope to start by the end of the month. This project is coming along swimmingly! Recording was a breeze, and we are just waiting on one of the actors to get his lines to us. This project is turning out better than we had hoped and we can't wait to share it with you!  In the meantime, you can check out the page on our website for it, the first page listed under the 'productions' tab. 

MUSIC:
Because we are trying to put all our efforts into Treasure Seekers right now, we don't have any music planned. But that's not to say we won't do something on the spur of the moment. Just stayed tuned to our website so you don't miss anything.

OUR FAVORITE THINGS: A CHATCAST:
In case you missed it, last episode Victoria and I were joined by Isabella. We chatted about the classic novel "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, as well as the various movie, and audio drama adaptations. You can check that episode out here. And be sure to leave a comment or contact us and let us know what you thought! Next episode releases July 27, and we tentatively plan to talk about a series of books we just discovered that we love! Join us then!

Well, I think that's about it! Are you guys excited about Treasure Seekers? Have you listened to our podcast? What did you think?

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
Ichthus Family Productions

Hello everyone!
​
It’s hard to believe we are almost halfway through the year already! Time flies! Here is this month’s news.
 
AUDIO DRAMA:
This past month, IFP planned to record and start post production on our newest audio drama. (yet to be announced) Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we are not even halfway through recording. So, here in June, we plan to finish recording and Lord willing, start post-production. We plan to spend quite a bit of time in Ichthus Studio this week. Also, in a couple weeks, we will be announcing the title and description of this audio drama! We are so excited and can’t wait for you to hear it!

MUSIC:
We are planning to release at least 3 songs this month. One of the first will be a cover of a song that is very dear to my heart, featuring the vocal talents of Isabella. And we will also release at least two piano solos for you guys to enjoy.

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
If you haven’t heard, we decided to bump back the release schedule of Our Favorite Things. Instead of twice a month, we are releasing ONE episode each month, on the last Wednesday of the month. If you missed our last episode, check it out here. Victoria and I chatted about our favorite film scores. We also discussed Hans Zimmer's musical genius, John William's 90-year-old Steinway, and much more!

That’s it for now! Stay tuned on our website for when we announce the title and description of our next audio drama! Or better yet, sign up for our newsletter! God bless and have a wonderful summer!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
​
Ichthus Family Productions
Sound design\producer

Hey everyone!
Welcome to May! Spring is finally here! Here is some stuff we have planned for May.

AUDIO DRAMA:
We have finalized the script for our next audio drama and we cannot wait to for you to hear it! Writing went very well. After a few fun team “brainstorm” meetings, Victoria had it written in about a week’s time. It is going to be even bigger and better (hopefully) than Sarah, Plain and Tall! This month we will begin recording, and hopefully get into post-production by the end of the month. I (Sarah Grace) am getting itchy to do some sound design! It’s going to be a lot of fun! We may even have a guest star(s)!  Stay on the lookout for more details coming soon! We are so excited for this one! Here is a sneak peak of the script!  Grab a magnifying glass!

Also, in early April, The Audio Drama Alliance (of which IFP is thrilled to be a part of) released their second production, in which Victoria helped in post-production. Check that out here if you haven’t already. Also in the works for ADA is another production, which both Victoria and I will be a part of. We can’t wait for you to hear that one also. We will be sure to let you know when it releases.

MUSIC:
This month we plan to release some pieces from me, Victoria, and Isabella. Some vocal and a few piano solos we think you guys will enjoy! Stay on the lookout for those!

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
If you guys remember, in April we started our podcast, Our Favorite Things | A ChatCast. We released the first two episodes and plan to release two more here in May. Our next episode will be about two novels written by independent author, Julia Erickson. Keep your eyes on the Our Favorite Things website, and if you haven’t already, check out our first two episodes!

God bless and have a wonderful day!
​
Blessings,
Sarah Grace