Sweet Little Photo Swap #19

It's photo swapping time again!  Glad to have you back.  I loved all of your pictures from last week.  You all are so creative and talented with your photography.  I hope you are all enjoying each other's pictures as much as I am.

Fall is so much fun!  I love the colors of the leaves, the pumpkins, sunsets, harvest, and everything else that goes with fall.  I've been having fun baking too, and if you would like to try an AWESOME pumpkin bread recipe (it's the best ever!) just go here.

Here's my fun pictures from the week.

FUN!

Sweet

LOVE this one!

I like her in piggy tails!!

My favorite

Beautiful sunset

With Aunt Heidi

{We tried to get a good auntie shot with Whitney but no such luck! LOL}

If you have never joined my swap before here are the rules...

1)  Not required, but would LOVE it if you would write a SPECIFIC photo swap post.  I REALLY would appreciate if you didn't just link up a random post from your blog. Please make sure it has something to do with photo swapping!  Thanks!

2)  Share your favorite photos from the week and share why you liked them.

3)  Link back to Sweet Little Photo Swap with a link or a button. ( PLEASE do this one!)

4)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals

5)  Follow at least TWO other people on the photo swap list

6)  ENJOY!! ;)

  

 What have you been taking pictures of this week?

Pumpkin Bread

Every fall I get so excited about the yummy food that goes along with the season.  Pumpkin bread is one of my very favorite fall foods.  This recipe is the best I have ever tasted.  Whoever made this one up got just the perfect proportions. (I can say that because it wasn't me!)  I made two loaves last night and this morning there is only a little left!  Hooray for fall yums!

I would have included a tutorial but there is no need for one.  This stuff is super EASY to make! 

Pumpkin Bread

2 1/2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt ( I use 1)
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 1/2 c. pumpkin
1/2 c. water
1/2 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 c. raisins or chips (It's good without them too!)

Mix sugar, pumpkin, eggs (whip), and softened butter till creamy.  Add rest of ingredients.  Bake @ 350 degrees for 30-45 min. (I always do 45)

You can also make this frosting that came with the recipe thought I have never tried it. 

Boiled Butterscotch Frosting
2/3 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. margarine
1 c. nuts
2 T. milk

Mix margarine, brown sugar and nuts. Stir in milk.  Spread and put in oven. Broil 550 degrees until frosting bubbles~3 min. appr.

Hope you enjoy!  Have a blessed weekend!!

Looking Back

I was just looking through some pictures of Ally from last fall and wanted to share.  I love these ones especially because she was having so much fun.

Turquoise Lovin' #10

Happy Tuesday!  And happy happy turquoise lovin'!   I tell ya, I love being weekly surrounded by gorgeous turquoise projects made by all of you.  Thank you for brightening my day each week.

As I surf through all of the projects each week, I am in total AWE of how spectacular each project is.  You must be super women for sure to get all of that done each week.  I must learn your tricks someday.  That's one of the reasons I decided to have a turquoise lovin' party.  I don't always have time to make my own turquoise projects but I still wanted SO badly to be surrounded by them.  Thank you!

Look at the features of the week.  Don't you just ADORE them?

1. This is my favorite table I have EVER seen at Embracing Change If I EVER get my hands on an old door...
2.  I really like these bright pillows from Toasted Coconut  They are so awesome for fall!
3.  I would love to make some gorgeous gift wrappings like First Come Flowers did.  What fun!!!
4.  Can't BELIEVE how gorgeous this dining room is at Not so Shabby Shabby Chic!!  How creative!

Party Rules...
1)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2)  Make sure your project or post has SOMETHING to do with turquoise because that's what makes it fun!
3)  Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4)  PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.

Ok, so I'm ready to see the turquoise fun for THIS week!!!  Link em' up!

Sweet Little Photo Swap #18

It's photo swap time again!  Hope you've had fun taking pictures this week and that you have tons of fun ones to show us.  

It seems like such a long time since I've been able to share my new photos.  I have some fun fall ones I want to share.

I took this pic mostly because the clouds were so pretty that day

Grain bins-these guys are always fun to capture! ;)

Having fun in the trees

Lovin' the red!

Can't believe how beautiful this is!

Cutest little hands

Ally had fun trucking with Daddy!

Do you see the cute little front teeth?

Love the lighting in this one!

Morning sunrise in ND

If you have never joined my swap before here are the rules...

