My daughter has been working on a school project where she gathers her favorite recipes and practices making them. For Easter dinner, she made the deviled eggs. They turned out delicious but at the end of the evening, there were 4 eggs leftover. As I was cleaning up, I...

The makers of SHOTBOX are developing some photo editing software and I am lucky enough to be a tester. It is called Lightsage for SHOTBOX but it's URL name is Dagbolt. I'm not sure why there is a discrepency in names but I do know that this little software program work...

My son is in the Army and several years ago, he was deployed to Afghanistan. I did not like the idea of him being in a war zone but he always assured me that he was safe and well. While he was there, he carried a United States flag with him everywhere he went. If he we...

I discovered a fun, new use for my SHOTBOX...photographing extreme closeups of random items. It is funny how unrecognizable an item becomes when you remove the context, the shape and the overall look and zoom way in on it! I grabbed a few things from around the house,...

My artist husband is providing me plenty of SHOTBOXing opportunities lately as he has been busy creating paintings for friends and family members. A couple of weeks ago, he decided that he was tired of all of the negativity that has been going on the past few months so...

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 sa...

My daughter is a 4th grade teacher...the cutest, funnest 4th grade teacher ever! I am lucky enough to be able to go into her classroom once a month and teach her kids a new craft. Our latest creation was this Playing Card Photo Ornament. After their craft is compl...

Today was my second craft day with my daughter's 4th grade class. I had one hour and I thought that would be plenty of time for this gratitude wreath because I had everything prepped and ready to go. I had a pattern traced onto a paper plate that they could cut out to...

My son's scout leader texted me the other day, requesting a recent picture of him for their troop directory. I could have texted him a random picture that I had on my phone but my son tends to make crazy faces as soon as I snap a pic or have out of control hair or have...

When I came across this tutorial by Smile Mercantile for making pumpkin luminaries out of paper bags, I knew that I wanted to give it a try. The tutorial was very thorough and easy to follow. The project seemed simple enough. I had all of the supplies on hand. And I lo...