A MUST-DO family vacation: Bonnie Springs Ranch at Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas. One day there and it will feel like a week! 20 minutes away from Las Vegas- its the perfect add on to your Vegas weekend, especially if you have kids!
I'm kind of a fan of this fad called a cake balls. Now they make all kinds of machines attachments to help you get the perfect round ball but I'm still a purist and just follow the old youtube videos from 2008 when I first discovered these tasty life-of-the-party morsels. My daughter started to make them in high school for [...]
Blend Yer Leftovers!! Leftover roasted chicken and veggies? Waste not want not! I put them in a blender with water, chicken broth powder and a bit of olive oil (because I swear olive oil is a cure along with garlic). It made a creamy smooth soup that I shared with friends as it made soooo much and was [...]
Carolyne Sapp Daniels aka: Miss America 1992 Boy, do I love shooting my new Vintage Series entitled “My Grandmother’s Bracelet”
Thank Heaven for little girls….and big girls too! So much joy I get from giving families shots of their children they couldn’t normally get from their iPhone.
How to Stay Happily Married to a Musician: Just keep creating projects with them: Photo shoots, videos, concerts, marketing tools….. This link is the music video I shot and directed. We filmed it on my Canon 5D. Me and my husband were both actors and cameramen in it. And when we were both in the shot, it’s a [...]
Stills from the music video “Daylight” written by Michael Duff, shot and directed by Denice Duff and inspired by the Del Shores play “Trials and Tribulation of a Trailer Trash Housewife” and now the movie with Octavia spencer “Blues for Willadean”
GLASS CONTAINERS! Here are some more ideas from Brownstonedesigns.com on recycling/reusing glass jars for pantry items, a vase for a hand towel holder, and an apothecary jar to hold those little perfume bottles. You can spray paint the lids for a uniform look and use your p-touch for labeling….and if you DO do that, then YOU should be [...]
I love glass containers and so does my designer friend Melinda of BrownstoneDesigns.com We came up with this idea as a Mothers Day party favor. Downtown LA has all the glass jar contains for cheap. Paper Source and Michael’s Arts Supply has colored sticky labels and vintage hang tags. You can even hot glue a button on it! [...]
DIY MAKEOVER!! We did it ourselves. A 25 thousand dollar makeover for 5 grand. No structural changes were made. Only paint, fixtures, hardware, changed the formica to marble, changed the electric stove to gas, used inexpensive subway tile for the backsplash and changed the metal 2-compartment sink to a porcelain farmhouse one. I swear I am eating healthier [...]
