Clickin' Moms Project 52: Week 5 - Friends

I desaturated the colors in the background a touch, then did a little split toning in LightRoom.

MScraps 2nd Birthday - Blog Hop!

Hi gang! Welcome to my part of MScraps' 2nd birthday blog hop! If you collect all the pieces, you get this fun Birthday Party kit!

You should have just come from France's blog. My part is here (just click on the image to download the part):

and after me, you should be going to Helen's blog. If you run into trouble, just head over to MScraps to get your bearings!

Me Do It!

"Me do it!" Have you heard that cry from your toddler, now or once upon a time? Your child's new-found independence is definitely a step you want to record! This kit is perfect for that--and it even has a printable chore chart, as well as unique, hand-drawn elements, and lots of other fun goodies:

I had fun digging through some old photos of Allen, and found one from 2006, when he was barely 3 years old:

  

Here are some other cute pages from the CT:

Jen's goofy little Jenna:

Julie's cookie-traumatized little grand-daughter Ashlyn:

And another Jen's little big boy Abe:

So much fun! I hope you get to spend lots of time @ MScraps this weekend. We're having our 2nd birthday bash, and there will be games all day Saturday and Sunday, with chances for prizes and points to store up for shopping even more. Plus awesome kit giveaways for $10 or $20 spending. And, there will be a blog/Facebook hop too! All kinds of excitement going on! On Sunday morning (Jan 29, 15:00 GMT), I will be having a "scrap by numbers" chat going on live in the chat room on the forum. Hope to talk with you there!

Clickin' Moms Project 52: Week 4 - Bokeh

Winter's Touch: A faded and wind-blown hydrangea still clinging to the bush, with sea oat leaves in the background. Shot with my 70-300 zoom lens: ISO 500, f5.0, 1/250, 160 mm.

PhotoFriday: Pristine

 

 

There's just something pristine about the quality of light at sunset, as if all the cares of the day were washed away...

Double Page Templates!

I have some super-cool unique ones coming out at MScraps this weekend: A Year of Hope: Templates 2. They can be used for all your project 365/52/12 layouts too!

I got lots of really cool samples for these!

By Sandrine:

By Petra:

By Julie:

By ScrapMemories:

And by Jen:

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend--less soggy than mine, though! =)

My 4 Hens Photography Project 52: Week 3, Inspiration

I'm inspired by light, beauty, the natural world... anywhere I can find it, even in a dusty old barn!

Btw, for an interesting comparison, look at my first edit of this shot. I've really learned a lot since then--especially the last two weeks in the Clickin' Moms forum!