My dad always used to say “measure twice, cut once.” That has never been more in my mind than this week! In my haste to get things done during this busy holiday season, I made two careless decisions – NOT to actually measure something before purchasing! The first was my wall oven. Ours stopped working […]

I hear it every year. “I don’t want to make my home look like a shrine to (insert senior name here).” I always think of the irony here. After all, your children ARE the most important thing in your life. And your senior is only a high school senior once. They’ll only get one senior […]

Moms of seniors often tell me that it’s the wall portrait that helps them through their child’s first year in college. It’s always important for me that my clients choose and enjoy wall portraits, because they are truly seen and enjoyed every day. But with seniors heading off to college,  for their parents, it really […]

As you know, I adore wall portraits in ALL my clients’ homes, as there’s no denying that they will be enjoyed each and every day. Once the senior heads off to college, it’s hard telling if they will ever live at home again. A wall portrait or wall grouping gives you a daily reminder of […]

It all started with the red blouse I saw in her suitcase as she was unpacking at my home. [Kim had joined her parents when they recently came from Iowa to visit us.] I insisted that I would LOVE to photograph her in that blouse! And, it started with her in the red blouse for […]