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Boo Style

June 22, 2011 by Ashley Hackshaw

Mismatched Crocs = Awesome

A Boo’s Eye View: San Francisco

June 22, 2011 by Ashley Hackshaw

On a trip to San Francisco last weekend I gave Boo her own camera. It’s just an old point and shoot and I tied a cord to it so it could hang around her neck for easy access.

It’s funny how different people react when a 4 year old is trying to take their photo. Boo connected so well with all the street performers. She would politely ask if she could take their photo and they would gladly oblige. She loved giving them a token of appreciation in the form of a few coins. We loved this man below playing the drums…..so happy and full of energy……we could have listened to him for hours:

Boo was definitely in this musician’s personal space….but he didn’t mind:

Pigeons at Union Square….Boo would shoo them and then snap a photo:

At the Embarcadero, Boo took this photo of her daddy, “Mimi” and Papa in conversation. I love the slight “left” photo tilt she uses:

Pretty things for sale:

Boo was so sad that her name wasn’t on any of these bracelets….but I guess she wanted to create a memory:

I’ve never seen so many crocheted hats in my life around San Francisco…..Boo wanted to take photos of all of them:

I love that Boo finds beauty in simple things…..like strawberries…..

…..or fish. She made us go back for this photo…..she said she was waiting for “that fish”:

I love that she can be so clearly moved at hard truths….worried that this homeless man would get burned as he slept in the sun:

And finally, a photo of Mommy and Daddy…..directed by Boo:

Try giving your kid the opportunity to document your next trip in photos!

Monster Hand Tattoos (A Tutorial)

June 21, 2011 by Ashley Hackshaw

Just spent the last few days in San Francisco and can’t wait to share our trip. We got back late yesterday afternoon and finished up this fun little project using Silhouette’s temporary tattoo paper:

I drew these little “monster” parts at Boo’s direction and sized them for the hand and fingers (click below to download the graphics). They can be mixed and matched to create a variety of monster characters:

I printed them out onto the tattoo paper using my regular ink jet printer:

The second step is applying the adhesive paper to the back of the freshly printed tattoos…..

….and using a bone folder or a similar tool to burnish/smooth it onto the paper:

You can use the Silhouette software to cut out your tattoos, but these were so simple (and I was only making one copy) I just used scissors to cut them out: