a fun photo shoot...

miss girly and friend, miss L went shopping and bought matching dresses.  miss L spent the night and this morning they both got up, fixed each others hair, put their dresses on and asked if i could shoot some pictures.  of course, the wanna be photographer that i am, jumped at the offer!  here's how they turned out all with different types of photo editing.  

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you capture: spring

it sure has been a very busy week.  today i am really tired and i had one of those, what am i going to capture today moment for project365? to be quite honest, i was having one of those blah days where i thought that maybe i won't take a picture today. i'll just end it at day 125, yesterday's picture but i knew if i found some source of inspiration i could come up with a capture of some sort.  i did and i am linking to i should be folding laundry's you capture:  this week's theme is spring...

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for more inspirations head on over to beth's and at the end of her post she is encouraging everyone to love on julie.  her son was diagnosed with cancer.  i'm sure she could use some encouragement. heading over there right now.

my new camera bag...

i have been obsessing about getting a fun, stylish and functional camera bag.  small burst had a post on her blog about her wanting a new camera bag and she posted a few different companies.     my s-i-l tweeted me asking me if i was looking for a camera bag and she gave me the same recommendations that small burst had posted about.  funny thing is, i've already had my eye on the same ones!  here they are...

photo source: kelly moore bags

the kelly moore b-hobo bag in mustard

price tag:  $199.00

photo source: kelly moore bags

photo source: epiphanie bags

the belle epiphanie bag

price tag: $164.99

as much as i loved both of them it was way, way over the budget and since i tire of bags fairly quickly i wasn't going to sink $200 on one.  back in december when the family purchased my nikon it came with a camera bag but i didn't use it.  well, the inside of this bag had removable pads and right then i had a d.i.y. moment.  i thought what if i just find an inexpensive bag and used the paddings from this camera bag? hummmm....

since that idea came to mind a few weeks ago i have been on the hunt for something suitable.  something that fit my requirements of fun, stylish and functional. today i found this at kohl's...

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and it was perfect!  the perfect size, style and color on sale for 50% off plus i had a 15% off coupon.  the total price for this purchase $25.00.  then i bought some stick on velcro strips from the fabric store for $2.50.

i added it to the back of the velcro that was already on all of the padding and i stuck it into my newly purchased bag.

and voila!  i now have my fun, stylish & functional make-shift camera bag which cost me less than $28.00 dollars!  woot! woot!  i know it's not a kelly moore or an epiphanie but it's good enough for me!

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i heart my new camera bag and even my kids were impressed with what i came up with!

it is quite loveLee, don't you think?

p.s.  linking this post to

all things...

 bright and beautiful, 

all creatures great and small,

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 all things wise and wonderful,

the Lord God made them all!

source via mary's ruffle

yes it is.

my life is filled with many blessings

my cup runneth over.

(linking to chatting at the sky)

in the busyness of the day...

 i paused to capture this.

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white flowers were budding from the trees.

and dinner with out with the cousins.

i am thankful that tomorrow is friday and i don't have to work.
what a blessing!

the next set of family, mr. L's cousin and mom,
 fly in tomorrow around 11:30'ish a.m..

total of 11 peeps in the house!

sweet shot day...

i am participating in the first sweet shot day photo linky hosted by darcy.  

Flowers are the sweetest things God
ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
  Henry Ward Beecher, Life Thoughts

portraits...a work in progress

that would be me,

an amateur, wanna be, photographer.

yesterday, i had the opportunity to shoot some pictures of my beautiful niece T.

she's a senior this year and the funny thing is,

she doesn't like to have her pictures taken 

and I've really only been shooting things, not people

so it was uncomfortable on both ends.

i wish i could have played with the settings more, changed a few things,

but it was cold and windy and we both wanted to get it done!

thankfully, we were able to capture a few that she liked...

learning, practicing and enjoying the journey much~