fun with the camera

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This is the makings of the updating of my studio from one room to the other. It’s more workable now, even if that’s probably not proper English, but still has a ways to go before I feel settled and comfortable.

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I cut some mint from my herb plants and decided to try it for tea. I had to remind others that, NO, this is not some science experiment, it is TEA.

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This is a charm by Erin Prais-Hintz. She makes some of the best stuff. I made this into a keychain for my beloved. It’s really cool.

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I like how you can see the solder on these rings. That’s fun. And I didn’t melt the metal doing it either! I am always happy when that happens.

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Fun with silver, copper, and texturing.

Anniversary date

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This was taken one morning at the dog park. It was so cool and beautiful that morning. The dog park and yoga have turned into my church. I feel, for me, there are no better places to be in awe and wonder, and feel the spirit.
Speaking of spirits, my father died 12 years ago today. I know he’s around, as I feel him and “hear” from him from time to time. I still miss him every day. This picture reminds me of the glowing spirit of my father.

Pretty little flowers

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Over the weekend we repainted the outside of our house. We had friends and family come over and we finished in one day. On Sunday we had some touch ups and little things to do. One of them was a stencil of some little flowers. This you can’t see from the road, but I see it every time I do laundry. It’s so cute. I have more photos from the camera, I’ll post them later.

photo editing programs

One of my favorite photo editing programs is pixlr – ô – matic by autodesk. I was taking some random shots today to mess with them on instagram, another new fave of mine

I am totally in love with Instagram, it drives my husband crazy, this obsession of mine

And I discovered that pixlr has a random button (if you will) so I took my random photo and put some randomness to it:

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I just love it! I can’t decide which one to use for a profile photo.

Instagram

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So I am having way too much fun with Instagram and opened an Instacanvas gallery. Well, I *hope* to open a gallery.

Can you help a girl out?

Visit my URL so I can open my gallery. Check out some of my pictures, there’s several of puppy there. Lots of architecture and nature pictures too. So far, all taken with my Samsung galaxy S II phone.

I think I’m getting the hang of this.

studio update

studio update

So I have been busy moving rooms in the house, making things more organized and creating a more fluid, convenient work space. Before, I was in another, smaller room with my husband. We were cramped in there, 2 large computer desks, a full closet with wire shelving, and my jewelers bench. It was so overwhelming to have so much stuff that it just wasn’t fun to go in there to attempt to work. I know, people have worked in much dire situations and if I really was motivated and felt like it, I could manage. But I didn’t, and I couldn’t. I’m a firm believer that if there is too much stuff in your immediate surroundings, it just creates anxiety and blockage in your mind and soul, and it’s not a good way to live or work. Now that all my stuff is moved out into another room, Nate says that his room is so much more relaxing now too. We took in a futon from a friend, and now Nate has a place to relax next to his desk. The room is a lot cooler now too, that there’s not so much stuff in it.

I am working on organizing and I’d like to repaint. I am tired of painting the house, since I’ve repainted every room about 3 times, but the color of this room is a reminder of what was, and now I am looking forward to what is and will be, so I need a new color. I haven’t decided yet. I found a nice light purple that I may go with. I like green, but there’s enough green going on in our house, I think I’ll pass this time. Yellow is too much for me. Tired of blue. Don’t want white. No red either, or brown. So I am running out of options…

this is a move in picture, still not totally settled, but much better now than where it was.

You know you’re a homeowner when…

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You get excited about new curtains

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You are happy for rain because that means free water for your yard and plants

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You score a really good deal on food using coupons

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Your husband drops to #2 after your KitchenAid mixer

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You are a clothes washing fool after you get a new, high efficiency washer and dryer. It doesn’t matter if something really needs washing or not, you’ll wash it.

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You make your own quiche with your KitchenAid mixer, and make some homemade iced coffee too.

I say all this because today Nate helped me take down some veryvold cable and phone wire today. Yep, phone lines. Since my house is over 40 years old, any wiring like that is run on the outside of the house. It’s hidden up under the eaves, but I know it’s there, and I see it, and we don’t use it anymore and it doesn’t need to be there. I thanked Nate three times for helping me take that stuff down. I was just so excited that it was done, and and gone? That unused, unsightly stuff is not there anymore. Then I thought, “I must be a homeowner, ‘cuz I’m excited about taking down old wiring.”

There could be worse things.