Happy Valentine's Day! {early}

Hi there! Today I am sharing my Valentine's Day post since tomorrow I'll be bringing you the fabulousness of the Scrapbook Adhesives and Imaginisce partnership blog hop. 

In the picture above is the cutest little man and his handmade Valentine's Day shirt. I used my Slice Fabrique to make this T-shirt with a necktie. I didn't like the choices for boys for Valentine's Day shirts, so when you have the option, you just make it yourself!

Here is a Valentine's Day card I whipped up, too. I used the foxy Imaginisce stamp from the Happy Harvest line. Sending it out to all of you, my readers, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! May your day be filled with love and appreciation from those around you.

Oh, and I also have a winner to announce from my Ruffled Blooms giveaway. The winner is #1: Heather! Heather, I know you have my address, so send me a note with your mailing address and what kind of Ruffled Blooms you'd like!

Thanks for stopping by to see my blog today! I'll see you back here tomorrow for the Imaginisce hop with 3L.

Using photo challenges

Some of you know that I got a new Canon EOS T2i for Christmas this year (thank you, best husband ever, for surprising me with that). After a few days of using it in the auto and other pre-set settings, I started to explore the Manual option. I am so hooked on manual!

And now I am determined to get really good at this. I started a Pinterest board for tutorials, tips and tricks. I also started hunting down other photo bloggers and challenges for inspiration.

I'm excited for the challenges. It gives me a definite time period and a skill to concentrate on. I like having that extra pressure of not putting it off, and I love the sharing aspect.

TwoPeas had a Shallow Depth of Field challenge this week and here is my final photo for that challenge.

I am really happy with how it turned out. Especially since I had a five year old modeling for me. 

Do you have any recommendations for photo challenges to send me? Leave the URLs in the comments section! Thanks for stopping to see my photo today!

perspective photography

I would hardly call myself a photographer (only by hobby), but I do like to play around with neat perspectives with the pictures I take.

Today my son and I went to the playground, one of our fave weekend activities. These aren't color corrected or even cropped, but I wanted to throw them up here to share them.

It helps to have a 'super cheeser' like I have with Nate. He'll pose for anything, and he'll even tell me if he thinks I'm missing a shot.






And this shot isn't really a perspective photo but rather a picture of my son being goofball!

i love this boy!

great pictures of the unusual

We went to the Newport, KY aquarium on our way down to NC last week. It made for some great images of animals you don't get to see everyday.

These are some of the really neat pictures I took there. I had to share them, the lighting and angles are pretty cool.