I Love This Shot

I had a hard time deciding which photo that I want to contribute to the Boise Photo Walk contest going on over at Love That Shot.   I would REALLY love to win the Lens Baby.   I’ve been drooling over them for quite some time.  The composer  is exactly what I want, too.    I chose to enter this beautiful rose that I captured from The Rose Gardens in Julia Davis Park.   I really love the colors!     Wish me luck on the contest! 

Go Visit Misty and Michelle  HERE....

 

Idaho Humane Society

Remember the picture I took a couple of month ago of my Friends cat?  Well the photo made it into the Idaho Humane Society 2011 Calendar.  They have calendars for sale and all proceeds go to help the animals.   Congrats Sofee!

  

Here she is…  Miss September!

Be Creative!

Sofee

Last weekend I shot some photo’s of Sofee.  It was quite the adventure.   When my friend asked me to take pictures of her cat I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.    We had some plans for indoor photo’s but it was an overcast day and her house was too dark, so we ventured outside. 

Sofee didn’t want to cooperate.  I decided to just let her wander around and shoot whatever I could get.   Sofee is a Ragdoll.  She’s getting her long coat in preparation for Winter.  She is a Humane Society rescue.  

This photo will be entered into the Humane Society Calendar contest.   Isn’t she pretty?  Those blue eyes are amazing.

“ Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.”

Actions, Tips and Giveaways

I just read about this fabulous giveaway by Skye Hardwick and Florabella.  I have a couple of Florabella's PSE actions and love them!! This is a chance to win a great prize package.

Read all about it HERE at Florabella's blog.



Also a change to win Skye's new book - The Workshop Workbook. Read all about it HERE on her blog.



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Snap! Spring!

Saturday I took my Son and his family to the park to take Family Photo’s.    I was invited to a Digital Scrapbook challenge over at Pernickity Prints; so I decided to use a few of the photo’s to create a page.   Great Prizes are available for the winner!   Click HERE to vote for me..   I’m #23.   Register  then click on the start to rate it to vote for mwah!    You have until March 29th to vote.  



Products used:    Shabby Miss Jenn – Snap Spring.  Designer Digitals – Memorable Month spots.  Sweet Shoppe - Traci Reed – Edgy.  Z Pearn – Flirty Flourishes. Font – Kingthings typewriter.

Enjoy! Create! Simplify!

The Big Cheese

My Handyman likes to enter sweepstakes on line. He's a pro at it! We get several packages a week of prizes. Mostly T shirts and coupons for free products but he has also won some very nice prizes. A couple of years ago he won a trip to Saint Martin. It had all kinds of extras with it.. (click on the labels below to read about the trip) . He's won professional cookware, golf clubs, fishing poles, gift cards etc..... Its a great way for him to de-stress for a few minutes each day and he gets rewarded for it.



A few years ago he entered a Grilled Cheese recipe contest. He Entered his recipe "Grandma Sarica's Italian Grilled Cheese. " Its kind of a funny story. He was reminiscing about his Grandma and the fabulous Italian food she cooked for him when he was a kid. He pretty much made up the recipe as he typed it on the entry form.. A few weeks later he got a call that he had won one of the top spots. He was speechless. We got calls from local news and TV stations wanting an interview. It doesn't take much to get this town hopping! I couldn't stop laughing! He had never even cooked the sandwich.. let alone give an interview and tell the sappy story about it.. He grilled it for us that weekend and it was really good! You've gotta give it a try.. He gave in and had an interview with the local paper.

Grandma Sarica's Italian Grilled Cheese
8 Slices of Italian Bread
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons olive tapenade
2 Tablespoons oil packed sun dried tomatoes,
drained and finely chopped.
6 ounces Gorgonzola cheese, coarsely crumbled.
4 pepperoncini, thinly sliced
1/4 Cup olive oil

Butter one side of each slice of bread. Place 4 slices buttered side down on your work surface. Spread the tapenade on the bread and sprinkle with sundreid tomatoes and peperoncini. Distribute the cheese. Top with remaining 4 slices of bread. Buttered side up.
Place the olive oil in a large Teflon coated non-stick skillet over medium heat. Once the oil is warm, about 2 minutes, place the sandwiches in the skillet (in batches if necessary) Cover, and cook for 2 minutes, or until the under side of the bread is golden . Remove the cover, turn the sandwiches, and cook another 1-2 minutes. Cut in half and serve. Makes 4 sandwiches.



EnJOY!

Creative Photography #8

"First Kiss"..
My Mom (Great Grandma Dort) is here for a few days and she was fortunate enough to get Carter's first Kiss. This is so precious I thought I would enter it in this week's contest. Straight from the camera, no alterations. Check out the other entries HERE.

Karma... love your age...

Creative Photography #7

Here is my entry for Rogers Creative Photography Contest #7. Check it out HERE for the other entries and you can even enter one of your own! I'm not much of a photographer.. I just do it for fun and hope I have my camera with me when a good shot comes along..

This is a picture of my card I posted earlier. I used my Photoshop Elements program and Solarized the photo. Its amazing how one click of the mouse changes the picture so much!

Enjoy!

Creative Photography #5

My Handyman and I decided to take a drive out to the Snake River Canyon in the Birds of Prey Wilderness area about 22 miles from home today. We went to the Swan Falls Dam on the river. Read about the dam HERE. I will post a few more pictures in a couple of days. This one is for Rogers Creative Photography contest. Check it out here if you have a photo you want to enter and to see a list of everyone else entering. You have until Wednesday evening to enter.

I edited the picture using Photoshop Elements. I duplicated and made a screen layer and an overlay on top of the original photo. Check back in a couple of days to learn how to do this. (see Monday July 14th for the link)

Enjoy!

5 Minutes for Mom

Look what I found! 5 minutes for Mom has a great contest going on right now! Post a comment and you have a chance to win a 37 inch Flat Panel TV! Isn't that fabulous?? Click on the link to leave a comment by Midnight tonight for a chance. This is sponsored by Best Buy. I need a new TV for my bedroom!! The one I have now is probably about 20 years old!!!