the weekend

// we had brunch with the father-in-law and step-mother-in-law at a swanky french joint. I had french toast--appropriate--but it tasted like candy. Toothbrush, please?
// Our house was spotless for a whole day. Then I started another project.
//  #crushcakesforthewin #seeabovephoto
// We bought a nifty reed diffuser at an interior design boutique and now our house smells like "a rich person's" as my husband so eloquently put it. I do quite love it, dahling.
// We have been watching so.many.episodes of Sherlock (Modern-day BBC adaptation of the book) this weekend that I want to be a consulting detective and speak in British English.
// I stepped on my kindle and shattered the screen, boohooooo. Tim-the-toolman-husband took it apart and fixed it, using the screen of our other one which had a frozen hardrive. And it works!!! #seebelowproofofhisawesomeness

linking up here!

welcome to brittany's joy.

Yesterday was our little blog's very first birthday. I asked my husband how we should celebrate, and he said that it would very much like to be taken out to a swanky dinner. I agreed, so we took this little sucker out on the town (so to speak) and enjoyed an evening of spatula drumming and shrimp-flipping and flaming onion volcanoes. Happy birthday little bloggy.

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So, you may have noticed some major changes around this little corner of the internet, starting with the name of this blog: "The Crafted Cure" is now Brittany's Joy.

The reason for the change is simple: this little 'ol blog has evolved to encompass so much more than just simply crafty-ness. It holds my hopes, my dreams, my fears. It chronicles the things that make me laugh, that bring me joy. Some of those things may be projects, sure, but there's a whole lot more, too!

Brittany's Joy better encapsulates what I hope this blog will capture. These are the things that bring me joy as I live, create, and celebrate the precious life that God has given me. Also, conveniently, it is my name.

Join us on our journey?

Welcome to Brittany's Joy.

a photo a day

One of the goals I have for this year is to learn how to take better pictures (regardless of the equipment I'm using). I got some fun new camera accessories this christmas from the mister and I'm loving how much fun it is to know how to use them!

One way I'm stretching my newfound love of photography is FatMumSlim's Photo a Day challenge on Instagram. I think of it this way: If I can't take decent "everyday" photos using my iphone, how can I take awesome photos with the Rebel? Riddle me THAT. Maximize the tools you've got, that's what I say. So, here's week 1 of my January Photo a Day:

today {Lake Nacimiento morning} // new {day, new semester}

heart // The view from here [ or there; Starr Winery]

movement {or lack thereof} // mine {broken baby ornament waiting for glue}

Street {leading to Painted Cave} // Something beginning with "T" {Tim and teppanaki}

Do you play photoaday? What's your Instagram?

pinterest-friendly changes // diy

Raise your hand if you love Pinterest? 

*me me me me me me!*

Some bloggers have issues with Pinterest, but it's helped drive up traffic on all of the tutorials I post, and that's always a plus in my book! If you love Pinterest too, then I've got some great news! I've made my blog 1000x more pinterest-friendly {Whoo hoo, right?}.

You may have noticed the Pinterest button that pops up when you hover over any image on this blog. Isn't that neat? This means that you can pin an image directly from my blog to pinterest {even from the main blog feed--it will pin the actual post!}. The pin description will be the title of the post, but that's easy to change to whatever you please. :)

If this is something that you would like to do to YOUR blogger-hosted blog, Blogger Sentral has a great and simple html tutorial here.

Happy Pinning!

walk it out

If everyone got out and started exploring creation whenever they got frustrated {rather than fighting}, I'd bet the world would be a much happier place.