Black Friday Sales 2024

Fall Photo Sessions Black Friday Sale 2024 I have been a professional photographer since 2011 Here is my Black Friday sale I have a $200 special for the weekend after Thanksgiving. Dm me now to book your beautiful one hour photo session in Highland Park/McKinney Bonnie Wenk Park/Adriatica McKinney includes up to 20 digital images one hour shoot up to five people Times available Friday November 29 10 am 11 am 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm $50 deposit to hold your date. Saturday November 30 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm Sunday December 1st 10 am 11 am 1 pm 2 pm Contact me today! More dates available in December. Reach out to book!

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November 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide Let's talk about these awesome products that I am recommending for  the 2024 Holiday Season  These are products that I use and love and have purchased for myself. First up is the Estee Lauder Holiday gift set.  You guys, I am OBSESSED, with this set. For $90 you get all this: Only $90 with any purchase Get it here  Holiday Gift Set Now my favorite products are the Advanced Night Repair Serum, the Eye treatment and the Youth Power Cream I cannot start my day without them Head on over to my Tik Tok and Instagram to see a full video review :) Tik Tok Next, is this $44 gift set from Redken. I bought this at Ulta and it comes with the So soft shmpoo, conditioner and an a leave in conditioner. Head on over to Redken.com or Ulta.com to snag it. Ulta It leaves my hair super soft and manageable. I love it! and last but not least, this awesome Elder B spray from Colorado Aromatics.  I did receive this full size sample to try out and I love it. Obsessed ...

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EZ No Bake Peanut Butter Candies

Happy Fall  It is finally cooling off here in  North Texas! Phew! Anyway, here is one of my favorite holiday recipes that takes only  minutes to make on the stove top. These peanut butter clusters will be the hit of any holiday gathering. Here are the necessities: Wax paper or non-stick surface Glass or non-stick baking pan  Sauce pan, measuring cups, large spoon/ spatula 1 cup sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1 1/3 cups creamy peanut butter 4 cups Special K Cereal (original) 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring Directions: Measure out all your ingredients to have them ready (mise en place) and by the stove In a saucepan combine the sugar and light corn syrup on medium-high heat, stirring frequently until mixture starts to bubble Remove from heat Add in the peanut butter and stir until thoroughly mixed Add the vanilla and stir Add the cereal and stir with large spoon until cereal is completely covered with peanut butter mixture. Scoop the cereal mixture onto a waxed paper covere...

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Finding Inspiration in Nature-Cottage Decor

We recently moved into this three bedroom cottage on the outskirts of a northern suburb of Dallas. It has taken us some getting used to as there is a lot of development planned for this area that may be finished within the next year or two (lots of dust). We moved from North Richland Hills where we lived in an urban type development where you live, work and shop in the same area.  I miss it.  I miss walking around the beautiful park like setting and having so many conveniences around. Lots of food options that were not chain restaurants or fast food and we could walk to a beautiful pond with our pooches.  I could also walk to the library, office supply store and major grocery store if I so chose to do.  Here, you have to drive everywhere.  But, we moved here to be closer to our parents and family.  We chose this small cottage with a private little yard so our dogs could have a peaceful place to lounge around without all the city noises and distractions....

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DIY Window Treatment-No Sew Roman Shade

Happy Fall y'all Although it feels anything but fallish here in Texas I woke up today feeling crafty! Which is quite the feat since I've been in a rut lately. Anyone else? We recently moved into a new place kind of out in the country. It's been a bit stressful and after a couple of weeks of (mostly) unpacking everything, I finally felt the urge to decorate the kitchen a little. I am going for a nice, clean, botanical look.  I decided to not decorate for fall and leave things clean to give me a better idea on how I wanted the kitchen to set up.   This gave me a blank slate to see what color themes I would like to go with.  I chose a botanical theme with lots of soft greens and black for a nice contrast. The kitchen is already white and I have plenty of framed art, vases and florals/greenery to play with.  I started off with my inspiration - the top of my fridge! I had that Hello, Love art in my bedroom before we moved here and the vase is from Target. The greener...

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Home Office Redo-The Reveal-Boho Natural Desk

Home Office Redo - The Reveal After weeks of painting, sanding, waxing, drilling, cleaning, arranging and lots and lots of sweat-my home office redo is complete! I am in love with the space now. I feel that it has a more open feel and I arranged it so that my desk faces the window. I feel happier when I am facing a window while working as compared to the wall. We had the dilemma of where to place the workout bench and weights, so we decided to put them on the west side of the room where the desk used to be. This opened up the room entirely and we can now use that space in the middle of the room to do yoga, floor exercises and meditate.  Here are some photos I took at night because I couldn't wait to share with you! I will take more during the day.  I tell you, it makes me happy just to sit in this room now :) I cannot wait to pick out some new art work and hang it in here.  I even have a little fountain on my bookshelf that I bought at Dollar General last year!  Enjo...

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Home Office Redo-Chalk Paint and Boho

Home Office Redo-Bedroom to Home Office I have been living in this apartment for about two years and so far I love it here!  It's a cute area with so many conveniences! I also have been working from home for about six months along with my husband.  However, I have decided to redo this room and turn it into a cute, boho, zen area for work and working out plus meditation. Follow along to see how I achieve this! First off, here is what it looks like currently: I have the monitor and laptop on a vintage 1940s desk that I bought for $80 back in 2013 I painted it a beautiful grey with white drawer fronts that I crackled. It is looking dated and just needs a nice facelift I love using Annie Sloan brand Chalk Paint because it has no odor and it's easy for me to work with.  I used to have a furniture flipping and restoration business 10 years (or so) ago and I used that paint a lot. I bought Pure White and some clear wax and got to work. First I had to remove the drawer handles an...

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