Halloween Party Recipes

*****I created this Halloween menu several years ago, and I’m embarrassed by some of the picture quality–don’t judge! IF you PIN, please pin the main post that links to this page ******* Decide what you would like… Continue Reading

Two Illinois Sessions at Allerton Park

I heard from 2 different sources that Allerton Park was a great preserve that offered lots of trees and unique structures.  It was about a 30 minute drive from my friends home in Champaigne.  I… Continue Reading

Decorating with Portraits~Bedroom and Family room

If you haven’t read my original post about this, go HERE.   In a nutshell, I began a series on my blog a few months ago to encourage families to decorate more with portraits.  Not just 5×7’s… Continue Reading

Fancy Birthday Festivities

My daughter had a birthday party and I got really excited about decorating for it–I wanted to share.  It was a “fancy” party (because she loves Fancy Nancy) and she chose purple, pink, and orange… Continue Reading

Decorating with Portraits~My first Mod Podge Project

I have been all over the crafty blogs lately and have been dying to do something with mod podge.  I wanted a unique way to hang some individual portraits of my kids and had planned… Continue Reading

Decorating with Portraits

I’ve got a much needed lull with photography these days.  Getting settled into the house and its getting hotter, so the biz is definitely slowing down.  But it won’t stop me from taking pictures whenever… Continue Reading

Merry Christmas~The making of my family photo shoot

I just LOVE this time of year to give and receive Christmas cards. I plot for months in advance what I want to do and start scheming our clothing choices. I like to make our… Continue Reading

No Knead Bread Recipe

My friend Stacy gave me a recipe for NO Knead Bread, and I was very excited! I just really dislike getting dough and stickiness in my nails and all over my hands. You make the… Continue Reading

2008 Duke Family letter

{I mailed a picture as a post card and on the back simply typed my website with instructions to go to the link to read our letter update.} If you’ve made it this far, congratulations!… Continue Reading

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