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I'm a Photographer, Educator, Shop, sustainability guru, foster and adoptive mama, multiple hat wearing entrepreneur. My love language is hugs and my tank is filled by serving others. You can find me world travelin', renovating a vintage trailer/house or doing something fun with her husband, two boys and three fur babies. 

Veggie & Italian deli pizza, Strawberry soda

Pre-heat grill and spray the grates once the temperature gets to 400 degrees Farenheit. Brush the whole crust with olive oil and top with sauce, cheese, meat, veggies, and cilantro to your liking. Place on the grill, rotate after 3 minutes to get criss-cross grill marks.  Place on top shelf after 7 minutes so it […]

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Artsy Eleanor Pearl turns 1!

Everyone knows I already adore Emily with emmy-ray flowers. She’s an artist, an entrepreneur, a florist, a stylist, a hand maker of many things, a really good mother and wife! How she juggles it all blows my mind. If this photo shoot doesn’t sum up why she is so fantastic, then i’m speechless. She designed […]

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Children, Family, Inspiration, Lifestyle

An elegant Editorial Shoot

My amazing friend and talented wedding and event coordinator, Madison Sanders who previously had worked for Soiree Event Designs, has taken the leap to start her very own event planning business. I’m so, so proud of her. It takes a brave, hard working and entreprenereal spirit to dive in to the unknown, but to follow […]

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Press, Weddings

Amy & Mike’s wedding, featured in The Knot

How exciting. We’ve been featured for Amy & Mike’s wedding in Lawrence, Kansas in The Knot’s Missouri and Kansas weddings magazine.  Go grab a copy today. We loved their whole wedding. See it here. Congratulations for being picked to be featured Amy & Mike. What an honor.

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Surf and Turf Jambalaya

Tasty Tuesday: Surf and Turf Jambalaya

1.) Heat 2 tbsp of butter in a medium hot skillet and brown the onions taking about 3 minutes. 2.) Toss the rice in the butter/onion mixture for about 3 minutes 3.) Place the chicken broth, diced tomatoes, asparagus, and sliced cherry tomatoes, and spices/hot sauce in the skillet.  Heat until boiled, then reduce heat […]

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Food

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Julie’s “Children Book” themed baby shower

One of the sweetest teachers you can ever have, the most thoughtful, smart and organized friend to everyone, and such a fun person all around.. Julie is always the one organizing fun events and pulling in social activities with everyone. It was time to throw her the most killer baby shower for the new mom […]

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Lifestyle, Personal

Tasty Tuesday, Strawberry Vinaigrette, How to cook, Easy meals, Dinners for small families, Jana Marie Photography, Chicken salad recipes, How to make vinaigrette

Tasty Tuesday: Strawberry Vinaigrette, Chicken Salad

Strawberry Vinaigrette 1.) Put the strawberries, sugar, apple cider vinegar, and olive oil into a blender and blend until smooth.  Place aside for later. 2.) Heat a skillet on medium low Heat, cut the chicken into 1/2 inch cubes, season, and place in heated skillet.  Cook for 7 minutes. 3.) Cut the red leaf lettuce, […]

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Our own wedding, featured in a magazine..

Philip and I are IN a magazine for our very own wedding.  Its a little strange to see ourselves in print I’m not going to lie. But so fun also, having friends say they saw us in the current Spring 2015 issue of EA Bride Magazine. And JUST as great of news, our shot made […]

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Inspiration, Press, Weddings

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The goddess of all wedding albums.. Timeless Album

I’ve never seen a more beautiful wedding album in my life. This majestic, beastly mother of all albums. I’ve been dying to share our very OWN Timeless book with you all. Am I obsessed? Quite a bit. So this will be a pretty long blog post, my apologies. With the photography by one of our […]

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Tasty Tuesday: Spiced Steak Strips & Fried Rice

If you missed the announcement at the first of the year that we will be doing a “Tasty Tuesday” for our couples and families in 2015, head over and get the recipe now. We, as newlyweds, only have 2 mouths to feed and enjoy leftovers for maybe lunch the next day but hate spending a […]

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Food

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Sam & Rich | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico wedding

If ever a better way to end your year… We finished 2014 with a bang in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico celebrating Sammantha & Richard’s wedding. And it couldn’t have been more perfect. The party lasted the whole week and my favorite thing was when the groom said to me, “The hanging out doesn’t have to end […]

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Destination, Weddings

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Pearl 10×10 | Timeless Album

One of my favorite weddings ever, and one of my favorite wedding designs for the beautiful Sami & James. This is a 10×10 solid cover,  Timeless wedding album with a Madison, Premium Non-Leather in Pearl. There are 36 pages in this high end lay flat book. #RenaissanceAlbums #sohobook #JMPbride #timelessalbum #highendweddingalbums #layflatbooks #soho

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Albums

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The best holiday gift… little Beau

Welcome to the world little Beau. I’m sure this was the best holiday gift your entire family received this Christmas. See all of their images on the gallery. Make sure to leave the family comments congratulating them on their little one below. They’d love to hear from you…

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Children, Family, Lifestyle

Tasty Tuesday: Honey Bourbon Fried Chicken

If you read our blog from yesterday, you are probably here to see what new and exciting news we have for 2015. So excited to announce that we will be doing a “Tasty Tuesday” food feature throughout the year (1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month). Philip my husband, has a really fun and really […]

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Food

2014, best year yet…

In 2014… WE GOT MARRIED! This has by far been one of the best years of my life. I married my love and moving in together has been one of the most fun and rewarding experiences. Definitely worth the wait! We traveled to Grand Lake, Colorado for two weeks and got married in the Rocky […]

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