This past weekend, we celebrated my friend Beth’s 30th birthday. Let me tell ya…this girl knows how to celebrate in style…from her sassy turquoise dress to the red carpet.  Happy Birthday Beth! I hope the next 30 years are as incredible as the past 30 years. PS: These photos are just a taste of our night – there’s plenty more where these came from.

Mushroom Fairy Village It’s that time again… Branson, Courtney K., and Courtney N.‘s “Still Life Standout” challenge, and this month’s choice was rather easy. We’ve gotten a lot of rain in the past month. As a result, we’ve also gotten a lot of shrooms. In fact, our flower bed is infected again! Anyways…I hope you aren’t tired of seeing this shot yet. To see more “Still Life Standouts,” go

Do you remember Mister Rogers’ Neighorhood (go ahead, click it…you know want to…and you’re going to sing along, don’t even pretend)? Those were the good old days…weren’t they? Okay, so maybe Mister Rogers’ is a bit creepy, but I loved how simple life seemed to be back then. I grew up on a cul-de -sac, so we regularly played in the neighborhood, road our bikes up and down the street and stayed out until dark. We didn’t have to worry about updating our Facebook status or tweeting our latest whereabouts. If we wanted to talk to someone, we...

Welcome to the 34rd week of Shoot and Edit: Part 1. Click HERE for all the details and upcoming prompts/themes and past tutorials. This week our theme or prompt is “Ocean/Pool/Lake/River” (this is just a suggestion, you can show us any SOOC shot…much like I did this week). You have until Wednesday each week to link your SOOC shot up on Jill’s blog. On Thursday, you can link up your edits with ME after following some of my tips on how to edit your shots (or just post your edit on Thursday and you can pick up my tips for next week).I actually took this photo last spring...