Here is another thank you card I made recently. I am rather proud of it. I came up with the idea all by myself and it was not like the cards I usually make.
12 January 2011
11 January 2011
Top Ten Tuesday
My Top Ten Dream Craft Room Checklist
- A big room with a huge empty space in the middle. Empty.
- A large rectangular folding table (like churches use) along a wall.
- Several of these drawer units against a wall.
- My awesome oak desk/table against another wall.
- A big window, with a gorgeous view and lots of sun shining in through it.
- Lots of red cube bins, to fit into…
- One large IKEA Expedit bookcase and my new smaller Expedit bookcase.
- Red gingham accents and accessories and such.
- A large closet. I’m talking LARGE, with shelves on every wall.
- No clutter between creative sessions. None!
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Top Ten Tuesday
10 January 2011
Thank you's
Evidently, January is National Thank You Month. How fitting that it is set in January, with it following the holidays. I made thank you cards this weekend for everyone we received gifts from this holiday season.
Here is one of the thank you cards I made:
Here is one of the thank you cards I made:
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Cards
08 January 2011
The Haight Ashbury District
Of everything I experienced in San Francisco, the Haight-Ashbury district was my favorite place to be. In this neighborhood in particular, along HaightStreet I saw the most beautiful, diverse, and interesting people. I was too nervous to ask the San Francisco natives if they would allow me to photograph them, but I may very well do just that one day.
I was so excited when my guy drove to the Haight-Ashbury district and dropped me off to shoot (no parking spots were in sight). I was in the Haight-Ashbury district and stood at the infamous corner of Haight & Ashbury! I hope to explore the Haight-Ashbury district much more on the next trip I make to San Francisco for sure.
Here are some photos from my visit down Haight Street:
I was so excited when my guy drove to the Haight-Ashbury district and dropped me off to shoot (no parking spots were in sight). I was in the Haight-Ashbury district and stood at the infamous corner of Haight & Ashbury! I hope to explore the Haight-Ashbury district much more on the next trip I make to San Francisco for sure.
Here are some photos from my visit down Haight Street:
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Travel
07 January 2011
Friday Favorites
The week certainly did not work out as I had planned it. On Tuesday evening I became ill and I continue to feel rather awful. I feel better, comparatively; however, I am still very wiped out. On Wednesday evening I had a fever of 102 and since then I have been maintaining a fever of 99.6 to 99.9 (Fahrenheit). It is my hope that next week I will be back to myself and have the energy (and brain power) for the job hunt and accomplishing things I have had to put off this week.
I do owe a Friday Favorites in the very least. It has been, what, two weeks? More? Here are a few of my favorite things found on the web in recent weeks:
- Beautifully designed 2011 calendar (monthly) that is free to download!
- Ouch! Little Monkeys Bandages. If you know me, you know I love monkeys.
- A printable to remind us we cannot do it all.
- The 5th National Soup Swap Day. What a fantastic idea!
- An easy Valentine's Day gift for a loved one. I hope to do this when I feel better.
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Friday Favorites
06 January 2011
Chinatown
I had always wanted to visit Chinatown. I had a very different idea of Chinatown prior to visiting it, imagining more of an open-air market. Chinatown is actually a tremendous amount of shops selling Asian-style wares and numerous Asian restaurants. Most of the shops are very affordable, even for us in our current economic slump. Chinatown does offer visitors streets decorated in a traditional Chinese manner, with an Asian dragon on either side of the ornamental gate leading into Chinatown.
I enjoyed photographing Chinatown. Though not all of my photos turned out, here are a few that I think turned out well:
I enjoyed photographing Chinatown. Though not all of my photos turned out, here are a few that I think turned out well:
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Travel
04 January 2011
Pictures as promised.
We returned from our drive to and from the Bay Area late last night. The drive was a long one, taking three days each way and only three full days to enjoy in the Bay Area. I took a ridiculous amount of photos on the roadtrip and in the Bay Area.
I hope to have more time to explore San Francisco the next time we visit. We intend to stay in a hotel in the city on our next visit. Hopefully we will have a chance in a year or so. We will see. We have many trips in the upcoming year and another roadtrip/camping trip planned for the week prior to and including Labor Day 2012 (another first-time travel experience for me!).
I learned a few things about the Bay Area and about San Francisco on our trip:
I hope to have more time to explore San Francisco the next time we visit. We intend to stay in a hotel in the city on our next visit. Hopefully we will have a chance in a year or so. We will see. We have many trips in the upcoming year and another roadtrip/camping trip planned for the week prior to and including Labor Day 2012 (another first-time travel experience for me!).
I learned a few things about the Bay Area and about San Francisco on our trip:
- The drive to anywhere in the Bay Area takes at least 40 minutes to an hour.
- More time is often spent driving than at the planned destination.
- Parking is impossible in the city. Next time: Walking and cabs! Or the BART.
- San Francisco is amazing and I would move to the city in a heartbeat.
- It gets dark much, much sooner in California than in Texas.
- The weather is five to ten degrees cooler in the Bay Area than in Austin.
- People in San Francisco are beautiful and diverse and interesting.
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