What brand are those shoes?
This reader is referring to my favorite flats that Oreo loves to chew on. I shared a close-up picture on facebook & twitter yesterday and here’s another picture so you can see the pair of shoes. I love these mustard-colored flats. I could seriously wear them all day, every day.
The brand is Me Too. The style is called Nini Flat, and I probably picked them up at Nordstrom Rack a few years ago. I just did a little research and sadly, I don’t know if this color is carried anywhere anymore. But I did find them on DSW.com, in what looks to be the exact same style in bronze, pewter, navy, and black. And I found a super similar flat in red on endless.com.
And … I stumbled across something else in this crazy amazing shade of green that is causing me to have a serious shoe crush. But I don’t need them. I’m not buying them. Go me.
I don’t need them. I don’t need them. I don’t need them.
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Dying to find out how hard it was to house train Oreo? This is my first puppy so I am new to this part of the training. While I know they have accidents, I hope my puppy learns quickly.
We’re so not there and I am so not the person to ask. Oreo is not totally house-trained yet. In fact, we just called in the experts and have an appointment set up for one day next week. I’m really hoping this professional can give us magic tricks so that we can get through the house-training phase soon. PS – He’s getting a haircut today.
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Ok, call me an Instagram newbie… where/how do I get these babies printed? Costco is my go-to, just FYI.
Great question. I’ve been using Costco for many, many years too. So what I’ve done in the past is just drop my 4×4 Instagram image on a 4×6 canvas in Photoshop and save that new JPG to upload & print. Once I get the prints, I simply trim off the extra 2 inches.
However – I am really ready to try Persnickity Prints. I really like what they do and how they do it, and I’ve seen the prints in real life. I’m really impressed. I just haven’t printed anything recently. Of course there are other apps & websites for printing Instagrams but I don’t have personal experience with any of them … yet.
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What is the paint color in your office?
There is no name for it because I color-matched a swatch of chartreuse from a piece of fabric or something when we painted this room 6 years ago. Sorry that’s not helpful.
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Do you use anything for your iPhone other than the lens? I feel like your pics are always SOOO much clearer than mine.
Be sure you hold your phone very, very still – just as you would with a “real” camera. My iPhone pictures look the way they do because of the apps I use. My two most-used go-to apps are Instagram and Camera+. In fact, every picture in this blog post is the “Lo-fi” filter in Instagram. I should also mention that in the Camera+ app there is a “Clarity” setting that will give your picture extreme clarity, if that’s what you’re looking for.
You can see more of my favorite apps here.
There is just one lens that I have for my iPhone, but it’s not for clarity. It’s the Olloclip 3-in-1 Lens for iPhone 4 & iPhone 4S (Fisheye Lens, Macro Lens, Wide-angle Lens). It literally slips onto the corner of your iPhone, covering the built-in lens. Pretty cool. The picture below is a macro shot I took of my favorite brownie on the planet (found at Kneaders Bakery & Cafe).
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Did you receive that new camera you ordered?
The Lytro? No. Thanks for reminding me. I should check into that since it feels like I ordered it forever ago.
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Do you know the name of the tile on your backsplash? Brand… anything??? Thanks!
I really had to dig around and I think I found some helpful information. We got the tile from Craftsman Court Ceramics in Scottsdale, Arizona who carries tile made by Pratt & Larson Ceramics. I believe it was a custom color but on the back of one of the extra tiles, someone wrote W62 RUSTIC 3×6. The tile size is 3″ x 6″ and I’m wondering if the W62 RUSTIC is their code for our color.
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Did you notice that nowhere in this post did I mention scrapbooking or Project Life? Just a nice little change of pace, of course. I am always happy to answer questions – related to my work or not. I won’t be able to address each one, but please know that Brandi (my Project Manager who just got the birthday surprise of a lifetime – watch the flash mob video) … does a great job collecting your random questions from all over the place. Emails, facebook notes, comments here on my blog, etc. Each Friday I try to address a handful from the ever-growing, on-going list. Next Friday I’ll get back to your Project Life questions.
Have a terrific weekend!
Tags: 3-in-1 lens, backsplash tile, Instagram, iPhone lens, kitchen tile, me too, office paint color, olloclip, oreo, persnickity prints, shoes
Persnickety prints is awesome for printing Instagrams and quite honestly everything else! I think they ask that you print a minimum of 8 or 10 (I can’t remember) so when I’m putting my PL together I just punch out a 2×2 square write the date and the subject of the instagram and put that in my PL until I get around to printing all of my Instagrams.
Did you know that Sherwin Williams has an app for the iPhone that allows you take a picture of something and get the “recipe” for a paint store to mix into a paint color? That might be helpful for any of your readers who might want your same paint color.
Thank you Shawna – I will try that!
