blogsitting.

Just so you know I did a guest post for Maryam at Pamplemousse 1983!


My teeny tutorial. Fun and easy collage!

I was very excited to work out this little tutorial for her. She is busy taking care of her super adorbale new little girl. It makes me very excited and terrified for our new bundle on its way.
Enjoy!

how many eggs were in your basket?

I hope everyone had a really wonderful Easter Weekend. I know I did, I hate Mondays like this I don’t ever want the weekend to end! Although I was a little down in the dumps over college for the beginning part of the weekend I didn’t stay down long. We were invited over our new friend’s house, Colleen, for Aurora to have an Easter egg hunt and other festivities with her daughter Gianna. I think the little egg hunt in their backyard was much better for Aurora then some event with millions of kids running all over. Aurora is just starting to come out of her shell and this is defiantly a very nice start for her.






On Sunday we went to church of course. I’m so happy we finally found a church we feel comfortable at here. I can’t stand religion but I feel like fellowship with people that have similar beliefs as you is very important.




After church we were supposed to head up to Canyon Lake again for a picnic. With the business of the day we decided to just stay home, hang out at the poll and use our new little travel grill. It was completely perfect.

I got an awesome Easter present also! Today I went to pick up a package from our apartment complex office and BEHOLD! It was the framed photo I won from Pamplemousse1983. It's so beautiful, I highly recommend Maryam's photography.




What did you do for your Holiday weekend?

blog love weekly v2.0

This week brings us to two very sweet ladies who I’m sure a lot of you have had the pleasure of stopping by their blogs.


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First up! Alycia, from the curious pug. Not only is her blog absolutely adorable, she is too. Her family unfortunately just lost their sweet little pug Cyrus. It breaks my heart to hear of someone losing a pet. I know how hard it can be. Alycia was kind enough to create a fund in Cyrus’s name to donate to Santa Cruz, an organization that helps pugs in need. What a great way to remember a loved one. She is also super creative and crafty. She give some great tips for online sellers that you simply can’t live without. She really takes time and care into each and every one of her blog posts and it really shows.


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Next we have the oh so lovely and mommy to be Maryam from Pamplemousse! I’ve loved reading about her pregnancy story. Watching a first time mom really blossom and grow is so sweet. She’s up for the Top Baby Blogs and I really think she deserves to be number one. I think one reason her blog is so great is that she really gets personal with her life but at the same time shares other things too. I love her photographer also. When it comes to blogs, to me, the more photos the better! I am a super visual person and her blog makes my eyes smile all the time! Also, not only is she a full time art teacher, she has two wonderful Etsy Shops! One featuring her photography and other goodies and she recently started a lovely vintage shop. Pamplemousse! Is definitely on of my daily reads!

Happy Friday everyone! I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

journey to etsy: photography.

Well if you've looked for any kind of advice on Etsy one of the first things you'll hear about is having good photographs. There are a ton of people out there that have online shops, and as much as we would hope to be unique, a lot of them are selling the same exact thing. So, what is going to draw a customer to your shop over others? Photographs.

I'm not going to lie; I'm not an avid online shopper. I like to see, touch, and even smell what I'm going to be buying before I buy it. So I want to make sure my photos highlight my products as much as possible for an online shopper. You'd think for a photography major that this would be easy, not so much. I'm still just learning, and I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my photos. Thanks to some advice from two other wonderful bloggers and Etsy seller; Ashley and Chrissy, I decided just to go with it. I'm going to roll with what I've got and just keep perfecting my photos as I go. I can't hurt to change things up and relist on Etsy right?

Etsy Shop Photo Preview.





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I also discovered two tutorials that I think are really going to help me the next time around.
Ashley from After Nine to Five recommend that I build a lightbox for my photos. I think this is going to be really useful and I'm going to be taking tips from her tutorial over on her blog. {Thanks again!!!}

Maryam from Pamplemousse! also did a great blog guest post on how to Etsy photography. The tutorial is over at The Art of Staying Up All Night and it is really helpful.

Well, I guess that's that! If you have any advice or know of any good tutorials on photographing products please let me know! Or, if you want any advice or critique, I'm still learning but I can help some, right? I can't help it, I love to help!

Now, go take some pictures! ^_^

it's march maddness!!!!

Wow, I keep saying this, but what an exciting month! There are two really amazing giveaways that I had to share (not to mention it gives me extra chances to win ^_~.) Spring is in the air, the snow is hopefully gone and soon the trees and flowers will start blooming. It's a lovely time of year.

Bring on Spring!

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Over at Grin & Bear It, the wonderful Heidi is hosting a lovely spring themed giveaway. I'm in love with that watch! I haven't worn a watch in year, but if I won that give away I don't think I'd ever take that baby off!

The Great March Giveaway!

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It's Maryam's birthday month and in honor of her day she has put together a spectacular giveaway! So many different artisits have come together to help celebrate by giving us a chance to win some fabulous prizes! The image above only shows a few of the items up for grabs. If you want to see the rest your going to have to go to Pamplemousse! and check it out!

Good Luck!!!