round your corners

Well I'm in Cali for a friends wedding and had some down time so I decided to finally learn how to make rounded corners for my photos on Photoshop. I really like how it looks! I googled "how to make rounded corners on photoshop" and this is the video tutorial I found. Pretty easy!

Great weekend find

I haven't posted in a while, I've been busy finishing up projects I hope to soon be showing you. I went with a friend to a local art & craft fair last weekend and both of us were so disappointed because most of the stuff there was not handmade but rather bought from China and such, where have all the artists gone? But I guess who needs fairs when there's etsy . Speaking of which I am working on some things and I hope to be opening my own shop very soon. Anyways after the not so great arts & crafts fair we went to a local antique shop and I found the perfect wall display for my dishes that my mom made for me. I love love love how it looks and will now be searching far and wide for the perfect buffet table to go under it. Happy Tuesday!

paperbag book

I started this project before my brother died, originally intending to give it to him as a birthday gift. It was really hard to finish, mostly because I hadn't done any journaling and had to put everything in the past tense, but I'm really happy with how it came out. I've made two copies. One for my mom and one for Lyla, so she can remember her uncle KC and how much he loved her.

Oregon

I went to Oregon last week with my Mom and her friend Joann. It was beautiful! We stayed in a beautiful cabin in the mountains near Joseph at a wellness center. We did a body cleanse, the whole juice fast and massages. This is the site if you are interested in doing a body clense at some point. The pictures of Lyla were taken on Fathers Day, which we missed spending with Aaron but Lyla wore her "favorite things" shirt in honor of Daddy!

Bella

I saw a beautiful movie tonight, Bella. If you haven't seen it yet rent it! Watch the preview here.

A Berry Good Week

I've been keeping really busy lately. I've been doing a lot of pages that I will be posting soon. In addition I finally bought a canning pot and attempted my first ever canning venture. I made Strawberry-Almond Chutney which was super yummy. I got the recipe from this book. We had it with some awesome Indian Curry with coriander rice. Then I went blueberry picking on Saturday. It was so much fun! It was so peaceful and serene. I would advise anyone who has not gone berry picking to do it at least once. Check out this site to find a berry farm near you! So as you can imagine I have been baking blueberry pancakes & muffins for the last few days non-stop! I love this time of year!

Key Lime Cupcakes

I made Key Lime Cupcakes the other day and they were very yummy. I got the recipe from this site, but I didn't use their frosting recipe. I kinda fiddles around with that and it came out pretty good. I mixed together
4oz softened cream cheese
4 Tbsp softened butter
2 cups powder sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp key Lime Juice
Then after I frosted the cupcakes I sprinkled Lime Jello on top and added lime juice to my water spritzer for scrapbooking and spritzed the tops of the cupcakes to make the lime jello stand out. It was fun and I brought them to a BBQ where they were a big hit.