Let’s try something new! Would you like the chance to win a piece of custom made sea glass jewellery and to see a live demo of the sea glass wrapping techniques I learned while we were on PEI? ...
I I’ve always taken articles about the dangers of posting photos or personal stories about children online with a grain of salt, and any perceived risk seemed infinitesimally remote, especially...
Can you believe the blog is TEN YEARS OLD this month? I’ve been blogging for a decade. And that’s not the only milestone anniversary I’m celebrating in 2015. Mothership Photography is five ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2015/01/14/time-travel-the-201510th-anniversary-edition/
Some people head to the gym in January to work off those extra cookies. Some people put away the Christmas decorations and use the opportunity to clean house and purge. Not this girl. Nope, I spe...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2015/01/04/a-new-year-a-fresh-start/
Aside from the Reindeer Rant, this post from last year is probably my holiday favourite, and definitely worth sharing again! If you’ve been around for a while, you might remember I spent some t...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2014/12/21/flashback-faves-an-interview-with-norads-santa-tracker-team/
There are a lot of needy things in my life, and I’ll be the first to admit that blog has slowly slid down the hierarchy of things that get my attention. Facebook steals all my short-form conten...
… you must watch this video. I laughed so. hard. It’s like a sequel to “Are you there God, it’s me Margaret” for Millennials and their mothers. Let’s call this reason #152 I’m glad ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2014/06/19/if-you-know-have-known-or-have-been-a-pre-teen-girl/
I heard this clip on CBC Radio on the way home today, and to my great surprise, I cried. Okay, maybe not so much surprise. It’s all over the Internet right all of a sudden, but if you haven’t...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2014/03/31/in-which-wil-wheaton-wins-the-internet-and-my-heart/
So this is kind of interesting. Bloggers, photographers, Facebook business page owners and anyone who earns even a couple of dollars from the interwebs, you might want to pay attention to this. U...
It’s the heart of the birthday season at our house. Simon last Saturday, Lucas this Saturday, Tristan in a couple of weeks, my mom just before that. For some curious reason, late winter is also...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2014/02/04/facebook-turns-10-and-blog-turns-9/
This? Is so cool! Rarely am I *this* excited to publish a post! ff you’ve been around for a while, you might remember I spent some time working with the Canadian Army. When I was there, I was l...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2013/12/20/postcards-exclusive-conversation-with-norads-santa-tracker/
Hey! Did I mention I’m doing a presentation at Social Capital Ottawa this year? I am so excited about it! And it’s a topic that is becoming more and more dear to my heart – how to find and ...
A part of me says, “Wow, has it already been eight years since your first blog post?” And another part of me says, “Seriously, it’s only been eight years? Seems like much longer than that...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2013/02/04/yep-shes-still-blogging-eight-years-later/
Yesterday, Instagram announced a change in its terms of service (TOS). It says that from now on, it has the right to sell your photos to third parties for purposes of advertising. That’s right,...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2012/12/18/instagram-wants-to-sell-your-photos-for-free/
Sigh. I just tried to post a comment on a large and popular blog-gone-commercial. I had a long and thoughtful comment typed out, and then I tried to post it. The site wanted me to sign in with a ...
When I started this blog a million years ago, one of the dreams I held was that I might some day have my writing published in a major glossy magazine. My storytelling focus has wandered from my k...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2012/06/26/now-appearing-on-todaysparent-com/
If you’ve been reading for a while, you know one of my favourite events of the summer is the annual Blog Out Loud Ottawa event organized by the irrepressible Lynn. She has managed to make this ...
I am seriously addicted to Pinterest. I am a natural hoarder, and so I love collecting things that take up no physical space. I love pinning photographic inspiration, crafty ideas, recipes and in...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2012/02/27/in-which-she-agonizes-over-pinterest/
So February is definitely birthday season in our house — Simon last week, Lucas this week, and my mom a couple of weeks from tomorrow. But there’s another birthday squeezed in there — SEVEN...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2012/02/10/happy-bloggy-birthday-to-me/
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