Remember that "grass is always greener" syndrome I spoke of in my first blog post? It seems to come out more when I'm scrolling through other people's blogs and Instagrams. Everyone's lives look stress-free and squeaky-clean. The most ordinary of objects and situations, from a cup of coffee to lunch to autumn leaves fallen on pavement, look so glamorous. Somehow I have decided that their lives are perfect and beautiful. Why can't mine look like a magazine?!
Then I started taking still life pictures and realized that through a camera lens, everything does look glamorous. By focusing on the positive and avoiding the negative, a certain picture (pun intended) rises to the surface. While this can create an unhealthy rose-colored-glasses impression of one's life-as happened to me initially-I believe it can be spun to appreciate what we do have and look at it in a new way.
Exhibit A: My house. Scored these salt shakers for $3 a set at Wal-Mart. Using them on my mantle.
This is my hot drink station. For Halloween, I bust out my Jack 'o Lantern and Poe items.
Last year I started hanging a star light in my kitchen window. Best. Idea. Ever.
Even breakfast looks more glamorous through a camera lens!
Pumpkins from the local pumpkin patch. Gloves and mug from Target.
Simple mums and gourds make the best decorations.
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