Today is a special day for all my readers, clients and soon-to-be clients! I have partnered with Living Social to offer a portrait deal that has never been offered before! Now until May 1st, Verna Starling Photography, my portrait and wedding photography business, is offering an On-Location Family or Senior…
Remember that line from the movie Jerry Maguire: “You complete me.” That line made a lot of women, including women who wouldn’t normally be the lovey dovey types, stop for a moment and root Tom Cruise on. I even had a moment of compassionate confusion, but the reality is that…
Every day in my upstairs living room, I pass a small box that holds fabric scraps from a chair I recently had reupholstered. Initially I held on to them because I planned to one day make a pillow cover or even cut a huge piece, throw it in a frame…
Today is January 1, 2013 and I’m still alive. If you’re reading this, so are you. And so are billions of other people. That’s right, eleven days after the world was supposed to end, we’re still here. Thankfully the Mayans were wrong. Now that we are in the days of…
With the gift-giving season in full swing, I thought I’d do a post about giving. Not giving in the usually way, to loved ones, friends, charities or people in need, but giving to ourselves. Yes, giving to yourself. Being the giver and the recipient. Sound selfish? Well, it is. You…
Remember postcards? Remember when family or friends would go on vacation to a new city and send a postcard about their wonderful stay? Some of you may be old enough to remember receiving postcards, but chances are if you were born in the late 80′s, postcards had largely dropped out…
This week was fun for me. Really fun, like “jump up and down and get superly, dooperly excited, with lots of exclamation points” type fun! Of course, what constitutes fun varies from person to person, and sometimes the smallest things bring the greatest joy. I thought I’d take a moment…
Few things in my life can make me forget about all that’s wrong with the world, my stresses and all the ways life could be so much better. One of those things is dancing. Dancing is as universal as music. No matter what your favorite style is, most people, at…
Tomorrow is my birthday and every year as another birthday approaches, I reflect on the year before. Mostly, I am thankful and happy about what great accomplishments I made or goals I reached, but I also reflect on my personal life, particularly my love life. I have never been married,…
Bonjour mes amis! About a month ago, I found myself on Craigslist, the most popular, online thrift store, perusing the For Sale ads. Usually I’m on the hunt for things that I need (or think I need) and don’t want to pay full price for. (Who pays full price for…
If you’re a crafter, photographer, artist or just love creative stuff, chances are you’ve heard of Etsy.com. Etsy.com is an online market place for creatives to market their original art, photography, designs or merchandise. Some may even argue it’s like eBay, except everything is made by hand or is created…
I have a confession. Lately, I’ve been a failure. I’ve been failing in a few professional and personal areas in my life and it was starting to get me down until I talked to a few friends of mine. They reminded me that, unless I am attempting some Evil Knieval…
Today was a great day. Well actually today was not that great. I have had much better days, but this post is not about all the ways today could have been better. This post is about a special dog named Tokina. Tokina (pronounced Toe-key-Nah) is my Lab, Cocker Spaniel, Dachshund…
Today in several parts of the country and the world, it’s Christmas. It’s a wonderful time to celebrate with family, friends, food and gifts. Today is not a day to be reading long blog posts, unless they are written by your favorite new blogger, ME! so, I promise this will…
We’ve all been there. You, your mom and dad, your brother(s) and sister(s) all packed into a Sears Portrait studio, or if your family had a bit more money back in the 80′s, an Olan Mills studio, and the photographer says, “Alright, everyone look at the camera and say cheese!” …