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Some of my solar lights aren’t working

August 21, 2007 by Tricia

I think I’ve got to get some new solar lights for my garden. We actually bought some new ones this year and they’ve got a switch on them so that you can activate them, but a couple of them don’t seem to be working.

I’ll have to go out in the garden at night and figure out which ones aren’t on. It could be that the batteries just aren’t recharging in the sunlight, or there might be something wrong with the light fixtures, or for all I know maybe we simply didn’t turn on that little switch that activates the light.

I guess I should check them before I think about buying new ones huh?

I’m just disappointed. We have a fair amount of solar lights spread out throughout the garden, but when a few areas aren’t lighting up properly at night it looks funny to me.

I’m the only one bothered by it since they’re in the backyard … but still … I want the things that I buy to work.





Filed Under: Decor, Great Sites, Home and Garden, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Living Green, Recreation, Shopping, Tricia's Garden Tagged With: backyard, batteries, buy, buying, garden, light, light fixture, lights, night, plants, solar lights, sunlight, turn on, work

Your Life in Canvas – Check out PaintYourLife

August 20, 2007 by Tricia

Have you ever thought how nice it would be to turn your favorite photo from your wedding into a canvas painting? Or perhaps you have a lovely photo of your parents together or your children that would make a beautiful portrait painting.

Well I’m pleased to tell you that PaintYourLife has made it possible to turn your photos into paintings.

PaintYourLife states that all their work is 100% handmade by portrait artists and as you can see from the photo that I’ve included above the paintings are of high quality.

I took a few moments to look through PaintYourLife’s gallery, looking at before and after comparisons of photos that had been sent in my clients and the paintings that the portrait artists had created and the work is just amazing.

It’s very easy to have a painting made of a favorite photo too. All you need to do is find a clear photo that you’d like to have made into a canvas. You can turn photos of people, pets, buildings or landscapes into paintings. It doesn’t have to be a high quality photo but if it’s a high quality photo all the better. You can send your photo to PaintYourLife via a digital upload or by postal mail.

Once you’ve picked out the photo that you want to have turned into a painting just visit the PaintYourLife site and fill out the request form. You can choose to have your painting done in oil, watercolor, charcoal, black or color pencil, pastel or acrylic. Then all you need to do is decide what size you want your painting and then tell the company whether you want the canvas sent to you unframed, Stretch canvas (Gallery wrap) or pick out a frame.

Doesn’t that sound easy?

Believe it or not once you send in your photo it can be made into a canvas in as little as 10 days! You’ll also get to preview your painting before it’s shipped to you.

I bet you think this service is expensive. It’s not really. You can get hand painted oil portraits or watercolor portraits for as little as $99. That’s quite affordable when you consider the high quality of the painting you’ll receive.

PaintYourLife portrait paintings would not only make a lovely addition to your home, but a beautiful gift for someone you love.

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Decor, Family, Home and Garden, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Photography, Services, Shopping Tagged With: acrylic, affordable, anniversary, birthday gift, black or color pencil, canvas, charcoal, children, christmas gift, Digital, easy, Family, gift, Gift Idea, landscape painting, life, oil, PaintYourLife, parents, pastel, pets, portrait painting, quality, Video, watercolor, Wedding, wedding portrait

Create your own custom shed at Gazebo Creations

August 13, 2007 by Tricia

I’m sure even one time visitors to this site can easily figure out that I love plants and perhaps even that I have a garden. Long time readers know just how extensive my garden and my passion for gardening really is since I post about it often enough.

The only major thing that my garden is missing is a storage shed of some kind. We actually have a fairly small backyard and when I planned my garden I did so knowing I’d miss out on storage space. I thought I could live with that decision but 6 years later I really do want a storage area since my gardening tool collection has grown as my garden has matured.

Considering that I don’t have a lot of space for a storage shed I’m quite pleased to say that I found a company that makes Custom Storage Sheds. The company is Gazebo Creations and they are located in Pennsylvania.

Now I haven’t gone looking around at many other sites that sell sheds, but I can say that there is a much wider selection of storage shed types at Gazebo Creations than there are at Home Depot and the beauty of ordering a shed from Gazebo Creations is the fact that you can fully customize your storage shed and have it built to order. I can also say that even once you’ve customized a shed it appears that the price is lower than a comparable shed at Home Depot.

All you need to do is click on the link to create your own shed and follow the step by step directions. The first page lets you decide which size of shed you want. The sizes range from 6 x 6 feet to 12 x 16 feet. Since we don’t have much extra space I clicked on the 6′ x6′ option.

On the next page you’ll be give a choice of siding materials. The choices range from Dura-temp siding, Vinyl siding, Cedar lap siding, cedar tongue and groove and pine tongue and groove. I choose the cedar tongue and groove as I love the look of cedar and I know it holds up fairly well to the elements.

