My name is Karen G. I live in North Dakota. I have been married to a wonderful man for 23 years. I have two awesome teen boys. I homeschool. Life is crazy good.
I Iove to find life in old, cast-off objects. I love to go to garage sales, thrift stores, and auction sales to find items…little treasures that I can reuse or repurpose or redo. I discovered spray painting three years ago, and now nothing is safe. I plan to share my finds and my new creations.
I love to take photos, especially of still life objects. I hope to share my journey to become a better photographer. My favorite photography is taking photos of everyday objects around the house or in the yard. My hope is to be good enough to be hired to take photos of other people’s everyday items; those things that we all use and love, yet never take a photo of and then later, we wish we had a great photo for those memories.
I enjoy scrapbooking my memories. My memories come to life on the page. I hope to share layouts with you to encourage you to scrapbook or journal your memories.
I have many other hobbies like reading, finding sales and using coupons, and gardening. Those items might show up from time to time.
No matter what happens, the good or the bad, it is still life. It’s all good.
Karen,
I’ve been following your new blog and etsy store. Great blog name. Love the use of that old shed picture. Love the tag line. Really enjoy your writing. It’s insightful, witty, informative and at times funny. You seem to have found a little niche to successfully fill. I didn’t know you had such a creative side with all those re-use, re-paint, put-together ideas. All around a great job! Keep it up!
Jon
Thanks Jon for the nice words. Means a lot. I am having a blast. I have never thought of myself as creative, but that was because I can’t draw a stick figure. I finally have found ways to be creative in other ways.
Great blog Karen. I really like the photo used as your header. It reminds me of being at Uncle John’s farm on the prairie. Abandoned little farm houses make me a little sad sometimes, like a certain era has ended. There is a silent beauty to them, as they are slowly being taken over by the landscape. I look forward to reading your blog posts.
HI Carrie, Thanks. The photo is from a little building that is still standing on my sister’s farm. They want to tear it down, but I love it. I so agree that it makes me sad that the era of small family farms have passed. Nothing can compare to its beauty and even more important, its peacefulness. Thanks for reading my blog. I am sure having fun.
Hi Karen, I found you through Shara(monkeybox). I know I am going to enjoy my visits to your blog. I have a blog but have not posted in 2 years. Thanks for sharing.
Welcome Carol. I too enjoy Monkeybox. Let me know when you start posting again so I can check it out.
Karen G, I have a set of those TV beer glasses also. My father received a set of those in the 1950s from the network. My guess is there fairly rare as I think they were only given to ad and Tv executives. I think they’re a neat size holding 8.5ozs. Nice shot of them.
Clark Wheeler Gainesville FL
Clark, Thanks for telling me more about those glasses. Glad to hear you got them from your father. Sounds like they are rare. Enjoy them and thanks for commenting.