photography

Project 365 2012 – A Photo a Day Journey – Week 5

February 5, 2012

This was a busy, busy week and I found that I used my iPhone a lot more for my Project 365 photos than I wanted to, which I have to remember is just fine. I wanted to challenge myself to take more pictures with my DSLR, but I also need to remember that’s not always [...]

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Project 365 2012 – A Photo a Day Journey – Week 4

January 29, 2012

Our week four in pictures… enjoy! As always, additional pictures and outtakes can be found by following me on Instagram and Flickr. January 22nd, 2012: It always amazes me to watch little kids play with baby dolls… the instinct to be nurturing to little ones is so evident during that special play time.  Although Leah [...]

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Banana Sticker Moments

January 25, 2012

When my sister, Kathy, and I were little, we used to take the stickers off of Dole bananas, tear them into tiny pieces and put them all over our cheeks. The one of us who wore the “sticker” freckles got to play Ginger from Gilligan’s Island while the other got to be Mary Ann. We coveted [...]

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Project 365 2012 – A Photo A Day Journey – Week 3

January 22, 2012

Week 3 of 2012 has passed and it was a fairly low key week around here, which I always love. Even though it was low key, it seemed to fly by. Is anyone else in awe of the fact that we are entering the last week of January? Crazy, right? Here’s a look back at [...]

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Project 365 2012 – A Photo a Day Journey – Week 2

January 15, 2012

Week 2 of Project 365 – photos I didn’t go with for the week can be found on my Instagram and Flickr accounts. January 8th, 2012: My baby boy turned 10 today. My parents have been here for 2 weeks and also left to return back to South Texas today. I was happy to capture [...]

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Project 365 2012 – A Photo A Day Journey – Week 1

January 8, 2012

I’m participating in Project 365 again, although this time I’m adding my photos on a weekly basis to my blog. Daily, I’m uploading the pictures and the outtakes to Flickr, but wanted to share them as a weekly photo roundup as well. If you are doing Project 365, I’d love to follow along. Share the [...]

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My ABC’s of Happiness Snapfish Photo Book

December 21, 2011

My Snapfish Photo Book is done and thanks to your ideas, I think I have come up with something that truly represents what I hoped to capture of 2011. One of my favorite features of Dine & Dish this past year and something that seemed to be the most well received by you all was [...]

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Picture the Holidays – Express Yourself

December 9, 2011

I’m a little behind on my Picture the Holidays photo prompts, but I am not giving up! The prompt on Day 7 was to Express Yourself. I went the traditional route with this and did a self portrait – a bed head self portrait at that. When it is cold out it is terribly hard [...]

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Help Me Create a Snapfish Photo Book – 100 Potential Winners!

December 6, 2011

(This is my photo for today’s Picture the Holidays, prompt Small Things) I take a ton of pictures. I mean a TON of pictures. If you’ll remember back to a few months ago, I lost all of my pictures from 2011 in an unfortunate iPhone / iPhoto update fiasco. I was devastated because I take [...]

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Picture the Holidays {The View From Here}

December 5, 2011

Today’s Picture the Holidays Photo Prompt was “The View From Here”. I think the prompt was meant to be nature related.. as in the view from our window or the view outside, but tonight, there is no view that would make my heart more full than the site of all four of my kids decorating [...]

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