Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays to all of you! Today I wanted to share a little photography tip for the holidays, and share some inspiration to help you decide how you can spread light and goodness in the world–something that is desperately needed right now. Christmas Bokeh Lights One of my favorite photos to takeContinue reading “12th day of christmas: light the world”
Category Archives: random thoughts
9th day of christmas: favorite holiday albums to listen to
A key part of the holidays at our house is music. We love to turn on our favorite Christmas songs starting the day after Thanksgiving, until a few days after New Year’s Day. Listening to holiday music always brightens the mood in our home, so today I’m sharing our 10 Favorite Holiday Albums! These ChristmasContinue reading “9th day of christmas: favorite holiday albums to listen to”
looking to my roots
Happy Memorial Day to my U.S. friends! As an American today I’m grateful for the chance to remember those who have served my country. As a memory keeper this holiday makes me so excited for the opportunity to share some stories with my family, and take some time to remember and honor those who laidContinue reading “looking to my roots”
global family reunion
Last weekend my girls and I attended our local Global Family Reunion Block Party at the Salt Lake Family History Library. If you’re not familiar with the Global Family Reunion event founded by best-selling author, A.J. Jacobs, you can read more about it HERE. There were over 40 reunion parties around the world that day–whatContinue reading “global family reunion”
what will your legacy be?
Recently I had the chance to think about legacies, and what we leave behind for those we love. You see, as a scrapbooker that’s something that crosses my mind once in a while. I want to make sure that I’m leaving a legacy through my memory keeping. It helps focus my scrapbooking goals and efforts,Continue reading “what will your legacy be?”
SNAP quotables
This past weekend I had the pleasure of learning from some very successful, creative, and inspiring people at SNAP blogger conference. I learned a lot of great hands-on technical blogging information, but some of the best things I learned this weekend were nuggets of wisdom that I like to call quotables. Here are a fewContinue reading “SNAP quotables”
snap conference 2015
I spent most of the day yesterday surrounded by over 500 super creative and inspiring crafters and bloggers. It was an amazing experience to feel the energy of so many strong, successful and positive women! After only one day I feel like I’ve learned so many insights that I can directly apply to my work.Continue reading “snap conference 2015”
a new vision
So, what do you think? I gave my blog (and Facebook, Twitter, etc) a little makeover. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a few months. I’m attending an amazing blogger conference this weekend and I really wanted to re-brand my blog beforehand, so this was the perfect motivation to get it done. I wantedContinue reading “a new vision”
easter snapshots
Since I’ve been participating in a snapshot a day challenge for a blog conference I’m attending this month I’ve been more aware of taking photos that I normally wouldn’t. It’s been such a great way for me to record my life through the lens on my phone in a different way than I ever haveContinue reading “easter snapshots”
because he lives
I’ve had a great time sharing some Easter ideas with you this week. I love the happy colors, and celebratory feel to Easter and spring crafts. They make me happy! I thought I’d do something a little different today and share a bit about what this holiday means to me. This time of year differentContinue reading “because he lives”