I love a good themed party.  I also love the TV show, ‘Mad Men.’  So when Jana asked me to shoot their Mad Men themed Christmas party, it was a no brainer.  They held the party at their Air B&B located in Nashville, close to Music Row.  The rental already has an old school feel […]

Last August, I had the pleasure of shooting the cutest 5-year-old birthday for Miss Stella.  Her sweet mom, Shannon, is an event planner in the Nashville area and wanted to show that you can throw a child’s birthday party that doesn’t involve a jump house or Chuck-E-Cheese.  She (along with some family and friends) put […]

After working for music publisher, Big Loud Shirt, for 10 years, it’s is such a treat to be asked to come to the annual staff and writer Christmas party.  When I started working there in 2005, the party was about 12 of us (shared with Diver Dann Publishing) and we went for dinner at the […]

Double, double toil & trouble.  I think my next Halloween party will have a lot to live up to after attending this one.  This was at the home of the Tompkins family just outside of Nashville, Tennessee.  This party had it all; jumpy houses, pumpkin painting, a balloon artist, a cotton candy machine, pony rides, […]

The hottest thing this summer was the Minions movie and what’s a better way to spend your 4th birthday than to be the cool kid who’s having a Minion pool party.  Enter, super cool kid Nikkolai who did just that.  His party was chock full of banners, themed cutlery, Minion balloons and Minion cupcakes to […]

Earlier this summer I had the pleasure to travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to attend a high school girls state tennis tournament, where my niece, Annie, and her doubles partner were playing in the two-day tournament for the Holdredge Dusters.  On a chilly Friday, we got to the courts around 9 am to watch the first […]