Just a Smidgen » Photography https://justasmidgen.com ..a lifestyle blog filled with recipes, photography, poems, and DIY xo Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:35:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Sunshine Salad https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/23/sunshine-salad/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/23/sunshine-salad/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:30:04 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19158 { Can you tell the sun has been shining again? } Remember those Sunshine Salads that made the hockey potluck dinner rounds.. full of marshmallows, sour cream, mandarin oranges and coconut?   I thought it was time that salad got an updated look.. With a nod to citrus with sun shaped slices of Cara Cara […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/23/sunshine-salad/feed/ 21 Just a Smidgen 2013 https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:33:13 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18883 In addition to the Top 10 viewed Crafts, DIY and Recipes, here are Smidge’s favorite much-loved posts from Just a Smidgen 2013! January Red Velvet Chambord Surprise ♡ Cake with Ruffled Frosting Sweetheart Rose Petal Soaps DIY Blushing Marshmallow Hearts February Spring Pastel Layer Cake SweetAmbs Brush Embroidery Cookies March Spring Festivus Spring Anenome Cupcakes […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/feed/ 3 2014 Desk Calendar https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/12/2014-desk-calendar/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/12/2014-desk-calendar/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:06:48 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18688 I really had fun making these little desktop calendars as Christmas gifts for 2013.. { if you’re my friend.. look away! } ♥ I was going to wait to show you these but thought some of you might want to have a go at making these { as gifts for your friends! } ♥ You […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/12/12/2014-desk-calendar/feed/ 11 Four Little Kittens ~ Kitten Photography https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/02/four-little-kittens-kitten-photography/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/02/four-little-kittens-kitten-photography/#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:39:37 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=17418   “Hey Barb! I don’t know if you saw, but I have baby kittens! They are almost two weeks old now. I wanted to offer their adorable faces to you for photos I’m sure your readers would love that. We will have them for another 8-10 weeks. Let me know if you want to do […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/02/four-little-kittens-kitten-photography/feed/ 30 Shutter Bug https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/23/shutter-bug/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/23/shutter-bug/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:52:51 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=17233 Isn’t he just the sweetest? ♥ A quick jaunt to the Bow River for photos.. meant a quick text to my brother, Jack, for camera technical support. Jack is manager at Saneal Camera’s 11th Avenue location and he has been my expert and “go to guy” for cameras, lenses, filters, etc, for years. He knows […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/23/shutter-bug/feed/ 28 Glissando https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/22/glissando/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/22/glissando/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:48:22 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=17163 glissando: a continuous sliding from one pitch to another (a true glissando), or an incidental scale executed while moving from one melodic note to another (an effective glissando). ♥ with Thanksgiving tucked away for another year I had a yearning for some quiet.. to slide things down a “pitch”.. only visually, with a few simple […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/22/glissando/feed/ 15 It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/14/great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/14/great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/#comments Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:30:25 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16988 “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” has got to be one of my favorite movies. I love Linus’ unwaivering belief in The Great Pumpkin, Snoopy’s Sopwith Camel fighter plane and his battle with the Red Baron, for some reason he reminds me of my younger brother Richard, who had a passion for war airplanes. Charlie […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/04/dressing-up-your-fall-entryway/feed/ 32 Hipstagram Polaroid Photo Coasters https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/27/hipstagram-polaroid-photo-coasters/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/27/hipstagram-polaroid-photo-coasters/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:12:58 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16689 I’d swear I heard the radio station discussing snow for next week I sure hope I’m wrong!! But I think they said once summer ends SNOW can be expected at any time! Who are they kidding? We expect snow all year round.. maybe not right in our backyard, but certainly in the mountains where it […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/27/hipstagram-polaroid-photo-coasters/feed/ 49 A something in a summer’s noon ~ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/11/a-something-in-a-summers-noon/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/11/a-something-in-a-summers-noon/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:55:06 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16077     ♥ Contrary to popular belief.. my dog days of summer show no signs of abating today. ♥ I’ve missed you and I so look forward to catching up with you once I’m back home again. But until this mad summer escape shifts into reverse and we ease together back into fall’s rigor… I’ve […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/11/a-something-in-a-summers-noon/feed/ 23 just remember… this sweet quote https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/29/just-remember/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/29/just-remember/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:41:18 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=15464   via Celia at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial and Linda Woodrow at The Witches Kitchen xx   You might like..Wear Gratitude Like a Cloak ~ RumiBella’s Biscuits ~ Homemade Dog TreatsLumberjack Kit Kat CakeA something in a summer’s noon ~In Flanders FieldsZemanta

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/29/just-remember/feed/ 13 The Spirit of the West.. Come Hell or High Water! https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/24/the-spirit-of-the-west-come-hell-or-high-water/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/24/the-spirit-of-the-west-come-hell-or-high-water/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:04:09 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=15318 This could be the motto for Calgary’s Great Flood of 2013! I know you’ve seen plenty of flood images.. but wait until you see these ones, they’re better and you’ll see why! You see, Calgary is a city filled with pioneer spirit,  gumption and guts.. and it was time for us to “Circle the Wagons” […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/24/the-spirit-of-the-west-come-hell-or-high-water/feed/ 35 A Firenze, Italia Con Amore https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/03/a-firenze-italia-con-amore/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/03/a-firenze-italia-con-amore/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:42:15 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=14831 Since I brought you to a bridge in Florence last week, I might as well tell you more about our journey there. Our sojourn actually began in Florence with two and a half days of exploring the streets, museums and galleries. Our hotel was centrally located, only blocks from the Duomo { the Basilica di […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/03/a-firenze-italia-con-amore/feed/ 28 Vintage Christmas Wreath DIY & Biscoffie Bites https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/30/vintage-christmas-wreath-biscoffie-bites/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/30/vintage-christmas-wreath-biscoffie-bites/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:15:13 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=11213 today i have a Vintage Christmas Wreath DIY that you can make.. it could stay up year round, for that matter { i promise, this is an easy and quick craft once you have everything ready to go } when i saw this over at Thistlewood Farms, i couldn’t wait to make my own Vintage […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/30/vintage-christmas-wreath-biscoffie-bites/feed/ 48 An Autumn Tumble of Words and Recipes https://justasmidgen.com/2012/10/10/an-autumn-tumble-of-words-and-recipes/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/10/10/an-autumn-tumble-of-words-and-recipes/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:30:19 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=9994 ♥ Disclaimer: I should mention now that these poems and ramblings of mine are not always a reflection of recent occurrences in my life.. but words that arise from a feeling I “get” from the weather, the mood of the day, I guess, stray thoughts like a dog that wanders. Rest assured that I am […]

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