Friday, February 27, 2015

Friday Freebie: Mock Up Photo




There are some gorgeous mock up photos on Etsy and Creative Market that I have been stalking looking at recently.  But unable to part with $15 for a photo, I created these images to use instead.  Enjoy and check back soon...I had so much fun doing these images that I intend to have some new different images to add soon!

Image at the top of the post: Download 1 (Envelope and Flowers)



Download Link: Photo Mockup Number 2

Download Link: Photo Mockup Number 3











Monday, February 9, 2015

A Few Quotes We Love on Perseverance

  • Keep on going, and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.  I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down. -Charles F. Kettering
  • If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. -Henry David Thoreau
  • I hated every minute of the training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." -Muhammad Ali
  • There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. -Nelson Mandela
  • Be daring, be different, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-savers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. -Sir Cecil Beaton
  • We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face...we must do that which we think we cannot. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Little LifeHacks

  • Change the wallpaper on your phone's lock screen to a motivational photo or quote that relates to a goal you are working on right now. Pinterest is a great source of photos and quotations for every area of your life. Be aware, however, that the photo of the tight, toned yoga-ite might motivate you for a week to get to the gym after work, but after a month you'll cruise right past your phone's lock screen as you Yelp the closest donut shop. The moral? Change the image often to keep yourself motivated!
  • Listen to a spiritual or self-help audiobook or podcast in the car instead of the radio. Looking for a free book? Check out our previous post on how to get free audiobooks from the Hoopla app: Free Hoopla iPhone & Android App
  • Keep a dry erase marker in the bathroom to write gratitude lists or inspirational quotes on the bathroom mirror. Write your significant other a sweet note on their bathroom mirror as well. 
  • Change the message on your phone's alarm to something personally inspirational. The text that pops up on my iPhone each morning is "This Day is a Blessing".  Other ideas: "You are Beautiful" or "Coffee Awaits".