Canvas photos

My office recently moved to a new location, so I have been on the lookout for some decorations for my new office (actually, it’s a cube).  I knew I wanted to find a cute way to display pictures of Meg and the dogs, but didn’t want to use boring photo frames. 

Meg and I went to Michael’s for some supplies to create canvas prints.  I had originally planned on doing 5x7 prints, but found some 6x6 canvases and fell in love with them.  With a little scrapbook paper, mod podge and pictures, I was able to create some great canvas prints. 

***three canvases***

***one layer of mod podge***

***mod podge – matte***

***scrapbook paper and photo applied***

***mod podge starting to dry***

***the final product***

I love how the canvases turned out and think I will make some for the house.  Meme already asked me to create one for her with pictures of Megan and Luke. 

Love this bridge!

While we were camping last weekend, our campsite was right up the street from this adorable bridge.  I couldn’t resist shooting a few pictures of Meg on the bridge.  Thankfully, she was in the mood to have her pictures taken. 

 

Macro Friday

Texas Bluebonnets

On our way home from San Antonio last weekend, Meg and I stopped just outside of Marble Falls to take some pictures in the Bluebonnets.  The small field was a sea of blue with a little red and yellow splashed through out.  It was so beautiful.  This is the first year we’ve taken pictures in the Bluebonnets. 

Meg was so cooperative that it made the mini photo shoot very easy.  She even grabbed Reagan and Rachel out of the car for a few pictures with them.  I love this girl!

Smile!

I think I have found a great place for pictures :) Meg was my model today...and, for once, she was perfectly fine with posing for me.

Wordless Wednesday

We are loving the weather!

Last week we had some beautiful weather (if you subtract Wednesday night/Thursday, it was the perfect week). Wednesday afternoon, after I picked Megan up from school, I decided that it was too beautiful of a day to stay inside, so we grabbed the chalk and started coloring.

Life is too short for me to miss these moments. I know I should have probably been working, but I guess being able to spend an afternoon in the driveway with my beautiful, creative, energetic daughter is one of the many perks of working from home. (Believe me, there is also a downside).

I grabbed my camera and headed outside to capture the joys of being five. I drew hopscotch on the driveway and Meg hopped her way back and forth. I was amazed at how good she has gotten - she told me they play hopscotch at school.

***jump Meg, jump***

After a quick game of hopscotch, Meg decided she wanted to color again. I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures of her...her wild hair, her clothes and self covered in chalk. Priceless.

***wild hair***

***coloring a girl with wild hair***

***adding the eyes***

***smile beautiful***

Botanical Gardens Assignment

This falls, I enrolled in a Digital Photography class at UTA with two other girlfriends. I'm having a blast in the class. I'm even going to enroll in Digital Photography II in the spring.

For our field trip, we went to the Botanical Gardens. We had a list of things we were supposed to photograph.

***continuous motion***

***stop action***

***blurry backgrounds***

***lines***

***blurry backgrounds***

***more blurry backgrounds***

***stop action***

***motion***

***stop action***

***so you know what the next picture is***

***in focus background***

***lines, blurry background***

Photoshoot with Gunner

We love having Gunner around the house. Yes, there are times when he's obnoxious, overpowering, overwhelming, over the top, but, we LOVE him. When he's not running around like a crazy puppy (yes, he's still only a puppy - 9 months), he's the sweetest thing in the world (well, almost as sweet as Dixie).

I was giving Meg a bath a few weeks ago and he was in the bathroom with us. I couldn't resist the opportunity to snap a few (OK, a lot) pictures of this sweet little guy.

At first, he was a willing subject. He may have been thinking that I was crazy since I was laying down in front of him with my camera, but I guess he didn't mind.

As the session went on, he was sick of posing for me and decided that he would curl up for a quick nap.

Because of the crazy camera lady, a nap was out of the question. He decided he would just pose a little while longer. I think he was hoping that the craziness would stop sooner rather than later. Obviously, he doesn't know me very well.

At this point, I think he's had enough...but, I keep shooting. I'm hoping to get at least one GREAT shot.

Seriously, I could tell he was over this. But, just one more shot...

And, there - I got a GREAT shot. I think it's great anyway.

After the great shot, he tries to take another nap....

...not going to happen!

At this point, he sits up - he's had enough!

And then, the barking starts...I'm pretty sure he was telling me to put my camera away or else...

...of course, I had to snap a few more pictures before I put the camera away for the evening.