Cumberland Island {GA} and Dungeness

While on our Thanksgiving trip, we visited Cumberland Island and the ruins of one of the Carnegie summer homes, Dungeness.  I found this fascinating, as I am obsessed with the gilded age and the decadence of that period.  

My office is actually housed in the former stables (renovated, of course) of the John D. Rockefeller Golf House in Lakewood, NJ.  More on that here: Rockefeller Golf House.  Here are some vintage postcard photos of my location...

Now for some photos of our visit to Cumberland and Dungeness.

For more about Cumberland Island and the Dungeness ruins, go here:

Cumberland Island

Dungeness

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Christmas Card 2013

We are back from vacation and I am scrambling to get caught up on EVERTHING!  Work, laundry, decorating, menus, yard work, etc...  We had an amazing time and I will be sharing a lot from our time away in the coming days.

These are from the Santa Express in St. Mary's, GA.  Seriously ya'll, this was the best Grinch ever.  That kid is going places!

One thing that was easy and hassle free was ordering my Christmas Cards from Shutterfly.  I was going to stage a whole photo production before we left, but time got away from me.  Luckily, from the happiest place on earth, I was able to get a photo op.  Reasonable prices, fast shipping and editing options, what more can you ask for!

{This is not a sponsored post.  All opinions are my own and I did not receive discounts or compensation.  Just a longtime user/fan of Shutterfly!}

Stationery Card

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Whirlwind {vacation}

Be back next week ~ Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for visiting!

Playing with Picnik

I am so computer illiterate, that I am surprised I can produce posts at all. I am using my honeymoon in Aruba pics to explore some photo editing techniques from Picnik. I am LOVING the 60's feature, reminds me of old pics of my parents & grandparents!

Now if someone can teach me how to customize my blog background & header (for free)????

One week from today...

This is where I'll be... Thanksgiving with family on the Outer Banks and it can't come soon enough. It's been a rough few weeks and I need a little OBX to deflate and refresh. Best of all, it will be Brennan's first time to his Mommys favorite place :-)

Cuban coffee and my case for a new camera.....

While going through some old pictures this morning, I found some from our trip to Key West 2 years ago. It must have been the cuban coffee(yum), but I have never taken such beautiful pictures! Fast forward 2 years...my camera became a casualty on a wedding dance floor while trying to get the perfect blackmail shot of my husband. Since then we have been relying on our handy blackberries and the kindness of others...and their cameras. I think it is time to re-invest in a new camera, as we are missing countless shots of the kids, our home and beauties like these...