My Brain on Hyperdrive

I can't believe it's already October! Since I haven't posted since early August, we have a lot of catching up to do. This may be a picture intensive post.... (Don't worry, I won't post every single picture, just the highlights!) Second Half of August San Francisco for work Milwaukee Riverwalk Milwaukee Ren Faire Ren Faire Ren Faire Ren Faire Ren Faire Ren Faire MN State Fair (on the busiest day!) September Maddie We had an awesome campfire party in September. I think we'll be making this a tradition! S'more's any way you want them! Banana Bread Scout Lake And now we get ready for October! There's a chill in the air and the leaves are starting to change. I love fall! If you like my photography (and many of you tell me you do), PLEASE leave comments on my pictures throughout this year. I don't know if I'll be able to continue without t...

Had an awesome time at a croquet party today! Since we got all dressed up in style, I went with the vintage theme on the photos. I hope you like them. This is probably a little more Sandlot than croquet, but what do I know? Somebody else wants attention! There was even some croquet played! If you like my photography (and many of you tell me you do), PLEASE leave comments on my pictures throughout this year. I don't know if I'll be able to continue without that encouragement. Also needed will be suggestions for photography subjects or locations. I'm always looking for ideas!

I love doing a personalized project for my friends' kids. This year I made puzzles using blocks. Each kid got a puzzle of a picture of themselves. They were a little difficult for how young they are, but I think they still enjoyed them.  They were pretty easy to make, but I threw a few photos together for you anyway.  First thing you need to do is cut up the pictures. I used this scrapbooking cutter because it has a ruler right on it and cuts better straight lines than I do with a scissors. I tried a few different ways of doing this. I don't recommend trying to glue the picture to the blocks without cutting it down at least a little first. I made the pictures 3 x 5, so first I tried cutting them into 3 x 1 strips. This worked okay, but wasn't great. As annoying as it might be to do this with a lot of pictures (I made a total of 10 of these puzzles), it worked better to just cut all the pictures down to 1 x 1 size (the size of 1 block). Then I use...