After feeling like death barely warmed over for almost three weeks, we finally dragged our rears to our doctor and found out that Duke and I have bad sinus infections and Imp is still running a fever...
Do you ever have one of those days (or weeks or months)? We were incredibly hungry and decided to go out to lunch with the kids. The restaurant was only 5 minutes away, but we ran into a ...
Laura of Pretty Presets sent me this giveaway post and I think you might be interested! ---------------------- Were doing a special promotion this week with Pretty Presets for Lightroom and Ro...
You probably noticed I havent been posting much and that is because we have all been sick for the last weeks. It is a nasty little bug and we are coughing our heads off and not sleeping very well. &n...
Inspired by the SouleMama blogs {this moment}, I am posting one image every Friday, taken that week, that really makes me happy. If you end up doing the same I would love to see your photo ...
Sometimes I like to take a few minutes and revisit old actions that my new readers might have missed. One of the most popular actions/tutorials on my blog was one I wrote two years ago and is called ...
Todays photos are from last weekend. The boys had a wonderful time at the festival and played for an hour on the splash pad. And of course they both got sick on Monday with a nasty bug and I ended up...
Laura of Pretty Presets sent me an email full of specials she wanted to share with you. Enjoy!!! Rita ------------------ Were starting Mothers Day a little early this week! Weve got 3 FUN...
I wanted to put together a new digital paper pack, so today you can download the CoffeeShop Dotted Swiss Paper Pack! It has seven different papers/textures that are 10in by 10in (300 dpi), so y...
This is the second part of a two-part tutorial on editing baby portraits. Part 1 of the Baby PowderRoom Tutorial demonstrated how to adjust exposure and fix blotchy red skin. Today I am going t...
This is Part One of a two-part tutorial on editing baby portraits. I have been wanting to update my Baby PowderRoom action for some time and I finally decided to put it on top of my list o...
We moved a few months ago and our "game room" and garage are still filled with boxes of junk. And the boys dont help when they pull out every toy they own and create these monster "...
I have been wanting to update Baby PowderRoom (the original will still be available for download) and also write a step-by-step tutorial on editing a blotchy baby for some time. I asked my Face...
So you might have noticed I havent been posting as much. Honestly, moving really messed up our routine and I got a bit (ok, completely) overwhelmed with everything and havent had the energy to ...
I have been fortunate to work with Laura of Pretty Presets for a few years now. She is a Lightroom genius, a wonderful and generous person, and also a sponsor on my blog. Laura, thank you for teachin...
I just learned how to make curves using the pen tool in Photoshop (I might post a tutorial on this if anyone is interested) and I decided to make a new Facebook cover with the results of my experimen...
Ok kids, stop hunting for eggs just for a second so I can get a picture of all of you together. Stand in front of that pink flower thingie. Wait, not there, there is poison ivy, move over...
I didnt take any bluebonnet pictures last year because of the drought and lack of pretty flowers, but this year we ran out to our old house to snap a few pictures. It was a bittersweet moment f...
I have many retouching actions (some of my favorites are Perfect Portrait 3 and 2 Minute Miracle), but I still turn to my original retouching action, CoffeeShop PowderRoom 2. PowderRoom 2 ...
The Spring Color, Flare & Haze Collection is uniquely designed to add a sun-kissed touch to your natural light images. The “Color Presets” can be used alone or in conjunction with the “Post Sunfl...
We are still trying to get the last bits of our stuff moved from the old house to the new (why in the world did I not just pack everything up for the movers to move?), but the new house is finally st...
I just discovered The Graphics Fairy website where you can download beautiful vintage clip art for free! I used this cute vintage rabbit for my Facebook Easter cover I posted yesterday and...
I just discovered an amazing website, The Graphics Fairy! Karen has thousands of beautiful vintage design elements and inspiring tutorials on crafting and design. And you can use her down...
Sometimes I need to go out of my creative comfort zone and try something new. I am always fascinated with composite photos and decided to play and do a quick and dirty one on my own using a few...
Hi there! Long time, no see!! This is Amanda, from Everyday Elements and I am beyond thrilled to be guest posting here today! Rita and I keep up with each others Facebook pages and I noticed several ...
Here is a new vintage web frame (original sent by Lori Peterson, thank you Lori!). I have included both a layered fully adjustable psd version with two clipping masks options (one vintage, anot...
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