Thursday, July 28, 2011
Have you found Pinterest?
10:33 AM | Posted by
carrie |
Warning: Pinterest can be extremely addicting and also cause you to run to your nearest craft store and begin 15 projects at once, as is witnessed in my own craft room.
Have you found Pintrest? It is filled with free printables, recipes and home ideas galore, and is an easy way to save information and images you find on the internet so that you can later find that new kitchen faucet that would be just perfect in your home.
My personal favorite is looking for digital freebies-- printables that can range from digital design elements to a new way to organize your child's daily chore list. I have pinned a wide variety of these to my Digital Freebies board and put some of them into use in my life. Aside from this, they have inspired me to create more digital goodies to share online.
First I thought I would share with you a few of my personal favorites:
Justice League Printables
Earth Vocabulary Flash Cards
Daily Schedule Organization Cards
High Res Old Air Mail Design Elements
And share a few of my own that I have previously shared on one of my other blogs:
Digital Easter Eggs Design Elements
Sharp as a Tack Photoshop Action
Digital Owls Design Elements
Of course, all of these are for personal use and cannot me resold in their current forms.
Have you found Pintrest? It is filled with free printables, recipes and home ideas galore, and is an easy way to save information and images you find on the internet so that you can later find that new kitchen faucet that would be just perfect in your home.
My personal favorite is looking for digital freebies-- printables that can range from digital design elements to a new way to organize your child's daily chore list. I have pinned a wide variety of these to my Digital Freebies board and put some of them into use in my life. Aside from this, they have inspired me to create more digital goodies to share online.
First I thought I would share with you a few of my personal favorites:
Justice League Printables
Earth Vocabulary Flash Cards
Daily Schedule Organization Cards
High Res Old Air Mail Design Elements
And share a few of my own that I have previously shared on one of my other blogs:
Digital Easter Eggs Design Elements
Sharp as a Tack Photoshop Action
Digital Owls Design Elements
Of course, all of these are for personal use and cannot me resold in their current forms.
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design,
digital,
eggs,
free,
handmade,
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
owls,
photography,
pintrest,
scrapbook,
Twin Cities
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Photography by Noah
My parents, who never spoil their only grandchild at all. *wink* were kind enough to get him his own little studry camera from Discovery Kids. It has rubbery blue sides and it has worked grat for us other than it going through batteries a bit quickly, and the no sound for video. It is so cute to see the videos that Noah has taken-- mostly unconsciously, but he is pretty proficient at taking photos, and scrunches up his face to the eye hole, even though the LCD would tell him what he is photographing.
I have heard that the camera has had some bad reviews, but for Noah for whom the camera is mostly just to keep him from trying to get mine, it has been great. He loves paging through the images and especially loves looking at his Da when he is at work. He also enjoys shouting, "Cam-a!" and running around and taking video of us without our knowledge, but we won't show that video here. :)
I'm not going to say that they are well taken at this point, or that they are great art or anything, but it does something wonderful for me to be able to see him emulate me taking photographs, and for him to be able to do something that he sees his mommy do so often.
I have heard that the camera has had some bad reviews, but for Noah for whom the camera is mostly just to keep him from trying to get mine, it has been great. He loves paging through the images and especially loves looking at his Da when he is at work. He also enjoys shouting, "Cam-a!" and running around and taking video of us without our knowledge, but we won't show that video here. :)
I'm not going to say that they are well taken at this point, or that they are great art or anything, but it does something wonderful for me to be able to see him emulate me taking photographs, and for him to be able to do something that he sees his mommy do so often.
Labels:
home,
homeschool,
Minnesota,
Motherhood,
Noah,
photography,
school,
summer,
toddler
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{Friday Photo Fun}
Taking my cue from Rita over at The CoffeeShop Blog and many other bloggers out there, I will be showing one image each Friday that inspires me, makes me laugh, or makes me think. It will be just a snapshot of our life out here in Minnesota, and hopefully an expression of who we are.
For my first selection: Noah and the Pom Pom.
For my first selection: Noah and the Pom Pom.
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Friday Photo Fun,
Fridley,
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
Motherhood,
Noah,
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Noah's Big Day
Over Memorial Day weekend we travelled back home to MI for a substitute party for Noah, and we had a wonderful, delightful, family filled time. We were having so much fun, and had such a whirlwind trip with driving in Friday, the party Saturday, family time Sunday, and then driving back home Monday in order for Jim to be back to work the next day we didn't have much time for our typical favorite restaurant visits, driving past places we loved growing up in south-west Michigan, or *Gasp* taking very many photos.
But it was really nice to just get to be there during the party and not worry too much about posing family members, and trying to orchestrate the moment so that it looks good, and thus putting myself out of the moment.
If there is one thing that this year has taught me so far, it is of the need to really treasure your family, and to make sure that you take the time to just be with them and to simply be. I feel like this party was really a step in me letting go of trying to have too much control over things-- to make Noah's life perfect, when really there is nothing that we can do to perfectly plan everything. And in the few photos that I do have from the party, I don't see any less enjoyment because my party bags were full of leftovers that were only applicable to the Air Zoo venue, or that the cakes didn't have the little plane toppers we were planning on-- I just see Noah trying to boop my cousin's new baby on the nose and the delightful laugh on his face in the next image at the success of his mission.
But it was really nice to just get to be there during the party and not worry too much about posing family members, and trying to orchestrate the moment so that it looks good, and thus putting myself out of the moment.
If there is one thing that this year has taught me so far, it is of the need to really treasure your family, and to make sure that you take the time to just be with them and to simply be. I feel like this party was really a step in me letting go of trying to have too much control over things-- to make Noah's life perfect, when really there is nothing that we can do to perfectly plan everything. And in the few photos that I do have from the party, I don't see any less enjoyment because my party bags were full of leftovers that were only applicable to the Air Zoo venue, or that the cakes didn't have the little plane toppers we were planning on-- I just see Noah trying to boop my cousin's new baby on the nose and the delightful laugh on his face in the next image at the success of his mission.
Labels:
adventures,
birthday,
Jim,
Kalamazoo,
life,
life lessons,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Motherhood,
Noah,
photography
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