* Contest closed. Winners are #44 (Emily) and #127 (LauraK) * For those of you coming to see where to find these awesome frames, they can be purchased at the Album Cafe (Blog It! Set 3) It’s no secret around my house that I am a big fan of Adobe Lightroom. In fact, that is…
Archives for April 2010
I Heart Faces Easter Collage
Apparently my two oldest daughters are “too old” to get inside my basket to take our yearly Easter basket pictures. Luckily, my niece was in town to “fill in.” Collage made using MCP Actions free Magic Blog-It Board Action. Photos processed using “Warm Embrace” preset from Pretty Presets. (My newest favorite presets!) PS–enter to WIN…
No-Fail Mother’s Day
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bliss Living. All opinions are 100% mine. Mother’s Day is coming up soon, and I am determined NOT to have a repeat of Mother’s Day 2008. Care to hear about it? It was pretty bad. I woke up on Mother’s Day morning and went…
Pirate and Professor Turn Two
Time sure flies when you’re not the Mommy! My favorite twins turn two today. Where in the world has time gone?! Wasn’t I just visiting them in the hospital, and taking their newborn pictures? Pirate, Professor, and Mommy Safire THEN (April 2008) Pirate, Professor, and Mommy Safire NOW (April 2010) Happy day. I love these…
Making Hope Happen
A little over a year ago, I wrote a post called “Tuesday Tribute. Dad.” In that post I introduced you to my father, who died of cancer when I was just 2 1/2 years old. As horrible as the disease is, I have been able to find the “silver lining” of cancer. Although cancer took…
I’m Out!
I am hopping around today, guest posting over at Angie’s Seven Clown Circus. Go say hi and see a fun picture of my kids when they were little. Now on to my Best Shot. My true favorite picture of the week is the last picture in my Bloggography post. But here are a few of…
Riding a Two-Wheeler
Have you ever kept a child home from school because they had a fever at night…but during the day, the child was running around just fine? That was Reese all last week. Her Spring Break extended through another full week because she was so sick (NOT!). She was so sick that by the end of…
Happiness Is…
“Our consumers understand a basic truth – that the happiest moments in our lives are truly the simple ones. And science has proven that happiness is contagious,” explains Gannon Jones, vice president, portfolio marketing, Frito-Lay North America. “This insight inspired us to create the ‘Happiness Exhibit’ as a way to spotlight the moments of simple happiness…
Birthday Girl
The good news is that I didn’t forget Reese’s birthday. I just forgot to post any of the pictures. I know you guys don’t care if or when I post things about my kids, but I would hate to be reading back a few years from now and discover that I completely neglected to record…
How to Choose the Best Lenses for Your DSLR
Manic Mother and I get asked quite frequently what lenses we use, or what are the best lenses to buy, so we thought we would do a post on what we have learned so far about DSLR lenses. And believe me, we’ve spent lots of time drooling over researching the best DSLR lenses! This post…