A Day at the Zoo

One of my favorite places to go and take photos is the Zoo.  Here in Pittsburgh we have a beautiful zoo and aquarium.  We buy a membership and visit every other month or so.

We were there in November and I took a bunch of photos.  On this trip I captured the best photo of the tiger I have ever been able to take.

Isn’t she beautiful! I love the big cats.

I took a ton of other photos that day too, I have put together a slideshow with my Muvee software to share them with you.  Enjoy!

Crafty Mama of 4 Holiday Gift Guide and Giveaway

Tis’ the season and I’m here to share some of my holiday picks with you. All of the products mentioned in this gift guide (unless otherwise noted) have been sent to me throughout the year by companies for review at no charge. The items listed here are items I honestly enjoyed and am recommending and no company “bought” a spot on this list. I have listed a wide variety of items here for you and hope you find something good for someone on your list this year!

Some items also have a giveaway attached with them, click the link where noted under the item to enter into the drawing for that item. You may enter as many individual giveaways as you would like but you only get one entry per giveaway. I am asking if you enter the giveaway to please spread the word about my guide by posting my Gift Guide button on your blog or by emailing several friends if you don’t have a blog. Thanks! Enjoy

Click here to see my Holiday Gift Guide 2009

Spice Up Your Photos and Videos with Muvee

I get a lot of compliments on the photo  slideshows I do on my blog, it is a great way to showcase a bunch of photos at one time.  Last year when I was at Blissdom I won a copy of Muvee software and that is what I use to put the slideshows together.  I have tried other programs but keep coming back to Muvee.

Did you know you can use Muvee for much more than photo slideshows! I like that you can choose different themes and backgrounds to showcase your media.  You can also mix photos and video and splice together several video clips inot one.  Here is some of my most recent work.

Here is an example of mixing photos and video to create a Muvee.

These are the dancing fountains at the Bellagao Hotel in Las Vegas. I took these shots while I was at Blog World Expo. I could have stood there all day and watched the fountains.

Click here to see what other cool things you can do with Muvee!