Little Darlings by Sharon Montrose

I love Sharon Montrose's work.  I blogged about her HERE as my dream job obsession. She is a brilliant photographer and one of her specialties is photographing animals.  Check out this new line of photos for a nursery called Little Darlings.  These photos below are all by Sharon Montrose and are found on her blog sharonmontrose.com/blog.  You can see the entire collection of Little Darlings HERE.

Wedding Album Giveaway

from Ruffledblog

For the chance to win a free album, Head on over to Muujee’s Facebook fan page to enter their contest they are currently running! The contest runs through the end of November, so hurry up and spread the word.

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Muujee Custom Wedding Albums + Giveaway!

Many of you may have your pictures on CD, but never actually found the time or money to put them in a book. With the help of Muujee, you can simply upload your images, choose the album format you like, and their team of creative graphic designers will craft a beautiful customized wedding album for you! Once the initial design is done, you can request as many revisions as needed before the album is printed, so you can rest assured you’ll be completely happy with it.

Whether you want an embossed leather-bound album, a colorful fabric covered album with a photo window, they offer professional quality albums that are far from your typical photo book. This is immediately apparent as you take a stroll through Muujee’s website.



Other cool giveaway HERE at Cup of Jo, win this shoe and its match.  Good Luck!

Fantastic Picture

I just couldn't resist posting this amazing picture. My brother-in-law, Aaron, is an amazing photographer and he took this photo of my niece the other night.

 You can see the rest HERE.

Oh man it makes me want to have a little blonde haired girl just like her. I love this picture.  So today I ask "Did your kids turn out to have the same hair color as you or did you get some random ginger and go...hmmm where did that come from?"  I want to know.

PS. Red hair runs in my family, my dad was quite the ginger man. Scary for my future kids. My only saving grace is if Paul's gene pool is minus the ginger root.

Another Cool Giveaway: A Hipster Camera

Found this on Emily Henderson's blog. Click HERE to enter and must be done by Friday, October 14, 2011.

Calling all hipsters. Or just general cool people.  This is kinda a requisite awesome thing to have.  In case you aren't aware of the amazingness of these cameras, basically they make things look cool, and they make you look cool carrying it.  I'm the least high tech person i know, so stuff like this has to look cool and be easy to use in order for me to grab on to it. And this thing is both. Win yerself it.

Check out this and other fun stuff for yourself and your home at Modcloth!

Giveaway Entry Info:

• Prize: One (1) Special Edition Diana Mini Camera in Fern Green from Modcloth.com MSRP $109.99
• How to Enter: Leave a comment and tell me why using 35mm film is great!
• If you want to be fun (extra entry): Tweet: Snap to it with @em_henderson and @ Modcloth and win a killer camera!
• Giveaway Ends: Friday October 14th at 11:59pm EST
• How Many Lucky Winners?!: One! (1)
• Ships to: US Only
• Also: Please be kind and only enter once, unless you used the extra entry option, you can enter twice. I will select the winner using random.org and will notify the winner by October 18th via email. You will have 2 weeks to respond with your info, or we will select another winner. If you have won a Modcloth.com sponsored contest in  the last 30 days, we can't allow you to enter this one!

Back To School and School Pictures

I hope everyone is enjoying their lasts days of summer or their first days back at school.  I remember how important it was to wear that perfect outfit and the worries and excitement over who would be in my classes.

Speaking of back to school...I found this fantastic offer for people who live in the Salt Lake City to Provo, Utah area.  Back to School pictures done professionally with Sandy Whitaker Photography. What a great idea. Check out these cute scenes.  I am in love with the music ideas and the pictures set out in the open field. LOVE IT!! If I lived there I would dress Charlie up in his best sweater and hat and make him pose for his back to school photos (maybe in something like this but most definitely needs a hat).  See more of her work HERE.

This Would Make Me Poo My Pants

A family were on holiday in Australia for a week and a half when husband, wife and their 15 year old son decided to go scuba diving. The husband is in the navy and has had some scuba experience. His son wanted a picture of his mum and dad in all their gear so he got the under water camera ready to go. When it came to taking the picture the dad realized that the son looked like he was panicking as he took it and gave the ‘OK’ hand sign to see if he was all right.
The son took the picture and swam to the surface and back to the boat as quick as he could so the mum and dad followed to see if he was OK. When they got back to him he was scrambling onto the boat and absolutely panicking. When the parents asked why, he said ‘there was a shark behind you.’ The dad thought he was joking but the skipper of the boat said it was true but they wouldn’t believe him.

As soon as they got back to the hotel they loaded the picture onto there laptop and that was what they saw.
 

(via yanilavigne)

Dear readers, have you ever scuba dived with sharks?  Scary. PS. Do you think this picture is real or Photoshopped? Why or why not.  I found this and agree that it is fake.

Fun Blog: Ampersand Design Studio

Have you heard of this awesome blog Ampersand Design Studio?  If not then you need to check it out.  Every post has these fabulous photo collages with lots of great colors, images, and fun ideas.  I just love their Etsy Shop as well. Ampersand Design Studio is ran by 2 friends Carrie and Morgan who live in Kansas. They remind me a lot of me and my buddy Jo.

I want this bike picture so badly. Isn't it adorable? It also comes in a melamine platter. Love It!

Here is a great example of their posts.  I also have posted about them in the past HERE and HERE. Keep up the fun posts.

 

The weather here in Kansas City has been perfect. If we weren't buried up to our eyeballs in work, we would be packing up the picnic basket and eating al fresco. Would our picnic look like this? Unlikely, but we can dream.

 

1- Awning Stripe Tablecloth, 2- Sea Grass Carafe and Highball, 3- Just Add Flower Plate, 4- Red Galvanized Citronella Candle, 5- Woven Picnic Basket, 6- Fiesta Dinnerware Melamine Oval Tray

Happy Valentine's Day

check out these cute Valentine's Photo Shoots HERE , HERE, and HERE.  Big kiss from Charlie and me today.

Chocolate Wedding Party- Invite Me

I found this post on Ruffled blog and immediately my mouth started to water.  I want one of these parties for Valentine's Day.  What a great idea for a Valentine's Wedding.  Felici Events, Jessica Foster Confections, and Nico Designs  are the designers of this photo shoot called Is love better than chocolate?

 Add in sweet stationary from Zenadia Design and the lovely photography of Melissa Musgrove. Hello Diabetic Coma!

I don't own rights to any of these photos check out more at Ruffled blog Woodland Chocolate Inspiration

Vendors (Santa Barbara, CA):
Producer and Concept Design: Felici Events / Chocolates: Jessica Foster Confections / Photography: Melissa Musgrove Photography / Decor: Nico Designs / Location: The Santa Barbara Club / Invitations: Zenadia Design













Today's challenge to all my readers, go buy a yummy piece of chocolate and share it with a friend.

Pisa

 

Saw This, which made me think of this

which made me laugh out loud! Ah to be a tourist. Got to love stupid people. Like ME!

Please share the link if you have a funny holding the tour of Pisa picture. I want to see it.

Painting People

Twenty-four-year-old artist Alexa Meade paints portraits on people. She puts acrylic paint directly on live models, so they appear to be two-dimensional paintings of themselves. These are incredible.

Alexa Meade thinks completely backwards. Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas. But not Meade - she applies acrylic paints on her subjects and makes them appear to be a part of the painting!

Meade is an installation artist based in the Washington, DC area. Her innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models, and architectural spaces has been incorporated into a series of installations that create a perceptual shift in how we experience and interpret spatial relationships.



This post is taken from a Cup of Jo Blog where she found them at (My Modern Met).  Click HERE for more amazing photos.