With a love of entertaining and a background in marketing, Courtney Dial Whitmore has become a well - known stylist and blogger in the field of party design and entertaining. Her expertise has been seen in HGTV, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, AOL s DIY Life, Get Married Magazine, Martha Stewart, and more. Also the author of Push - up Pops, Courtney writes for Disney, The Huffington Post, SHE KNOWS, and additional lifestyle publications. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband.