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  • LOVE VALENTINE SESSIONS Painted feet, and crowns, vintage cards, hugs and kisses… we are making these Valentine’s sessions all about the love and loves of your life.  Fully styled set that will be beautiful and fun for kids, couples, or families – and the PERFECT images to customize some Valentine’s Day Cards too! WE HAVE…

  • When I was a kid, I was instructed to run across a street to help an elderly women cross the street.  If I saw a neighbor hauling in groceries – told to go help them carry in their groceries.  When someone came home, I was to jump up and run out to the car to…

  • LOVE VALENTINE SESSIONS Painted feet, and crowns, vintage cards, hugs and kisses… we are making these Valentine’s sessions all about the love and loves of your life.  Fully styled set that will be beautiful and fun for kids, couples, or families – and the PERFECT images to customize some Valentine’s Day Cards too! __________________________________________ January…

  • So many of us are a little over a week into winter break with our kids.  They have played with their holiday toys & gifts and now we are in the home stretch before they return to school in a week.  We have hit the zoo lights, the museums, walks, and now we need to…

  • Blueberry Coconut Gram Crunch.

    Amazingly yummy – blueberries are my favorite berry.  If you love blueberries, coconut and gram crackers – you’re in for a treat. On medium heat, boil a 2 pints of blueberries & 2 shots of coconut rum until blueberries are cooked but not mashed. Crunch one sleeve of Gram Crackers and one stick of softened(not…

  • Earlier this week I went to Berry Patch Farms with some friends and our kids.  I had never been there before and really didn’t know what to expect.  The sour baking cherries were ripe, and these brilliant red berries just called for you to pick them.  About an hour later we had picked… well… more…

  • How does your memory work? “How does your brain lay down and retrieve memories? Your brain is made up of 100 billion neurons. As you grow and develop, these neurons are ‘wired up’ to each other, and communicate through thousands of connections – synapses. Memories are formed when certain connections are strengthened.” ~sciencemuseum.org.uk Regardless of…

  • Dear photographers & future photographers. This a tough business, and you may(will) spend many nights crying or wondering why some people don’t value your work.  If/when you make the choice to be a full time photographer – just know it is not a get rich in your pockets business.  You will have your ups and…

  • His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations. ~Elias Canetti I find freckles fascinating.  I use to have freckles as a child and wondered why people would continually comment on them.  As I grew older, I didn’t hold onto mine… they became faint or disappeared entirely.  Once in a great while…

  • Little girls are precious gifts wrapped in love serene, their dresses tied with sashes, their futures tied with dreams. It’s so much fun watching little girls dress up and play.  Skip the playgrounds and letting them explore a set that is entirely new to them.  Letting children be themselves and use their imaginations, lightly guided…

  • 10 little monsters came into my house.   They jumped on some cards and will start wandering all about.  ONLY 2 days left until they get released… then monsters to be found… where will they be? Info: Happy Camera Monster – Pay it forward project

  • I am a worker.  I own a business, and as much as I love my kids – I will be the first to admit – the thought of them being home for two weeks from school puts a little scare in me about what in the WORLD can I do with them to keep them…