Tuesday Tidbits

Hey all!
Did you know there is a popular method (philosophy?) of mothering called babywearing? Did you know that there is even an international babywearing week? Did you know that there are countless, countless options for carrying your baby along with you throughout the day–so many it could make your head spin? Well, this is about [...]

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This is Real Life

I know I always show the glamour shots (ha ha) on here, so I thought it’d be fun to show you some “real life” pictures that are, well, real life. Not posed, not sweet, not super edited… just real life, the real moment, blurry or dark or otherwise.

This is why I did not do Anna’s [...]

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Happy birthday to me!

These are some of my favorite pictures, taken a year ago on my birthday (October 29th). Last year I spent my 25th birthday hanging out at my mom’s house with my parents & my sister & of course Anna and Cousin John. Since I just so happened to be over there again for my birthday, I [...]

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October Wrap-Up

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1. Diaperless. | 2. First glimpse of autumn light .| 3. Envelope invites – DIY this week! | 4. Fall wreath | 5. Stone Soup
6. Taking ourselves seriously. | 7. A’s room’s facelift | 8. John loves vintage cars | 9. A Fall Feast | 10. Fall sunshine
11. Autumn onesie | 12. Puzzle paci | [...]

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Photo Fun: Vintage with Picnik

While I typically like my photos in bright, vivid colors, sometimes it’s fun to have that “vintage” feel to certain pictures: faded, slightly sepia or brown, with a lower contrast. I realized that Picnik has several ways to achieve some different vintage-feel to your photos.
1) 1960’s Vintage

Picnik comes with this effect: under Create –> Effects, [...]

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Photo Fun: Black & Whites on Picnik

I wanted to give you a step-by-step on achieving a good black & white (and not just gray) photo using Picnik. 

This is my original. And this is after…

So why not use just the regular black & white feature that Picnik offers? Here is what would the picture would look like if I just did a [...]

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Fall Pictures, take 1

I know I mentioned yesterday that our fall picture-taking playdate was postponed, but I had forgotten to say we had a first attempt last week before the leaves really began to change. That experience was enough to make me fully realize that I do not have what it takes to photograph moving & walking babies for [...]

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Tuesday Tidbits

Rain! It canceled a picture-taking playdate for us this afternoon — a couple of us gals were trying to snap some pictures while the leaves are so lovely and colorful! Hopefully we will get another shot one afternoon this week!
Here are some (really, really, really) random tidbits:
I know it has been a while since I [...]

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Facelift: Anna’s Updated Room

We have shifted Anna’s room around quite a bit since she has been born. Her crib has changed locations three times. We moved the recliner out when she was around six months and I was nursing less. It’s funny how many times we’ve changed it up since her little room is, well, little. It is [...]

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Picture Practice: Playdate I

It literally has been “picture practice” for me lately! I mentioned that a good friend recently purchased a dSLR camera, and she has been bringing it to our weekly playdates so we all can have a chance to play with her new camera and try it out! I have been meaning to show you some of [...]

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