As a former history teacher, historic wedding venues will always and forever have a place in my heart. Historic Minneapolis wedding venues get an extra special corner in there, as so much of Minnesota’s past has been shaped by these properties; it is an amazing chance to let your future begin in the relics of […]

Located on Baich Road, right off of Highway 169 North, there’s a Minnesota barn wedding venue. The landscape is dotted with old homesteads and one-time family farms, some of which have been renovated to have a new life as a wedding venue. But Barn in the Woods isn’t any old barn. It is a new, […]

It’s September, folks. These days the nighttime temp is into the 40s, pumpkin spice is available in all varieties (I’m sipping a pumpkin spice caramel cheesecake latte as I type), so it is fair to say that fall is here. If you like me you are here for it. If you are also like me, […]

I have been so bad at goals lately it isn’t even funny. I do thoroughly love setting goals, so it is a habit I am sad to miss. So, here we go. These are my goals for September: BEGIN MY 2023 ENGAGEMENT MARKETING PLAN: I show you lots of pretty pictures, yes, but there is […]

When I wrote this, I was planning on doing something I said I would never do again: Work a craft show. My stomach…well, it had other plans, so while I still have yet to do what I said I would never do again, I am confident in what it takes to have a successful craft […]

Tawnee and I met before we even knew we met. If you’ve been around here any length of time, you know I was as high school teacher. What you might not know is that I spent two years of that time in an itty bitty sweet little town called Floodwood. As a little community in-between […]

If you are like me, you were completely an utterly enchanted by the backyard wedding featured in Farther of the Bride. I loved everything about that, and I think there is something to be said about using the venue you can find literally in your own back yard.  Over nearly a decade in the wedding industry, […]

We all know and love a couple who are high school sweethearts, and maybe you yourself are one part of that kind of cute couple. There might even be middle school sweetheart in our midst. But elementary school sweethearts? That’s a rare one. That’s the kind of love we get from Ashley and Erick. And […]

30 done, 57 to go. Yesterday I was able to cross off Roseau on my list of Minnesota County count. My goal is to photograph sessions in each one of the administrative domains in this great state, and it’s happening. I have been to 30 counties and four different states for sessions, and as someone […]

It was a typical 2017 era Instagram photo. A young love makes her first appearance in his feed. She sits cross-legged on a grassy patch, sunglassed and smirking at the camera. The background is polka-dotted with people and umbrellas, all in other states of FYF Fest enjoyment, and the caption reads “So happy to be […]