My Life | Beautiful Autumn

I'm feeling way more lucky this year then I did last year, living in the beautiful state of Washington during Fall. Last year we lived in the upper East corner of Montana. It's very dead out there. It has its own kind of beauty, but not trees. I'll have to post some gorgeous pictures I've taken when we lived there, sometime in the future.

In mid November I took my kids to a park near our house. The trees were so vibrant red that I couldn't help but have a mini photo shoot with them. My daughter actually begs to take pictures with my camera so I actually got in on a couple of shots myself. She's not bad for a 4 year old. ;)

So sad to see fall go. It is my favorite season. But we are so excited for Christmas and the spirit it brings!

Clark County Fair

I was sitting at my computer, backing up a bunch of photos off of memory cards and came across some pictures I took back in August 2010 at the Clark County Fair in Washington. I couldn't believe I've never done anything with them! The pictures are so colorful, fun, and great memories! I had the opportunity to go with my Sis-in-law Lurlyn and her kids and my Mother-in-law. We ate yummy food, checked out cool animals and let the two toddlers ride on some carnival rides. It was a hot day, but so fun!

Light

I've been working on paying attention to how the light hits my subjects since that is what my eye is drawn to in a photo. It really can make or break a photo. In my case, this particular day, it made the photo and I probably got my most favorite photo yet of my daughter. The light was coming in so perfectly in my front living room and the way it was coming through my daughters hair, I just LOVED!

This is one of my most favorites now!

The eyelashes! They kill me!

My absolute FAVORITE of all time!

This one makes me feel warm. Its like a blanket of light!

Taken with my 50mm 1.8.

Hogle Zoo

When Lurlyn and Leify were in town we went to the zoo and I got tons of great pics. This one was one of my favorites cause Aubriana loved riding the carousel. I also love the new papers I bought from Catscrap to go with the pics. I can't wait to scrap more from the Zoo.

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I scraplifted the layout by Lena Brandenburg. Everything is from Creashens Tamed Kit at Catscrap. I also used Danielle's Worn Photo Overlays also at Catscrap.

8th Anniversary Page

We had such a blast on our 8th Anniversary this year that I had to use a fun kit with cool colors to display our picture. We took fun photos of eachother through out the trip but I'm not that happy with them. The shadows on our faces really bum me out but oh well, its the memory that counts right? I'm still learning on my new camera and realize I need some fill flash in the harsh sunlight to lighten the shadows a bit... I'm working on figuring that out.

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Most everything on this page is from the Tutti Frutti kit by We Are Storytellers. Love the kit, so many fun elements and papers to choose from. The template I used was from Kay Miller from Sweet Shoppe Designs (SSD).

Unforgettable

I tried to keep this page as simple as possible because the pictures really make the page in my opinion. My daughters birthday was such an amazing experience that I wanted to express that somehow through my page. Don't know if I did, but I love it.

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Everything here is from sweetshoppedesigns.com.

Glitter Alphabet & papers are from the kit, Wish on a rainbow.

I also used blankcanvas (template 4) by mmartin.

The shimmerdust is by kcroninbarrow.

Sketch Challenge

Thedigichick.com has a great forum for when you are having creativity difficulties. You can try one of their sketch challenges, which I enjoy because I'm not good at my layouts. I love coming up with my own style but the layouts are a struggle for me. Here was my take on the challenge. View challenge HERE.

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Paper: Shabby Cottage and She's So Charming by Holly designs from The Shabby Pickle. All elements are from the Shabby Cottage.