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...
View ArticleOh 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...
View ArticleAutumn
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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleHappy 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...
View ArticleHalloween 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...
View ArticleHalloween 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...
View ArticleColors 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...
View ArticleMore 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."...
View ArticleHhappy 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...
View ArticleiPhone 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleSilhouettes 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...
View ArticleHandmade 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...
View ArticleHandmade 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Articleiheartfaces.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....
View ArticleI'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...
View ArticleSMILE! (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...
View ArticlePlease 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...
View Articleiheartfaces 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...
View ArticleHappy 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...
View Articleiheartfaces, 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...
View ArticleAnything 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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