Feb 20 2011

The Bloom Forum | Fab 15 | Week 6 | Black and White

The theme for this week’s Bloom Forum Project 52 is “Black and White” Well… somehow this little black and white refugee managed to find her way to my vet clinic. As the owner of a rescue Boston… I just couldn’t say no. This baby OBVIOUSLY has a family missing her. She has a “well-loved waistline” and is crate trained. Hopefully we will find her family soon. If not.. she will be put up for adoption, so these photos may serve double duty for softening up some animal lover future Boston Terrier owner!

And some others from our impromptu session:

And MY personal fav….

Now head on over to Carrie Terrones, Las Vegas Photographer and see her interpretation of Black and White!

   

Stacey S - What a sweetie and wonderful captures of her! I hope she is reunited with her family quickly.

AmandaB - you and i were on the same wave length this week :-) love the photo of her with her tongue out.

Carrie - Love the captures…and that little face is to die for!

robyn - love it… made me laugh out loud for real 😉

christina - Great take on B&W! What a beautiful doggy you have.

Jessica N - Oh how super sweet. I hope her family came to claim her. She’s gorgeous and these shots rock.

Amy Lucy - Oh that last one just cracks me up! It is perfect! I love dogs and he is just the cutest.

Cara - Awwww what a cutie. Great shots Rachel, I hope she is reunited with her owners soon!

kristin m. young - cute, cuter, cutest, the most cutest–is that possible???? there are great! hope she finds her mama and daddy soon! love yor dof on all of these!

kristin m. young - and i can’t spell—“your dof”

Rachel - Those are adorable!! What an awesome take on “Black and White”!

Laura - Sooo adorable!!! We have a Boston and love him to pieces! He is my model on P52 a lot! So glad you were able to find this guy’s family- I’d be devesated to lose my baby! If ya even need a CA home for a Boston mine could use some company, especially if they are as cute as that little guy!

Tamara - Oh what a face!! So cute

Feb 13 2011

The Bloom Forum | Fab 15 | Week 5 | Together

Another week for the Bloom Forum’s Fab 15! This week’s theme was “Together”

I had all sorts of ideas for this week. Funny thing about creativity… it takes the control away from your brain sometimes and just “happens” when you least expect it. For those of you far and away… Mississippi got snow this week. Something that rarely happens. Wednesday night the kids and I stayed “in town” with my parents after work because of the 30 minute drive north to our house and the horrible road conditions. Travis was home and held down the fort with the animals. The next night… He worked overtime. The kids and I got home late so it was too dark and cold to play in any left over snow. Friday… again.. it just didn’t happen. Well today, THREE days later and with temperatures in the 60’s, we are all at home getting to spend some time… TOGETHER… and low and behold there was a little corner of untouched snow still hanging around in a far corner of our property. So we decided to take the kids out to play in it. Travis gets the creative credit for this idea. As soon as he suggested it I knew it would be perfect for this weeks theme. ( GO TRAVIS)

I’m including some other pics of our adventures today. We all had a blast!

Now head on over to Carrie Terrones, Las Vegas Photographer and see what togetherness SHE found!

   

Stacey S - I love seeing your family “together” – such fun and happy photos!

Amy Lucy - What a beautiful family you have! I love the hand print photo — so creative!

Rachel - Aww.. I love the handprints!! And all the snow pics!

robyn - great job… i love it! i initially thought of doing something with all of our hands too!!

beth schmidt - I just love the “together” handprints!

AmandaB - the handprints are precious!

Erin Norman | Las Vegas Maternity Photographer - Yes, I’ve heard from my parents and friends back home. I still can’t believe MS has gotten so much snow this year, just crazy! Glad you did get to play in it some, that’s always fun. Love the handprints :)

Jessica N - What a wonderful day. I SO love the handprint shot. What an awesome idea!

Cara - The handprints are wonderful. It looked like a lot of fun!

Carrie - Love all of these shots..and so glad you included the images from your day. It looks like so much fun!

Tamara - Such fun family photos. Love the hand shot too!

Suzanne - I LOVE these, especially the handprints in the snow. That is so creative! I LOVE your logo too. This is the first time I am seeing it! Love your work girl!

Carrie Owens - what a great series of shots! Looks like you guys had a great day together!! :)

jules - such fun! love the handprints!

Lori - Oh I love the handprints in the snow picture! Don’t you love when the hubby gets in on the fun and comes up with a really great suggestion?!

kristin young - handprints in the snow…love it! glad that yal got through all that crazy snow.

christina - What a fun day! Cute idea with the hand-prints. Go Travis!

