Friday the 13th!

I normally don’t care about Friday the 13th, but my husband pointed out that it is a full moon as well, and thought it would be funny to post pictures of our two black cats. Here is the result (sized 1920×1080 if you want to save it for a background!):

Scary, aren’t they?

California, Here I Come (and New Camera Goodness)!

I’ll be heading to somewhere about 70 degrees warmer than my hometown this week–California! My trip will begin on Tuesday, and I’ll be most active on my Twitter account while I’m gone. If you’re interested in seeing what’s up, be sure you follow me @Cyliena!

This will be my first time in California and my first trip with a DSLR camera. I’m hoping to get some nice pictures while I’m there. My children have also demanded that I must take “many many many pictures” as well. I’ve been taking many pictures with the new camera since it arrived; check them out after the jump. 🙂


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Playing With Image Backdrops

Now that I have a nice camera, I’ve been trying to take my crafting pictures with nice backdrops. One of my gamer friends shared this idea on Pinterest, so I decided to give it a try.

My first obstacle was that I don’t have a black notebook, and I don’t have a laptop. So instead I went for this:

My Kindle Fire and some felt would just have to suffice! I liked how I got the earrings-on-a-cup picture to come out:
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