Yes, I have four cameras.

Over the summer, I watched "How I Met Your Mother" (and I'm watching it over again now, haha), and the main character Ted Mosby has an antique camera collection. 

And I want one too.

When I was in grade twelve, I got my Canon Rebel T3 and it's kind of been my "old faithful". I took it to Scotland, Iceland, Ottawa, Newfoundland and other sweet places. I also used it for journalism, for school assignments and on the job training.

(Taken in the Kex Hostel in Reykjavik, Iceland)

Around the same time I got my Canon Rebel, I found my dad's old Nikon film camera. I had used film before when I took a class called Visual Communications in grade 10 where we had a film photography portion, which was really fun because we got to develop our own photos in a dark room and everything! So I decided to get film for the Nikon to try it out. And it was great, but unfortunately, I believe the aperture isn't working correctly anymore. It will be semi-retired until I could possibly get it fixed. 

The Nikon

                                       

One of my favourite Nikon photos from Brackley Drive-In

I went to Value Village last week and I think I struck gold. I found a Minolta X-700 film camera in the store. Like what?! It was $70, and I took the risk. I got new batteries for it and took it to the P.E.I. Photo Lab to see what they thought. They told me to try some film in it to see how well it works. So I did, and it seems to be all right! I can't wait to see the photos from it!

It was a lucky find and I'll definitely share some photos on here once I get them back!

Lastly, I was on Kijiji this morning and found an unopened Fujifilm Instax Mini camera at a decent price. Which is awesome because I've wanted one for so long and this was my chance! I emailed the woman and she said I could pick it up today. Winnie and I took a little drive out to Orwell Cove to pick it up and we made a quick stop to look at Vernon River. 

The camera itself with one of its pictures!

And here is sweet Winnie by Vernon River :)

[I take too many pictures but I don't care.]

This is how it's supposed to be (Part One) | Craft update (Part 2)

Part One

Today is Sunday and is also Valentine's Day. I gave the lesson in Relief Society today at church, and the lesson was by former prophet of the church Elder Howard W. Hunter about adversity in God's plan for us. I thought it was weird how Valentines is supposed to be a happy and loving day and how I was giving a lesson on why we have hardships. Then it hit me; God loves us so much that he puts hardships in our path to help us grow and learn. 

Everyone told me I did good job with the lesson and I thank everyone for their support.

Well it is Valentine's Day. I don't have a "Valentine", but I do have my family and friends and pets.

On Friday night, I went to Dairy Queen with mom and dad and Alyssa and Haig. And last night after little Winnie had a little temper tantrum, she came and cuddled on my lap for a little bit. I love when she does that. 

(There was no way to get those sunglasses on Meeko. She's having a sassy weekend.)

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Part Two

I have two updates on my projects!!

I made the coin jar bank! And it turned out to be adorable.

On Thursday, we had quilting. I was cutting the strips into patches and Alyssa decided to attempt the four patches together. I absolutely can't wait to work on it more.

Also, after quilting it was snowing quite a bit, but Alyssa and I went to Wendy's anyway and had a snack at around 9:30 p.m.

That's all for today. 

Remember to send some love today! <3

Happy birthday mom!

I wasn't quite sure what to write about this week, but today is my mom's birthday, so I'll just make a quick post about it!

I love my mom so much. She always listens to my crazy rants and buys me treats to cheer me up. She supports me in so many things. One would be when she drove to Newfoundland with me for my former job and she helped me with my transition of living on my own for a while.

And she's just an overall amazing person.

Happy birthday!! :) <3

Out visit to the Temple before going to Newfoundland

Karen and Kevin Flintstone

We watched the Super Blood Moon

Girls with Grandma Stewart

Let's try some crafts!

A friend of mine asked me a couple days ago if I have any short term and/or long term goals that I might want to accomplish this year, and I wasn't quite sure on it.
But now after thinking about it, I want to try out more crafts this year.

The first would be quilting, which I have already started. My sister Alyssa got a sewing machine as a wedding present and decided to learn how to use it more. She asked around at church to see who would be interested in starting a sewing/quilting group, and I said I would like to. We're a small group of maybe 5-8 people and we've been meeting for a couple weeks now. Even being with some of these women who know how to quilt is inspiring me to try my best to work hard on it. I'm working on a four patch baby quilt, not for anyone in particular. Maybe my future children! I'm just trying to get used to it. And I'm so grateful for the women who attend the group to help me out in any way they can!

Here's some picture of the materials I'm using. I already have two strips sewn, and everything else is waiting to be put together!!

Another craft I would like to possibly get into is making cool things out of Mason jars. Not sure how much I'll actually do, but I got the materials to make one. I saw a jar bank on a website and it says "CAN'T TOUCH THIS", but it was like $13 or something. I liked it but if I was to order it, I would have to pay shipping and such. Besides the colours of it didn't match my room very well. So I decided to make my own with stickers and ModPodge. And I'll cut a slit in the top so I can put change in it.

Then I can start collecting change to put towards something good. :) 

I've also been wanting to get into knitting for a while. The only thing I've ever knit was half a dishcloth. Yes you read that right, only half, because I ran out of yarn before finishing. But that's okay! I know some of the basics, so now I just have to work on something else!

Lastly, I want to be getting out more to take nice pictures of nature or people or animals. On Boxing Day, I went to Best Buy and got a 55-250 mm lens for my camera, which I want to use!

For now, I'll show you some cute iPhone pictures!

 Winnie in December on a dirt road walk.

 Meeko in the sunlight

In closing today, I will also share this picture of these adorable pillows on my bed! The flamingo one is from Winners, the floral one is from Price Mart!! I can't remember where the Union Jack pillow came from, maybe Sears, But they all match and I love them. #pillowappreciation

Hello all

Hi everyone,
My name is Kayla Fraser and I'm currently 20 years old. I decided to start a blog to keep up my writing skills.
I live in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island with my parents Kevin and Karen and my brother Bryan. I also have a cat named Meeko and a dog named Winnie. I have a sister as well named Alyssa. She's married so she lives with her husband Haig. I love them both so much.
In May 2015, I graduated from Holland College with a diploma in journalism. Since then, I've worked one reporting job and it was in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. It was great, but I came back home after a couple months. (Hence writing a blog to keep writing)
Since then, I started working at Rockport and I sell shoes. I'm actually a third key there so that's always cool.
I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and this is going to sound so corny, but it's truly a blessing in my life. Everyone I attend church with is like family to me and I love that.
Some of my hobbies include baking, photography, crafts, writing, and watching Netflix ;)
So that's a lot of the basics. I figured starting a blog this year would be an awesome way to keep writing and to document things going on in my life.


So enjoy!

Mom, me, Alyssa, Haig, Bryan and Dad

February 21, 2015

Winnie in October 2015

Meeko in August 2015

Another family photo - August 2015

Bryan, Mom, Dad, me, and Alyssa