Once you’ve decided what materials will be used to construct the frame and outside of your shed you’ll be taken to a page where you can select additional options such as what type of flooring will be inside the shed, whether your shed will have no windows or more than one window, what type of roof shingles to use and what color of shingles to use, and finally, you’ll be able to select the style of door you’d like to have on your shed and if you’d like an additional door.

There are a number of other additional options to choose from as well such as the addition of window flower boxes, vents, gutters, taller walls, skylights and so on. By requesting any of these extra options you’ll truly be creating a unique shed.

Once you are happy with the shed that you’ve created you can decide whether your shed should be shipped assembled, or pre-assembled. The very bottom of the page shows your selection and updates as you customize your shed with the various options. When you are ready you can request a shipping quote for the shed that you’ve just created.

See isn’t that easy?

There are also a number of shed packages you can choose from. I presume these are popular styles that have been selected time and time again in the past by clients so they’ve made it easy for us to just pick a shed that’s already been fully customized.

I’m going to have to show my husband this site and the shed that I just created with all the options that I added before even thinking about placing an order, but you never know, I may soon have my own gazebocreations.com custom shed.

If you’d like a storage shed why don’t you visit the site and click on the create a custom shed link to see what you can come up with for your yard. If you purchase a shed from Gazebo Creations I’m certain you’ll be pleased with how nice they look.

Filed Under: Gardening, Home and Garden, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Shopping, Tricia's Garden, Web and Technology Tagged With: additional options, assembled, backyard, Cedar lap siding, cedar tongue and groove, custom, custom shed, door, door style, Dura temp siding, flooring, garden, Gardening, Gazebo creations, gutters, home, husband, pine tongue and groove, plants, pre assembled, range of sizes, range of styles, shed flooring, shed package, shingles, shipping, shipping quote, skylight, storage shed, taller walls, vents, Vinyl siding, window box, Windows

You can save money at Deal Locker in as little as 6 seconds!

August 11, 2007 by Tricia

Want to know how you can save money in as little as six seconds? Visit Deal Locker. Just visit the site and type an item that you want to purchase into the search box and in seconds you’ll more than likely find a few free online coupons that you can use towards your purchase.

I’m fairly careful with our money. I’m not stingy, but I’ll spend time doing research on any pricey items that we’re thinking of buying and naturally I’m always on the lookout for the best price too.

The Deal Locker is different from other coupon sites that I’ve visited. You can actually sign up, it’s completely free, and add great coupon codes that you’ve found elsewhere in order to share with others.

All coupons listed on the Deal Locker have been rated by site members and they never list coupons that have already expired either so if you find a coupon for a store or a product that you’d like to purchase you’re pretty much guaranteed that the coupon will work for you.

I think that you can find coupons for just about anything that you might be looking for since the Deal Locker lists tens of thousands of coupons for thousands of stores.

As I said at the beginning you can use the search box on the main page to type in the name of a store or an item that you might want to search for coupons for, or you can click on the tabs at the top of the page to search for deals at specific stores or by category.

I’m going to be looking for a macro lens and a telescopic lens for my new SLR camera soon so I decided to take a look at what kind of coupons I might find at the Deal Locker.

I discovered that they have a Camera Coupons section with 24 different coupons listed right now. The coupons are for specific items such as camera batteries and other accessories and there are listing for Best Buy Coupons, Broadway Photo, Camera World and other stores that carry cameras and camera equipment.

I didn’t see any coupons specifically for camera lenses, but I’ll keep an eye on this site now that I know about it just in case some good deals come up. The camera lenses that I want to get are fairly expensive so if I can save some money I’ll be happy!

Visit the Deal Locker and see if they have any coupons that you can use.

Filed Under: Coupons and deals, Finance, Home and Garden, Money, Photography, Recreation, Services, Shopping Tagged With: accessories, buy, camera, coupon, coupon codes, Deal Locker, deals, digital camera, free, online, photo, Photography, photos, Product, save money, spend, thousands of coupons, visit

Anglian Home improvements for UK home owners

August 7, 2007 by Tricia

Chris and I have been working on our own home renovation pretty much since the day we moved into our home 6 years ago. Frankly I’m getting tired of constantly being in a state of renovation and at the point where I’m almost ready to hire a company to finish what we’ve started.

If you happen to live in the UK and you are interested in renovating your home, or perhaps you’re like my husband and I and you’re ready to give up on your DIY home reno you might want to visit the Anglian Home improvements website.

Anglian has been in business for more than thirty six years and they have become renowned for their high quality home improvements.

Check out their Conservatory page to see the lovely work they’ve done creating conservatories in some of their past projects. They’re just lovely.

Anglian can help you with your home improvement project whether it’s a kitchen upgrade or a whole new door or front window. Visit their site and see what they can do for you.

Filed Under: Home and Garden, Home and Lifestyle, Home Renovation, Services Tagged With: Anglian Home improvements, company, conservatories, conservatory, doors, Home Renovation, kitchen, kitchen renovation, projects, quality, remodeling, renovate, renovation, Uk, website, window, Windows

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