InstaFriday

It's been quite a week here in snowy Colorado! Time to link up with Jeannett for InstaFriday! Started the week off with some serious snow although no school delays. I'm not sure what it takes around here to get a simple two-hour delay!

All this snow makes me long for warmer weather and spring. I've been making more Rosie Rosys. I think everyone else is longing for spring too!

MiniB has been rocking kindergarten. It really amazes me that he's already learning subtraction in kindergarten! When I was his age, I was just learning my colors and shapes. They get started so much earlier now.

I made a trip to HomeGoods to find a console table for my plants. I think it turned out cute. Over the weekend I repotted quite a few of them.

Have you heard of Tangled FX app? It's pretty fun and I'm kind of addicted to turning everything into either swirls or cartoon. Here is our lab, Aspen, before pic.

And here he is as a cartoon using the app. Pretty cool, right?

Happy Friday!

My Favorite Things: Cell Lens Pouch

Lask week I told you about the OlloClip-a lens for your cell phone. This week I want to share about the Cell Lens Pouch, a cute little purse-like attachment for your cell phone. You can use the pouch to hold your cell phone lens attachment. Or you can use it to hold your Skittles! I sometimes carry pennies in mine into the grocery store so the kids can ride the penny horse. It's a handy little pouch. You simply plug it into your phone headjack.

Brian got me my pouch for Christmas. He ordered it from PhotoJojo for $15. You can purchase it with a lens that fits it for $40. It comes in red, aqua, and black. I love my pouch!

My Favorite Things: OlloClip

My newest obsession is the OlloClip I got for Christmas. Do you know about the OlloClip? If you use your iPhone to take pictures, then you should consider the OlloClip. It's three lenses in one clip on--a wide angle, a macro, and a fisheye. It also works with your favorite phone apps like Instagram so you can still use their cool filters.

My only complaint about this product is that it isn't convenient to take off your iPhone cover at all times. If you keep your phone in one of those secure OtterBox cases, you can forget this product working for you. You have to take off your iPhone case to use it. I have a very flexible case so it isn't hard to take off. I do have one stiff case that I've had to forego if I want to use the OlloClip.

But that aside, I still love this product. It is so easy to figure out and it takes fabulous pictures! Here is one from the wide angle lense:

And then a close up of the portabello mushroom using the macro lens:

Here is a close up of a few of my favorite house plants:

I love this wide angle shot I took of the frost on a bush outside:

I don't use the fisheye lens as frequently. I think it probably works best with scenery and cloud shots. I'm going to have to test it a little more but here is one of the lake behind our house:

The OlloClip retails for $69.99 and is sold on their website, Target, Best Buy, and other retailers. Follow me on Instagram at carolynmae18 so you can see future OlloClip shots!

My Favorite Things Thursdays

Iis Thursday and that means time for My Favorite Things Thursdays! I hope you'll join this linky party. Link up and post your favorite recipe, fashion tip, outfit, product, makeup item, accessory, phone app, song, decorating tip, anything really! I'm going to give away a Rosie Rosy bracelet from my shop to a random linker so LINK UP!

You should also check out Danielle's Current Crush link up.

This week I wanted to share my favorite camera fashion bag, my Epiphanie bag. Your jaw is going to drop when I tell you I won this bag! I won it a few years ago when Maile launched her purse collection. Seriously, how cool is that? I think it is the only thing I ever won and the thing I've wanted to win the most.

This beautiful bag is the Teal Belle Epiphanie bag. The leather is really, really soft and looks as pretty as it feels. I love that you can wear the single, long strap or go with the double straps.

The interior is sooo roomy. I've removed some of the panels but basically you can leave them in if you want to secure your different lenses. Or you can use it as a purse/camera bag. It is large enough that it makes a fabulous travel bag. You can see that I always have wet wipes on hand. I also have my notepad I carry in case I come across any crafty inspiration (I have a terrible memory and have to write everything down!). I can't say enough wonderful things about my Epiphanie bag.

Do you own a camera bag?

Silly Happy Sweet Photo Shoot

I wanted to share some photos from the product photo shoot for my jewelry. The shop is updated and ready for business! Don't forget that today is the last day to enter the code HAPPYFOURTH for 20% off anything in the shop.

Isn't my model gorgeous? She's my childhood friend. We've been friends since seventh grade. We actually went to kindergarten together but didn't officially hang out until junior high. She is beautiful on the inside too! I'm blessed to have her. I'm trying to talk her into pursuing modeling for real. I think she's a natural.

Our daughters have know eachother their whole lives. They are the best of friends. I love that they have eachother. They wanted to be a part of the shoot too!

I hope you'll visit my shop and see all the other items I have available. I am now selling earrings because you all shared with me that you wished I had Rosie Rosys to match your necklaces. HAPPYFOURTH is the code to remember for 20% off!

Insta-Friday

It's Friday and that means it's Insta-Friday where I link up with Jeannett at Life Rearranged to post various phone photos from the week. Yikes! I actually didn't take any of my kiddos this week. They were super busy and my little guy has been asthmatic and under the weather.

I love that Pippa has a favorite stuffed animal and it is a stuffed dog! I found it at IKEA for 98 cents. I never would've predicted that she'd get so attached. She sleeps with it. I kid you not, see below! I mean, does she get any cuter???

Some of my shop's Rosie Rosys ready to go!

Brian and I got these James Avery rings for our 10-year anniversary and took these photo booth pictures while on our anniversary date.

Here's Pippa with her dog again while resting on Brian. She loves her dad and dog.

I was cleaning my craft room and came across a bunch of crochet flowers I made awhile back. I found a use for them--coasters! Cute, cheap, and convenient since I already have them.

Happy Friday!

Instagram Friday

It's Instagram Friday and I'm linking up with Jeannett at Life Rearranged.

My beautiful girl--so sweet.

We had Rotissere chicken for dinner one night. MiniB was hilarious when he came to the table and said, "Yes! I love when we have Meat Swords for dinner." He has the best one-liners.

We went the library this week and the kids sat on the bench with the sculpture and burned their little buns in the hot sun. You can tell they look uncomfortable!

I love watching these two together. They are so different looking but they're getting to be buddies. If dogs communicate, I wonder what these two are saying to eachother?

Photo Challenge: Animal, Something Pink, Close Up

I have felt under the weather the past few days so I'm going to post a couple of days of photos that I was too sick to post.

For the animal photo challenge (our tortoise Sheldon eating leaves):

For the Something Pink photo challenge (MiniMe's stuffed heart):

For the Close Up photo challenge (MiniMe!):