Fab Friday: Another giveaway!

EDIT: Congratulations, Axiza Martinez! We will contact you shortly with all of the details!

All right, ladies and gentlemen. We have an exciting announcement! This Sunday is our Photography 101 Workshop and we are totally stoked! And to make things even more awesome, one of our fabulous readers has decided to donate a seat to another lucky reader! That's right! We have a second absolutely FREE seat to give away to one of you! How awesome is that?!

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This giveaway is only going to last for one day! In order to enter, leave a comment below along with your email address! You can also comment on our Facebook or shoot us a message! We will randomly pick one winner Friday evening!

So, if your Sunday is open and you want to join us at this awesome workshop, tell us in the comments! Good luck!

Xoxo,

Golden Girls

Fab Friday: Photography 101, What to expect!

Happy Fab Friday! We are about one week away from our next workshop, Photography 101! We can't believe it! It's going to be a super fun day and we hope you can join us! If you've never attended one of our events, we wanted to give you a little idea of what you can expect from us!

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A common thing we hear from our workshop attendees, is that our workshops are pretty different than other workshops they've attended... in a good way! When we created Golden Girls and started hosting workshops, we wanted our events to be different. We wanted to create the ultimate workshop experience that we would love to be a part of... and we think we've done just that!

So, what can you expect from a Golden Girls Workshop or specifically Photography 101? Lots of things!

Sometimes, attending a workshop can be a little intimidating. People can be cold and unwelcoming. But from the moment you walk into a Golden Girls Workshop, you'll feel like you belong. We are all about friendship and community! You'll spend the day with some awesome people and leave with some new friends!

Another thing we love to do, is make sure you are surrounded by beauty throughout the day! We're photographers and we love to give our attendees gorgeous stuff to look at and shoot! We sometimes go overboard with this, but we LOVE setting up gorgeous vignettes for you to photograph! Whether it's a calligraphy table, a dessert bar or simply some incredible flower arrangements, we are all about it!

Do you like FREE stuff? Yeah, us too. No, seriously. We love giving stuff away! When you attend a Golden Girls workshop, you can expect to walk away with some cool little goodies and maybe an even bigger prize! (Hint, hint! We have some awesome sponsors lined up for Photography 101!)

And, of course, you can expect to learn! We love goodie bags and lunch as much as anyone, but the real reason people attend our workshops is to educate themselves. We usually start our workshops with hands-on discussions and lessons (so bring your gear!) and then we put what we've learned into practice! Our workshops usually include some sort of styled shoot (or shoots!) throughout the day.

Those are just a few things you can expect from our workshops... but seriously, there's so much more!

We have a lot of exciting things planned for Photography 101! Not only do we plan to get you comfortable shooting in manual mode, but we will also help you better understand lighting, composition, white balance, and much, much more! If you're shooting in AUTO or you have issues with focusing or you just want to learn how to take better pictures of your kids, please consider attending. We still have a few seats left!

Like all of our workshops, lunch will be included! (And dessert, too!) We will conclude the day with an awesome styled outdoor shoot where you can grab some shots for your portfolio or practice what you just learned!

We put a lot of work into these events and we do it because we love our community and we love photography! We really hope you consider joining us at Photography 101 or a future Golden Girls event! We'd love to hang out!

If you'd like to sign up for Photography 101, please go here! And if you have any suggestions for future workshops you'd like to see us offer, let us know!

Xoxo!

Golden Girls

Fab Friday: Editing 101 Recap!

Happy Fab Friday, friends! We hope you all have some awesome stuff planned for this weekend!

Last weekend, we hosted our first official Golden Girls workshop: Editing 101! It was so much fun! We had a great group of girls attend, lots of awesome giveaways and tons of fun.

Thanks to everyone who attended!  We hope you all learned something, made some friends and enjoyed Editing 101! We can't tell you how much it means to us that you decided to spend the day at one of our workshops! And, of course, a special thanks to our models, Shannon Swanson and Maria Galvez. <3

A huge thank you to all of our event sponsors: Clickin' Moms, Epiphanie, Kelly Moore and Marissa Gifford Photography. We had so many awesome prizes donated and lots of sweet discounts, as well! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Please be sure to check out these rad companies and show them some love!

We'd love to have you join us at our next workshop: Photography 101! Please check out our Upcoming Events page to stay in the loop!

Xoxo!

Golden Girls

Fab Friday: Editing 101!

Happy Fab Friday, y'all! We have such an exciting weekend planned! Tomorrow is our Editing 101 workshop and we couldn't be more thrilled!

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We absolutely love putting workshops together. Not only do we get to brush up on our favorite subject — photography — but we get to hang out with awesome people!

We have some fun stuff planned... a few awesome giveaways, some yummy snacks, lots of learning and of course, a photo shoot!

If you haven't signed up yet but you're dying to go... we can still squeeze you in! But hurry! Time is running out!

Click here to sign up before it's too late!

Xoxo!

Golden Girls

Fab Friday: Sweet Stuff

Happy Fab Friday! We decided that today we want to share some of our favorite recipes with you, our fabulous readers! It's Summer! You probably have parties to go to and people to entertain! Why not make one of these sweet treats to impress your friends?!

Valerie's Favorite Cake Recipe AKA The only cake you are ever going to want to eat

A few years ago, one of my friends came to my house and she brought the most incredible chocolate cake I had ever tasted. I demanded the recipe. Since that introduction, I have probably made this cake at least once a month. (No self-control, people!)

Anyway, it's dang good. Like, crazy good. Like, send your husband to the store in the middle of the night because suddenly you have to make this cake and there's no stopping you good. That good.

Anyhow, because I love my friends almost as much as I love this cake, I need to share this recipe! (Warning: You will probably love this cake and want to eat it all the time. ALL. THE. TIME.)

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Too Much Chocolate Cake:
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup oil
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup warm water
1 box Devil's Food cake mix
1 box instant chocolate pudding mix
 2 cups Chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients and fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into well-greased bundt pan. (Grease that pan good. For real. Last time I made this, my cake got stuck. It was delicious... but definitely not pretty.)

Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes. Cool. Remove from pan. Top with powdered sugar. Devour. Thank me.

For the more detailed recipe, stop drooling and click here.

Summer's Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookie 

I'm a purist when it comes to my food and my hands down favorite cookie is Chocolate Chip with walnuts. Let me repeat, WALNUTS. An amazing nut that walnut is, it looks like a little brain and tastes so delicious! Something about the nuttiness with chocolate. I have to have equal amounts of chocolate, cookie and nuts or it just doesn't taste right. This is a problem in my household since I'm the only one who likes nuts but I make this recipe sans nuts for my hubby and two ladies but I make sure to make a dozen of nutty deliciousness all to myself. Hope you make these soon and think of me and my obsession with walnuts. 

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 (3.4 oz) box instant pudding, vanilla or white chocolate flavored

2 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl, sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together. Set aside.

3. Using a stand mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and pudding mix for 2-3 minutes. Scrape down bowl as needed.

4. On slow, add eggs one at a time. Scrape down bowl in between eggs.

5. Add vanilla extract.

6. Slowly add flour mixture and mix until combined.

7. Add chocolate chips and walnuts and mix.

8. Place dough balls the size of golf balls on cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown.

We hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Stay sweet!

Xoxo!

Golden Girls