I have not been photographing much lately and am so desperate, I’ve resorted to searching my iPhone. Here’s an oldie of Jordyn on the boat.
I Heart Faces – Wind
I Heart Faces – Love – Adoption
My sister and I just recently had the opportunity to capture the adoption homecoming of our friend, Jessica, with her daughter, Cleo. I took video but managed to grab a couple photos. I just her husband’s expression of love outpouring toward Jessica and his daughter. To find out more about the adoption story and see a video of the session, visit Jessica’s blog.
And, to see beautiful photo entries of love, head on over to I Heart Faces!
Valentine Card Ideas – “You Rock” Theme – with photo & candy
This year’s Valentine card ideas featuring the “You Rock” Theme:
My friend Adrienne suggested a theme for this year’s Valentine’s Day cards that piqued my interest. She was looking around for a card that went along with the “Rockstar” vibe. Each year, I try to create a photo card for my kids that has matching candy. I loved the idea of having “You Rock” as the greeting because it doesn’t imply anything lovey-dovey which might make my older son uncomfortable.
My first thought for Jordyn’s card was to pair it with fruit roll ups and have the Rock & “Roll” combo. I ditched that, though, when I couldn’t figure out how to combine them.
Instead, I came up with this…
The font used is Olympique which I got the idea to use from another rock themed card. I bought some colorful rock candy from Party City which I added to the left of the card. In the interest of saving money, I sized the card 4×3 so that I could fit two on a 4×6 print.
For Nathan, I used Pop Rocks. We recently bought a drum set, so that was the scene for his rock theme. Again, I fit two of these on a 4×6. (This card was inspired by a post from another blog.)
Nathan is my minerals and rocks obsessed kid so the next card was originally intended for him. (He decided he’d rather have drums, though, so Ben became the subject of this one.) I found some chocolate rocks on Amazon that I divided into little baggies and then created a card similar to this one. I printed this at a full 4×6 so that there would be enough room for the baggy.
Here are the Valentine cards from last year….
Thank you, Pinterest! 
I Heart Faces – Best Face Photo of 2012 – Silly Expression
This was a tough one. If I picked one of my kids for best face photo, two would be left out. So, I went through the sessions I’ve done this year…family shots, beautiful senior girls, babies, toddlers…then I came across this one:
I love photos that evoke emotion, and this boy’s silly expression just makes me laugh.
Go enter your own photo at I Heart Faces! I look forward to helping pick the top photos this week!
I Heart Faces Photo Challenge – Friendship
I Heart Faces ~ Pets
Almost forgot to enter. Since the entry system is about ready to close, I didn’t get a chance to go through the tons of photos I have of Copper. So, you get one of his “puppy” days…which lasted all of about 2 weeks before he turned into the behemoth he is today. :)
