February 24th, 2012
Photo Friday: Chocolate fleur de sel caramels
These fleur de sel caramels were my, uh, amazing Valentine’s Day gift from Ian, and I am honestly surprised they’re not all gone by now. Then again, they’re so decadent that it’s really better to savor them! I snapped this with my 10x macro filter and I love how the macro plus a wide aperture [...]
February 18th, 2012
Taking pictures with a phone camera
When I bought my first cell phone—an LG flip phone—in 2004, it had no camera. The G2 I use today has a 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash. Although it can’t compete with my Canon 40D, I find myself using it quite often when I want to play with vintage-style filters and for quick sharing [...]
February 17th, 2012
Photo Friday: Board game marathon
Last weekend, we had a board game marathon. We had been planning it for a few weeks, with the unrealistic goal of playing each game once. Our stack of games included Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Domaine, Puerto Rico, Agricola, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Power Grid, and Flux. We ended up playing Ticket to Ride three [...]
February 14th, 2012
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day! I spent the weekend baking all manner of pink baked goods, including these mini strawberry cupcakes with buttercream frosting and sprinkles. I also made strawberry cookies with cream cheese frosting. There was so much frosting leftover that I used it on some of the cupcakes—it’s the white frosting on the center cupcake. [...]
February 10th, 2012
Photo Friday: Super Bowl donuts
My husband’s Super Bowl tradition is to buy a dozen donuts to enjoy during the Super Bowl. (We certainly never finish them, though!) For the past few years, we’ve gone to Le Donut on Hilltop, and their donuts are delicious! Here’s another shot of their donuts, from my Project 365 in 2010.
