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House to Home - Part 1
As part of my goals for 2014, I am trying to blog more. In attempts to do so, I am going to post a very mini series on how we have made our house a home in the past one and a half years. We moved into...
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Thomas' First Birthday Photo Shoot
Sweet Thomas turned one on December 26th. We had a fun day celebrating by going to The Perot Museum in Dallas and then going to a park for a cake smash photo shoot. We also threw in a quick trip to...
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Investing in ME
I have been wanting to write up a little post about my weight loss over the past year. Before I do so, I am going to share a piece of a conversation I had with my dad this past weekend. We were talking...
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Thomas' Dapper First Birthday
If you heard a loud weird noise two weekends ago, it was me crying as I threw my last 1st birthday party. T Bone turned one December 26th so I waited until after the holidays to have his birthday...
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A Baby Valentine
As we all know, Valentine's Day is tomorrow. We met up with Thomas' playgroup today and I realized that I should probably bring a little something for his first group of friends on Valentine's! So I...
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Photo Favs
Last week I finished up a 4 week online photography class. This course taught me the basics of editing using Lightroom, which I got for Christmas. I really enjoyed the class and it was a good way to...
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Healthy Eating for Busy Moms- Guest Post!
Healthy Eating for Busy Moms Everyone wants to eat healthy, but most of the time this never really happens. Unhealthy foods have been widely commercialized, making it readily available and cheaper...
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A Day in the Life
As most of you know, I am a stay at home mom to three precious boys: John who is 5, Matthew is 3, and Thomas is 1. I tried to document one of our days through pictures (and text!). I picked a random...
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House To Home - Part II
Welcome back to my mini series, House to Home! I am sharing how my house has changed up in the past 18 months since moving in. Today I will be showing of my living room, which is still a work in...
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30th Birthday Celebration
My youngest sister, Emily, turns the big 3-0 this month. Along with my other sister and mom, we tried to think of something fun to do for her birthday. Way back when I turned 30, they made me a book of...
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Composition Class Photo Favs
So I realize I haven't posted recently. Life tends to get in the way of that sometimes, right? Well, last month I took a composition photography class through Clickin Moms. I love taking these classes...
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House to Home Part III: The Playroom
Today I am sharing my third edition of the House To Home Series. Don't think I forgot about it! :) I took these photos in Feburary (before taking my composition photography class so please forgive the...
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Why I love 'Lifestyle Photography'
As you may know, I am starting taking up a a new obsession: photography. I have always been drawn to lifestyle photography rather than posed shots. Luckily for me, this style seems to work much easier...
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Leading Lines
We are continuing our composition fun by talking about leading lines today. This one still tends to throw me for a loop on what is a leading line and what line apparently 'leads the viewer out of the...
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Photo Challenge- Telling the Story Without Faces
Today's creativity challenge is to tell the story without using faces. Here are some examples I had but I am excited to try this out with more purpose!1. Fun after the rain2. Easter Egg decorating3....
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Framing
Hi everyone! We are movin' and groovin' right along with our photography challenge. I am loving all the photo shares!Today is going to be a fun day and I know you are going to love it. We are...
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Shooting at Different Angles
When I took an online class on composition, my favorite tip was shooting at different angles, especially in terms of cutting out parts of the background to make a cleaner picture. There are three ways...
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Cropping Photos and Rule of Thirds
So let's chat about cropping. Sometimes you just need to crop a photo to make it look better for a variety of reasons. The main idea to go by is the Rule of Thirds (ROT). To save myself from...
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Auto Focus vs Toggle Focus
One thing I was always frustrated with on taking photos was the focus. Actually, I still get frustrated with that and am rarely 100% happy with my focus. However, what I found to be the most helpful...
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Shooting in Manual - Outdoor
Hi there photographers!!! I hope that we are starting to get the hang of switching up the settings on our cameras around the house. Remember, it takes time to get quick at it but I promise that you...
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