1)  Not required, but would LOVE it if you would write a SPECIFIC photo swap post.  I REALLY would appreciate if you didn't just link up a random post from your blog. Please make sure it has something to do with photo swapping!  Thanks!

2)  Share your favorite photos from the week and share why you liked them.

3)  Link back to Sweet Little Photo Swap with a link or a button. ( PLEASE do this one!)

4)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals

5)  Follow at least TWO other people on the photo swap list

6)  ENJOY!! ;)

 

Hope your day is the very best!!

Turquoise Lovin' #9

Turquoise has definitely captured the hearts of hundreds (I'm sure more if I ran into them) of bloggers around bloggy land.  I get so excited each time I find a new project by someone that I haven't met before!!  That just goes to show that turquoise will hopefully NEVER go out of style.  I know it never will in my house!

I love how so many of you have been using turquoise in your fall decorating with such creativity.  I absolutely LOVE turquoise combined with fall colors as I've told you before.  I am excited to feature a few of those creative projects this week in honor of the fall season.

1.  Gorgeous fall table at Decorating Cents...I love this so much!
2.  Adorable velvet pumpkins at The Lemonista...SO cute!
3.  Vintage Pumpkin at Ode to Inspiration  Can't get over this one...I love the distressing so much!
4.  And a fantastic "Time Out" bench at West Furniture Revival I would LOVE to have this one in my yard!

These projects just make me crazy about fall.  How about you?

And since I love photography so much I had to feature this picture from That Country Place.  Dawna,  I just LOVE that turquoise wall!!  What a cute shot of you and your sons!

And now let's see what you've all been up to this week.  Can't wait!

Party Rules...
1)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2)  Make sure your project or post has SOMETHING to do with turquoise because that's what makes it fun!
3)  Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4)  PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.

Hope your week is fantastic!!

Sweet Little Photo Swap #17

It's time for photo swapping again.  And since I have a busy day today I am going to make this short and sweet.  My photo computer is still not working.  I am so missing it!  So I am just going to share a few old time photos again and then let you guys swap away!

 

If you have never joined a swap before here are the rules...and if you HAVE joined before, I changed the rules just a bit so they would be easier to follow.

1)  Not required, but would LOVE it if you would write a SPECIFIC photo swap post.  I REALLY would appreciate if you didn't just link up a random post from your blog. Please make sure it has something to do with photo swapping!  Thanks!

2)  Share your favorite photos from the week and share why you liked them.

3)  Link back to Sweet Little Photo Swap with a link or a button. ( PLEASE do this one!)

4)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals

5)  Follow at least TWO other people on the photo swap list

6)  ENJOY!! ;)

 

Happy Sunday Swapping!!

 

Anne of Green Gables

OK, so I have a confession to make.  My sister is travel nursing in Maine right now and got the awesome opportunity to visit Prince Edward Island on some of her days off.  All I can say is lucky gal!!  I am SO jealous.  I hope I get to go there someday. 

But that's not the confession.  I asked her to get me some Anne of Green Gables souvenirs from there since I am a die hard fan of Anne.  LOVE those movies.  More than any other movies I have ever seen.  And I'm telling you, seeing those souvenirs made me want to watch the movies again.

I wanted to show them to Ally.  So we watched them.  And LOVED them of course.  TWICE.  All of the way through!!  I know, crazy.  But ridiculously fun.  And now I'm having withdrawals and wondering if I should watch them a third time.  He he.

I know, I am probably the only one who is that nuts over Anne of Green Gables.  Especially at my age.  But I don't care.  I love them and I always will.  I love those actors.  Love Anne and Gilbert, and Marilla, and Matthew and all of the others.  They are just the BEST.

So now to ease the pain of being done watching them the second time, Ally and I have been watching Anne and Gil on YouTube.  I know.  INSANE.  But that's just how we are.  Here's one of my favorite clips I wanted to share with you in case you are a fan too. 

Isn't that just SO sweet?  Are there any other Anne of Green Gables fans out there?

Turquoise Lovin' #8

Happy Tuesday!!  Thank you all for your fantastic turquoise projects.  Keep 'em coming.  I have SO much inspiration now for things I want to do in my own house.  And even though I don't ever remember to tell you, I am pinning a lot of your projects too, as I get time to, and really need to go back and get more of them pinned.  So much fun!!

I just love the features this week.  Just look at these...

1.  GORGEOUS hutch redo at Chic and Shabulous
2.  Lovely laundry room redo at Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom
3.  Fab collection of aqua furniture at Petticoat Junktion
4.  Lovely cherry painted lazy susan at Cheap Chic Home

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE all of them ladies!!