Feb 05 2011

The Bloom Forum | Fab 15 | Week 4 | In the Home

Its that time again! This week our Bloom Forum Project 52 Theme is “In the Home”
This presented a bit of a challenge for me because I am 700 miles AWAY from home in Nashville, TN visiting my sister on a short Mommy Vacation. My sister is a realtor and so we went to visit a couple of big homes just for fun. I was hoping to get a shot of some posh kitchen or something for this week. Unfortunately nothing struck my fancy. We did go visit a gutted old mansion that looks like it must have belonged to some country diva in the seventies. Its in pretty bad shape now, down to studs and bare decking in most places… but this place was STILL unbelievable. While in an upstairs bedroom, I spied the decorative capital of the column from the window. So TECHINCALLY this isn’t IN the home, but it was shot from within the home.. so I hope you guys don’t hold that against me. Using my sis’s laptop, but I’ll re-edit these when I get home!

And here is a shot of what once have been a magnificent entry way… All’s that is missing is the ballgown!

Now shoot on over to visit amazing Carrie Terrones, Las Vegas Photographer and see what she has for us this week!

   

AmandaB - that stairway was is amazing! i would love to have that in my house!!

Carrie - Oh my…this house is so intriguing! I would LOVE to see more pics!

Amy Lucy - That stairway is glorious! These are great for this week’s theme, Rachel!

Jessica N - This is going to be beautiful. That staircase is amazing.

robyn - love that entry way!!! wow!

Stacey S - What a beautiful house and stairway! It’s such a shame that this fell into a state of disrepair – hopefully someone soon will change all that!

Erin Norman | Las Vegas Maternity Photographer - Wow, wouldn’t you love to see what someone could do with that house? Love the cracked and peeling paint in the first shot.

jules - gorgeous stairway! would love to see the original home in all it’s glory!

Cara - You must have had fun looking at houses, I think I made an audible sigh when I opened thinking this was your place :D.

christina - How fun that must have been looking at those houses. I can almost see Scarlett O’Hara coming down that staircase. :)

Jan 30 2011

The Bloom Forum | Fab 15 | Week 3 | Vintage

VINTAGE…
When trying to come up with an idea for this week’s Bloom Forum Project 52, I remembered an old book that was found in a truckload of junk from an old library that I saved. Not only was this book old, but it had a personal inscription inside the front cover that really made it special.

This is The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Southey. I couldn’t find an edition date, but the incription reads, ”

Miss Elizabeth Kyle,
a present from her Matthew.
May 17th, 1871

Yep… I’d say its been around a while and earned it’s Vintage Badge! I’ve googled “Elizabeth Kyle”, but nothing came up… Guess Facebook wasn’t as popular back then! 😉

Now.. lets go see what Carrie Terrones has in store for us this week on her BLOG

   

AmandaB - wow! what a neat find.

jules - very cool! love your share!

kristin m. young - STTTTTTTTop it! so very very cool, rachel!!!

Alison Crane - Wow that’s cool! I love that it’s inscribed.

christina - WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How cool!

Amy Lucy - This is so lovely, Rachel!

Cara - I said wow as I looked at this too. Love the inscription and how you have captured this.

Stacey S - Really, really beautiful Rachel!

Carrie Owens - love the inscription! What a cool thing to have!

Carrie - Oh this is great…and love the handwriting in the book!!!

robyn - wow, what a neat thing to find and now own. love the personal inscription, makes you really think about who they were. love stuff like this.

Jessica N - Oh gosh how super amazing. I love the fountain pen inscription. What a treasure.

Rachel McPhillips - Love it!! That inscription is so cool-definitely earns it’s vintage badge!

Tamara - True vintage. Love the inscription. Beautiful job

beth schmidt - Love the photos. Great find.

Jan 22 2011

The Bloom Forum | Fab 15 | Week 2 | Little

You all will have to forgive me this week. A stomach virus hit our house and my home computer had a virus which prevents me from accessing the internet. OH the HORRORS!!!! So this is a quick post from work, and a photo from this fall. I thought it was better to share SOMETHING, than nothing. I promise not to let my Bloom Forum buddies down next week! The theme for this week is “Little” This is Rosie our miniature horse with Coley, my 18 month old daughter. This is not a baby horse, but a full grown mama horse who has has Little ones of her own. She has been a fun addition to our menagerie.

Now head on over to Carrie Terrone’s Blog and see what she has in store for us THIS week!

   

Erin Norman | Las Vegas Portrait Photographer - Wow, I don’t know who is cuter, the mini horse or your daughter :)

Amy Lucy - What a sweet moment you captured! Adorable!

Carrie - Such an adorable image…Great job, and glad you shared it! Now get better soon :).

Stacey S - Oh my gosh, what a precious image!!! Hope you all are feeling better…..

christina - What a lucky little girl to have her won mini horse! Very cute!

Cara - Fits the theme so perfectly. I am glad you shared and hope your feeling better soon!

Jessica N - Oh my that horse is super cute. Your little girl is adorable too. I love her outfit.

kristin m. young - LOL! I love the mini horse and just her size! hope you guys are feeling better–yuckies are no fun!

AmandaB - my daughter would love that horse. i can’t wait to show her this image!

Tamara - Oh how fun is this little horse. Hope you are all better.

robyn - what a week for sure. glad you were able to get this picture up it is super sweet!

Gail - adorable beyond words!