Nichole V

Nichole V is an amazing photographer, teacher, and designer amongst other things.  She is having an amazing giveaway, go check her out here : www.nicholev.com

Here is a picture that I edited using an action from her flourish emporium.  I used the Creme Vintage + texture from her Chic Vintage collection and the chic washed texture 03.  I set the texture opacity at 25% deleted the saturation, and contrast layers for the texture.  I changed a few of the color settings, I just can't remember which ones, and what.  Sorry I should have written them down as I went, I just usually mess with them and change the settings dependant upon the picture and feel I am going for.  This is a picture of my handsome hubby and our youngest little boy out by the pond.  I love how dreamy and surreal it feels.  Thank heavens for summer!! :)

Hilarious Outtakes

My little man was playing in the toy room at my inlaws house when I went to check on him this is what he had in his mouth, the pipe from a snowman kit… I couldn’t quit laughing. As I was going through pictures I couldn’t help but laugh at this picture, I have no idea what happened to make him make this face, but lol!!

This was from my sister in laws wedding, her hubby had taken off his suit coat for some pictures and was trying to get it to fit right again, when I came home to edit pictures and got to this I couldn’t quit laughing… I titled it groomzilla.

We went to visit my uncle and his baby raccoon, my little one was loving it, it was so curious, playing with his clothes, but I think right here it had licked his neck….

Join in on the fun, or take a look at some of the other hilarious outtakes over at i heart faces. :)

Amazing Giveaway

There is an amazing giveaway over at photoduds.  I would love, love, LOVE to win this…  She is giving two tickets away to WPPI!!  Hope I win, hope I win, cross your fingers for me will you!? :)

http://photoduds.blogspot.com/2010/02/vegas-baby-wppi-beth-forester-free.html

Our Angels 7th Birthday

So you know those days where they couldn’t be any more perfect, well yesterday was one of them!  We got up, got Easton off to school, then Ian and I started getting ready for the day.  Our friend Tawnya was coming over with her daughter Lauren for a play date.  When I answered the door she had the most beautiful cake in her hands,

I thought she had brought some of Lauren’s birthday cake to share, but she said this is for Kelsi’s birthday.  I can’t even tell you how shocked I was, this is one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me!!  I hadn’t told her it was her birthday, she had remembered from my post last year. 

 

Ian said a pony cake!   Can you tell how excited Easton was when he got home and saw it?  Easton said that is the prettiest cake I have ever seen.  Later when I went to Vernal, I showed Court the pictures, and he repeated Easton’s line.  Tawnya you are one of the sweetest, most talented, thoughtful, beautiful woman I have ever met!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  She stayed and visited for a few hours, it was so nice. 

Later we went over to Vernal to release seven balloons at the cemetery, before I post pictures, I have to tell you I am so embarrassed of these pictures.  Before I got out, I changed lenses, set all my settings, and got it all set up, then I was for some reason so nervous about getting the balloons before they blew away that I seriously made the most stupid embarrassing mistake and forgot to watch my shutter speed, I overexposed all of them!  I have worked and worked with them, when I say they were overexposed, I’m not meaning the good amount, I’m talking they were almost completely white.  So even though I am completely embarrassed, I want to document this beautiful day and all that we did.  

It was so cold, the kids were freezing, but they still had fun “sending the balloons to heaven.” 

 

In the picture below you can barely see a balloon floating up above the branches, middle right.

After that, we went grocery shopping, then came home.  I got two letters in the mail, one from my sister Stephanie who had sent me some pink makeup brushes, double perfect, pink and makeup brushes!  Then one for jury duty… lol.  I know that bothers a lot of people, but I won’t mind if I am picked.  I really like learning and seeing new things, so it would be really interesting.

Nikki Andru and Lexi came over, and we finished the day off with cake and ice cream.  What a perfect ending to a perfect day! 

Happy Seventh Birthday our perfect little angel Kelsi!

Post card from somewhere warm

I have set a few goals for this new year, and one of those is to work on my photography and editing... Tonight I decided to just play with a picture from girls camp last year. Here is the before and after. I realize this is really edited, but like I said it was fun just playing.

SOOC:

After:

Bring on the Spring

I think I have a case of the January blues.... Please send the spring. :)

I can't wait to take the kids outside, play in the sprinkler, splash in the puddles, walk barefoot on the lawn.

What do you guys do when your cabin fever starts to set in?

Fairy Wonderful

K so I know I haven't blogged forever, but today I stumbled upon this cutest site, and what even better, but they are giving away a pettiskirt!!! Go check it out, they are seriously divine!

http://fairywonderful.blogspot.com/