I’ve been out of blog world most of this week….and I look a lot like this…..well except there would be Jax jumping up and down in my chair or on my head or something crazy like that.
Yesterday was officially Summer Solstice…the first day of Summer and the longest day of the year. Did you do anything fantastic to celebrate?
We sure did! My sweet Mamma drove three hours to spend a few days with us so we spent the evening hiking. Splendid sunshine + mountain air = pure BLISS!
Nothing makes me happier than when Jaxon get’s to be outisde…exploring…hiking…and just being a sweet little boy! And it’s clear to see….he’s a little mountain goat!
Look at this SWEET HEART cactus! I LOVE IT!!
After I shot these, Jaxon wanted to take a picture of almost every cactus, saying “Mamma they have HEART LEAVES too!” Too sweet!
Can you tell he was excited to hike with his Granny?
I’m actually really proud of him. He could hike, and hike, and hike forever. He never gets tired, wears out or whines and has to be carried. He loooooooves it!
Have I mentioned how much I love living in Alpine lately?
Goodness are we ever BLESSED!!
We have lot’s of fun planned with Granny this week. Junkin’, sunrise and sunset hiking, crafties, coffee bean roasting and just all kinds of great FUN! Can’t wait to share it with you all!
Hope you all had a WONDERFUL weekend! I sure did! It flew by…and now here we are rockin’ Monday. Goodness!
Jax had these too-cute star candies that I thought were picture-perfect. The colors make me HAPPY! =)
I’m so craving a free moment to do something crafty. But, alas, I’m about 4-feet under a pile of work, homework and unpacking to do. Maybe in a few months? LOL!
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Since we have been using Monday’s of the summer to talk about marketing for your company, I thought I would share this idea I found on Pinterest.
DUCT TAPE + WATER BOTTLES = custom water bottles for your clients!!
My clients and myself included, always get a tad thirsty during photo sessions. I always have bottled water ready for everyone, but wanted to make labels with my logo. This would be CUTE enough!! I have deco duct tape too! Quick, cute, custom refreshment for your customers!
Doesn’t Marketing Monday sound great? It has a ring to it! I think we will designate the remaining Mondays of this Summer for all things marketing for small businesses. And right now is the perfect time to start this series! I’ve just relocated my entire life and business to a new town and will be hitting the marketing road hard in the next few weeks to get my name out in the community. If you have any suggestions…I’m all ears! Let me know what has worked for you!
If you don’t use Facebook for marketing, you need to login and get over there now. It is a key marketing tool to not only share and promote your work, but to also interact with your clients.
And…I just found out that like scheduling a blog post…you can schedule a Facebook post. REALLY! How marvelous! There are times I just don’t have to Facebook, blog, tweet and everything else in social networking. I honestly have my Facebook to automatically update as tweets, because I can’t manage both. LOL! And if school is crazy, or if life is crazy busy pants, then I blog ahead of time. It helps add a few more minutes of work time for me, Jax time or even school time.
And now…I can pre-post Facebook posts. I’m sooooo excited!
I don’t know about you…but this just changed everything for me! I have four FB pages. Insane right? I have my personal page, my photography co. page, my blog page and now my art studio page. This will be life changing for me! If there’s a way to merge pages yet reach specific audiences..then I’ll pass out! LOL! Until then…pre-posting sounds pretty stinkin’ fantastic!
They wouldn’t be my surfboards of course. I don’t swim out in water I can't see the bottom of. And well…I get sea sick too. I went deep sea fishing ions ago in Cabo San Lucas. Worst. Experience. Ever. Sea sick + worst sunburn of my life! Uggh!
But I’ll sit on the beach just any old day….with a good book and lot’s of sunshine.
Hmmmm….do you know if I could have this rooftop bed in my sweet Alpine…I would be one very happy camper! Oh wait…it’s not exactly toddler-proof up there!
A Mamma can dream right?
I absolutely adore it!!
See more HERE!
I also love that she used pallets for the frame. I have an old-metal-rickety one that always comes apart when I move my bed around. Maybe I should just use pallets? Hmmmm…
Happy wonderful day! XoXo,
Tiffany
So not only do I have an entirely new house to decorate…but I have a new studio to decorate too!! I want it to be totally vintage, gypsy, shabby-chic and just YUMMY!
I so might do one of the walls like this…serious CUTENES! And deliciously frugal to boot!!
Now…how did they get it to look so perfect and even…without wrinkles? That could potentially be a lot of Scotch tape. Ha ha ha ha!
