Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas

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From our home to yours… Merry Christmas! ♥♥♥

 

~Christine & Todd~

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Write Click Scrapbook | Jan Gallery Sneak

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Can you tell what the theme is? :)

You can see links to the rest of the sneak peeks from the Write.Click.Scrapbook. collective at our Facebook page throughout the day. Or if you follow some of us on Instagram there will be sneaks there as well! I am listgirl on Instagram.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

In November…

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I just realized that I never posted my November month-in-review post! So here it is.

In November:

  • I only ran 22 miles, making my year-to-date total miles at 380.
  • I didn’t walk much at work, but I did do 30 Day Shred. Between traveling and being sick, I didn’t exercise as much as usual.
  • I spent a total of 9 hours and 7 minutes exercising.
  • We took 601 photos.
  • I started on my handmade 2012 holiday cards.
  • I spent a crafternoon with Cassi.
  • Todd made a flourless chocolate cake and it was fantastic.
  • Todd started cooking lunch at work for his department once a month. His department even bought some cooking supplies.
  • Noodle became very snuggly when the weather turned cooler.
  • We voted.
  • We got our first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box.
  • We ran the Krispy Kreme Challenge West, where we ran 2 miles, ate 6 donuts, and ran another 2 miles.
  • Todd continued P90X workouts.
  • I presented the financials at our annual SCP audit.
  • We celebrated the successful audit by going to Urban Solace and Heaven Sent Desserts.
  • I wrote two blog posts for The Lilypad. One about food photography, and one about my DIY Elf Party t-shirts.
  • I made the Evalicious design team for the Jan-Jun 2013 term!
  • We got our first Goodies Box.
  • I recorded an episode of The Digi Show.
  • Todd went to Lestat’s to see Isaac Cheong, Kelsea Little, and The Flowerthief.
  • We went to see John Doe The Musical at the Lyceum Theater, starring Jane Lui.
  • We made chili and hung out with AJ & Meera at their house, watching the Chargers game.
  • I got an iPad, after holding out for three years.
  • We took the week of Thanksgiving off work, where we staycationed here in San Diego, and we traveled to Arizona for Thanksgiving.
  • We ran a 10K on Thanksgiving in Mesa, AZ.
  • I got another sinus infection.
  • We made candy Buckeyes and watched our Ohio State Buckeyes beat “That Team Up North” and went 12-0 undefeated for the first season under Coach Urban Meyer.
  • I figured out AirPrint. Now I can print photos directly from my iPad.
  • We put up the Christmas tree.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

DIY Shaped Bokeh

You know what would be some fun photos to capture this month? Shaped bokeh photos!

Like this.
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Or this.
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Or this!
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I wrote a blog post over at The Lilypad today about making some shaped paper-punched lens hood to create these bokeh looks! You can check out my post here! :)

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Monday, December 17, 2012

The Digi Show

We just got back from a few days in Texas with my sister’s family for an early Christmas celebration. We had a great time with them. I’ll share some photos later this week.

In the mean time, I am on The Digi Show podcast this week, talking about quick and dirty tips! We recorded this show two weeks ago, and once again I had so much fun chatting with Steph, Katie, and Peppermint about digital scrapbooking!  We talk about quick and dirty hacks and tricks for everything from photo editing to using a Silhouette machine.

You can listen to episode 67 right here!

And if you missed some previous episodes that I’ve been on, they are listed below.

Episode 25: Photos That Capture Your Life

And from previously when it was called the Paperclipping Digi Show:

PDS029 – The Year in Review

PDS032 – I’m Learning So Much Today




ALSO, I made some printable holiday gift tags for “It’s A One Little Bird Christmas” on Peppermint’s blog.

Be sure to stop by the One Little Bird blog to download them and see how I used them. :)

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