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Jul

02

changes

good 4th of July Saturday to you, Crazies!

i’m been busily at work, trying to make-over this little blog this week. meddling in stuff i know NOTHING about! but its truly amazing what you can learn with google! here’s the new look…check it out on here if you are reading through a reader or email and let me know what you think!

and don’t be one bit surprised if this changes again

i’m still trying to decide if i prefer picture headers over this one….any thoughts?

more changes coming soon…

my next project: a navigation bar…for an easier way to sift through recipes, crafts, parties, etc….anyone know how to do that?

coming back!

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Jun

28

before and after

here’s the deal with my Photoshopping skills…we’ll just cut right to the chase…they are miniscule!

i have tons to learn. and i’m really really wanting to learn it! so i’m posting some stuff i’ve worked on in Photoshop over the last few months in the hopes that those of you who know more than i do about this stuff (and there are many of you!) will give me some pointers. i am still hoping to take a class soon…but you know how that goes! i have two kids, a hubby who is presently taking his own classes (seminary) and ~~little~~ no extra funds, so that might take a small miracle! but miracles happen, don’t they?

anyway…i have a small nagging feeling that i will regret this post someday, just like i’ve regretted pretty much all of the past posts i’ve done on photography. cause the more i learn, the more i realize how little i know! and how totally amateur my work really is! and when i make the poor poor decision to start comparing my work to others out there that i see in blogspace…well…let’s not even go there!! but i guess that’s life…we’re always learning, right? and at least it’ll give me a laugh sometime down the road!

here’s my deal with Photoshop. i really love it. i love using it. i’ve gotten to the point where i pretty much edit every photo i take, even if its just a little. i don’t like to do too much changing to a photo…just enough to make it a little bit better. with these following photos, most are some combination of multiple things i’ve done…lightening, blurring, boosting, burning, brightening, sharpening…etc….none of them are just one simple action. i rarely…maybe never…do the same exact same thing to multiple photos. and if you asked me to explain what i’ve done, i couldn’t for the life of me tell you! i want to get to the point where i’m understanding a little bit more about what all i can do to make a photo the best it can be! and i’d love to understand it enough to tell you guys about it too!

also…i cannot figure out how to convert to black and white where i am really really happy with the results. please help!

so here goes. PLEASE feel free to leave me suggestions and tips!

hoping some of you can give me some insight into how to make these better

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Jun

21

Tarragon Chicken Salad

for starters…THANK YOU for your awesome responses to my post last week. i’m really grateful for ya’ll, and i’m excited to start communicating with you, my crazies, on a more personal level! its been super fun for me to get to “meet” ya’ll through this blog! i love knowing as much as possible about my readers, so it was really good to hear from so many of you! so THANKS!

i’ve been thinking lately….

i love where we live…LOVE IT! but i think the placement of our new kitchen takes away from the enjoyment that i used to get from cooking. my old kitchen was central to everything going on in the house, had a huge front window, and was so light, bright, and airy. our new kitchen is a little removed from the central activity, so i’ve found myself somewhat unmotivated to cook cause i don’t want to be separated from what’s going on! maybe its that and the fact that its summer, which kinda makes me unmotivated to do anything but hang with my fam and enjoy the beach! so i’ve been opting for pretty simple dinners lately….hence, why this recipe today! but although simple, it still packs a punch and makes for a great meal!

i made this for dinner the other night, because it takes all of 5 minutes to prepare, and is crazily good. i’m actually not a chicken salad kind of girl…it must be the mayonnaise! our local grocery store sells tarragon chicken salad in the deli, and the first time i decided to taste it (i must’ve been really hungry!), i couldn’t believe that i had been missing out all these years! i loved it! but is pretty expensive, so i figured out a way to make my own, and it tastes pretty darn good!

shred chicken and add:
you don’t really have to measure. just add to taste. i add lots of dried tarragon and just enough mayonnaise to make it all come together.

i often serve this for brunches or luncheons on really good croissants from CostCo.

here’s the recipe card:

in other news, these little hulligans are coming up with all sorts of crazy ideas to entertain themselves this summer, complete with outfits to match their activities: