Confession 43 - SquareHub Keeping You Connected

Hi there, I've been MIA for awhile, life is definitely getting the better of me these days. The girls are getting older and they have more activities, and well, life is speeding by me at warp speed! Nevertheless, I'm making an attempt to keep on my blog.

Today I'm confessing about an app, that actually I've already confessed all the nifty goodness of it before, but I felt another post was warranted since it's new updated release (Droid release!), SquareHub. If you didn't take my recommendation to heart like I asked you to last time, there is no time like the present to start using this app.  I will break it down for everyone....

SquareHub is a private network, it's much like a private Facebook for your family.  Your family can be anyone or any group, you don't have to be related....  Get a refresher of what this app can do at my previous post here: SquareHub Intro. Now that your in expert in how it works, go quick download it and starting using it!

Two new updates with the new release of the app, is Family Sharing and Bucket List.
Family Sharing allows you to share important updates and pictures with people outside of your family like grandparents or close friends.  You can email directly from the app and a reply can be sent via email and posted to the app as well. Genius right? Sometimes extended family members won't adopt a new app or you may not want them in your close network, as there is too much dirty laundry going on.  So this is a great compromise! Check out the tutorial below on how to use Family Sharing:

The other really cool update is the Family Bucket List!  These are all those little things you think about doing as a family and then, because life is going so fast these days, you forget about it. Keep a rolling list of things you want to do, places you want to visit and restaurants you want to check out.  It's a very cool way to stay connected and share information with your family.

Does your family like ours do the whole "what are you thankful for?" during Thanksgiving Dinner? This year, I'm determined to get all my family members to download this app. after we discuss what we are thankful for. Since at the top of my thankful list is family, what a great segway into staying connected and sharing moments!  You ready for the challenge? Have something fun to talk about this Thanksgiving and be the talk of your family. It will forever change family communication!

If you gathered anything from this post, it's to go now, run don't walk... and download SquareHub! You won't be disappointed!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you liked my latest confession!

Confession 42 - Get your Painting On

Hi there! As promised, I'm bringing your more posts and trying to confess more these last couple months of 2013.  Today I'm confessing about one of my all time favorite whimsical self taught painters, Timree Gold.  I've been following stalking Timree for nearly 10 years now.  I first learned about her through a mutual friend and saw her amazing mural work, you can check it out here.   The pictures on her site are amazing, but seeing her murals in person are breathtaking.  So much detail and personal touches! She has painted for many celebrities and famous people and even had an appearance on the OC Housewives show.

This past Sunday, my good friend Diana and I visited her studio to paint.  This is the 3rd painting I have done at Timree's studio, and each time I'm amazed at how well I do. I start out nervous and unsure if I'm going to be able to complete the project, but in the end, I succeed with flying colors.  Painting at Timree's Studio offers me a creative outlet and let's me put something on the calendar that is just for me!

When you arrive at Tiimree's studio in Newport Beach there is a place setting of a palate of paint, a photo copy of the Timree "original" painting you will be painting and a blank white canvas on an easel.  She equips you with 4 brushes, in her technical Timree terms, 1. The Fatty 2. The Medium 3. The Tween and 4. The Baby.  It's her own vocabulary and made up terms for her painting technique that puts you at ease and allows you to relax to become creative and paint.

It's definitely a must for anyone to try once, twice or many times (some of my friends are addicts, I'm not mentioning any names).

Check out some of my pics...

London Calling Portrait

Easter Painting in the Spring

My First Class!  A Gift for my birthday from my BFF! 

Pretty professional looking huh? I know, she's a genius!   So hurry up and stop by Timree's site and sign up for a class and get your Painting On!  Make it a Mommy & Me session, a Girls Night Out or just a creative moment for yourself!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you liked my latest confession!

Confession 41 - Repurposed Pill Box

Hi there! I can't believe it's been over 30 days since my last confession! Yowza! Life has really taken over my creative juices. Lately, I've been doing lots of crafting, so as long as I have time to write a post, you will be hearing a lot from me.  Today's confession is about a gift I put together for the girls.

A couple weeks ago I found out I would be gone the whole First Week of School for the girls. Ya, bad timing. We started school so late this year, normally the dates my company picked would not be a problem.  I was crushed to know that I wasn't going to be in town to pick them up after the first day and hear about their teachers, classrooms and friends. It was torture for me!  We talked nightly and texted, but it was still so hard!

So I saw this idea over on one of my favorite sites, Dating Divas, originally the post was put together for you to use with your hubby, but I altered the idea for my girlies.  It was so fun to put together and think about their little faces when they opened each box every night.

These came from Dollar Tree -
Yes I shop there occasionally, late at night -with hat - with a trenchcoat!

I altered the Hub notes, to kid notes.... email me if you want me to share them.

I couldn't find my normal 7 day Pill Box, but this ended up working out,
Candy/Surprise on one side and note on the other.

There are so many great applications for this idea. I would like to use it for the Hubs sometime, but he's not a candy lover... and well, the pill compartments are too small for anything else he likes... so on I will go, hunting for another solution.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you liked my latest confession!