Day 101 – Doing a little panning action. Day 102 – Lovely clouds at sunset. Day 103 – Sun over their shoulders, playing before school. Day 104 – This is my Dad and two of his good friends. Praying and supporting each other. Day 105 – Crazy day with lots of snow on and off … More Photo a Day 2016 – Days 101 – 107
Day 25 – Jude’s working on an iMovie for school. His subject is New Zealand. It’s fun to see his creativity and humor going into this project. Day 26 – My boys get their photo taken A LOT by me, unashamedly so. They’re used to my order to “smile” and I often get a small … More 2016 Photo a Day – Days 25 – 30
It’s one of my greatest desires that my children are inspired to create. I am a firm believer that everyone is creative – it may not be artistically, but everyone is a creative being. So I love it when my boys make stuff – whether it’s a tower made out of Legos, a chalk drawing, a … More Create!
I’ve made it over two months without buying anything that wasn’t a household necessity, plus a few things for Zane’s upcoming birthday. It’s been tough at times, but mostly it’s kind of a relief. Knowing that I’m just not allowed to buy stuff eliminates guilt & worry about whether I really need something. I do have … More Less Than a Month to Go & Thinking Artistically
I’ve been busy the past few days organizing! Shocking I know. Seems like I’m always working on some get tidy project. I’ve come to realize, sadly, that it’s never a one-off event. Life, kids, stuff happens & the organized spaces of our lives get jumbled again. I can deal with that. One of my motivations … More Highland Feathers
Last night we had a Blackett Creative Night. I try to do this once a week, it doesn’t always happen, but I don’t beat myself up if it doesn’t. When it does, it’s really good. I come up with an activity for the whole family to do that is creative. It might be painting, dancing, … More Cardboard Fun on Creative Night
I joined this group online called Made This, Love This. It’s a monthly craft/diy project group & it’s just started. The first project was to make a scarf out of a t-shirt. It was super easy & fun & there is a lot that you can do with it. I ended up doing two scarves. … More Challenge #5 T-Shirt Scarf
So this week, I chose to colorize a photo. I used a black & white image of my Mom when she was in 8th grade, I believe. She’s gorgeous! You can read some of her writings & thoughts here. I used this tutorial. Overall, I’m pretty pleased. I’m not very good at masking, but I got … More Challenge #1 Colorizing a Photo
I love finding weird & wacky or significant holidays to celebrate with my family. I usually use this site to find them. I certainly don’t pick them all, I select the ones that I think would be most interesting & fun for me & my boys. I’ve already picked the holidays for the rest of 2011 … More Challenge #4 Celebrate Interesting Holidays
As someone who loves photography & graphics, but who lacks skill & training, I am anxious to increase my knowledge & ability. For the rest of 2011, I will research & work on one Photoshop effect per week. I’ll post the before & after photos & link to any tutorials I use.
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