Scavenger Hunt on Monday (3/4/13)

As it's still tough to get outside and take a lot of pictures for the Scavenger Hunt every week, I've contemplated challenging myself to shoot an entire set with my light box. The week's set of prompts were a perfect opportunity to take up this challenge. Enjoy.

1) Red

The first photo is a perfect example of what I would typically do with this shot. I am thrilled that I've developed a successful aesthetic for shots like this that I can produce consistently. However, I decided to challenge myself a little with this particular subject and see what else I could do with it.

The tone here is a little brighter than I'd ultimately like, but I'm proud of myself for experimenting with the sharp factor. I'm sure it's not a surprise that I love blurred backgrounds and softer photos in general, but there is something about the sharp buttons all the way through this photo that I love, too.

2) Orange

I was just having a discussion with a fellow crafter recently about how much we love these little dagger beads. As I was taking this photograph, I kept thinking about a tropical / summer version of my rock garden design.

3) Yellow

This is a retake of one of my classic light box shots, this time with the SLR. You can see the original version here.

4) Green

I love using ribbon for my greeting cards. I have more green shades than almost any other color. How can you not love the zig zag pattern? I have that design in several other colors, too. 

5) Blue

I have...a lot of scissors, but somehow both of my desk pairs (that aren't for fabric / thread cutting) are blue. I've had the darker pair since I started undergrad. They've seen better days, but they're good for rougher paper project jobs (cutting through contact paper, cutting double sided tape, etc.).

Check out Ashley's blog to see what other people submitted for the themes this week. 

I am also submitting one of these pictures for I Heart Macro.

I know that most people are really sick of snow by now, myself included. Unfortunately we still have a lot of it on the ground. Good thing it's pretty.

Also, I shared this photo on Facebook recently and thought that my readers here would enjoy it as well. This is the first photo that I got with all three of our kitties. I know that Angel doesn't look too thrilled, but she's come a long way already.

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Scavenger Hunt on Monday (1/14/13)

Welcome to another edition of the Scavenger Hunt! Between traveling, holiday happenings, and cold weather, I've been way out of my sync with this weekly photo post lately. It felt good to start getting back in that groove this week. Enjoy!

1) Outside

I'm using this photo for I Heart Macro this week.

It hit 46 degrees on Friday, and I got a few pictures outside, which was a really welcome change of pace.

2) Backside

I took this picture from the backside of our house. I don't know where I come up with these ideas sometimes, but I love the result here.

3) Little Things

I've finally caved and started to buy a few of my favorite movies that I once owned on VHS and that have never come to instant play on Netflix. I can't believe that I've only watched this a couple times during the last few years. That's going to change now.

4) A Cup Of...

My brother and his girlfriend got us some of this tea for Christmas. The Stash peach tea has been my favorite peach tea for quite a few years, but I like this one even more.

5) Reflect

So I bought some Steve Madden boots this week. Can it still count as a late Christmas present?

Since we adopted the kittens, they've been hogging the spotlight a little bit. We certainly haven't forgotten about Angel, though, and make sure that she gets special attention every day, too.

Check out Ashley's blog to see what other people submitted for the themes this week.

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Scavenger Hunt on Monday (1/7/13)

Welcome to another travel edition of the Scavenger Hunt! I'm sharing more photos from our trip to San Antonio last month for the prompts this week. Please tell me that I'm not the only person is not very motivated to take a lot of photos on these dark winter days, even around the house. Hopefully we'll get a few sunnier, warmer days this next month, and I'll be inspired to do a few new photo sessions. For now, enjoy a few more of my vacation pictures.

1) Breakfast

We stayed with some friends in San Antonio. Their dog, Vi, was our little breakfast buddy every day.

2) Multi-colored

I shared a number of my favorite Christmas decoration pictures from the trip already, but this is another gem.

Also, I Heart Macro is back! I'm submitting this photo for it this week.

3) Starts with the letter C

We visited the state capital building in Austin.

4) Roll

I take kind of a ridiculous number of duck pictures on every vacation. That's just how I roll.

5) Future

People are making decisions for the future, even during the holidays.

Here is your weekly dose of kitten.

Check out Ashley's blog to see what other people submitted for the themes this week. 

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Scavenger Hunt on Monday (12/17/12)

Welcome to a travel edition of the Scavenger Hunt! This past week Jake and I took a vacation to San Antonio. Of course I have tons of photos to share. You get a peek at just a few of them today. Enjoy.

1) Sparkly

We stayed with some friends in San Antonio. This is from their Christmas tree. It's not difficult to find sparkly items during the Christmas season.

2) Door

There are a handful of old beautiful churches in downtown San Antonio. The second church pictured here is the second oldest cathedral in the United States.

3) Decorate

One of the fun aspects of traveling around Christmas is seeing the decorations in new places.

4) Stripes

I'm sure that those of you who live in southern areas of the country will laugh at this, but we don't have Whataburger in the Midwest so it was something of a novelty for us.

5) A Few of My Favorite Things

Christmas lights. Red. Stripes of color. Bokeh. What's not to love here?


I wasn't hanging out with Angel this week, but I did get to meet several other animals while we were on the road.

 Our friends have a four month old puppy named Vi. She's a Vizsla.

We saw a couple cats hanging out at the Japanese gardens in San Antonio near the zoo.

They were pretty shy, but aren't they cute?

Check out Ashley's blog to see what other people submitted for the themes this week.

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Scavenger Hunt on Monday (12/10/12)

Welcome to another week of the Scavenger Hunt! Enjoy!

1) Season

Jake and I got married on December 29, and we gave out Christmas ornaments as wedding reception favors. We have a set of them on our tree.

2) Colorful

Jake and I got out to Harley Davidson Museum over the weekend. They have a display with all of their different gas tank designs that I really enjoy. I'll have more pictures up from this little excursion tomorrow.

3) Weather

We've had a handful of rainy days the past couple months but no snowy days yet. That is just fine with me.

4) Silhouette

Steve and I made an afternoon trip to one of the northern beaches in Milwaukee the day before Thanksgiving.

5) Calm

Until I moved to Milwaukee, I'm honestly not sure that I had set foot in a cemetery before. Now we live right near VA grounds and visit the cemetery nearly every week. I'll also have more pictures from my latest VA walk later this week.

Here is your weekly dose of Angel.

This is pretty self-explanatory. Our old kitty keeps a very similar routine from day to day, but she still gets a lot of enjoyment out of it.

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