Good bye 2012, Hello 2013!

Sadly, my 366 project is over!  Can you believe it?!  2012 - GONE!  Well, almost...
I know I had all these grand ideas for my 366 project and even though I didn't do a "Theme Week" or whatever else I had set out to do, my photos have proven that the Photo-A-Day thing can be fun!  It's also my equivalent to a Gratitude Jar.
What's that, you ask?  I've been seeing some posts on Tumblr and Pinterest about making a Gratitude Jar on January 1st.  Basically, you write one nice thing that happened to you everyday (or for that month) and then on December 31st, you read them all and express your gratitude for such a wonderful year.  Not bad.  I thought about how nice that would be and then I realized that my 366 project was already doing that for me!
So to honour that, I'll post my 5 favorite photo(s) from each month from my 366 photos.  This might be a tough one...

Photos after the jump!

This Week's 366

 I found these cute candies at Super H Mart on Sunday.



Chocolates!


A pretty bouquet


I finally received my quartz necklace and ring (not pictured) from Fashionology!



WHAT

THE

FUDGE???

I saw that yesterday on my way home from work. In case you can't really tell, the Sylvester toy is dressed in a devil costume. Um...WHAT???  Yeah, I was definitely caught off guard with that one...
I hope I get some really interesting things this weekend.  Honestly, I don't think it can get any more random than this though!

Project 366 going stong!

I feel like I sound as if I've abandoned my 366 project since I haven't been posting weekly photos!  Worry not - I haven't abandoned it, I've just fallen behind on posting weekly round-ups!  Oops!
To make up for it, here is a mini round-up of some photos that you haven't seen (unless you've been to my set)

















I've been noticing I'm shooting with the iPhone camera a lot more than the Hipstamatic app (because it's faster to load) and because of that, I'm using the Cross Process app a lot more.  I've also been playing around with other apps but I keep that mostly to my mash-ups - which I've fallen a little behind on because now that I have NMSbB's #4 and #5, I'm trying to shoot my shots accordingly. 
But I'm remaining diligent on my 366 project even though I haven't really been finding too many crazy things.  That just gives me all the more reason to go on more trips!

February Photo-A-Day Challenge: DONE!

It's over. The February Photo-A-Day challenge is over! I'm kind of sad but I'm kind of happy at the same time because while the challenges were fun, I can now focus on my 366 project 100%.
It sort of felt like a chore working on both challenges - even though they were separate but still. If the opportunity to do another one comes along, I might do it again! We'll see...
Click through to see my February photos!

Fave Photo of You Photo Post

Today's February Photo-A-Day Challenge is a funny one.  The topic: Favourite photo of you.
I might have to do a few posts because I have so many!  Here's the first one I posted earlier:



So many great memories here! 
The first one is me with Grant Wilson of The Smugglers (and my friend Jimmy in the background).  They opened up for The Donnas in 2000 and had a dance contest.  I won with the help of my friends and I got a sweet hockey trophy!  That night was awesome but it ended terribly.  Jimmy's car got stolen (this was before East Atlanta was what it is now) and we had to wait for my Mom to pick us up.  Embarrassing.  But the guys at Echo Lounge gave Jimmy an Iron Maiden box set (I think) and I emailed with Danny Panic for awhile.  I wonder if he remembers...

Under that photo is a photo of Carter and me at one (of many) Lazy Indians shows at (old) Lenny's.  His sister took the photo and, yes, that's how it's framed.  See more photos from other Lazy Indians shows here

Under that is a photo of me with my old man and my best friend Damien outside our cabin in Tennessee.  We were ungodly late to another friends' wedding and I was *still* hungover from Halloween the night before...Good times!

The Chainsaw photo is one of my favourites because I'm holding an actual chainsaw and I'm wearing my friends' fireman clothes.  They smelled like smoke and burnt trees.  After the shoot, I got to keep the clothes.  They don't smell like burning anymore but they always remind me of this!  Billy did the tattoo letters on my stomach.  I thought I had wanted to get that tattooed on me at some point but good thing I didn't actually do it because I've kinda sorta grown out of my Nurse Chainsaw persona.  Kinda sorta not really...

