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Still Going

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Well it’s taking me a while to get through the wedding photos. I’m taking my time trying to make sure each picture looks awesome, but I’m doing this while watching TV. Needless to say I am farther along on my TV watching than on the photos.

This weekend I have set myself some lofty goals. Most of these goals involve food! So hoping that means a few new recipes will be posted here so you can enjoy my food. Well it’s not completely mine, but I have trouble following recipes, so they are (sometimes heavily) altered versions of what I have found either on Pintrest (great source for quick dinner ideas), in Taste of Home or just around the blogging world.

My other goal this weekend is to get those wedding photos done. The formals are just holding me up.. We weren’t able to have as much fun with them as I had hoped so I think that’s why I’m just not moving through them faster. Then there’s a photo book I want to make of my honeymoon from almost 3 years ago. We went to Jamaica and I never really went through all of the photos. That should be really exciting to see what I did get and finally have an album of sorts of it. (Those lovely coupons are the only time I can afford those darn books).

My other lofty goal is to get the calendar done for Julie, and get a journal/sketchbook made to list on Etsy. I’ve been falling behind on that kind of thing and need to try and get back to it.

Not sure if there is enough time this weekend to finish everything. I normally end up sleeping through most of my days off and get next to nothing accomplished. If all goes well though there should be some posts with photos again!

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Transfering photos, making mixed media

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I found this new thing trending on Pintrest.. photo transfers. Now most of what I was seeing was transferring to wood, I had a little different idea..

I had these pre-cut (roughly 5×7) pieces of matte board from when I had the ambition to create sample portfolios to leave at job interviews (that never panned out). Anyway I figured before I go out and buy some wood and have my dad cut it for me I would do a test run of how to transfer photos.

Supplies:
gel medium (transfer glue stuff)
foam brush or regular brush
piece of wood or matte board
photo printed (laser printer) on regular old printer paper
lots of newspaper, to keep your table clean
gloves, the glue gets messy
water, for rubbing off the paper
some sort of Mod Podge

First cover your board with the gel medium and you can cover the photo too if you want. Put the photo onto the board and push down to get all the bubbles. Let it dry overnight. The next day wet the photo side, wait a little bit then start rubbing the paper off. This will take a while. When your done put on as many layers of Mod Podge or something similar as you see fit. And feel free to explore different textures by painting the Mod Podge on in different directions.

Once I’m done making it I drill holes, one on each side and put wire through so that it can be easily hung.


They work great to decorate a drab cubicle or just hang somewhere around the house.


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