It’s very quiet here today. Well, except for someone across the street using a power saw and cursing about the “damn union rules”! But it is mostly quiet. The kitty is getting acclimated but she wants to be in my arms or on my lap. She doesn’t like it when I have to move her so I can do something besides hold her or stroke her fur. But I have to, dear kitty!
I’m working on an ongoing project but right now I am waiting to get some more Command strips. I am trying to get as many photos out of my phone and onto the walls as I possibly can. Why take photos and keep them on the phone? It’s like the boxes and boxes of print photos that I have. So I have been finding a lot of frames in all sizes, mostly from the Dollar Tree, the Goodwill, Big Lots, and any place else I can think to look. I just go by when I am in those stores and have a look to see if they have any that are nice, usable, and not too expensive. Then I bring them home and put pictures in them and use Command strips to mount them on the walls. I have a small stack of photos from my last trip and from park days with the boys that I have sent to be developed (mostly the one hour service at Walgreens). I pick and choose then I wait for coupon codes to get a deal then order the prints. Right now I need to get a deal on the Command strips. I think I found some on Amazon but I’m also looking other places because I sometimes find them on clearance. It’s nice to look at the walls and see photos of people I love. I’ve also started printing some of the photos of places…like sunsets, trees, some mission (California mission) photos that I really like. I’m waiting for a deal on enlargements so I can print the photo I took of the sun rising over the top of Haleakala volcano in Maui.
When I get my printer working (it works but it isn’t playing nice with my computer) I want to start printing a lot more pictures in different sizes and this time, instead of framing them I have a different plan. I want to cover my sliding closet doors (they take up a whole wall in my bedroom) with white paper and then cover the paper with photos that I print on my printer. A huge collage, if you will. I remember doing that when I was in college and I think I would really like doing that on the closet in my bedroom. Printing on my computer will be much cheaper and I will be able to manipulate the size and the cropping of the photos much better.
Do you take a lot of pictures? What do you do with them after you take them?
I’m reorganizing the living room so I can have room to get a scratching post/tree for my kitty. The boys’ toys are all over the living room in big bins. I have to minimize that. I am sorting them into what they still use and getting rid of what they don’t use or maybe just putting them away in the outdoor storage shed. I also got all their books out of a big bin and onto a small bookshelf that was not being used efficiently in another room. Now to rein in the Legos! That’s a monumental task!
Well, this is sounding like a coffee share post, which I didn’t mean to do but now I’ve done it so there! I’m hoping to come up with some new stuff this week..ideas that have been in my head for some time need to come out. I have to see if I can still think and write like I used to. We shall see.
Just popping out to say hello.
I take FAR too many photos and most end up just sitting around on my computer. I’ve been trying to print more, and have books made when they run a special of some kind at the various sites where books can be made.
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My daughter is a big fan of making photo books. She gets codes for getting them for free and just has to pay shipping. I tried once but I didn’t like the pickiness of the interface of the site I used. I had a book made for my mom with pictures of all of us when we were growing up. It was just after my last brother died and I had gone through her photos and scanned a bunch of them. I haven’t done it since but I might try. They make amazing gifts, though!
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It’s always good to share Corina! I enjoyed the visit
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Darling, I have three years worth of photos trapped in my phone and computer and the task of printing them and putting them in books is overwhelming! I will try to do a little bit at a time and you have given me the motivation. xxx
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Sounds like a very good plan, Corina. Don’t forget to include some of the photos in your blog too, so that we can see some of what’s going on in your life. Have a beautiful day. And it was very nice coming by, even without the coffee.
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I used to be a big picture taker about 15 years ago and before. Still used 35mm film then and would take the whole roll in to be developed. But then one day it dawned on me that I was missing experiencing the very best moments with trying to capture the pictures. And I just stopped. I hardly ever take a picture of anything anymore.
Life & Faith in Caneyhead
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I’m in the process of doing the same as you. Developing and displaying photos. It’s a long distracting process.
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