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365 Day 17: Handmade Felt Cat

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 27 2012 | Comments (0)
As you can tell by the badly done stitching, I’m no crafter. After I created Bumblebee, my son requested a felt cat softie toy in honor of his lost cat Comet. This is what I came up with. Out of all the toys he now owns, this was among his stash that he...

365 Day #16: My Workplace

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 26 2012 | Comments (0)
Yes I blog, maintain websites, and I edit photos from my couch on most days. I’m also usually wearing pajamas.  Somebody has to do it Behind my laptop  is my son’s cardboard house just in case you were wondering what that crazy thing was.

365 Day #15: Snow Bound

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 26 2012 | Comments (0)
Playing catch up on the 365 photo challenge.

365 Day #14 : It’s National Dress Up Your Pet Day!

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 16 2012 | Comments (1)
Ranger ( our german shepherd mix puppy) gladly wore the glasses while I snapped a photo. Dogs are amazing in that every single morning when they hear you get out of bed, they come to you, kiss you, and act as if they haven’t seen you in forever.  Men should...

365 Day #13: Made With Lots of Love

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 14 2012 | Comments (1)
The 7 yr old has been asking me for weeks to make him a plush Transformers-like Bumblebee toy.  I have been putting it off because frankly I’m not crafty, and I don’t own a sewing machine. After repeated requests for this doll to be made, I finally...

365 Day #12: A Bird

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 13 2012 | Comments (0)
“Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works” – Alma Gluck

365 Day #11: Texture

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 11 2012 | Comments (2)
Upon hearing an influx of fluttering sounds this morning, I glanced out the window.  Birds were everywhere. I found this one perched atop a barren tree so I grabbed my telephoto lens and snapped some photos. Normally nature photography is not my thing but after...

365 Day #10: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 11 2012 | Comments (1)
Yesterday Grey finally mastered Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on his new keyboard. He was so happy about it.  What to try next?

365 Day #9: The Cemetery

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 10 2012 | Comments (0)
I have the quirkiest kids ever.  Case in point, my 7 year old son Grey loves to drag me to the cemetery across the road from our house every chance he gets. He loves going there just to look around so we go and we look and we take pictures. “There is a...

365 Day #8: On Being Lazy

Posted by Amanda | On: Jan 10 2012 | Comments (0)
Being a stay at home/work at home/homeschooling Mom I’m busy for what seems like every single minute of my day. It is by choice. Granted I have about 15 minutes in the morning to myself when I’m half asleep making coffee and that’s about where...