I just had to laugh and tell you Becky that I just ate one of those brownies myself this past weekend. Divine! It’s not so good when Kneader’s is just down the road from me. lol
I have to ask a question. I dove into PL last year and always loved seeing people’s pages with random shots of their day. How do you get past the embarrassment of snapping pictures of your groceries getting loaded into your basket or your kid’s blood getting drawn at the doctor’s? I was in Target taking a picture of my shoes..I was being random..and when I looked up a group of young girls were looking at me like I was crazy!
Maybe not always embarrassment but who takes pics of their food or kid’s getting poked? Well I do
Thanks for any input
Marisa
I used to feel the same way but I recently mentioned this to a therapist friend and she said something about “spotlight thinking.” Many of us think that people notice every little thing we do, that we have a “spotlight” on us, when in fact most part people are so involved in their own thing that they don’t really notice what anyone else is doing. I usually have a million things rambling around in my head that I definitely don’t have time or mind space to worry about the actions of people I don’t even know.
And for those that do notice if you’re in the moment and happy about taking the picture than who cares. These are our memories not theirs. =)
I use to be this way in the beginning and missed out on some cool pictures of my kids/family/ whatever the subject was at the moment. Over the years though it’s becoming MORE IMPORTANT to capture these little EVERYDAY memories for myself and the family. I want my kids to remember all these little moments when they are as old as I am and we forget. My mom doesn’t always remember all the little details and I want to make sure my kids and I have these docutmented for when I’m to old to remember, lol
So for now I don’t let the stares bother me anymore and know it’s for me and that’s all that matters. It does take time to get use to it but the more you do it the easier it gets!! GOOD LUCK!
Thanks so much for your responses! I’m glad I wasn’t alone in thinking that way once in a while. Spotlight thinking sounds right on too. I think I’ll drag my camera around today while we run errands, attend birthday parties and a few haircuts in between
Stares or not!
Thanks for your post on Oreo. I found out today that Petco offers free potty training classes and offers tips for the human. I would go to their website find the closest store and look at their store events calendar.
Its a 30 min class. Here is what it says: Have a new puppy or an older dog going potty in the houes? Join our FREE 30-minute seminar and learn great tips to help prevent accidents. Successful potty training can last a life time.
My location offers it from 12:30-1. I am so there tomorrow!
Something that may be good in addition to your private class. Can’t hurt right?
I just received my first order from Persnickety Prints earlier this week. Some really old digi layouts from when I first got into scrapbooking…cool right?! So happy to finally get these printed an into an album that people can actually look at!
The quality was so great and I’m so glad I used them to print you can tell that they care about their work. Would SO recommend with two thumbs up!
From a fellow shoe addict… it is not about NEED.
Hi Becky,
So glad you shared a little about Oreo, have been waiting for an update. It took us about 3/4 months for our puppy to be really house trained, at least not having to go out every half hour or hour. Just about this time he could wait an hour or two, so that helped a lot. For the first few months he stayed right by my side and I jsut kept taking him out and about 5 months old he would scratch the door to go out on his own. I also didn’t let him have the run of the house till he was much older and no accidents at all. He’s also not a chewer so that was helpful, sorry about the shoes!!
We did go to private puppy lessons just so the kids would learn how to play gentle with him and do tricks and good dog behavior in general. It was really helpful and fun for all of us.
Hang in there your almost over the stretch, it does get better then you forget all about these days. Kinda like a newborn baby!!
Hope you can post more about the kids and Oreo in future posts!
Kind of off topic, but I just over at Big picture Classes that you’re going to have a Project Real Life class, is there anymore information available on that class yet? The only thing it led me to was your bio. Thanks!
Oh and I hope you get your Lytro soon, I’m interested in hearing what you think of it.
omg. Not a stalker but I have looked EVERYWHERE trying to find that tile!!!!!!I almost even had joan hintz order it for me from across the country but never did find out the brand/company. I have been waiting for THIS post for over a year!!!!!!!thank you thank you thank you
Becky, for the past week my friend, Laurie Jones, (she knew you from Cleveland) and I have been talking about your tile backsplash. She noticed I pinned it. We both are wanting to copy you. Well I decided I was going to give it a shot and email you about it. So I come on and look at your blog today and there it is. You are just so inspired.
Thank you so much. Love everything about you, your blog and of course Project Life. 
You guys are amazing!! Allways a pleasure to read your blog! You give so much – in fact I told my husband about the feedback friday with Kevin and he was so surprised that you guy give so much about much more than PL. Just imagine if more people had your energy.
Allways a pleasure to read your blog.
I have those blue shoes you linked to, but in black. They are a tad big on me but I still bought them because they are so cute and comfy and I got them for $30 at Last Chance. Can’t beat that.
On the shoe subject…you know what they say “Cinderella is proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life!” I say get the new shoes…never know what could happen:)
Hey Becky,
Could you do a post sometime about how you scan and print your children’s artwork? What is the process, what kind of scanner, how do you print. I really want to incorporate the ideas you showed in your recent video. Their art comes in all sizes so any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Where did you get that cute black and white striped bowl on your counter?! CUTE!!!