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Sleepovers - helping us get through the last few days of Christmas Break. 

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This year I have been a senior project facilitator.  Meaning, I help mentor, in a way, a high school senior who is considering photography as a career choice; she has to put together a paper, final product and log learning hours with me for this project.  Kelsey is an absolutely amazing girl and I have enjoyed every second we've gotten to spend together!  Today a friend of hers joined us for a photo shoot.  Win-Win!  Naajia gets senior pictures, Kelsey gets more experience and I have fun!

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I've determined to tackle another 365 Project this year.  I completed a 365 in 2011 but lost almost 4 months of my work to a computer crash.  This year I'm backing every thing up to a cloud and I'll upload them to Flickr also - I'm not taking any chances this time.

So,...here I go...

I'm thinking of capturing the "big picture" and a detail from that shot each day.  I don't know if I will do this every day since I don't like to impose too many rules on myself but I'd like to do this type of thing a lot this year.  The details are what make up the bigger picture but I don't ever want to focus too intently on the smaller things that I don't notice how it all comes together to form my life.

Here's to 2013.  Here's to Hope.  Here's to Freshness.  Here's to not starting over but learning and growing from all the little pieces of my past that contribute to my future.

A November Saturday

My 3 early risers.  Parker Bear was still hibernating.

The Bear has emerged from his cave

 Football with Daddy

 

Absolute perfection

Anna's New Room

Project number 4 is complete!  Anna's room probably cost a little more than the boys' rooms but I still managed to makeover her room for around $350.  I didn't need to replace any of her furniture and some odds 'n' ends like the butterflies hanging from her canopy were things I already had on hand and my mom had the pink desk chair at her office.   Anna and I both love how it turned out and I think the purple and bright pink matches her personality so much better.  The room reflects her more now than it before when I made all the decisions about how it would look.  She will enjoy this much more and that makes me very happy!

Before

After

$60 - paint

$25 - butterfly chalkboard

$30 - quilt and sham

$40 - two throw pillows

$18 - sheet set

$60 - new ceiling fan and light

 

 $52 - cubeical

$21 - fabric bins

$15 - canvases and 2 bags of buttons for wall art

$16 - tulle fabric for canopy & fabric to recover hope chest

$18 - curtain rod

$8 - sheer curtains

$22 - rug

  

Cameron's new green and grey bedroom

I finished up my third bedroom project a few weeks ago and I think it's my favorite so far.  The emerald green Cameron chose for his room is his favorite color and it was a fun departure from the blues that the other boys chose.  

 BEFORE

Boring tan walls 

(this picture was taken after I bought his new bedding but he had a lime green comforter and gosh! it sure did clash with that khaki color)

AFTER

I love the grey and green!

The dinosaur wall decal is from Blik and the shelves and the super soft grey blanket and flannel sheets are from Target.

The white stripes on the grey walls are Duct Tape in white and the afghan was handmade by Brian's granny many, many years ago.