Author: Connie Hanks Photography

• Our Family Became Complete {Feeling Crafty}

  

  During LOAD (layout-a-day) this past February, one of our challenges was to use old stash. I love the idea of using what I already have on hand, and the whole “use your stash”, “use it up” and “use your scraps” messages have been loud and clear in the community, so this was the perfect time…

  Connie Hanks Photography

  April 3, 2014

  Feeling Crafty, LOAD, photography, scrapbooking

  crafting, daughters, family, grid, layout, LOAD, old, pocket pages, products, project life, scrapbooking, Sea World, use it up, use your stash

• Daisy Love Tubes // Positive Self-Esteem {Feeling Crafty}

  

  Right around Valentine’s Day, I volunteered to make a craft with my first grader’s Daisy troop. As I searched my craft room for project ideas, I had thought of working with them to create this project I pinned a couple years ago (the love tree/hand tracing), but I have done this project with my daughters classes…

  Connie Hanks Photography

  March 31, 2014

  Feeling Crafty, photography

  building, confidence, craft, crafting, Daisy, Gloria, idea, kid, kids, love, Morning Glory, petals, positive, purple, self respect, self-esteem, troop, tube, Valentine

• World Backup Day is Coming!!

  

  I’m gonna give you a kick in the pants and let you in on a little secret… As a photographer, as a mom, as a scrapbooker, I PANIC at the thought of losing all my photos. Even the bad ones! So I make sure to regularly back up my images. Do you do the same?…

  Connie Hanks Photography

  March 30, 2014

  Photo Tips, photography

  backup, dropbox, photography, photos, seagate, WBD, western digital, world backup day

• Street Life // Montmartre, Paris {Photo Challenge}

  

  Street life photography isn’t much of my strength, so I had to go into the archives for the challenge this week. I will say I loved getting this vintage retro vibe in Montmartre, in the north hills of Paris, last year on a fantastic trip with friends! I blogged a different capture of this vintage car rolling down the…

  Connie Hanks Photography

  March 29, 2014

  Photo Challenge, photography, travel

  B&W, car, cobblestone, daily, life, Montmartre, old, Paris, postaday, retro, street, vintage

• Practicing Shutter Speed

  

  This month’s lesson in Practice at Capture Your 365 is focusing on Shutter Speed. I knew I wanted to do a long exposure shot on the bridge at Balboa Park overlooking the 163, and it was perfect that it fit in with the daily prompt: Curve at CY365 that same day as well! Maybe next time…

  Connie Hanks Photography

  March 28, 2014

  CY365, photography

  #CY365, Balboa Park, downtown, long exposure, San Diego, slow shutter, trailing lights

• Believe in Miracles Gelatos Card {Feeling Crafty}

  

  Sometimes I just want to go to my crafting space and just create! That’s exactly what happened this week when I made this card. My hubby recently found out his oldest sister has been diagnosed with breast cancer, so I wanted to make her a card to let her know we’re thinking of her. I…

  Connie Hanks Photography

  March 22, 2014

  cards, Feeling Crafty, photography, Tutorial

  breast cancer, broken china, craft, crafting, DIY, embossing, Gelatos, heart set stencil, Heidi Swapp, how-to, sequins, stencils, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, True Stamp, tutorial, vellum, video, youtube