Scavenger Hunt on Monday (12/17/12)

Welcome to a travel edition of the Scavenger Hunt! This past week Jake and I took a vacation to San Antonio. Of course I have tons of photos to share. You get a peek at just a few of them today. Enjoy.

1) Sparkly

We stayed with some friends in San Antonio. This is from their Christmas tree. It's not difficult to find sparkly items during the Christmas season.

2) Door

There are a handful of old beautiful churches in downtown San Antonio. The second church pictured here is the second oldest cathedral in the United States.

3) Decorate

One of the fun aspects of traveling around Christmas is seeing the decorations in new places.

4) Stripes

I'm sure that those of you who live in southern areas of the country will laugh at this, but we don't have Whataburger in the Midwest so it was something of a novelty for us.

5) A Few of My Favorite Things

Christmas lights. Red. Stripes of color. Bokeh. What's not to love here?


I wasn't hanging out with Angel this week, but I did get to meet several other animals while we were on the road.

 Our friends have a four month old puppy named Vi. She's a Vizsla.

We saw a couple cats hanging out at the Japanese gardens in San Antonio near the zoo.

They were pretty shy, but aren't they cute?

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Scavenger Hunt on Monday (12/10/12)

Welcome to another week of the Scavenger Hunt! Enjoy!

1) Season

Jake and I got married on December 29, and we gave out Christmas ornaments as wedding reception favors. We have a set of them on our tree.

2) Colorful

Jake and I got out to Harley Davidson Museum over the weekend. They have a display with all of their different gas tank designs that I really enjoy. I'll have more pictures up from this little excursion tomorrow.

3) Weather

We've had a handful of rainy days the past couple months but no snowy days yet. That is just fine with me.

4) Silhouette

Steve and I made an afternoon trip to one of the northern beaches in Milwaukee the day before Thanksgiving.

5) Calm

Until I moved to Milwaukee, I'm honestly not sure that I had set foot in a cemetery before. Now we live right near VA grounds and visit the cemetery nearly every week. I'll also have more pictures from my latest VA walk later this week.

Here is your weekly dose of Angel.

This is pretty self-explanatory. Our old kitty keeps a very similar routine from day to day, but she still gets a lot of enjoyment out of it.

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Scavenger Hunt on Monday (12/3/12)

So...I got a DSLR this week! I ended up getting the Canon Rebel T4i. I've been holding out until Christmas, but there are a few things that I really want to photograph this coming month with it so Christmas came early. That often happens around here. I really appreciate everyone who has taken the time this past year to give me advice about upgrading to a DSLR. It was a huge help with making my final decision about a camera model as well as initial accessories to purchase. I'll be posting more about all of that in the near future. For now, I'm excited to show off some of my first pictures with my DSLR for the Scavenger Hunt this week. Enjoy!

1) Missing

What is missing from this photo? Nothing. You can't go wrong here.

2) Numbers

Jake and I are attending a wedding next month, and we ordered a frame from Edi for a gift. As always, her work is beautiful.

3) Purple

When we were putting up some of our Christmas decorations this week, I found some old purple Christmas lights. Of course I had to put them up in our purple bedroom. I think that my life is complete now.

4) Music

Does anyone else miss reading the lyrics from a CD album? It's not the same pulling them up from a random lyrics site online. (And no, I know that neither one is anything like a record liner. Yes, I am old enough to remember them.) We download most of our music now, and even when we buy a CD, it's very rare that the liner comes with much of anything. Sad. (This liner is from this album. Go check it out.)

5) Bracelet

I'm sure that it's not a surprise that I had to run a few jewelry test shots with my light box this week. There are really no words to describe how excited I am about these initial shots.

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Scavenger Hunt on Monday (11/25/12)

Welcome to another edition of the photo Scavenger Hunt!

1) Home or Thankful

This month I had an 8 day stint where I went to the movies 3 times. I think that's a personal record. I am so thankful to have great friends in Milwaukee.

2) In the Kitchen

I recently won an apron from an Etsy giveaway! More about that soon. You also get to admire our crazy decorated fridge. I'm very proud of it.

3) Couple

Whenever I make a new button charm bracelet, I try to work up a pair of coordinating dangle earrings. I have been really slow listing new items during show season and don't have these up yet, but if you want to reserve these, let me know.

4) Bubbles
I'm revisiting a few old favorites for this prompt.

5) Trees

I had a couple great opportunities to take pictures of real trees this past week, but of course I'm leaving you with my crafty trees. I bought three papier mache cones from Michaels (less than $2 each) and am decorating each one differently.

Check out Ashley's blog to see what other people submitted for the themes this week.

Here is your weekly does of Angel.

She hasn't given up her beloved pole yet, but among other spots, she also loves this pile of garbage that we created just for her. Now that I work from home, she spends a lot more time with me than Jake, so petting from Jake is almost always a special treat.

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Scavenger Hunt and I Heart Macro on Monday (11/19/12)

Welcome to another edition of the photo Scavenger Hunt and I Heart Macro!

1) Vision

Jake and I don't wear any kind of glasses or contacts, but this little guy does. You can get your own over here.

2) Strong

I've been making lots of button magnets and rings this past week for my final 2012 holiday shows, which has involved using a lot of E-6000.

3) Buttons

These bracelet design has been doing well this fall so I've been photographing and tagging all of the newer button bracelets that have been sitting in my "to photograph" box forever. Whatever doesn't sell during the next few weeks will be available in my shop by early 2013. Let me know if there is anything that you want.

I'm also using this as my photo for I Heart Macro this week.

4) Map

It drives me crazy how many people rely solely on GPS and smartphone devices to get driving directions. It is very difficult to learn your way around a new place that way. This is almost always what my directions look like when I'm going somewhere new. I look up the directions and check the map before I write down the directions.

5) Favorite Fruit

I took this picture back in the summer when the fresh fruit choices were much more abundant. This one of my favorite guilty summer pleasures: fruit with sour cream.

Here is your weekly does of Angel.

This is one of the last pictures that I took before we got the Halloween decorations taken down and stored away for next year.

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Scavenger Hunt and I Heart Macro on Monday (11/12/12)

Welcome to another edition of the photo Scavenger Hunt and I Heart Macro!

1) Nature

I took a much needed mini excursion to the lake front on Friday after I set up for my weekend craft show. More details on the show as well as more pictures from that excursion coming soon.

I'm also using this for I Heart Macro this week.

2) Vintage or Retro

I know that I have featured our china cabinet and crazy collection of inherited pieces that reside in it a bunch of times before, but we don't have a lot of vintage or retro pieces. Plus how can you ever get tired of little vintage coffee cups in such great condition?

3) Whimsical

People tell me all the time that buttons are whimsical. I put in a large chunk of time making new button magnets and rings (as well as glass magnets) before my show this past weekend. The good news is that it paid off and I'll be making a bunch more small button items this next week for my remaining 2012 shows.

4) Cooking

Normally if I'm making something special for breakfast, it's bacon or sausage and eggs. Jake wanted to do something different this week so I whipped up some French toast.

5) Week's Best

Surprise, right? This is actually from more than a week ago, but who is counting? And yes, all of that "garbage" in the background is for Angel and has become a new coveted spot. The large fur patch around the poll is still an indication that she hasn't given up that obsession, though.

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