Friday, July 10, 2009

my book, i have made a book!

it all started when my friend, jill, graduated from, umm, graduate school. i wanted to give her a present, but i was pretty sure she had all the house necessities she could want. a gift card is boring. no clothes, no candles, no picture frames.

ooo, pictures. that could work. she's moving away from chicago and she just might want a momento of the city she has lived in the past 2 years. and i just happened to have taken quite a few pictures since i've been here.

but which one is the best. her favorite or my favorite? i couldn't decide on one. so i picked 40 pages worth and self-published a book via blurb. yeah, it's a real website. it arrives in 2 business days (i'll put a lil picture up) and i'm very excited! i will be able to give a gift that means something and is handmade but doesn't look like macaroni art.

the next best thing is that i can sell the book on the blurb bookstore. here's a handy badge:

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By carrie anderson

Monday, July 6, 2009

i heart faces - "just for fun"

i browse others' blogs. a lot. and i become attached to other people and their lives and i'm excited for their news and sympathize if things aren't going their way.

and they don't even know who i am!

anyway, here is my path to this post:
kevin swan -> kiera photo -> jasmine star -> i heart faces

there is a "just for fun" contest at i heart faces and i wanted to enter. rules, only 1 pic, at least 1 face.

here's my entry:

this is a face i'll love to enternity: my nephew, ethan.

i had a long layover in atlanta and was able to meet the family at our favorite restaurant, figo pasta, for lunch. i brought ethan a toy double-decker bus from my recent trip to london and he named it charlie. i was just documenting the family-time and ethan was such a ham for the camera!