The excitement of being published in a print magazine hasn’t yet worn off for me, and I can imagine it won’t anytime soon. The thrill of seeing my work in print is validating, in a way. Getting the opportunity to hold something in my hands and say “I did that!” makes me sigh with relief […]

When I got engaged eight years ago, Pinterest was in its infancy and thus not one of the popular wedding planning tools that it is today. It was all bridal magazines and a few big name wedding blogs, as well as my own imagination. (Of course my imagination conjured up cheesesteaks for dinner which was definitely […]

Uh, wow. I know I’m not great at keeping up with blogging and all that, but my last post was in June, and for that I am embarrassed. Kind of. Because the catch-22 is the more time I have to blog, the less time I am actually out there shooting. The latter half of 2017 […]

July is almost here and summer vacations are in full swing. Unfortunately, Adulting must take priority over our old summer schedule of eating ice pops and pool-hopping between friends’ houses. Ah, those were the days… It’s easy to lose focus during the hot summer months. But the tasks we avoid in July and August seem […]

In my crazy, mixed-up eclectic realm of tastes, I vary between quirky and colorful to styled perfection.  Cathleen Titcomb of Curious Fox Letterpress is a master of what’s affectionately known around my head as perfection porn. For example: Incredibly beautiful, right?! She pours every ounce of her creativity into her work, from mixing the paint […]

It’s May, which means the strawberry plant outside of our back gate (aka the only plant I can keep alive) is poppin’ with juicy little nuggets, ready to be picked and turned into strawberry shortcake. Ooooooooor… they could be made into a refreshingly fizzy champagne punch using this recipe from the gals at Laura Hooper […]

Salut, mes amis! Last month I did something that, by my standards, was rather adventurous: I took a solo trip to Paris for a week because I found cheap flights and, well, why not? In the weeks before my trip (because there were only weeks between buying tickets and actually departing) I started reaching out […]