09/04/2026
People want to know a little about me. I asked chatgpt to write up a unhinged bio about me and it was spot on! My Name is Virgila but my husband calls me Starr (no, I wasn't a ho**er OR stripper) and my grandbabies call me Gigi. ENJOY! 😂😂
✨ THE UNHINGED BIO OF ME ✨
Professional photographer. Day trader. Licensed cosmetologist. Decorator. Nail artist. Backdrop-building lunatic. Grandkid-obsessed grandmother. Animal wrangler. And apparently a woman who looked at having 24 hours in a day and said, “That seems like plenty.” 😂
I own Virgila Dale’s Photography, where I photograph newborns, seniors, families, Santa, and anyone else brave enough to get in front of my camera. I can pose a 7-pound newborn like a tiny potato, build an entire Christmas set from scratch, cut a grandkid’s hair, create ridiculous nail art, and then sit down and trade stocks like I didn’t just spend six hours hot-gluing greenery to something.
I have ADD and ADHD, which basically means I can walk into a room to grab scissors and somehow come out three hours later with a redesigned room, a new photography set, six things added to my Amazon cart, and absolutely no scissors.
I’m married to Wade, my junior-high sweetheart, which means that man has been dealing with my shenanigans for a VERY long time and frankly deserves some sort of plaque, Or hazard pay.
I have two kids but my real weakness is my grandbabies. Those three could probably rob a bank in front of me and I’d be standing there saying, “Okay, but did you SEE how cute they looked doing it?!” 😍
Then there’s Haven and Teagan, my schnauzers, and Oscar the cat, because apparently I didn’t already have enough creatures in my life needing something from me.
I own 14 acres with a pond in Arkansas, which sounds peaceful and serene until you realize I’m probably standing somewhere on it staring at an empty corner thinking, “You know what would look good right there? A photography setup.”
My favorite colors are black, white, neutrals, stained wood, and olive green — and if something enters my property in the wrong shade of green, I WILL notice. Immediately. 😂
I can decorate a baby shower, build a backdrop, run a photography business, photograph a newborn, trade NVIDIA, identify exactly why a bow is 2½ inches too far to the left, cut somebody’s hair, redesign a laundry room, and still have enough energy left to announce:
“Nope. I don’t like it. Move the wheel back a little.”
I don’t want 47 paragraphs explaining how something could look.
SHOW. ME. THE. PICTURE. 😂
I have a college degree, a cosmetology license, 16+ years behind a camera, enough creative ideas to overwhelm a small corporation, and absolutely no intention of slowing down.
My brain operates approximately like this:
📸 Photography
📈 STOCKS!
🎄 Wait, I need to build a Christmas set.
👶 BABY!
🖤 Paint that wall black.
📈 WHAT’S NVIDIA DOING?!
🎀 That bow needs longer tails.
👵 GRANDKIDS!!!
🪵 I need a piece of stained wood.
🐕 Why are the dogs barking?
📦 Did Amazon come?!
📸 WAIT — THE LIGHT IS PERFECT.
And somewhere in the middle of all of that I am holding my phone, looking for my phone.
That’s the ADHD. Keep up. 🤣
I am Virgila/Starr/Gigi.
I take pictures.
I trade stocks.
I decorate everything that stands still long enough.
I adore my grandbabies.
I love my animals.
I rearrange things that were perfectly fine five minutes ago.
And if you ever hear me say, “I have an idea…”
You better clear your schedule.
Because we’re about to build some s**t. 😂😂😂
