Close Ups and Complaining…

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I had this sudden urge this morning to take a few close up photos of one of my favorite corners in the house. It’s in the living room. It’s where I keep all my small travel trinkets of places I’ve been (or want to go, since I’ve never been to Paris). I love looking at all these pieces and the memories from each trip. Good and bad, since I didn’t have the great time on a few of the trips.

It’s also where we keep some of our little toys and collections… though why lie, there’s actually toys and trinkets all over the house! Which I am beyond happy about. I spend A LOT of time in this house, so I’m glad I can just walk around and find things to make me smile. As of late, I really need that.

I have this constant urge to rearrange, paint, build and more these days. It’s like my mind is being super cruel to me. I don’t have the energy to do such things, but for some reason it’s all I want to do. Ugh…

More on why I’m so tired…

my gluten sensitivity test / endoscopy was moved about 20 days from its original date due to the fact that I had a horrible cold and they can’t do a scope when someone is sick. This means I am STILL eating gluten everyday, and STILL feel super sick and tired. I seriously consume way too much caffeine just to keep up with CT, and I hate that. I just plain out hate being sick.

I have this plan to completely change my food intake and possibly TRY a paleo lifestyle change (not a diet, since it’s mostly not by choice) once all this crap is over. I have a dairy intolerance and a gluten allergy, so it’s right up my ally. I’m also planning on taking a lot of sugars and processed foods out of my daily diet too (since I notice even the gluten free stuff hurts my stomach) Not all of it though. I’m not the only one living in this house, so I can’t keep all that stuff away. I’m not going to deprive my family the foods they love just because I can’t eat them anymore. Plus we really like frozen yogurt (and our local place has soy options) and it’s a fun family outing.

I know I got off topic there, oops. It’s just been on my mind NON STOP.

Anyway, would any of you readers be interested in posts sharing my adventures into clean eating? Successes and failures?

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Culler Lake

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This past weekend my baby brother and sister came up to visit, and to help out with some product photos. We were originally going to take picture in the neighborhood, but there was just too much construction. So instead we headed to Frederick since there is an abundance of places to take photos there. Plus there’s loads of restaurants to eat at!!

After lunch we ended up at Culler Lake, which is kinda part of Baker Park. It’s a cute little lake with ducks and all. It was perfect for taking pictures! CT and my brother were able to play and my husband was able to hang out on a bench.

My adorable sister Cori was really awesome about taking so many pictures too! Seriously, I took A LOT of photos!!

Funny thing, I have been making jewelry for almost 10 years, and somehow this is the first time I’ve ever taken pictures of my jewelry on a real live person!!! How weird is that? I’m pretty new to portraits where the jewelry is the main focus and not the person, and I’m not too sure about how they came out. I’m very happy with my sister in the shots, but I don’t think I did well focusing on the jewelry. I guess I’ll get better with lighting, composition and all the more I try?

 

Anyone have some pointers?

 

Behind the Scenes: Taking Product Photos…

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I’m getting all geared up for the huge shop update on Friday! I’ve been assembling last minute pieces and taking photos all day.

I thought I’d share a peak at my super super simple photo setup. Don’t mind the crappy lighting, I waited until the end of the day to snap these! I use only natural light for now, so I’m very limited to when I can take photos. I’d love to have a real light setup, but that will have to wait until I can squeeze it into the budget. A girl can dream though…

 

Spring Cleaning Sale

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I’m gearing up to add all the new shiny and glittery pieces to the shop, but before I do that I figured I’d have a sale!

25% off everything in the shop from now until Friday afternoon (around 2pm EST). Just use coupon code “springcleaning25” during checkout. Nothing is excluded in this sale. EVERYTHING is on sale! Jewelry, Home Goods, Blythe Accessories, Crafting Supplies… Everything!

Right when the sale ends is when the first batch of new pieces will be in the shop. I already have a big chunk of Blythe eye chips ready to go, along with some glitzy zig zag necklaces and a few of those dipped arrow pins!!

Please note this is not an April Fools joke or anything, I just happened to post about this ON April Fools Day! Ha

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