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Weekend Update

Amy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:02 +0000

I’ve been away from my computer for a while because my husband has been having knee surgery to repair his torn ACL and meniscus. Since I didn’t know what either of those were, I found this photo. Apparently his ACL was ripped totally apart. Yikes!

We got home on Friday and now his leg is attached to a machine to bend his knee. He has to have it on for 2 hours, then off for 2 hours, 8 hours a day for 14 days! Not fun because he’s in so much pain! So I hope to have time to get some bloggy things done eventually. I have lots of neat Christmas ideas, I just need to find the time to sit down and make them. Can anyone add more time to my day please? Wouldn’t that be nice?!

I was surprised when I got home from the hospital to find I Heart Faces had been featured on Blurb’s blog!

If you didn’t know, I just made a cool Blurb book for I Heart Faces. If you are needing a fun gift for the holidays, make a book! They are so easy to make and really nice. Plus, what grandma wouldn’t want a book of her grand babies?

I hope you have a nice weekend! I’ll be taking care of the hubs, messing with this giant knee moving machine and probably cleaning to get ready for my mom who is visiting for Thanksgiving. What are your plans? Are you traveling for Thanksgiving?

-Amy

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I Heart Faces Book

Amy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:30:23 +0000

Back in July, I ? Faces (my other web site) teamed up with Blurb to have a “Best Faces” photo contest. Angie and I went through hundreds of photos and chose over 60 to be in the book.

I’m the graphic designer, so naturally I was the person in charge of this project. Little did I know what a BIG job this book was going to be!! Needless to say, after hours of organizing photos, emailing people to get the correct type of files, designing and proofing… this bad boy is finally done!

We are so excited to announce our “Favorite Faces 2009” which displays the beautiful winning entries by over 60 remarkably talented photographers.

Seeing all of our reader’s photos together makes one amazing work of art! Anyone who enjoys fine art photography will love this book.

Thanks to each one of you who entered a photo and especially those of you who’s photos made the book!

We hope you’ll enjoy this as much as we do! What a wonderful Christmas gift this will make!

Now what are you waiting for? Go visit Blurb and read all about it!!

Blurb provides a software platform to design and self-publish retail quality soft or hard cover bound books. These books can be photo albums, wedding albums, business brochures, novels, non-profit fund-raising media, or what-ever imaginative idea that Blurb customers create.

Birthday Party Inspiration & Winners

Amy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:38:45 +0000

I’ve been away from my blog this week because Angie and I have been going through lots of photos and finally picked our I Heart Faces Blurb Book Winners! Be sure to head over there and see who won. Our book is going to be so great! We’ll have a Reader’s Choice Poll tomorrow that you won’t want to miss.

I’ve also been surfing the web to get inspiration for my daughter’s 3rd birthday party. Look at what I found!

Can you believe how cute this cake is? I LOVE Chickens & Cupcakes…

See the entire chicken party featured on Little Shindigs

This Lollipop Party by The Tomkat Studio is adorable!

Oh my word! I LOVE this DIY cake from Parenting.com!! We may just have to have this instead of cupcakes…

A bubble themed party would be fun! Pottery Barn Kids has an entire web site devoted to kids parties. Check out these Free Printable Bubble Party invites. You can download place cards also.

I still have no idea what kind of party we’ll have, but I’m finding some super cute ideas for sure. Since it’s in August… I’m also thinking of doing a luau. That would be fun to do outside in the sprinklers.

Now Little Debbie Muffin winners!!

Congrats to Lori Mercer and M.L. @ The House of Whimsy

You ladies get a Little Debbie Muffin Variety Pack! Please email me your address.

Have a great week everyone! If you have any fun party ideas, let me know:-)

Amy

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I Heart Faces – Week 19

Amy — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:55:06 +0000

Blurb Book Photo Contest

It’s going to be a fun week at I ? Faces… this is the week Angie and I will be the judges! Everyone will be entering one (and only one) photo that will be considered to be in our I ? Faces Blurb Book! This will be tough one, because I have a hard time making decisions! I’m a Libra, I like balance and want everyone to win:-)

Since I can’t make decisions, maybe you can help me decide about the photo I would choose.

This first one is of my little girl. I so want one of my kids to be in our book! I love her expression, the color and I think this is a fun shot.

This one is probably one of the best face shots I’ve taken. But, it’s not anyone I know and I didn’t get a “model release.” So might not be a good choice. Although she was in character and apparently fairies don’t talk, so maybe she wouldn’t mind if I used her photo?

I’m thinking we might need more adult shots in the book. So maybe this self portrait?

Okay, so what photo would you choose??

Since I’m the judge and co-founder, I’ll just add mine later. I like making the rules and breaking them:-)

Good luck to all who enter!!! I can’t wait to see your entries!

Visit I ? Faces to find out more details about our Blurb Book contest to find out how you can enter.

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Photoshop Tutorial – Skin Retouching

Amy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:01:20 +0000

I wanted to let you Photoshop users know about a fast and easy I ? Faces video tutorial I did along with Rita from CoffeeShop. It’s about how to make you look young and beautiful! Uh oh… now you know my secret of why I never age:-)

This is my friend Janet (right) and her lovely sister. Aren’t they cute? This is a surprise for them!! Sorry I’m blasting your face all over the internet girls, but you’re just such good models! Look how good you look…

See Rita’s tutorial and my videos over at I ? Faces!

While you’re there, be sure to enter to win a custom made Blurb Book!

The Blurb Book giveaway ends Monday night. Heads up for Living Locurto readers… we’ll be having another GREAT giveaway Friday that you won’t want to miss:-)