This week’s i ♥ faces photo challenge is: “collages.” Had this theme been next week, I likely would have pulled from my upcoming portrait session with my niece and nephew…but since it’s this week, I have other exciting news to share! One of my best friends and bridesmaids, Jennifer, is getting married! She and her boyfriend (now fiancee) have been dating for 2.5 years or more. They were in Charleston, attending a wedding…on Sunday (April 18), they decided to take a walk. She tells me that there’s a particular house they always pass – it was...

Since I can’t seem to decide which collage I want to submit for I Heart Faces’ photo challenge this week, I decided I would experiment with textures. I went back to Shadowhouse Creations to be inspired. For those of you that are interested in textures, but don’t know where to start…Jerry Jones (and oops, I originally thought he was a she based on the header) links up to a YouTube video that walks you through the process. I also found one of his tutorials where he walks through his layering technique. After downloading a few of his textures, I ran my own...