Thursday, November 5, 2009
A few days ago, I wrote a blog post about FujiFilm giving you 100 free prints of your pictures just for signing up for their free online site.
Unsure what to do with those 100 free prints (it is a lot...)? How about helping others with them?
I just learned of a cool new movement called Help-Portrait.
Check it:
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Hey, guess what?
It's November already -- I know, who can believe -- and that means that the holidays are just around the corner.
And holidays mean buying or making gifts for others. Yes, the agonizing over what to get everyone. Spending money (that you probably don't have) on items that they may or may not be able to wear or use. What are you going to do (especially this holiday, when money is so tight)?
Have you thought about giving pictures this year?
Can you think of a better gift or a better way to let people know that you care about them than pictures of the ones they love? (And I know you have a ton of digital pictures that no one has ever seen. So do I...)
It sounds like a great idea, but unfortunately printing multiple pictures for many people to make into scrapbooks, put into frames or use to create other gift projects can be costly. In the current economy, we all need to be a little more frugal (whether we like it or not).
So get this -- is free frugal enough? If so, we found just the thing for you. Check out this great holiday (or birthday or anniversary) idea on the cheap:
At the end of October, Fuji Film started their See Here campaign -- a photo sharing website that provides you the ability to use your photos for web pages and a variety of other things.
Just for signing up for their free photo project site (where you can upload and save the photos), you can get 100 free 4x6 photos (shipping not included).
The terms are only one set of free photos per login. You must also redeem all of your free prints at one time.
To get your free prints, be sure to enter the promo code prints at checkout.
Not only can you store your photos on the site, but you can also create cool photo projects and put them on items like photo books, mugs, clothing, posters, pillow cases, stuffed animals, bags and a lot more.
Once you get your free pics, check out the local department store for a cool frame. (And you know they'll all be on sale soon!) Be sure to also check the clearance aisle. You will often find older frames marked down as they make room for the new inventory.
Picture calendars are also a great gift-giving idea. If you don't want to spend all the cash getting a calendar printed with the photographs, look for the calendars where you can insert your own photos. (I found some really cute ones at Target in the dollar bin about a week ago. Seriously.)
Voila! You have the gifts that keep on giving!
Don't forget about Fido or Fluffy, either. Pet owners love having their furry friends included in the gift-giving! These days you can find really cute pet-related frames at any department or craft store.
And trust me, in the end they'll like the picture gifts way better than the gifts like that Grateful Dead necktie or the giganto cupcake pan you buy from that infomercial, anyway.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I recently entered a photo contest called "Faces & Places of the World."
You can see my entries and vote for one of my photos at these links (it's free and easy):
http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008901473 (Tide Pools)
http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008901488 (Premature Beaching)
http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008901490 (Marching to the Beat of Your Own Drum)
http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008901492 (Daddy & Me)
http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008901496 (Untitled)
http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008901499 (Goin' In...)
Thanks for your support!
Friday, October 23, 2009
For a little while, Ella (now 20 months) has shown interest in the big potty. She's curious to watch me "tinkle" (TMI?). She thinks it's hysterical to unroll the toilet paper. She's really interested in the flushing of the toilet.
Of which she's just learned to do.
(Fantastic.)
When I picked her up from "school" (pre-preschool) on Wednesday she was wearing her back up pants.
Uh. Oh.
On the way out, I was reading her daily report and they informed me that three different times Ella went (by herself) to sit on the potty. Lucky for me I had just that very day purchased a board book about potty training.
(Coincidence? I think not...)
So that evening, right before bed, we sat down to read the potty book. Except something wasn't right. Every time the word potty was in the book, it came out of my mouth party, which made the story go something like this:
Learning to party can be hard, but it can also be fun.
You can party like the big kids when the learning time is done.
Just watch as I teach you with your dolly Sue.
She sits on the party and you can sit there, too!
When your dolly has partied she flushes the water away.
Now she is happy and ready to go outside to play!
Going party can be fun. Learn and you will see.
Once you know how to do it, it is as easy as can be.
So practice sitting on your party a little every day.
And when you learn to use it, we will cheer a big "Hooray!"
I can't imagine why (at the end of the book) the only page Ella showed interest in was the one with the balloons on it.
I mean, what's a potty without balloons?!?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
We have an old smelly cat.
She has been relegated to my home office space and the back entryway because she is old. And smelly.
Needless to say, my office now often smells smelly. And old.
A few nights ago, my husband comes in with one of those stick (literally) brooms that smells like cinnamon. They put them out around this time every year through Christmas.
I always make fun of them.
So, he SAYS he bought it because it will make my office smell better -- you know, less like an old smelly cat. However, it is nearing Halloween. Somehow, I think this broom had a different message intended for me.
You be the judge:
(FYI-it now smells more like Big Red gum in my office and less like a smelly old cat. This may be more conducive to working. It remains to be seen...)
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