Meet Alicia

Alicia Wood Lifestyle is a lifestyle destination for everyday living written by Alicia Wood. Alicia’s goal is to provide a timeless yet fresh perspective on fashion, entertaining, beauty, design and travel inspiring readers to create sweet memories for family and friends.
A self-described “List Maker Extraordinaire,” Alicia Wood Lifestyle is where Alicia shares her lists of style ideas, recipes, entertaining ideas, travel tips and great sales.
For years friends said, “You should start a blog about ____!” (Fill in the blank with Travel, Personal Style, Cooking, Entertaining, Food Allergies/Gluten Free Options, Interior Design, Clean Beauty products that enhance our lives not harm our health, etc). In 2014, I finally stepped out on faith that I should share all my thoughts on these topics.
I love creating opportunities for family time and sweet memories. Entertaining at home and family travel are my favorite ways to do this for my family. I hope that what I share inspires you to do the same.
I would not be able to do what I do without my wonderful team that helps me with so many aspects of running Alicia Wood Lifestyle! I’m excited to introduce then to you below.
My heart has always been to help others – through volunteering in my community, researching a topic and sharing information. I hope this space does just that while allowing me to use my gifts from the Lord of hospitality and administration and fulfills my passions, too.
xo
Alicia
Meet the team

Sydney Edwards

Audrie Dollins
Audrie is an Influencer & Branding Photographer and calls Frisco, Texas home. She has been a professional photographer since 2011, capturing weddings and wonderful family moments. She now focuses her full intention on capturing quality imagery for influencers and brands. Audrie recently launched the Basics To Photography Workshop that helps photographers and businesses learn how to capture high quality imagery in between their professional sessions. She has a passion for promoting imagery’s essential role in business and marketing strategy.

Mary Hafner
Mary Hafner is a Dallas-based fashion and lifestyle photographer and writes the blog SoThenTheySay.com. Her photographs have been published in magazines such as Domino, Elle, and Redbook, as well as online publications Houzz and My Domaine. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, a wife, and mom to her daughter, Eleanor, and two Goldendoodles, Annie and Ellie.

Madeleine Herskind
Madeleine supports Alicia Wood Lifestyle by delivering graphic design elements from the building blocks of the AWL logo and branding elements, media kits to eBooks and PDF offerings. Madeleine is the creative behind M Calligraphy Etc., delivering all types of paper + paint projects. What started as a wedding calligraphy service 4+ years ago, quickly grew as the requests received fell outside the edge of the paper. Since adding the “Etc.” to her name, she’s attracted all sorts of clients that trust her to execute their artistic + design visions. Most recently, her hand-painted custom champagne bottles have captured the most attention and kept her paintbrush moving really fast!

Stephanie Magilow
Stephanie is a lifelong Texan, carnivore, cheese-lover and voracious connoisseur of all things sweet; and an unenthusiastic exerciser to balance it all out. She is a self proclaimed serial entrepreneur having been a recipe writer, wedding cake baker and calligrapher and now owner of Jammit Jams, a gourmet jam business. She does bookkeeping for an exclusive list of clients on the side, including Alicia Wood Lifestyle, LLC. Based in Dallas, Stephanie is happily married, a loving mother of two teenagers, and caretaker of an energetic, very smart & mischievous Australian shepherd.

Kelly Gruber
Kelly, founder and owner of Sherry Lane Travel, a boutique travel agency in Dallas, contributes travel tips to Alicia Wood Lifestyle and helps Alicia plan her travel. Kelly specializes in true luxury travel for couples, family travel and small groups. She loves to make her clients feel like VIPs and bringing value – consistently beating online travel site pricing for luxury travel. Born the daughter of an airline family, she has traveled the world extensively. She loves making travel dreams around the world a reality and also enjoys books, movies, yoga, and spending time with her husband and 3 children.
