We are super excited to announce our 2012 Black Friday Specials! Click here for more details! Happy Shopping! This year we have 4 specials read below for more details!
Perfect as a gift or to decorate your own home! Order now and we’ll email you to find out which photo you’d like printed on your canvas!
Special #2: Save $250 on a Lifestyled Anniversary Session.
Escape the everyday and soak each other in with the perfect date night to celebrate your love. Anniversary sessions last 2-3 hours and include full resolution images with license to print. Sessions must take place by the end of 2013.
Your wedding celebration is more than just a single day! Let us capture the entire weekend from the rehearsal dinner to the post wedding brunch. Purchase this special to add 6 additional hours of coverage to be used however you wish throughout your wedding weekend (Friday – Sunday). We will also include a Liz and Ryan Signature Video Fusion Wedding Slideshow.Click here for a recent example.
Special #4: Free Destination Wedding Travel Expenses.
We LOVE to travel! And we LOVE to travel even more when we get to capture a love story while exploring a new destination! We would love to join you for your weekday (M-Th) Destination Wedding next year and capture your love story! Click here and send us an inquiry before Monday at 5pm and we will waive all of our travel fees for your 2013 wedding if you book us for any collection that includes a wedding album.
And don’t forget to shop small this year during Small Business Saturday!
Today we are hosting Thanksgiving and are busy prepping Tony (pronounced with a heavy New Yorker accent) aka our turkey… well actually, we are probably snuggled up on the couch watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! ;) (We tend to put the turkey in the oven early just so that we make sure we can enjoy the parade!)
But anyway, as we promised on Monday, we took some time this week to think about all of the blessings in our lives and everything that we are grateful for and we thought today would be the perfect day to share a few of them with you! Hopefully reading our list will inspire you to create your own! ;)… that is, in fact, if you have not already! ;)
Also, if you didn’t see our video on Monday, we thought we would share it again here today. Be sure to check it out below our list.
Here we go… by the way, these are in no particular order! ;) Today we are incredibly grateful for…
YOU! Everyone who is reading this post. Words cannot explain how much you mean to us.
Family & Friends
Board of Life Directors & Mentors that push us to be the best that we can be
LOVE and HUGS
Our clients
clean water
cozy blankets
heat/air conditioning
high speed internet
finding our passions of photography, cooking, DIYing, writing, and spreading the word about Living an AMAZING Life
food, especially Tony the Turkey!
the gift of sight and hearing
good health
doctors and nurses
Smiles
kitchen gadgets (especially the blender & garbage disposal… they both recently broke and we realized more than ever how much we appreciate them!)
music that inspires us to get up and dance!
Coffee shops
Blue Skies and Puffy White Clouds
Service Women and Men… and everyone who is serving others in their careers!
Skype & Facetime
Breathe Mints ;)
Farmer’s Markets
Repurposed Wood & Goods
Sunshine
Photos and the ability to print memories so they last a lifetime
Bucknell University for shaping us to be who we are today
All teachers and educators
The Making Brands Happen Team for helping create an AMAZING brand that is 100% us
Peanut butter, especially freshly ground from Whole Foods
Free will
Our creative spirit and passion for life
Encouraging words
Last, but certainly not least (and I can say this because I am writing this post! ;) )… I just want to say that I am incredibly grateful for Ryan. I am one lucky lady to be surrounded by so much love, energy, passion, and talent every single day of our lives. Love him!
Happy Thanksgiving Y’all! ;) Hope you have an amazing day surrounded by your loved ones and giving thanks for everything!
It’s Thanksgiving eve!!! Ok, we know it’s not an official holiday but it totally should be! To everyone that is traveling near or far today or tomorrow we wish you save travels! We are hurriedly trying to cross off our remaining items on our to do list so we can enjoy time with family and friends once they arrive.
So how many of you are cooking Thanksgiving this year? This will now be our fourth year in a row that Liz and I will be hosting dinner with our family. Tony the turkey is resting calmly in the refrigerator awaiting his brine bath later tonight. Tony is a 22 pound bird and should do nicely for lots of tasty leftovers this year. Leftovers usually consist Turkey sandwiches accompanied by macaroni and cheese that Liz’s Dad brings from ironically enough Tony’s Delicatessen, no relation to Tony the Turkey I’m sure. :)
This year we wanted to think of something a little different to do with all the leftovers. We always have so much turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie that it usually last for weeks and getting creative is a must. We also wanted to provide a little inspiration for your own leftovers and a way to share the fun with friends. If you haven’t seen our Thankful for Leftovers and Game Night Party post yet, be sure to check it out. For the party we came up with a unique twist on the Leftover Turkey Sandwich, made an AMAZING Pumpkin Pie Milkshake, and stuffed the stuffing inside some red bell peppers. Enjoy the recipes below!
