#EyeCandyProject52 – 1st 4 Weeks

I’m trying my hand at doing LaShawn Wiltz’s #EyeCandyProject52 photography challenge this year. I’ve finished up the 1st 4 weeks of the challenge and wanted to share my images with you. Week 1 You in the Beginning For this challenge, I went with the obvious… a selfie. Week 2 Morning For the morning challenge, I…

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Busy Busy Bee

I’ve been super busy lately, which means I’ve done a terrible job of updating the blog the way I should.  I’ve been doing lots of work for my design business.  My biggest projects include general content updates to the website I built for Randy & Roxanne Mills, who are local authors.  They’re having lots of…

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I’ll Cry If I Want To! – 3 Tips for Child Photography

The weather has finally warmed up around here, the grass is green and flowers are blooming, which makes it a great time to get some outdoor photos of your favorite tiny human. Unfortunately, kids aren’t always cooperative. That’s something I was reminded of earlier this week when I tried to get some new photos of…

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Photo Challenge – Self-Portrait

A friend of mine and I occasionally give each other photography challenges to help each other improve our photography skills. Our most recent challenge was to create a self-portrait that we felt described something about our personality. When taking any sort of portrait style picture, it’s important to think about what lens you’re using. With…

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Follow Friday – Houseful of Nicholes

Welcome to this month's Follow Friday post, where I'll be sharing with you one of my favorite blogs on the internet. This Follow Friday post, I want to introduce you to Houseful Of Nicholes.  This lifestyle blog, by Chicago native (and fabulous internet friend) Natasha focuses on topics that affect her family, like education, and…

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Improving My Photography Skills

I’ve been using a camera for a long time.  I started off with 35mm cameras, taking my first photography class as a summer course when I was in middle school, and taking Photography as a project all 10 years that I was in 4-H. I got my 1st SLR (single lens reflex) camera when I…

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My Favorite Browser Extensions for Online Shopping

The holiday shopping season is upon us. And while I love to shop local, there are some things I can’t find locally – and then there are the post-Thanksgiving crowds. So, I wanted to take some time to share my favorite browser extensions for online shopping. These can help you find promo codes and discounts…

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Open Class

The county fair starts this Sunday, which means that I’m working on gathering things up to exhibit in Open Class again. Between the pregnancy and Mildred showing up. I’ve hardly had time to do much in the way of crafty projects in the last year.  I do have a couple of quilts that I haven’t…

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#Project52 – A Portrait

I just realized that I haven’t told all my lovely blog followers that I got my hair cut recently.  It’s been hot and humid around here for a while now, and I’ve not been able to do anything with my hair, so I had it all chopped off.  It’s similar to the cut I used…

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