My name is Franca and I am easily distracted...

Hi everyone, I’m Franca from Oranges and Apples and I’m very happy to be doing a wee guest post over there, so thanks Rhianne!

I thought I’d post about a couple of things that distract me daily: our two cats Bertie (the black one who has only recently arrived in our household) and Ginger (the ginger one, surprisingly!) and the Vignette photo app on my android phone. I only recently got a smartphone and I’m still in the honeymoon phase where I’m snapping away everywhere. And what better subject is there than some cute cats?

So without further ado, here’s pictures of our babies in a variety of different app settings:

Retro

B

G

Holga

holga cats

Diana

diana cats

Ilford

kitties

Cross Process

cross process cats

Sepia

sepia cats

Which one is your fave? I think I like the Holga ones best, but maybe that's just my sense of accomplishment of having managed to take some photos that aren't completely dark - the Holga setting is quite temperamental!

Have a lovely day everyone!

Franca
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My name is Clare and I am easily distracted...

Hi! My name is Clare and I write at Pampelmuse and Me. I get easily distracted. Limiting the list of things that I get distracted by to one or two, or even a handful, is difficult. I love my camera and get distracted by light and shadows. I find myself stopping and gazing at the way a branch reaches over a fence, or the arrangement of fruit in a bowl. My eyes see beautiful photographs waiting to be taken everywhere and this distracts me. I also like 2nd hand bookshops, making things, receiving letters in the mail and shopping...
31/365 : Bench

Perhaps the better question is what do I get distracted from? This, unfortunately, is easy. Sport, running, keeping fit and maintaining my body in an equilibrium where both it and I are happy. This takes second fiddle to my camera and my crafty pursuits. But this autumn I've decided to do something about it. You see, I want boots. Brown boots with a bit of attitude, perhaps something like this.

But I can't really justify just "buying" them just like that, so I've decided that I must earn them. Yep, I'm treating myself like a kid and have designed my own good behaviour 'score card' - only I'm calling it my "Not to be Distracted" card. Everytime I go to the gym, 10 euro goes toward my beautiful boots. Everytime I run, it's 20 euro.

Over the weekend I ran twice and went to the gym once. I'm embarrassed to admit that this works so well on me. But there you go, the 'carrot' is always better than the 'stick' in my book and in a couple of weeks I'm going to be sporting (sic) some lovely new boots.

Clare

My name is Celeste and I am easily distracted...

...by Maps!

I began my blog, Wanderlust, as a way to document my travels and even though it has become my home for food, life and everyday adventures, the world altogether is what inspires me the most. Maps are special to me because they represent miles and miles all in a single piece of paper. Or in this case... a pillow, or a painting, or a cupcake topper. These pieces of paper represent so many different cultures and so many new places to explore.

In order to commemorate my love for maps, I've put together these beautiful Etsy finds to exhibit how they are beautiful works of art:

maps on etsy

These are only a fraction of the great map-finds on Etsy! I'm learning that maps are much more versatile than I ever thought and I've already started dreaming of new ways to decorate with them. Thanks for having me, Rhianne! In honor of your Polish travels, this last Etsy treasure is dedicated to you!

The World Traveler Pendant, via The Green Daisy.

My name is Andrea and I am easily distracted...

Hello everyone, my name is Andrea. I blog over at The Art of Staying Up All Night and it is a huge pleasure to help Rhianne while she's in Poland.

After about 2 minutes of thinking about this post, I came to
the conclusion that reading has always been my biggest and most constant distraction. I'm the sort of kid who learnt to read earlier than usual and was constantly holding a book of some sort. What can I say, I just love the printed word. When I was a kid, on the first day back at school, we used to be asked how many books we'd read over the summer. I always had to lie because nobody would believe I read so much.

This post is dedicated to one of the books that I've read the most; my first grade reading book.

This book used to be my mother's, and by the time I started school it was still being used. My year was actually the last to work with this book, so I consider myself lucky. Both the stories and the illustrations are amazing and have influenced me greatly over the years, so I thought I'd share them with you.