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Canned Good
(365 day 45 photo) Pulled out my contraption today to try a ttv photo for 365. Only catch is that I have to be in it. That’s not easy when…
Documenting the Everyday
This one is of my mother’s necklace. I’m thirty days into the 365 project and am getting faster at composing my photos and editing. I’m also no longer cringing at…
Why is This so Hard?
Joined the 365 Days and Shutter Sisters 365 had a tough time finding a shot I even sort of liked for my first 365 self portrait.
Garden Love
Poor little garden that could… Even after a few freezes, it’s still trying. While cleaning up the dead stuff from my fall garden, I was pleased to see the hardy…
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What Would MacGyver Do?
I was trapped in a difficult situation: I had to find Christmas presents for several men in the family who need and want nothing, and I was desperate. All I…
Jiffy Pop and a Movie
I’ve heard that some people who look for cost effective methods of feeding, sheltering, clothing, educating, and amusing themselves can become almost addicted to doing everything cheap. Well, I’m not…
cheap stuff | craft | photography | ttv photo
Another Handmade Christmas Ornament
This is another favorite craft for kids to do. My grandmother made this one while volunteering at the mission center in her hometown. This ornament is probably as old as…
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Handmade Ornaments
This is an easy Christmas craft I like to do with the kids or our Sunday School class. I just scour the city park for little fallen burrs off of…
The Whitest of Elephants
I love white elephant parties, maybe because I have so much that’s white elephant worthy in my home. I have a tendency to keep terrible and/or useless things because they…
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I Do Not Like the Coat of Shame.
We went to our town’s Christmas parade to see our daughter march and thought I’d try a training technique on Spotticus that the Dog Whisperer sometimes uses. Yeah, I know,…