30 Life Lessons in 30 Years

Grateful to be at an age where my beliefs are more steady than they’ve ever been, shaped by my own lived experiences rather than outside influence.

PersonalSophia LiuNovember 17, 2024lessons, 30, 30 years old, personal, beliefs, life principlesComment

China, 2024

I finally took Simon to the motherland for the true Chinese immersion experience.

TravelSophia LiuNovember 14, 2024china, asia, travel blog, travel, travel diary, travel story, autumn travel, hubei, xiaogan, yichang, guangzhou, canton, chengdu, sichuan, pandaComment

A Canterbury Tale

A globetrotter’s pilgrimage to Canterbury.

TravelSophia LiuNovember 4, 2024uk, england, europe, travel, daytripComment

Our Wedding Weekend: A Photo Diary

Simon and I got married at an Italian villa in the beautiful hills of Southern California, and Studio Sophy gets the exclusive inside scoop.

Personal, FashionSophia LiuSeptember 10, 2024my wedding, wedding, wedding planning, personal, married, photo diaryComment

London, 2024

Blimey! We're going on a work trip!

TravelSophia LiuAugust 28, 2024travel, travel diary, travel blog, summer travel, summer, europe, uk, london, englandComment

Colorado, 2024

I took a gamble on Frontier Airlines again and booked $83 roundtrip flights to Denver. And we had a rockin’ time.

TravelSophia LiuAugust 26, 2024colorado, mountain, rocky mountains, summer, summer travel, denver, usa, garden of the gods, red rock amphitheater, natureComment

Poems Lately

Sometimes the notes scribbled into my Notes app end up kind of poetic.

WordsSophia LiuAugust 9, 2024writing, poetry, poems, summer, self love, personal, wordsComment

My DIY Wedding: How I did my own flowers

I’m a designer, and floral design is design. How hard could it be?

My DIY Wedding: How we made our wedding “ours”

We planned our entire wedding doing what we wanted rather than listening to what other people thought we needed. And it resulted in one of the best parties ever. Come behind the scenes.

My DIY Wedding: I built a website from scratch

I’m so extra I learned HTML and CSS for my wedding. Another project where I got to learn and build and learn and build — my favorite thing to do.

The lost art of printing photos

Photos albums are highlight reels of our lives, where I get to tell my story through my own eyes.

Photography, PersonalSophia LiuMay 31, 2024photos, photographer, printing, printsComment

Cusco, 2024

Lima may be the capital city but Cusco is the heart of Peru.

TravelSophia LiuApril 29, 2024cusco, peru, south america, travel, travel diary, spring travel, spring breakComment