What is the CRAVE Guide?
CRAVE : The Ultimate Guide to the places women CRAVE in Minneapolis, including more than 125 women you need to know!
Not only did CRAVE do a book in Minneapolis/St. Paul, CRAVE books have come out all over the globe! To view a full listing, go to CRAVE’s website.
I photographed for CRAVE, meeting amazing women in the Twin Cities and feel honored to be a part of this wonderful book. If you would like to purchase a book, books can be found all over the Twin Cities at stores featured in the book.

















‘Today is a New Day’
The sun is shining, the sky is blue
There’s a new day dawning for me and you
With every dawning of the sun
New possibilities have just begun
With every breaking of the morn
Fresh opportunities are newly born.
Robert Frost



























Love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail
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It is most mad and moonly
and less it shall unbe
than all the sea which only
is deeper than the sea
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Love is less always than to win
less never than alive
less bigger than the least begin
less littler than forgive
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it is most sane and sunly
and more it cannot die
than all the sky which only
is higher than the sky
-
e. e. cummings

When it all works, it’s beautiful!
Thanks Gwen for nabbing this shot of me, shooting Nick & Sarah!
Nick & Sarah, thank you for being such troopers in the humidity! Have a wonderful honeymoon!


A grand adventure is about to begin.
– Winnie the Pooh













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‘Tis in my memory locked,
And you yourself shall keep the key of it.’
-Shakespeare
I was more than flattered to be asked to travel with a very special woman and her husband to California to celebrate their vow renewal. With the Buena Vista Winery as the setting for their celebration, the day couldn’t have been more beautiful!
The bride owns Paperista and I’m honored to say she helped me create my new branding. After working together over the course of a few months, a friendship sprung up and she’s supported many endeavors I’m honored to be a part of.
The bride and groom celebrated their wedding anniversary and a few other milestones, after FIVE years, the bride was told she is finally cancer free and celebrating their love with a vow renewal was a wonderful decision!
Traveling to California brought out some amazing vendors to help create a setting that was breathtaking!
The wedding took place at the Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma, California; the oldest winery in California!
Wine Country Party & Events supplied the furniture and decor which created a perfect setting for an afternoon brunch.
Nancy Liu Chin Designs created an arrangement for the seating area the utilized buds in colors of pinks, purples and whites.
Rosann Konieczny provided her amazing calligraphy skills and perfected the marriage certificate, table name cards and paper pieces.
Fleur De Lisa Cakes made the most incredible cake!






































i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
e. e. cummings
She’s finally here, baby Sophia!



















Simply put, this fills my heart with joy.

by Erica Loeks
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