i {heart} faces . . . Pink Week

It is Pink Week over at i {heart} faces . . . go check out more pink picts over there! Just to let you know, being the youngest of the family and have two older brothers, our Little Rae of Sunshine thinks that pink is HER color. Too cute :)

This little face and the many other young faces like hers is one of the many reasons why women everywhere need to remember to get checked regularly with exams and mammograms not only to be around to help these young ladies mature, but to set good examples for them so that they me be able to live long and healthy lives.

i {heart} faces . . . excited

Seriously, what is more exciting to little kids than a birthday? Our kids talk about them all year long: what kind of theme they want for their party, the gifts, the friends, the cakes the balloons, everything. Birthdays are just fun? So, when our daughter turned four, she was so excited she could hardly contain herself. Here she is waiting to open her presents, VERY EXCITING! You can see her gripping her overflowing pettiskirt in anticipation. Theses are the moments to remember. I'm so happy that was fortunate enough to capture this one!

Curious, at which birthday do we lose this excitement? Is it the first birthday after we had a birthday where we were let down? Is it a certain age? Does it slowly diminish as our loss of "innocence" increases? Secretly, I still get excited about my birthday (although often I feel as though I might be the only one). Every year might now bring with it a new set of wrinkles, but those wrinkles come with moments like the picture above and moments that have helped me grow in the the "adult" I am now and will help me get to the places I have yet to travel and the person I have yet to become. Age doesn't bother me, I still love birthdays. One of my friends and I joke that when we're 80, we can just throw our feet up, pop our teeth out and laugh about the whole thing! I hope that I do . . . and that I'm still around to do so, what a blessing.

Have a blessed week!

i {heart} faces . . . blue

The theme this week at i {heart} faces is "blue". Blue has to be in the picture some where. I like how I captured our little man IN blue, but also FEELING blue.

If you would like to see more pictures of "blue" click the i {heart} faces button below.

Have a blessed week!

More Cards!!

I've been making more card templates. This is just too much fun. Also, all cards can have a coordinating back; there is an example at the bottom of this post.

Have a blessed weekend!

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You Capture B/W

I am still in shock that I was able to get as close as I did to this Clouded Leopard today. He was a little annoyed that I was there, but I think he'll get over it, it was for a good cause after all :)

To see more captured b/w conversions, click on the "You Capture" link below. Happy clickin'!

Mother/Daughter

I had so much fun with this mother/daughter pair, they are so sweet together and and truly enjoy one another. I am delighted to have been a part of their morning. We had plans to shoot at an old mansion, but our plans were changed due a different event that was scheduled there. But, as we were walking around the mansion grounds, we found a little path that led to a little bridge and a lot of fun taking a lot of pictures.

Natural Light

I love natural light. With all of the technology out there, it can still not be duplicated to perfection. I just love it.