Haunted House

9:23pm

(Griffin calling from his room)

"DADDY!!!!"

(Matt goes upstairs)

"Cassie! You might want to take a look at this!"

 "Look Mommy! Froggy's a ghost!"

"Give him a bath."

Giggles, photos, vacuum, stern talk, back to bed.

Oh Happy Day!

Wordless Wednesday

In the spirit of gratefulness

I am grateful for the small,

sometimes overlooked beauty,

that is all around us.

Oh Happy Day!

Pinned It, Did It, Done Friday

Pinned it, did it, done Friday...

(On Saturday)

I love Ashley Campbell.

Amazing mother, photographer, crafter, designer, & blogger.

She recently did a post about a journal of sorts.

I read that post, pinned it on my "DIY Awesomeness" board, and immediately started. 

I purchased a wee bitty composition journal at Walgreens for 99 cents. 

Then I did a little collage on the front. 

 And a collage on the back.

I love old school collaging.

The pictures are torn out of magazines,

the edges don't quite meet up,

the shiny packing tape.

Love it.

 On each page I gave the date, a simple explanation of what happened on that day,

and the first thing that comes out of Griffin's mouth when asked the same question every day.

"Babe, what was your favorite part of your day?"

 I love this.

It takes less than 3 minutes to do each day.

What a great way to see patterns of what he loves,

see how his vocabulary grows,

see how complex his memory evolves.

Pinned It. Did It. Done.

You can follow my pins here.

Oh happy day!

Wordless Wednesday

This is what a sunset looks like from my kitchen window.

Oh happy day!

Pinned It, Did It, Done Friday

Welcome to the first edition of

Pinned It, Did It, Done Friday.

I love Pinterest.

I know you do too.

In college I used to collage all the time.

I would collage everything.

Notebooks, my dorm room door, my walls.

Everything.

Pinterest is a way for me to collage again, in a matter of speaking.

It's a way for me to visualize what I love.

See patterns.

Learn new things.

But most importantly, I think it's meant for me to experience new things.

Not just view them from the other side of my computer.

This is why I am beginning Pinned It, Did It, Done Fridays.

I will be doing/seeing/creating/cooking (whathaveyou) one pin per week and posting it here.

It might be really really simple. Something that takes 5 minutes.

Or it might be a work in progress that may take 5 months.

Whatever it is, it gets the creativity out of my head and into action.

Here we go!

 My first pin done.

"Lucky Us"

Pennies collected with dates that are most important to me.

Dates that represent my family.

Holes drilled, attached to keychain, BOOM.

Done.

And so great.

I smile each time I see them on my keychain.

Happy Friday!

Brand Spankin' New

Check. This. OUT!

I am so insanely in love with my new blog home.

It was designed and done (with great pains since I have ZERO computer knowledge)

by the lovely Heather of Life Made Lovely Designs.

She is amazing to work with.

She set it all up and asked me to do a, b, and c.

I didn't have time for a, b, or c so she did it herself.

Amazing I tell you.

That's service.

Head over to Life Made Lovely and show this gal some love!

And you must check this out.

Christmas cards?

BOOM.

Done.

And.....well....LOVELY.

This blog didn't just get a new look.

I don't have time to run two blogs right now so I'm combining them.

Cassie Allen Photography and Life Through This Lens are now one, big, crazy family.

I'm not really sure where this will take me.

But I'm psyched.

So psyched.

OH HAPPY DAY!

Pumpkin Painting

Oh Internet.

How I've missed you.

I'd say I've been busy but that would be a crazy understatement.

But the next few weeks will have me winding down a bit and I can't wait for a bit of a breather.

I also have a change to the old blog coming up that I'm really psyched about.

Until we meet again, I'll leave you with some Pumpkin Painting pictures.

 

Halloween is tomorrow.

Griffin is dead set on being a ghost.

Fist pump for that.

Easiest costume ever.

Happy day!