Sunday Funday (a little bit late) w/ Dani & TaviahChan

When you get to shoot with female photographers that you've been low-key stalking on social media (Jessica & Erica), it becomes the best sort of Sunday. Bonus points, I got to meet the lady behind Humans of St. Louis. Watch out now!

Sunday Funday w/ FloralRoyale

Sometimes you just have to step back and reassess what you really want. For me, I had to realize that doing the super glitzy all put-together photo shoots with a team of hair and make up and neatly laid out outfits was not for me. I'm more interested in taking pictures with and of friends. So here you go. Doing what makes me happy with Taylor of FloralRoyale and Jessica snapping some shots as well. Check her out.

Enjoy...

This Is The Part Where I Suck Up To You With A Bunch Of Pretty Pictures

Some photos with friends...

The lovely Shannon Jane and her boyfriend of 5 whole years, Frankie during my last trip to Chicago.

A Tasty Way To Round Out The Year

w/ Sweet Potato Brie Ravioli in a Honeyed Brown Butter Sauce

I always get the urge to do a little bit of "spring" cleaning around the New Year. Whether it be personally, emotionally, or physically. This year, my refrigerator was the lucky winner of my manic cleaning attention. While I was in there, I realized that I had a lot of scraps of leftovers but not enough of each dish to make a real meal so I had to get creative. Hello ravioli, perfect conduit for me to cram a bunch of random stuff into! This ravioli should probably be renamed The Kitchen Sink Ravioli because every scrap I could find went in these puppies. From the random hunks of cheese scavenged in the cheese drawer to literally scraping the filling out of my failed party galettes (had a wee incident with the salt in the crust; completely inedible but I can't throw food away). Thus these babies were born.

Ingredients

Ravioli

• 2 cups flour
• 3 eggs
• 2 Tbsp

*kudos to Garden Betty for the Recipe.

Filling

• roasted sweet potatoes 
• caramelized onions
• coconut creamed spinach
• brie cheese

Sauce

• 3 Tbsp butter (yikes!!!)
• a pinch of salt & pepper
• 1 tsp honey

Try this recipe out and let me know how it goes for you in the comments below.

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