Happy day!!
XoXo,
Tiffany
I’ve rambled plenty about drinking a sweet somethin’ out of a Mason jar for quite awhile now. But when you see these…I think you’ll want to find a few jars soon and have a sweet somethin’ and sit on your front porch too.
Do you ever make the most detailed plans…only to have them blown to smithereens by the unexpected? Story. of. my. life.
Turns out sometimes taking time to enjoy the moment of the detour in the plans can be quite wonderful. If this week had gone according to my plans…I may not have all these babies to take home to my new house.
My Mom let me raid her jar collection at the farm. I’m tickled pink! I’ve been wanting jars to use as drinking glasses for all the cute drinks I’ve been pinning on Pinterest.
And with all my new cabinets and cute storage in the new casa…the big ones will be PEFECT!
I grabbed two of my Dad’s vintage milk jars…shhhhhh…don’t tell him. He had like 12…I thought he could surely spare 2 for me!!!
Well it’s not fun…but we are moving. Better yet…we have completely moved everything three hours away to our new house.
But…we are at the farm right now until I can start feeling better. On top of moving, I had oral surgery last week and have had a few complications. Today is the first day I have felt somewhat okay and without intense pain. It’s always something isn’t it?
I did want to share a few pictures with you of our precious new casa. We LOOOOVE it!
This is my new kitchen….
It’s not at all this empty now…..we have boxes everywhere!
I sooooo love my dishwasher. I get a dishwasher….and I’m ecstatic!! It’s the little things in life right?
And this…is not little….
Love my enormous tub too! Jaxon said it’s a swimming pool bubble bath. Ha ha!
I hope to share more pictures of how I’m decorating and how our progress is going. For now I’m trying to feel better and wrangle Summer school which has also started in the middle of everything too! Yay!
Hope you are having a MARVELOUS start to your summer!
The other day the girls from class and I were cracking up at how it felt to use the old, vintage typewriters back in the day. Remember....the hummmmmm....and your hands would vibrate and then the loud pounding of the keys. We were in tears we were laughing so hard.
This pictures makes me think of that moment. It also makes me think how great it would be to write at this desk. It's gorgeous!!!
Are you ready for a FANTASTARIFIC new review and giveaway? I
am soooo delighted to start a new branch in Easie Peasie world, and that would
be offering various posts about photography. I’ve been thinking for months now
that I want to incorporate information such as how to start your own
photography business, what works for me living in a small town, what does not
work, and of course everything in between such as taxes, how to hang your
prints and outfit ideas. There are so many things we can talk about in the
world of photography and I am ecstatic to implement this topic on EP!
The awesome folks at Nevercenter recently asked me to review
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Check out this video clip and you will be HOOKED!
Soooooo….are you ready to get started?
Here we go!
I recently took this shot of an old, junky, beautiful truck
in Marathon, Texas. You know how much I love rusty, old goodies. I thought she
would be a perfect shot to edit with the program.
I opened my CameraBag 2 software...
To load your photos...simply click the large "LOAD" tab.
Then if you look to the right-hand side of your screen you will see five tabs starting with "Styles."
These will actually be your navigation points for each type of editing you are wanting to accomplish.
Let's start with the "Styles" tab. If you click on the tab you will see a long list of various names. When my Dad first read it he asked me why there were so many dates on his picture. Those are actually just a name for the type of edit on each picture.
As you scroll through the choices, it will show you a preview of the effect on your photo.
I LOVE this feature. Instead of applying an action, then seeing what it looks like, you have a "live" view of the edits on your photo! AWESOME!
Here's one of the color edits.
Here's one of the black and white edits.
If you want to see a full screen of the various edits, simply click the bottom tab on the righ-hand of the screen titled "Quicklooks."
Then click the "Styles" tab. A full screen will be generated with your photo and each type of edit style. You can actually go through each type of editing style in the "Quicklooks" format. This is super cool! It makes editing a SNAP!
After perusing through all my options, I chose the 1937 filter. Ohhh I love the vintage black & white feel!
Then I scoped out the "Borders" tab. Hello cuteness!
This one is my far by FAVORITE! It was destined to be paired with my old truck love!
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Soooooooo are you ready to win your own software!
Nevercenter is sponsoring a great giveaway to three lucky readers.
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Welcome to my little corner in blog world. I'm a teacher, photographer and Beachbody Coach. My life is focused on faith, family & fitness and trying to be the best Mamma I can be!♥
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