Photoshopping a Valentine’s Day card

With our oldest in preschool (already!), we get to have our first experience with classroom Valentine’s Day cards as parents. I took Steven to Target and he decided on Fun Dip for his nut-free classroom treat, but when I pointed out the variety of cards, he slumped his shoulders, heaved a big sigh, and said, […]

Themable custom master page in SharePoint 2010

Once you understand how theme colors work in SharePoint 2010, you’re on your way to creating your own themable (or “themeable”) master pages! This article is not going to go through the details of making your own master page, as there are plenty of resources on creating custom master pages in SharePoint 2010. Instead, I’ll […]

3 week meal prep

From SharePoint to slow-cooking… this blog is certainly a mishmash of topics! I just attempted my first three-week menu-planning one-day-prep-cooking and I’ve survived! Menu-planning is a personal thing to me – even though there’s tons of plans out there, I always want to tweak them with things that our family will actually eat. But hey, […]

How are SharePoint 2010 Theme colors used?

How exactly are the theme colors used in the SharePoint 2010 v4 master page? If you’re creating your own color scheme, refer to the images and explanation below to understand more of how the colors are used. You’ll also find a download at the end with the SharePoint CSS files – theme comments included – […]

ABC photo book

I got a coupon for a free Shutterfly 8×8 photo book. All of my kid “scrapbooks” are 8×11, though, so I wasn’t sure what to use it for. Then I saw a photo alphabet book on Pinterest and decided what better way to curate my [so-far] favorite photos of the boys? My Instagram photos weren’t […]

Behind the scenes: Low-budget youth group video

I recently jumped into amateur video editing to create a few videos for our church’s youth group’s kick-off event. I first created the event video (it was played at the beginning of the evening to introduce the scavenger hunt activity) and then the teaser video, which we posted on Facebook. SHIV 2012 Preview SHIV 2012 […]

Family life comics

 

DIY Dry Erase Household Chores Checklist

I’ve long been a fan of homemade DIY whiteboards. Any picture frame or mirror or other glass surface works great as a dry-erase surface. This morning, I put together a “chore” chart in Adobe Illustrator, printed it out, slapped it in a frame that had been collecting dust in the garage, wrapped a dry-erase pen […]

Color scheme tools and creating a SharePoint color theme

One of the first things I do when embarking on a new SharePoint branding project is to determine the color scheme. Sometimes, the colors are part of the design requirements, but often, I have some leeway in creating suggested color palettes to present to the client. Even if the client has provided a logo with […]

Sunday morning walk of shame

Our church has a light-up notification sign in the corner of the sanctuary. When a child is having a hard time in the nursery, the nursery workers punch in the child’s number and the sign lights up so that the parents are notified to go to the nursery. The poor parent has to wiggle around […]