And now, because I keep forgetting to post the rules for this party, the RULES.

1)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals
2)  Make sure your project or post has SOMETHING to do with turquoise because that's what makes it fun!
3)  Try to comment on at least two other posts.
4)  PLEASE grab a turquoise lovin' button on the sidebar so you can share the turquoise fun with others.

Hope your week is beautiful!!

Sweet Little Photo Swap #16

Happy Sunday!!  I always look forward to swapping with all of you.  Unfortunately this week I won't be able to share my own pictures, at least my pics from this week.  My laptop that I use for editing and storing my pictures is out of order for the time being.  I thought about canceling the swap, but then thought maybe all of YOU may still want to link up and swap!!

So what I'm going to do is share a few of my favorite pictures that I happen to have on this computer.  These were some fun pics I took of Ally when I first got my camera.  I have always liked how they turned out. So the pictures are from quite awhile ago.  Hope you don't mind.

I especially love the black and white ones.  They just look so authentic that 

way for some reason.  I love that.  

Hoping you all had a spectacular week taking pictures!! 

If you have never joined a swap before here are the rules...and if you HAVE joined before, I changed the rules just a bit so they would be easier to follow.

1)  Not required, but would LOVE it if you would write a SPECIFIC photo swap post.  I REALLY would appreciate if you didn't just link up a random post from your blog. Please make sure it has something to do with photo swapping!  Thanks!

2)  Share your favorite photos from the week and share why you liked them.

3)  Link back to Sweet Little Photo Swap with a link or a button. ( PLEASE do this one!)

4)  Please follow Sweet Little Gals

5)  Follow at least TWO other people on the photo swap list

6)  ENJOY!! ;)

Happy Day!

Turquoise Lovin' #7

It's already been seven weeks since we started this party!!  Can't believe it.  SO loving your sweet and gorgeous turquoise projects.  Keep 'em coming!!  And I'm hoping some of you have taken my challenge and made some fall turquoise stuff.  Can't wait to see it!

I am just loving the features this week.  Wait till you see them!

1. Vintage mason jars diy by Beach House in the City

2.  Aqua striped table by The House of Smiths

3.  My Living Room by Not so shabby shabby chic

4.  Rosie Posie Pants by Originate and Renovate

Just LOVE how all of these projects turned out!!  Ladies, you 

are welcome to come and decorate and sew for me anytime!! 

Now it's time to link up your turquoise beauties!

Be sure to grab a button and share this party with others!  PLEASE!

Sweet Little Photo Swap #15

Happy Sunday! We have had the most GORGEOUS weather here lately.  I am so enjoying the fall colors and the warm breezy days.  I hope this lasts for a LONG time.  ;)  It has been so nice that I'm even scared to talk about it, if you know what I mean!  Shhh...!!

I have been experimenting a lot with portrait photography this week.  And I've been trying to use a lot of natural light to light the face of my subject (Ally of course!).  I got some really cool shots that I am so excited about. Some of the lighting turned out just right in a few of them (at least I think so!).  It's always fun when you have a picture you look at and think, "umm, I don't think I need to edit that one"!!  Doesn't happen very often, but when it does, I get so excited!

I also played around with the white balance and the aperture so I am excited to be learning a little more about how to work those features on my camera.  I can't believe I have had my new camera for a whole year now.  I have had SO much fun with it, but I feel like I still have SO much to learn. 

I started working on my photography course this week too.  I have learned a lot already.  It's great fun!

Like the blurred background on this one

Totally using natural light

A little bright but I still like it

Fun swing shot

I'm a hat junkie!

I like her expression in this one!

LOVE!

I really like this one

One of those that I was like, yay, finally got a perfect one!

Cuteness....

What photography fun have you been having this week?

If you have never joined a swap before here are the rules...and if you HAVE joined before, I changed the rules just a bit so they would be easier to follow.

1)  Not required, but would LOVE it if you would write a SPECIFIC photo swap post.  I REALLY would appreciate if you didn't just link up a random post from your blog. Please make sure it has something to do with photo swapping!  Thanks!
2)  Share your favorite photos from the week and share why you liked them.
3)  Link back to Sweet Little Photo Swap with a link or a button. ( PLEASE do this one!)
4)  It would be AWESOME if you would follow Sweet Little Gals
5)  Follow at least TWO other people on the photo swap list
6)  ENJOY!! ;)

Please grab a sweet little button!!