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The Cheap Sally Dance Party

What an event! If you ever have the pleasure of working with Dawn and Elizabeth of Party Bluprints let me ...
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Chef Brian Malarkey

What's it like to be a Chef and a family man? I interview Chef Brian Malarkey, a finalist in season 3 of Bravo Top Chef and restaurant owner.
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Evo Conference: A Food Workshop

One of the highlights of the EVO Conference was the fantastic 4 hour food workshop held on the Friday over lunch at Lookout Cabin.

During this workshop, we enjoyed a fabulous lunch outdoors with the most spectacular view, we then participated in a hands-on cooking class with award-winning Executive Chef John Murcko and a food photography class with amazing food photographer Helene Dujardin of Tartelette.

To get to Lookout Cabin, you need to take the orange bubble express.  It's about a 20 minute ride to the top of the mountain, but on the way back down, the view is breathtaking.

Orange Bubble Express

Can you see the large building in the center of the shot?  That is The Canyons resort where the conference was being held.

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Week 10: George Foreman 90 Day Challenge

Monday mornings are beginning to feel like the day I have to confess, wipe the slate clean and promise to ...
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Tips: Photographing and storing kids artwork

 

As a crafty parent of three children, our garage could quickly become over-run with craft projects, artwork and clay sculptures. Here’s my trick though. I photograph it. We have dedicated one wall in the kids’ play room; it has two ropes and large clothes pegs on it. Artwork is rotated as it comes home from school. The artwork that comes off is photographed and recycled or used as gift wrap or gift tags. Some larger creations and craft projects are used to decorate their bedroom or play room. For example, the butterfly below is currently clipped to the blind cord in the play room.

Bi-fold boards for photography
At the end of the year I make a book of artwork for each of the kids. I choose photographs of a variety of craft projects created using different mediums – paint, clay, beading, and craft kits to name just a few.

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Travel: Snacks on the go

We seem to be on the go with the kids a lot, whether it be extra-curricular activities, road trips, hiking, ...
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REI: Photography Class

I absolutely love to take photographs.  I'm very rarely seen without a camera.  Except for the time I saw a ...
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New York City

photo taken using a Kodak EasyShare M580 – edited with Picnik Whilst I was in New York for the BlogHer ...
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Etsy Headquarters Creative Blogging Panel

Last Thursday night I had the honor of speaking on a Creative Blogging Panel at the Etsy Headquarters with some ...
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Sex and the City Tour

Whrrl hosted a fabulous Sex and the City tour last Saturday.  They picked us up in a limousine from the ...
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