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Pinterest.
11-26-2011
Recently, I have gotten myself quite addicted to Pinterest. What is Pinterest? Pinterest is basically a virtual pinboard site. You create pinboards of all different topics of your interest and then you can pin different images there which link back to their source on the internet. The fun part is seeing other people’s pinboards and sharing what you’ve found with your friends.
So, I decided to share some things I’ve found with you since I’ve decided to cave to the new internet craze that is Pinterest.
Glowing firefly jars. Flick specks of glow in the dark paint into a mason jar!
Rainbow drink! Colored ice cubes (with KoolAid or juice), stack in tall glasses and pour in sprite!
50 Crafts & Projects Using Recycled, Repurposed and Upcycled Cans.
Cute baskets & wall mounting brackets together! Great ideas for organization.
clock from ThinkGeek.com – I want this for my classroom because it’s amazing and I’m a huge nerd
What have you found on Pinterest?
If you’d like to take a look at my Pinboards or add me, feel free!
http://pinterest.com/caitysparkles/
Daily Fratze
11-20-2011
I have tried multiple times now to do a project 365 – take a photo of myself (or something else but self portraits are often what I choose to try and accomplish) every day for a year. I got pretty far once but I never actually completed a year’s worth of photos consecutively. I never actually stop taking photos, though.
I have been active on Daily Booth in the past in hopes that it helped to motivate me but it just didn’t captivate me. However, there is one website that really drew me in and it finally has me hooked. That site is Daily Fratze.
DailyFratze is a small community that is similar to Daily Booth but I think the fact that it’s a smaller community makes it more appealing to me. It’s also has way more customization and options and is run by one guy as a personal project so he actually cares about it (and he cares about the people on the site). The majority of people on DailyFratze are from Germany as this is where the owner hails from but there are people from all around the world including me from New Zealand and even another guy from Rhode Island. A few people who I have told about the site have asked me if it was hard to navigate a German site but it’s also available in English and plus just about everyone I’ve run into on the site speaks English beautifully, as well. I feel silly for not being able to speak two languages too sometimes watching them all do it so well.
I haven’t been on DailyFratze as long as most people. My blog friend Adastra who told me about the site in the first place just celebrated her fifth anniversary on Daily Fratze. I think that’s pretty incredible!
I love how I can tag my photos to easily see all photos with a certain subject (or even certain tshirts). I also love viewing my photos by month. I can even link my account with twitter, facebook, and even last.fm so that my profile shows all my recent activity if I want it to. I’m still getting used to taking photos every day again. I almost had a flawless October and then I missed a couple days last week while I was away but with practice I am sure I will get better again especially now that I am becoming more active in the community there.
Pick up that camera and check it out. I dare you.
12 CommentsSharing the blog love.
11-14-2011
Today, I am going to tell you about some blogs that I think are worth reading. Maybe you might even want to head over there right now. Today is all about sharing some blog love because that’s what bloggers should do. Sure, we link each other on our sidebars and on our link pages but sometimes it’s worth dedicating a post to some blogs that just deserve it for one reason or another. Here are my picks today.
amerrylife.com
If you like a good story about a girl who married a kiwi, moved to New Zealand, lost a bunch of weight, and loves optimism and adventure then why not read another one? Mary has got it all and more and I’ve really enjoyed reading her blog. I know that you will too.
afinereflection.wordpress.com
Kristie is not new to the blogging world but this blog is brand new as she’s taken a long hiatus from blogging before this blog. She’s back in full force with tons of great posts that have had me captivated from crafts to great stories that make me chuckle or nod in agreement. She is crafty, witty, and she also just lost 50 pounds.
booboomagoo.com
I don’t think I have ever laughed as many times and as hard as I do when I read Lisa’s blog. Her humour is just amazing and her writing style, even when she speaks about the most mundane tasks, captivates me like nobody else can. She is pregnant with baby number one and I know the adventures are never going to stop in this little corner of the internet. Head on over because you won’t regret it.
newdressaday.com
Okay, so not as personal of a blog and she’s got plenty of readers but you’ll love this one. This girl did 365 days of thrift store shopping on a budget of a dollar a day and made brand new outfits out of every piece. Now people send her old thrift store clothes that are SO ugly and she masterpieces the CRAP out of them. It’s incredible. She’s a genius. New Dress a Day? More like Caity reads through the entire archives of your blog in one day.
sassyray.wordpress.com
One of my amazing friends from MyFitnessPal started a blog just a couple days ago. She told me that I had part in inspiring to start a blog. I was honoured. You should all go visit her. She takes amazing pictures and has written some awesome and thought provoking entries so far. I think good things will only come from this blog.
shimmerlikegold.org
I’ve been following Krissy’s blog for a long time now. I always get so much inspiration from her blog and I learn a lot, too. She finds so many great things from all over the internet and always posts the greatest pictures that I enjoy so much.