RECIPE: Leftover Turkey Sandwiches with Blue Cheese Crumbles
Normally our leftover turkey sandwiches consist of Turkey, Mayo, Salt and Pepper and a maybe slice of tomato. If you are tired of the standard turkey sandwich spice things up a little bit with a hearty loaf of bread, a few blue cheese crumbles, and leftover cranberry relish. The tangy sweetness of the relish and savory taste of the blue cheese combines for the perfect flavor in this leftover turkey sandwich.
INGREDIENTS:
Leftover Turkey
A hearty loaf of bread sliced approximately ½” thick
Spread mayonnaise on one side of bread and add 3-4 leaves of Arugula.
Add turkey, and cranberry relish. Sprinkle blue cheese crumbles on top and close sandwich with second slice of bread.
In a toaster oven or conventional oven, toast sandwiches for 5-8 minutes, or until cheese melts and bread just begins to brown.
RECIPE: Stuffing Stuffed Peppers
Ahh stuffing. We love stuffing!! Just add a little butter, celery, and onions to cubed bread and cook in the oven. Fortunately for our waistline, we usually only indulge in this carbohydrate heaven around Thanksgiving. But when we do, we always have a ton of leftovers and stuffing by itself, although amazing, can get a little boring after the first few days of leftovers. So the perfect solution is to stuff it in something else besides the turkey. It’s called stuffing for a reason right!? For a perfect side dish to your Blue Cheese Turkey Sandwiches, stuff some stuffing in a few bell peppers, sprinkle with cheese and roast in the oven. Hmm, what else could we stuff with stuffing??
INGREDIENTS:
4 Red Bell Peppers, stem and seeds removed
2-3 Cups Leftover Stuffing
Chicken stock or vegetable broth
Olive Oil
Grated Parmesan Cheese
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
In a bowl, add vegetable broth to stuffing until moist, about 1 cup depending on how moist your stuffing is already.
Place peppers open side up in a square baking pan and stuff peppers with stuffing. Drizzle with olive oil and place in oven and roast for 20-30 minutes until peppers begin to slightly darken. If stuffing begins to burn, cover with foil until peppers finish roasting.
Remove from oven and sprinkle on Parmesan Cheese
RECIPE: Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes
My favorite thing about thanksgiving has to be enjoying a tasty slice of pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving would not be complete with out this tasty treat. Especially a pumpkin pie made by Liz’s MeMe. In fact, nearly 200 pies made by MeMe will be enjoyed this year at Thanksgiving! Crazy! So if you are lucky enough to enjoy one of MeMe’s pies this year and have a few slices leftover after the big day, then you definitely need to try this recipe. Trust us, you’ll thanks us later.
INGREDIENTS (makes one milkshake):
1 slice of leftover pumpkin pie, preferably MeMe’s but if you don’t live in Montoursville, PA any type of pumpkin pie will do the trick
2-3 Cups of vanilla ice cream (add more as necessary for desired thickness)
1 Cup whole milk
Cinnamon stick for garnish
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. Add more milk and ice cream as necessary to reach desired thickness.
Pour into glass and garnish with a cinnamon stick
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And we just wanted to share one quick picture of MeMe in action! She is a pie machine! :) Apple, Pumpkin, Blueberry, Minced Meat, you name it, she can make it!
How many times have you been at a party, sat down your drink and then forgot which glass was yours? This happens to us all to often so we decided to create some fun DIY glass charms to fit our Game Night theme. We used pieces from an old scrabble game to create these custom glass charms. Each guest got a wine charm that corresponded to the first letter of their name so no one would forget which glass was theirs. Follow along below to learn how to create your own DIY Scrabble Glass Charms.
Step One: Drill a hole into the corner of each scrabble piece.
Step Two: Cut twine to length, approximately 12 inches.
Step Three: Fold twine in half forming a loop and push through hole in scrabble piece with a needle. Thread the two loose ends of the twine through the loop and pull tight. Tie on glasses in a bow and cut off excess twine.
We hope you enjoyed all of our DIY projects today. If you missed any, be sure to check them all out by clicking the links below:
If you are serving fun cocktails in fun DIY Martini Glasses then it is only natural to make your own DIY Gold Glitter Strip Serving Tray right? We’ll we thought it was so we picked up a cheap tray at Michael’s and had some more fun with glitter. Learn how to create your own below!
Step One: Using painter’s tape, mask off area of tray that you do not want covered in glitter. We created a simple diagonal strip pattern.
Step Two: Pour glue into a small cup and paint onto tray to cover non-masked area.
Step Three: Sprinkle glitter over tray covering all glued areas.
Step Four: Pour off excess glitter and let tray dry.
Step Five: Carefully remove tape.Be even more creative and alternate strips with various colors of metallic glitter for a serving tray that would make Kate Spade proud! :)
We are super excited to announce our 2012 Black Friday Specials! Click here for more details! Happy Shopping! This year we have 4 specials read below for more details!
