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8 creative ways to use your photos and MAKE this Father’s Day very special

August 23, 2013 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Father's Day

I was a guest.  Settled, comfortable, relaxing on the couch, sipping my tea.  Chatting with the others while we waited for the party demonstration to begin. That is when I saw it.  A wall covered in framed family photos.  Old, aged photos, alongside new and colourful portraits.  Wedding photos, baby shots all with a story […]

Filed Under: Being Mum Tagged With: art, create, Family, Father's day, photos, slideshow

A behind the scenes look at my craft….slideshows

August 17, 2013 By Karen Main 4 Comments

Father's day

I have had the honour of creating several slideshows and photo books for Father’s Day. Weaving together hundreds of photos, songs and words.  Divulging stories, imparting messages from daughters, sons, grandchildren and wives in my own distinctive way. I rendezvoused with a close friend today.  She had selected over sixty photos from her collection to […]

Filed Under: Being Mum, Time to reflect Tagged With: emotion, Family, friend, nostalgia, photos, slideshow, words

Creating Nostalgia and wrapping yourself in a big, cosy, wistful blanket

July 4, 2013 By Karen Main Leave a Comment

Nostalgia. The term nostalgia describes a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. Wikipedia Nostalgia is like wrapping myself in a big, cosy, wistful blanket. I was leaving work last week and stopped at the lights outside my old High School.  As I sat there, the afternoon sun streaming in […]

Filed Under: Being Mum Tagged With: Family, Motherhood, nostalgia, photos, slideshow

How can we dive into the wealth of memories and emotion contained in our hard drives?

June 15, 2013 By Karen Main 4 Comments

Its is estimated that we each take on average 20-50 photos per week, with this number increasing rapidly. Less than 20% of these  photos are then shared on social media. Even less are printed. This means hundreds, even thousands photos are saved and unused each year. We are storing them everywhere, discs, hard drives, the […]

Filed Under: Connection and Support, What matters most Tagged With: Fabulous, friend, fun, photos, slideshow

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Karen Main is a Life Leadership Coach for people who are ready to make a change in their lives.
Through her coaching, workshops and speaking gigs she’s here to help you design a life you love — while making it all feel like a celebration.
And when she’s not working, you can find her indulging in a long walk with the dog, laughing with her kids or at her favourite yoga class Read More…

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