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We have a new grandson!
17 Thursday Apr 2014
Posted in family, grandkids, photography
17 Thursday Apr 2014
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27 Thursday Mar 2014
Posted in All Sparkled Up, crafts, miniature, photography, sparkling
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crafts, Lego, Lego Perfume Bottles, Legos, miniature perfume bottles, perfume bottle collection, perfume bottles, photography
if Lego made perfume…
Actually, there are over 100.
The Legos were dumped out on the table and the grandkids and I chatted away during many cold winter nights.
While the little ones made houses and trucks and planes, I started making perfume bottles.







Some of these Lego perfumes don’t have names. Please leave name suggestions in the comments and I’ll add them to the Lego Perfume Bottles poster.
Feel free to copy, save or print the poster. If you post on your website, please link back to allsparkledup.com. Thank you!
Edited to add: I was asked what lighting I used for the photography. The photos were taken in the late afternoon, west sun through half-curtain window. The top of the arch window had plenty of sun streaming through which bounced off my white kitchen cabinets behind me like a giant white board, exactly as I hoped when we redid the kitchen. Camera- Canon 5D2, Lens Canon EF 24-70, hand-held.
12 Wednesday Feb 2014
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23 Thursday Jan 2014
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Posted by Julia Monroe | Filed under nature, photography
03 Friday Jan 2014
Posted in All Sparkled Up, art, crafts, nature, photography, sparkling, sunlight, water
17 Tuesday Dec 2013
Posted in photography, sunlight
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28 Monday Oct 2013
Posted in All Sparkled Up, family, flowers, grandkids, photography, sparkling, sunlight
05 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in All Sparkled Up, home decor, lighting, photography, sparkling, sunlight
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adding windows, dining room, gratitude, home remodel, remodel, renovation, sun, sunlight, windows
That had to be all caps because it’s remarkable. Ever since moving into this house 13 years ago, our dining room didn’t have sun in it. Until now. We are nearly done with the remodel so last night we moved the dining room table out of the living room and back into the dining room. And this afternoon… Afternoon, mind you!!! … I sat at the table to plan an impromptu Wine & Cheese tasting party. IN. THE. SUN. Honestly, I had trouble concentrating on my notes because of the sun. Glorious sun!
There are no windows on the west side of our house and the roof has a big overhang so our home gets very little direct sun in it. The solution was two arch windows extending as high as possible in the west wall. I’ll make a blog post with more details soon.
Just look at this!
I hope I never get to the point of taking something so basic for granted. I basked in sun today.
26 Monday Aug 2013
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Sorry I haven’t posted for a bit. We’re doing a bit of remodeling. We put two windows in a wall that had none. Woot! But here’s a photo while you wait. I just put this photo, Fork, on my 500px account.
I have enough photos that I could post one a day for a year. I’ll try to post photos when I don’t have time to write. Thinking of you all!
07 Wednesday Aug 2013
Posted in All Sparkled Up, family, grandkids, Little Plastic Bears, photography
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beach, bears, endeavor, family, hms endeavour, Little Plastic Bears, photography, photos, Sunset Beach NC, toy boat, toy ship
That’s the name of a British research vessel, built in 1764. The HMS Endeavour explored uncharted oceans in the South Pacific.
The Little Plastic Bears long for the sea in the Endeavor. 
But the tide didn’t come in.

The ts Endeavor (toy ship Endeavor) piloted by Little Plastic Bears never made it to sea, despite her best effort to summon the waves.
NOTE: If you would like to purchase a print of that photo, it is listed here on 500px.