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More Whole Wheat

One whole wheat switch that I have been resisting is pasta.  In the past whole wheat pasta has always been too bland and heavy for me.  Just not the right texture.   Anyway, I had been resisting the...

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Oh No!! Not the Gutter Garden!

I live in a condo complex that has three buildings, each with 35 units.  Our board recently changed management companies.  I thought that this would be a good thing because our old company was really...

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Autumn

Somehow October came up on me really quickly this year!  Weren't we just starting school?I forget every year what days are the ones when the trees change colors.  Is it October?  November?  Do we snow...

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I heart faces-Orchard

It's orchard week at i heart faces.I love going to our local orchard, and to be honest I wish less people went there because it used to be so peaceful and then everyone realized it's so fun!  Which I...

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Happy birthday to me!

I am very excited because I have been dropping hints to my husband for months now that I wanted an iPad for my birthday. After giving me a decoy gift a few days ago, which had me thoroughly...

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Halloween Costume

This week we are featuring some Halloween related projects. This is Mary's Halloween costume in progress. My sister and I planned to work together to make this costume for my niece. However, when she...

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Halloween Costumes-Ghost!

Henry wants to be a "Ghote" for Halloween.  Not the kind that says "maaaa" but the kind that says "OOOoooOOOoooooo."He is super excited about Halloween and understands the concept.  Maybe too well.  I...

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Colors of Autumn

So, I decided to go outside and capture three shots:One looking up (couldn't help but want to do a long exposure and spin around with this one!):One looking down:And one looking out:I think I got a lot...

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More iheartfaces

I am getting really addicted to iheartfaces.comThis week is "Pink Week" for breast cancer month.I hate the stupid memes on facebook about cryptic things that sound sexual but are for "awareness."...

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Hhappy Hhalloween Hhenry!

Here is the simple project I talked about last week. Ok, ok I know that it is not quite Halloween themed, but it is a little bit related. A while back Meghan mentioned that Henry sometimes refused to...

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iPhone photography

I've been really busy lately with my photography side business.  I'm madly trying to save for a new camera body.  But, at the same time I'm realizing that gear doesn't really matter.  Photography...

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A Handmade Christmas, part 1

Last year every single gift we gave was made by hand.  From the photographs to the frames we built.  We did a fake wood learning tower for Henry and a felt house.  People got reusable grocery bags and...

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Silhouettes on iheartfaces

This week is for silhouettes on iheartfaces.com  Every time I go to this one hill I make people do a silhouette for me.  I have fun editing them later on and it's super easy to turn a silhouette into...

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Handmade Christmas (part 1-point-something)

I've been thinking non-stop about this playmat idea that I have for Henry.I am getting more and more excited.  I've been really busy and my scanner has been soooooo slow that I haven't gotten much done...

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Handmade Christmas, part 2

I finally finished up the design for Henry's play mat!  It will be delivered in the next few weeks on a cotton twill that is 58x36 inches.He saw the picture of it on the computer and got all excited,...

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The playmat has landed!

I am SO excited!  The playmat that I designed for Henry just arrived!  It's a snow (or cold, rather) day from work and he's napping so I ripped open the package and took some pictures of it.  It is...

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The playmat is a big success!

I hope everyone had a great (and maybe handmade?) Christmas!  Hopefully everyone's grievances were aired properly and massive quantities of refined sugar consumed.The highlight for me was setting out...

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iheartfaces.com, favorite face

I've taken a lot of pictures this year.  When looking back to pick out my favorite, I have to say it would be this one of my octogenarian grandfather at his 60th wedding anniversary to my grandmother....

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I'm Back. . .

You may have noticed that all of the posts lately have been from Meghan. . . Sorry for my recent absence. I have been so busy with my masters classes that I have not had much spare time. I guess that...

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SMILE! (at iheartfaces)

Ok, it seems like I can keep up with one photo a week themes at least!  This week's theme at iheartfaces.com is "smile."It's another one where I had a lot of favorites, but this is the photo that makes...

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Please Bring Lulu Back!!

Here is a very sad story. . . Lulu is the name of the doll from the last post who I made the clothes for. Unfortunately, due to my procrastination I did not get the clothes done until after dark on the...

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iheartfaces winter wonderland

This week at iheartfaces.com the theme is winter wonderland.For as many snowy pictures I have, my favorite has to be my son's first experience trying to throw a snowball and wondering why it kept...

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Happy Birthday Mary!!

Mary recently celebrated her second birthday. A perfect excuse for a project! For her gift, I bought a few items and made a few as well. Unfortunately, the sizing did not work out too well. I was super...

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iheartfaces, phone photo

I am super excited to see iheartfaces.com do a challenge entirely with cameraphones.About 80% of my personal pictures are taken with my iPhone.  Seriously.  I also like to only edit them using...

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Anything but a face...

The challenge at iheartfaces.com this week is "anything but a face"!My favorite is one I took back in January:head over to iheartfaces to see more!

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