• Samuel Wilkins – Newborn Photography

    Samuel Wilkins was born on September 28, 2015 weighing 7lbs 7oz and measuring 19.5 inches long. I had the opportunity to take his newborn photos at a month old. Although he was a little harder to work with at a month old, as he would not sleep for us, I still think we managed to get

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  • Timmy’s Senior Photoshoot

    This past weekend I had the pleasure of taking my husband’s younger brother’s senior pictures. We went down to my favorite park for senior pictures, Talleyrand Park, located in Victorian Bellefonte. I love this location because there are so many different kinds of photo opportunities. There is an old factory building that is being remodeled to

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  • Fox Tail Costume Tutorial

    For Halloween, I embraced my fox scoodie I had made and dressed as a fox. I made a fox tail to go with my costume following a tutorial I found online and used the same yarn as my fox scoodie. I’ve included a link to the tutorial. http://www.isavea2z.com/costume-wolf-tail-tutorial/ Since it was a quick, last minute project

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  • Chrome Beanie – Crochet Pattern

    Web Browser Halloween Costume: Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and IE 6 My coworkers and I work in a technology field and decided to do a group costume. We decided our group costume would be web browsers. I made use of all the fox stuff I had made, including making a furry fox tail the night before, to

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  • Moss Stitch Fingerless Gloves – Crochet Pattern

    How about some fingerless gloves to go with the Firestorm Fox Scoodie pattern from last week. These fingerless gloves use the same texture as the Fox Scoodie, so they are a great compliment to it. To keep the gloves from being too thick, however, these gloves are made with worsted weight yarn instead of bulky weight

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  • Firestorm Fox Scoodie – Crochet Pattern

    I was walking around the local craft fair when I came across a knitted scarf in the most beautiful fall color I have ever seen. I quickly went over to the booth to get a closer inspection. After looking at it for a few minutes, I recognized the yarn texture to be that of Lionbrand’s

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  • Supermoon – A Photography Recipe Card

    The moon is a source of light. Therefore, the shutter can be fast, the iso can be low, and aperture doesn’t have to be opened as wide because you are already getting plenty of light from the moon itself, despite being dark outside. This is why it is a good idea to shoot the moon

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  • Chic Chevron Throw – Crochet Pattern

    I needed a throw to bring my formal living room together. All the furniture in it is gray, except one chair is cream. I thought a gray and cream chevron blanket would tie it together nicely. After searching high and low for one, it occurred to me that I could just make what I wanted.

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  • Oh, Christmas Tree – A Photography Recipe Card

    Oh, Christmas Tree! A Photography Recipe Card to create amazing photos and memories in front of the Christmas Tree. Ingredients Directions Set up camera on Tripod 5ft from Christmas Tree. Position your subjects half a foot in front of the tree. Have them looking curiously at the ornaments. If two subjects, have them hold hands.

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  • How to Create a PDF from a Blog Post Pattern

    Let me start by saying I am a hoarder of crochet patterns. With that said, I love patterns of all kinds, paid ones, free ones, ones in magazines, ones in books, etc. Some of the best ones though, are ones in a digital format, so I can tuck away my hoarded patterns and no one

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