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I have busy at work with my new company, AM Photography. There is a new post on my site highlighting my new business product line, the above image is an example. I will be posting regularly on my new blog~journal at www.amphotographynh.com/blog.  Please stop by and say 'Hi!". I truly miss being in touch with you! 

Hope everyone is striking out on new adventures and enjoying the journey!

xoxo~

Abbie

You can always connect with me on facebook as well at www.facebook.com/am.photo.nh!

If you liked this video please comment and share! Thank you so much!

xoxo~

Abbie 

Remember to 'Like' my facebook photography page... AM Photography

Mwahh! You guys are amazing!

Oh, my friends! It has been too long since I have stopped by! Above is an original photograph by moi, feel free to download and use it for personal use. 

Incase you are curious, I have started a new chapter in my life and you can peek at my adventure on my business facebook page, www.facebook.com/am.photo.nh

I have been crazy busy, filled with an overwhelming sense of peace and calm as I truly think I am finally on the right path for me and my family. (something that has been a long time coming, as some of you know from following my blogs for years.) :) 

Please stop by my facebook page and say Hi! I truly would love to hear from you and see what everyone is up to lately. (and don't forget to 'Like' my page!) It would be so greatly appreciated! 

Hugs and Kisses,

Abbie 

Aren't these stunning?? I came across them in a book from 1890 about Etiquette.

So much fun and fancy! Just perfect for Christmas crafts I think.

Here is a close up of my favorites...

Enjoy! (feel free to 'pin' them if you love them!)

xoxo~

Abbie

I love this image.. it just resonates with my maternal instincts and would be so fabulous integrated into newborn scrapbooks, birth announcements, nursery/OBGYN office decor, or even transferred on to a T-shirt for a pregnant friend!!

Do you have any other ideas for using this image in yoru creative endeavours?

Enjoy!

xoxo~

Abbie

My personal recommendation is a coupon binder. You can assemble your own a lot cheaper, and we are here to save money aren't we? Having spent months tweeking mine, (I started by making my own pockets.. not the greatest idea when I have dozens and dozens of pages!) I have finally developed a system that is working. For me. Yours will grow and change as you figure out what works and what doesn't for you. What categories you need and which don't apply. No pets? Leave that section out.

A few recommendations:

1. Get a three ring binder and have it zip! Having dropped mine on numerous occasions trying to juggle it, a purse and two wee ones, a zipper is a lifesaver!
2. Make sure it has extra outside pockets! I use these to store my calculator and small scissors. I also tuck my coupons in them as I travel through the store, then when I am done shopping, all my coupons are in one place, waiting for me to hand them to the cashier.
3. Use baseball card protector sleeves to sort your coupons. They are perfectly sized for most coupons and are easy to find. I tried making my own and I needed too many. Just buy them, they will pay you back. Promise. You can find them at Walmart or online.

Coupon Binder Categories

Do you have any coupon organizing ideas that really work of you? We'd love to hear!

Feel free to 'PIN' this post. I am trying to figure out the code to add a PIN button to my posts but it's not working very well. lol! there is always something!

(Note: this is my post with my images, if you have seen them before but can't recall where, I started a coupon blog a while back and this is as far as I got!)

Enjoy!

xoxo~

Abbie

Palmistry is one of those things (like Tarot Cards) that just fascinates me! For centuries medicinal treatments have been orchestrated around the physiology of Palmistry.

I hope you enjoy these images as much as I do! Personally, I think the black and white image would make a great, tall pillow using an image transfer technique onto drop cloth or muslin fabric.

Let me know what you create with them!

For more Free Antique Science Printable Clipart Images Click Here.

xoxo~ Abbie

 Black and White version

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Easter!

Click here for over 150 more Free Flower Images and Printables from Percy & Bloom!

Enjoy!

xoxo~ Abbie

 Free Vintage Easter Images!

One of my new most favorite resources for fantastic printables, clipart, labels, and crafty bits of greatness is WorldLabel.com's Pinterest account. Wow!! They know how to find it and SHARE it!!

The above Easter image is from the marvelous Sweetly Scrapped, whom I found on WorldLabel's Pinterest wall. They are truly a 'must follow' if you use Pinterest!

You can follow their Pinterest Posts by clicking here. I would highly recommend just following all of them as I have yet to see a post that isn't 'repin' worthy.

The variety of links that WorldLabel has is fantastic and can apply to all types of crafts and arts, especially now that so much is going digital. Has anyone tried Project Life yet? Yet another fantastic, creative way to get your creative juices flowing with our ever increasing lack of time available to us.

I just love new ways to streamline my creative endeavours!

Enjoy!

xoxo~

Abbie

Have you grown tired of buying, buying, buying? It seems like all I do is run out of this, run out of that, and am constantly in a state of using and throwing away. Using and throwing away. It's the little things that are adding up, costly and wasteful. (and that takes money and time away from my crafting and creating!!) This post is in direct response to the mound of dryer sheets I used to toss in the trash (I would use them twice, also to dust with, etc.. but at the end of their life they ended up in the garbage and I had to buy more.) At two loads of laundry a day (approx.) that is a lot of dryer sheets!

I tried using the idea on Pinterest of soaking a washclothe in fabric softner, ringing it out, letting it dry. Supposedly it would be good for 30+ loads. Nahhh... it worked for about 2, and I found myself constantly refreshing it, and it was hard to find sometimes in my laundry as the static was horrid and the washclothe would disappear into the nether world of a pantleg or sleeve.

I also tried adding vinegar to the wash.. that didn't work either! I hate static! :)

Here is my solution. It works. I've used it.

 You'll need:

A bottle of liquid softner.. I really like the fragrance of the Purex brand above. (no, I have not received anything for this post!) :)

A spray bottle

An old towel or some washclothes, preferably in a color that is bold and bright and is easy to remember as a 'fabric softner' sheet.

First, cut up your towel if need be. I used a bright old coral colored one so that I could easily find it in my load and would remember to set it aside and not stick it in the closet with the washclothes.

Next, I used a recycled Shout spray bottle. But any spray bottle would do. Mines not pretty but it's functional, and to me that is most important. (If it is small in size, cut down the amount of liquid fabric softner you put in it.)

Put one cup of the fabric softner in the spray bottle and fill the rest of it up with water. Shake gently to mix it.

My stack of 'dryer sheets' is in a small hanging basket shelf right above my dryer. When I toss in a load of laundry, I grab a sheet, spritz it 3-4 times with the watered down fabric softner and toss it in the dryer with the laundry.

That's it! I get hundreds of sprays per bottle (or per 1 cup of softner) instead of using a 1/4 cup per load in the wash. If I use it the wash, it washes out (duh..) and I find that it doesn't work well enough for the amount of product I use.  You may need to add a few more spritzes or a few less depending on your preferences.

Do you have any tips that REALLY work? I'd love to hear and I'm sure others would too!

Hope you find it helpful! Please feel free to Pin this post.. just be sure to link back to it!

Thank you!

xoxo~

Abbie