Social Media Guru (Me)

Sabrina...this is for you. (But you probably already know about it.)

I'm definitely not an early adaptor - especially when it comes to social media. I figure Jon does that for both of us.

But when I heard about Pinterest the promise of an electronic image pinboard/categorization system got me really excited. My bookmark folders were crammed with images and ideas that I found online. And honestly - I would probably never have gone back to look at them.

Pinterest allows you to 'pin' any image you find online to any number of virtual 'boards' in your collection. You can create boards for fashion, kids stuff, interior design, weddings, parties, etc.

THEN they add in a social media component. You can look through other people's boards, follow them to keep current with what they are looking at or 'repin' their images. But I haven't really explored that side of it though, obviously.

The best part is that Pinterest also keeps track of where your images come from. They record the original url and embed it in the picture. A quick click takes you back. So you can save one image as a visual bookmark to a recipes or instruction. It's pretty cool.

No more piles of magazine cut outs or overstuff internet bookmark folders. Yay!

Thought it was interesting enough to share...check it out!

Cloudy Flight

I got a little mobile up for Owen!  

Personally I think it came out better than I thought it would. The idea started out as paper airplanes but Target had little wooden plane in their dollar aisle a few weeks back and I picked up a few.  Much better.  And easier.

Jon and I painted two of the planes while watching Iron Man II (mehh...not as good as the first one) to add a little more character.  

The clouds are fiber fill that I shaped to look more billowy.  

A little fishing line and a tall, handsome man provided the gravity defying effect.  I'd like to add more clouds, and maybe even another plane - but for now it looks like a little air show is happening right over his pillow each night. 

Any guesses as to who painted which plane?  :)

Tilt Shift

I just bought this awesome iPhone app that gives your pictures a fake tilt-shift effect.  Not perfect but definitely cool and for only $1 it's cheap fun.  It's called the Tilt-Shift Generator. 

The last picture is probably the best example (although the first one is good too).

Just something cool.

How awesome is this window display.  It's all little  rolls of fabric.  

I'd love to do something like this for Owen's room.   

What's new.

This is what Owen is up to these days.  He's one busy, busy boy.  

Thanks to Gina - who finally was able to capture his new trick after I failed several times.  

(Not so) Breaking Geek News!

News Flash... we have our iPhones... repeat, we have our iPhones

Okay, it's not really recent news... but I think it's pretty cool nonetheless.  They are pretty amazing little pieces of technology.  I didn't expect them to be so life-changing.  It's like a computer in your pockets.

Okay... geek-out episode is over now.  By the way, that butterfly picture on my phone is from our little trip that Emily chronicled last week.  I'll have to post some pictures from my hotel in Florida.  I'll be there in Ft. Walton Beach for a business seminar.  The hotel is apparently right on the beach.  Pretty crazy really.  Military people have this crazy notion that work gets done at the beach... hmmm. 

Me likey!

Now is this not the coolest stroller ever...

Am I giving you all a hint-hint? The answer is: Yes!

Here's the link to the website: http://www.bumbleride.com/collection2008/indie.php

I guess you're officially getting into being a parent when you get super excited about a stroller... yup, I'm there. :)