The bottom photo is my ultimate favourite because that's me with Aubrey Graham (aka Drake) and Mike Lobel from Degrassi: The Next Generation.  They were doing a series of mall tours with the cast of Degrassi and Alpharetta just so happened to get Aubrey and Mike!  Lucky me!  I'll never forget that signing because Aubrey asked me about my "Duck Plucker" shirt.  I jokingly said it was a clothing line my friend and I were coming up with and he said, "That's cool.  I'm about put out some music".  I thought it was a nice thing until he said, "Yeah, I'm a rapper".  Jimmy?  Wheelchair Jimmy?  A rapper?  Nah...

Hopefully I'll be able to find the rest to make another collage!
Are there any photos of you that you love?

Another photo challenge? Don't mind if I do!

We have officially hit the "busy season" at work and I'm already exhausted BUT I've decided to start the February Photo-A-Day Challenge on Instagram!  I've never done the month-specific photo-a-day challenge with the rules and stuff so I think this will be a fun thing to do on top of the 366 photo-a-day challenge I'm already doing.

The rules are as follows:

Day 1: You view

Day 2: Words

Day 3: Hands

Day 4: A stranger
Day 5: 10am
Day 6: Dinner
Day 7: Button
Day 8: Sun
Day 9: Front door
Day 10: Self portrait
Day 12: Inside your closet
Day 13: Blue
Day 14: Heart
Day 15: Phone
Day 16: Something new
Day 17: Time
Day 18: Drink
Day 19: Something you hate to do
Day 20: Handwriting
Day 21: A fave photo of you
Day 22: Where you work
Day 23: Your shoes
Day 24: Inside your bathroom cabinet
Day 25: Green
Day 26: Night
Day 27: Something you ate
Day 28: Money
Day 29: Something you're listening to

Here's my first photo (my view)

Like I said - we're in the "busy season" at work so my view is behind the camera for filming until the 8th, so I'm sure this won't be the only work-related photo in the challenge!  I'm looking forward to it since I saw some really awesome ones -particularly from Lauren and Bobby - in my Instagram stream for the January photo challenge!  I can't wait to see more from them!

If you're on Instagram, feel free to follow me!  @katzi  I love seeing everyone's photos!

Are you doing any fun challenges - photos or not?

366 Project Update

Here's another 366 project round-up. I think I'll *try* to do a weekly round-up to kind of help me stay on task and not get all discouraged. Help me keep my creativity flowing!
Since I've already done the first 15 days post, I'll start with the 16th until now...



While I'm aware you've seen some of these already, it doesn't hurt to re-post!

I'm trying to do little things like take different ways home for some different scenery or using other apps instead of just the Hipstamatic.  But when I do use the Hipstamatic, I've been shaking it to randomize the settings since I have a tendency to stay with one particular lens/film combo.  I've also been keeping an eye out for different camera apps to try out as well.  I'm really excited about the photos now that I've done my upgrade!  The last photo (of the Nike shoe boxes) is the first photo with my new phone and I think it looks great!  Especially after I ran it through the Cross Process app.  It's like night and day!  I love it!  I can't wait to share more photos!

366 Project - The First 15 Days...

So this 366 project is underway and I feel like I'm having more fun with it than the last one I did.  Why?  I don't know.  I guess because I'm more comfortable with my iPhone camera?  More comfortable with the Hipstamatic perhaps?  Let's see...

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I have to keep in mind that I didn't start the last 365 project on the 1st, so the dates aren't lining up but that's not the point.

I feel like with the addition of apps like Instagram and the Hipstamatic Disposable, not to mention all the other film packs for the original Hipstamatic, the possibilities are endless for this year's 366 project!  I'm really looking forward to finishing it!  The last one I did started feeling like a little bit of a chore on the harder days but I feel like I've been becoming more and more ambitious lately and I think that this 366 project will be streets ahead of the last one.

So...now that we've compared the first 15 days, let's see how the rest of the 351 days stack up this year!  I can't wait!

Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.

To see the last 365 project click here
 
To see the latest 366 project, click here