I’m more excited for the holidays this year than I have ever been. I’m pretty sure the excitement started in July, yes, July. I’ve been doing a bit of Christmas shopping here and there. I’ve been planning holiday craft projects and gathering materials. I’ve also been testing out new cookie and brownie recipes (much to…

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Way back in my high school days I did a bit of video work, playing with the first edition of imovie and learning linear editing versus digital editing. In my college days I worked for a production company running camera, creating motion graphics and those sorts of things. We actually won a Telly for one of…

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Early this morning, before the sun was up Kristen, Josh and baby Riann (and their little dog Ellie too) met up with me at one of my favorite locations for Riann’s 6 month photo session as well as a few family shots. This was my third shoot with little Riann, but only the second one…

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I’ve never understood the traditional guestbook, a small 5×7 book that a bunch of people sign. What do you do with that? I don’t imagine people look through it years later and say, “Look at Aunt Sue’s signature, OH the memories!” Its not something you’d set on your coffee table for guests to flip through.…

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I’m loving the Retro BBQ theme, I think of all our themes it is my favorite. I had such a great time designing it and researching retro patterns. I’m also in love with 50s era food and kitchen stuff (I’ve got a collection of 50s pyrex, kitchen odds and ends, and cook books). I can’t…

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Today I got up close and personal with some very. large. cats. Sculptor and podcast co-host Bridgette Mongeon is currently working on a sculpture of a panther for Prairie View A&M here in Texas. In an effort to learn all she can about panthers she contacted the Houston Zoo to see if she could get…

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Onward with the Party Printable complete Etsy Treasuries! Here’s what I’ve put together for the Pool Party Treasury (click the image to go straight to the treasury). There are so many things you could use to complete the Pool Party Theme. Most of the items I used in the promotional photo shoot came from good ol’…

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I’ve spent some time putting together etsy treasuries (ie. lists of really great items on etsy) to help complete a Diliberto Photo & Design Party Printable theme. Its seriously been a blast and I’ve found a TON of really really cool etsy folks to connect with. I absolutely love handmade and LOVE the idea of…

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Nothing makes a girl blush more than seeing herself in the press. I got to see my best friend’s reaction via video chat which made it all the better! We rejoiced together, there may have been dancing. Anywho, I’m so honored to have my Pool Party Printables covered in a SheKnows article on Pool Parties!…

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Attention Houston, Spring, and surrounding areas…it’s our new model search time! All the details are below but I want to share with you my insane excitement about the 2012 seniors. Senior year is like entering a brand new era of life, the apex is graduation day. There is a TON to figure out college applications,…

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