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happy valentine’s day | Fredericksburg Portrait Photographer

Happy Valentine’s Day, friends.
I miss Tommy today… but I am truly grateful that I have someone so wonderful to miss. There is a big difference between an empty longing and a warm longing, and I seriously feel blessed that I have a warm longing in my heart for my husband today.
I hope you...

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Thursday Thirteen | Blogs that Inspire

Welcome to another edition of Thursday Thirteen!
Shortly after I started Gratituesdays I did one about inspiration and how grateful I was for the amazing sources of inspiration I was able to come across. It was probably one of my most popular blog posts, so I thought I’d give you all an updated glimpse into where...

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Gratutuesday: Time to relax

This week’s Gratituesday is a simple one. I am simply grateful that I finally have time to chill out.
Since becoming a full time photographer and having Tommy gone for a while, I finally have some spare time on my hands. And I am very, very grateful for it. It felt like I was running full...

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Campaign Giveaway #2 |Something Special

So, I am going out of order for my giveaways. But I can’t help it, I really wanted to do this one this week. I think it was the combination of being snowed in and the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday. In either case, I wanted to offer a little luxury to my blog readers TODAY....

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The snow

Snow! The truth is, I love it.
The last big snow I remember disrupting our lives so much was the “Blizzard of ‘96.” And that was a long, long time ago. I always say I absolutely love living in Virginia because we get it all: snowy winters, green springs, too-hot summers, beautiful fall colors, the beach,...

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Giveaway #1 Winner! | Fabulous Friday

Oh it’s a fabulous (fri)day to announce the winner of the giveaway!

Congratulations, Emily G.!
Emily is such an advocate of my blog - she comments on every post and does everything she can to gain extra entries in giveaways (lots of tweets and FB posts :)). I am so glad she finally won something!
Stay tuned… I’m...

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Thursday Thirteen | Things I Love

Welcome to another weekly addition to my blog. Thursday Thirteen is simply a hodge-podge list of things. Things I love, things I don’t. Things that excite me, things I think may be exciting for you, too. Since Tommy has been gone I have not been able to get my daily quota of conversation and I...

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Gratituesday: Coffee Dates

As any small business owner can attest, starting your own business swallows all of your possible spare time. For the past two years or so my schedule has been filled more and more with photography-related things (events, meetings, time spent editing) and less and less other things (fun-filled Friday nights, gym time, coffee dates). The...

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Campaign kick-off | Giveaway #1

I am so excited to be launching this campaign to gear up for the announcement of the new and improved Love & Laughter Photography! To help kick-off all the excitement I wanted to open with a giveaway! (Seriously, who doesn’t love a giveaway?) I will be announcing a new giveaway every Monday for the entire...

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Helping Hearts | Helping Haiti - Winner Announced!

You guys!!! Are INCREDIBLE!! I am so, so excited about the money you raised for Haiti! Together you brought in over $750 for the people of Haiti!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is SO not the last time I will do something like this.
Okay, so time to announce the winner! What I did...

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