Peru Part I: Cusco and Pisac

Eric and I are back from Peru, and aside from a little post-travel stomach bug/amazon bug bites we had a blast! Peru is such a beautiful country and I feel so thankful to have had the chance to travel there. I couldn't possibly cram all of our adventures into a single blog post, so I'm going…

Vamos a Peru!

That's right, Eric and I are jetting off to Peru next week! It's always been a dream of ours to visit Machu Picchu, so when Jet Blue opened a new airline to Lima with some great deals last year, I immediately jumped at the opportunity. This will be Eric and I's first time traveling out of th…

Welcome 2014

Happy New Year! The past 24 hours have been filled with lots of laughter, fun, and an amazing group of new and old friends, which has me ready to jump right into 2014. I accomplished some huge goals through my resolutions last year, so I'm excited to see what this year has in store. I couldn…

Adios 2013!

Well, I thought this year couldn't top 2012, but I'm glad I was wrong. Looking back on the year, my favorite moments were from all the new places I got to travel to and experience. I had the best time exploring Los Angeles and Las Vegas with Eric, Richmond with old friends, and the cute lit…

Lettering and Illustration Club

Last month I attended AIGA Raleigh's first ever Lettering and Illustration Club meet up. I should preface this post with the fact that I never, and I mean NEVER, draw or practice any sort of lettering. Despite taking many art classes throughout my life and being a designer, I spend my day tr…

Liz Paradise Portfolio Website

I initially started this blog to help me get comfortable in talking about my own work. Sadly, even though I've been blogging a little over a year now, I haven't written a single word about any of my design work. So I've decided to venture out of my shell a bit today and talk about a quick an…

Running Update: One Year

Today I'm celebrating running for one year! After seeing many of my friends, family members, and coworkers enjoy running as a hobby and completing their goals and races, I decided to bite the bullet myself last year and begin running. I logged my first run on December 5, 2012, out of breath,…

A Trip To OBX

As you know, I took a trip to the Outer Banks a week ago for my marathon. Despite growing up in North Carolina, this was my first trip out to OBX, so I was excited to do a little exploring before and after my race! Eric, along with my mom, grandma and little sister all made the trip out to s…

I Ran A Marathon!

Last Sunday I completed my first marathon! I don't think I've mentioned my marathon training much on the blog yet, but if you've been following along you know that I started running a little less than a year ago with hopes of running the Tar Heel 10-Miler last spring. After running the 10-Mi…

How We Put Together Our Halloween Slo-Mo Video

There's a chance you've already seen this since I've plastered it all over the internet, but last week we showed off our Halloween Slo-Mo video from a booth we set up at our party. In case you haven't seen it, here it is!  I've had a few people ask me how we set this up, so I thought…