Black and White
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Put On A Happy Face!
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I take thousands of pictures a year, but save for a few self- portrait head shots meant for facebook, you're pretty hard pressed to find a picture of me. I'm fine with this, because I am one of those people who dreads looking at a full body picture of myself. I immediately scan to my mid section, and then up to the area above my mid-section, and then to my big hair. Being "voluptuous" is a source of frustration for me, so I'm happy to be on the other side of the camera. The problem is that there are no pictures of our family, together. This makes people like my elderly grandmother very sad, and I don't like to make my grandmother sad. Today we put on our very best Gap clothes, set the timer, and said cheese (about 100 times). There was no clear winner, except for the totally unacceptable picture above, so I chose this one:
Read MoreWell Dressed
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I love to look at images of beautiful packaging, but rarely do I actually have the time to wrap each gift uniquely, let alone with Martha Stewart perfection, plus nice packaging is really expensive! Keeping it simple, and understated is my trick to making presents look special. This year I will be wrapping my gifts with craft paper and I'm employing an old kindergarten trick of writing with school glue and sprinkling with old fashioned glitter which adds pizzaz and takes the place of a gift tag. Craft paper is so versatile. You can use it year round, switching out the embellishment to suit the occasion. I've spent about $15 on wrapping supplies this year, including tape, colored yarn and glitter. I've been using the same sturdy gift bags for 3 years (IKEA), and I'm using trimmings from the tree to make festive accents.
Read MoreGuest Post: Lisa from Picnic
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On a recent gloomy afternoon, we headed one hour west from our home in Berkeley to the calm seashore of Tomales Bay. Tomales Bay is famous for their oysters but as it turns out, has quite a nice collection of driftwood as well. My eldest took in the scenery and my youngest kept me on my toes with his attempts to swim in the frigid waters (with his clothes on), and both were enthusiastic for my driftwood scavenger hunt. I had this very project in mind.
Read MoreAll That Glitters
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So, a funny thing happened. I was updating my Pinterest boards and stumbled upon a project
that as it turns out, I have had sort of half-finished for a few weeks. Their tutorial was fabulous, and it's definitely going viral. As it's pretty much exactly the same design, and tutorial that I had photographed to post I can't help but feel disappointed.
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