i finally persuaded my mother to start selling some of her awesome hand-made wrap jewelry on a website called “etsy.” she didn’t think she would be able to sell any because there are so many other people doing it, but in her first 24 hours she sold a piece, and was sold on etsy from then on. :) here’s some of her stuff: Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade Shulamitewoman.etsy.com so do me a solid and go check her stuff out cuz she’s awesome and you will love it!! hannahelaine ps my website will be down for a few more days. click here for details

if only people had thrown birthday parties like this when i was in highschool! shoooot!! kelsey and her parents threw a rockin’ birthday party last weekend–fully equipped with chic-fil-a catering, personalized party favors, a bumpin’ sound system playing the hottest tunes while projecting the videos onto a large screen, ANND to top it off, the coolest swimming pool ever featuring waterfalls and A ROPE SWING!!! unreal, i tell you. here are some of the shots we got :) and the best part of all…kelsey decided she didn’t need anymore gifts from anyone. so on her invitations she specified that instead of gifts, people could bring money to donate to sweet…

i’m getting into bartering services these days. a good friend of mine, john thornton, needed some new headshots and promotional photos taken and i desperately needed some financial advising. i can do one, and he can do the other (although, he is actually becoming quite the photographer himself and we definitely talk shop about that whenever possible).  here are some shots we took down at Shoemaker Financial, the firm he works with in cool springs. thanks rocket! you look great, and now i won’t be broke when i’m old :) p.s. if anyone wants some advice on the best way to set aside a little money for saving and investing…