every day living with a touch of creativity
Let’s be real here: traveling with young kids is no picnic. Sure, there was a time in my life when I looked forward to long car and plane rides with my kiddos. In the car we’d play games and listen to all our favorite tunes while counting license plates along the way. And on [...]
Random question. Did you ever have to write your own epitaph in high school English class or was that just the sort of fun reserved for my own little twisted teenage place in the world? I’m not sure what I wrote back then but these days I have a hunch what might be on [...]
There’s one wall in my house that makes all the other walls turn green with envy. It’s the show stopper whenever someone new comes into our home. It’s the one that gets the oohs and aahs as the other walls roll their eyes. It’s this one… Okay, so the walls are actually yellow. [...]
Happy February, friends! Today we kick off a fabulous month devoted to showing love to those around us. How awesome is that?! When I was younger I focused so much on the romantic aspect of February, but these days I see love in such a new light. It’s not just about snuggling up with the [...]
My dad turned 60 last year and my sister and I were determined to do something fantastic to celebrate. A party didn’t seem like quite the right thing this time. So we put on our thinking caps and I remembered something a group of my friends had put together when one of us turned 30 [...]
Last Friday, in the height of the Fall busy season for my photography business, my computer crashed. We were able to recover all of our files but the experience left me more than a bit shaken. The thought of losing client files – irreplaceable newborn photos and travel sessions that would be impossible to redo [...]
Early on in my photography business I discovered a fabulous little perk to having a creative pursuit of value – bartering. I’ve always been the kind of girl who appreciates a good deal. And bartering is the ultimate good deal. Like last weekend, for instance. When I bartered a fun and funky family portrait session… [...]
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