This month's background/wallpaper is dedicated to all the hardworking dads out there! Whether you work in construction or computer engineering or the medical field or law enforcement or countless other jobs, these tools represent the hard work that you put in for your family. Your time and efforts are appreciated! A special thanks goes out to my husband who's patience, love, support, encouragement, sense of humor, creativity and work ethic make him not only a wonderful husban

Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner so be sure to stock up on your chips and salsa, margarita mixers, taco ingredients, or whatever you like to have on hand to celebrate this festive day! Maybe you prefer to go out for drinks and dinner. That's fine too! Here's a fun background/wallpaper/cover photo to help get you in the mood! Go to shotbox.me to learn more about the SHOTBOX. Photo shot with SHOTBOX and my Samsung Galaxy S7 Smartphone. Below you see the setup inside the

Spring is here. The weather is warming up. The ground is softening. It is time to start thinking about, planning for and preparing my garden! In my area of the country, the general rule is to plant most garden items the weekend after Mother's Day so now is the perfect time to start my seeds indoors. I can hardly wait to have garden fresh vegetables and to enjoy the rewards of my labors! Go to shotbox.me to learn more about the SHOTBOX. Photo shot with SHOTBOX and my Samsung G

Today is a happy day for me...March 1...the day that I officially feel like I have survived the worst of winter. The days are getting longer. The temperatures are getting warmer. The snow is turning to rain. Bulbs are starting to push their way out of the ground. Spring is just around the corner and I can feel it in the air! To celebrate this joyous day, I am excited to share a couple of pictures of some very lovely tulips. The pictures are similar but different and I can't d

If you are knowledgeable in photo-editing techniques and have access to video-creating software, here is a fun way to make your photos come to life. Simply take your photo, select a few areas (like the acorns and the heart in the picture above), change their hue and saturation settings and save each iteration of colors. Next import the photos into your video software and place in frames, repeating the pattern a few times, then determine the speed of your animation. Save your

Nothing says February and Valentine's Day quite like conversation hearts. For a while there, it seems like the sayings on the hearts got pretty modern and kind of weird but this year's batch seems to have a lot of the classics. "MY GIRL" "LOVE YOU" "XOXO" "UR MINE" and "KISS ME" are a few of the old standbys that I am happy to see. They bring back childhood memories of holding a handful of conversation hearts, saying a boy's name, then randomly selecting a heart to see what t

It is cold and snowy outside in my neck of the woods and I wanted my New Year's background/wallpaper to reflect not only the coming of 2017 but also the winter season so these glittery snowflake ornaments and white tinsel were the perfect way for me to create this scene. The color palatte of cool blues, whites and greys also contribute to the wintery mood. I added some white stickers to the center of the snowflakes to create the year and layed it all out in my SHOTBOX. It was

If you are looking to make a custom background for a screensaver, cover photo, wallpaper, invitation and so much more, you may have everything that you need in your home already! Maybe you have your own favorite ornaments, candles or figurines as the subject with a piece of tinsel, a pine bough or a piece of fabric as the base. Use what you have and use what you love! For this particular photo, I used 5 silver, glass ball ornaments, a packet of fake snow and a few pieces of r

As I thought about what I wanted December's wallpaper/background/Facebook cover photo to be, I wanted something that would bring me peace. I wanted something that would help me find calm among the busy-ness and business of this Christmas season. I wanted something that would bring joy. I wanted something that would help me remember the true meaning behind the commercialized holidays. I wanted something that would help me stay grounded. This simple nativity set does just that.

Nothing screams the 90's quite like this stylized toll painted wooden pilgrim shelf sitter. From the colors chosen to the heart cheeks to the curly rayon hair to the stippled accents to the dashed lines around the edges, this is definitely a 90's creation! I hesitated to use it for this post because it is so dated! But at the same time, I am quite proud of it because as a non-artistic person, I painted that! It has been 20 years since I painted that but still...I did it! If y