If you are like me, you like to fill your home with photos of your friends and family. After all, home is where the heart is, they say. Unfortunately, I have been finding that picture frames have been getting ridiculously expensive and I wanted to come up with a more affordable option to display our photos and look great as part of our decor. The outcome was a beautiful striped picture frame that you can make right at home for a fraction of the cost of expensive store-bought frames. You can customize them and use colors that fit with your home's decorative scheme while saving a little money. Striped Picture Frame- Materials- 4x6 unfinished picture frame Cranberry Apple Barrel paint Tropic orange Apple Barrel Paint 3 foam brushes Clear modge podge Painter's tape Decorative flowers (hobby lobby) Hot glue/hot glue gun Directions- 1. Start taping stripes on the frame, starting at the … [Read more...]
Warm Up Your Walls With HP And Genevieve Gorder! #WarmUpYourWalls @HPPrint #Ad
I participated in a campaign on behalf of HP. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating. Recently we had the opportunity to attend a very special event with TV personality and interior designer Genevieve Gorder. We asked her all of our photo décor related questions which was especially helpful to me because I love putting photos up in our home but I never know how to arrange them. Now that HP offers unique, same-day photo creations including photo canvases and mounted photos, I knew that this was the perfect time to brush up on my wall decorating skills. On top of that, the holidays are coming and HP's same-day photo creations allow you to personalize and tailor gifts for all of your friends and loved ones. I love personalized gifts because I feel that they let the recipient know how important they are to you and that you took the time out to really think about their gift. Photos are a wonderful way to commemorate your most cherished … [Read more...]
Capturing Precious Memories! #Troop8X #HTC8X
We are definitely a sports family. Although I am not very good at sports, my husband is an avid sportsman and my sons both play basketball and baseball. There is nothing more exciting than cheering your children on at a sporting event. Besides the pride that one feels as a parent, it is wonderful to know some of the skills that sports are teaching our boys which they can use on and off the court or baseball field. It is very important to be able to capture all of these precious moments on camera and to be able to look back on our children's successes and joyful moments. The HTC8X boasts an ultra-wide angle front facing camera which is just perfect for video chatting and keeping in touch with family and friends. Additionally, it has an amazing 8-megapixel camera which takes beautiful and crisp photos and practically brings events to life in its images. We have been fortunate to have the opportunity to review this amazing phone and have been around town taking the … [Read more...]
Create Childhood Memories Of Your Kids With “Give ‘Em Ragu” App!
As parents we relish in any opportunity to document and share photos and images of our children. These precious memories make up the fabric of your family and will be cherished and enjoyed for generations to come. There is just something magical about childhood and we want our children to enjoy every single moment of being kids. Ragu understands that every parent loves taking pictures and making videos of their kid's long days of childhood. Keeping this beloved family tradition in mind, they have created an app called "Give 'Em Ragu" to help parents make their own videos. Using photos of their children that they can upload from their smartphones and other social media platforms, parents can produce videos and even add music to these videos to create their own montage! The "Give 'Em Ragu" app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes app store. Once the app is downloaded, you are prompted to upload photos from a variety of options including your smartphone and your … [Read more...]
