RPC 7.0

I've been participating in the 4 Little Men picture challenges for the past few weeks. Well, I have fun looking at everyone's pictures AND I try to post mine when I find the time. It takes a little more effort, since my older pictures are on the PC in the office, and I mainly use the MacBook these days :) Anyway...Brittany asked a few weeks back if anyone could make her a button for her weekly challenges. I emailed her and told her I'd love to make something for her! She's a funky & happy gal, so I knew the bright blues, oranges & greens would be perfect! I had a great time making it, and it's fun to see my work out there in blog land! Grab the button and play along!!

September 2007
11th picture

HA!! Of course my September '07 folder was full of BLUEGRASS pictures!
This is my hubby and his good friend, David
Can you tell what they're up to?!?!
PEELIN' POTATOES!
What good little hubbies!! They were obviously bored around camp...
and we had LOTS of potatoes to peel for our soup.

THIS is what I looked like at Bluegrass '07 ---->
Watermelon under my shirt :)

Who needs REAL toys?!?!

I don't need expensive toys!
Give me a stainless steel bowl, wire whisk, wooden spoon and plastic lid...
and I'm ECSTATIC!!

We had a blast playing around with these old fashioned toys yesterday! He's such a HAM!!

Isn't it the truth? Kids have all these fancy, high-tech, talking, spinning, musical, rocking toys...and all they really want to play with are things that are NOT toys! Barrett has always been a fan of remotes, cell phones, the cordless house phone and plastic lids. Most recently, he's discovered the camera! I was trying to take some super cute video of him sitting on his four-wheeler yesterday making "vrroom, vrroom" noises, but every time he saw me hold up the camera, he would get off and come over to try and snatch it!

13 months and some babbling

Babbling from me...not the baby! Read on...
I'm a few days late, but here is the 13-month picture with Monkey.

Barrett started getting a runny nose on Thursday morning, so as you can tell, he wasn't too thrilled about being photographed! Happy 13 months, Little Bear...get well soon!

I'm in a picture funk lately! After having my sister-in-law's camera a few weeks ago, I don't really have the passion to pick up my Cyber-shot. My husband will be mad at me for saying that :) He tells me that our camera is nice and kindly reminds me that when we bought it, I loved it and was happy with it! I know, honey! It's a great camera and I'm glad we've had it to document the first year of Barrett's life. It's awesome to have a little camera that I can carry around in my purse at all times...but I'm excited about getting a SLR! I'm saving up and hope to get it in the next month or two! My amazing friend, Bethany, is ready to upgrade her lenses, so she's giving me a great deal on her kit lens and a 50mm {1.8}. She's a budding photographer and knows a lot more than I do about it, so she's been great at helping me figure out what I need. She's a super creative girl and she's going to start doing blog design...go check out her blog if you're interested in a face lift!

I've also been scoping out camera straps! There is some cute stuff out there! I can't decide if I want a strap cover or the fabric stitched right on the strap. Anyone that has one want to share your opinion on that? Here are a few of my favorites from Etsy...

Shabby Straps::


Cotton Candy::


Priddy Creations::

After a trip to Hobby Lobby last night, my creative juices are flowing. I needed to pick-up some paper for a few wedding invitation clients and I wanted to look at fabric. I found this classic apple green fabric, and am hoping to use it as a backdrop for a future photo shoot!

I also fell in love with this damask paper.

I have no idea what I'll be using it for, but I just had to have it. A trip to Hobby Lobby or Michael's is never complete without some new ribbon...so I was glad to find some I can use on invites. Now off to see if I can be productive!