Author: Beth
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Friday Photo Break, vol. 37
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but I don’t doctor my photographs. A few of them have been slightly edited to fix contrast or color balance, because even with a good camera, those are just slightly off sometimes. But aside from making sure a picture looks as close… Read the rest…
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Friday Photo Break, vol. 36
One of my favorite parts of the Memphis botanic garden is the bamboo. It might sound silly, but I love bamboo. It seems a little magical, the way the leaves rustle and the sun glimmers through them. Adding to the magic is how they’ve added these small bells to the… Read the rest…
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Friday Photo Break, vol. 35
Surpriiise! It’s another rose!Yeah, sorry. I just really like them, okay?This one is taken at the Memphis botanic garden. It was a great mid-September family expedition.… Read the rest…
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How-to: Making candles in a crock pot
A couple years ago, I got the most amazing candle on clearance at Pottery Barn for all of like two dollars. Unlike most candles its size, it had only one wick, which burned straight down and left a large amount of wax unused. It smelled fantastic and I kept it… Read the rest…
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Friday Photo Break, vol. 34
Okay, I confess. As much as I love photographing flowers, I have no idea what most of them are. Sometimes I take pictures of things and then spend ages trying to figure out what in the world I’ve just photographed. This is one of them.Sadly, flowers and I don’t really… Read the rest…
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How-to: Rose petal potpourri
At the beginning of the year, I turned my Valentine’s roses into potpourri. It’s no secret that roses are my favorite flower. I normally dry the flowers my husband gives me, but with a new baby in the house, I was too distracted to do it and they started drooping… Read the rest…
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