"Oh the weather outside is frightful..."

"...But the fire is so delightful,

And since we've no place to go,

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!"

This morning we woke up to snow on the ground! Although there's not much, and inch or two at the most, it's still quite fun and exciting.

Today is Christmas Eve...

... And I'd like to wish you all a very merry Christmas! 

Remember: Jesus is the real reason for the season.

Sparkling Cider

I love drinking sparkling cider on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Having it in a fancy glass makes it even more fun!

Drip Drop

Christmas Link Up - With a Face

Today starts the last week of my Very Merry Christmas Link Up. It's been really neat seeing all the creative and fun photos everyone has linked up. Are you ready for this weeks theme?

Week 4 - With a Face(s)
From a portrait of one friend, or a whole group of you doing something fun. Just make sure its still Christmas-y.

Joining is easy. Just put together a post with a photo(s) that fit with this weeks theme, Christmas Lights, add my Christmas Link Up button, and come back here and add your post to the linky. Remember to post a link to the post, not your main blog address. Also, go ahead and check out all the other posts that are linked up. That's what makes this fun!

Christmas Foods and Tasty Treats Favorites

I loved all the entries I got for this weeks Very Merry Christmas theme, Christmas Foods and Tasty Treats. Looking at all those lovely photos made my mouth water! So, now it's time for me to feature some of my favorite entries from this week:

Megan at MEGoo Photography

Megan's sugar cookie photos make me crave a cookie myself! I love all the beautiful colors.

Jaymi at Live, Love, TRAVEL

I love the bokeh in the background in Jaymi's photos. The cookies look tasty as well!

Kellie at A Maiden's Musings

I love Kellie's spritz cookies! So cute and I bet they taste delicious!

Chelsea at Amazing Grace Photography

I love how Chelsea's photo was taken before the the cookies were baked. Love it! ♥

Cookies!

I love baking and decorations sugar cookies every December. There as fun to make as they are to eat! Chocolate crinkles (we call them chocolate snowballs) and snickerdoodles are some other favorites.

I'm loving the bokeh in the background in this shot.

Christmas lights

I was messing around with the wireless flash and trying some dramatic lighting.

What do you like to bake this time of year?

Snowmen

There's nothing more winter-y than a snowman. They happen to be my mom's favorite, so this time of year we have lots of snowman decorations around.


I really don't know why this guy is wearing a sweater and hat. He's going to melt really fast... ;-)



A cute little snowman family!



I'm linking up to Kellie's Yuletide Farmgirl Festival at A Maiden's Musings. I'm sure she'd love it if you did too!

"Hark the Herald Angels Sing..."

"...Glory to the newborn king!

Peace on earth and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled"

Joyful, all ye nations rise

Join the triumph of the skies,

With the angelic host proclaim:

"Christ is born in Bethlehem"

Hark! The herald angels sing,

"Glory to the newborn King!"

Christmas Link Up - Christmas Foods and Tasty Treats

Wow! It's hard to believe it's only two weeks till Christmas and that 2010 is almost over. Well, today begins week three of my Very Merry Christmas Link Up. This week you get to link up anything that you eat this time of year. 

Time for week three:


Week 3 - Christmas Foods & Tasty Treats
There are so many tasty things made this time of year: cookies, gingerbread houses, candy canes, and my personal favorite, eggnog. Mmmm, my mouth is watering! If you bake something yourself, you could share the recipe as well!
Anything that is edible will work for this weeks theme. And remember, composition is an important key to getting a great food shot.

Last night I made some sugar cookies using The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies recipe I found through Casey at Elegant Musings. They turned out delicious and I had fun decorating them as well.

(my mom's reindeer)

Joining is easy. Just put together a post with a photo(s) that fit with this weeks theme, Christmas Lights, add my Christmas Link Up button, and come back here and add your post to the linky. Remember to post a link to the post, not your main blog address. Also, go ahead and check out all the other posts that are linked up. That's what makes this fun!

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Christmas Lights Favorites

There are 34 entries this weeks Very Merry Christmas theme, Christmas lights. There were many bokeh shots, which are pretty awesome. Then there were some where there was another subject, that wasn't the lights, although they were in the background. I loved those as well. 


Out of all the beautiful photos that have linked up, I've got five favorites I'd like to share. I really had trouble picking just six, because I loved all of them.

Ellie at Unedited Photography

Ellie's photo is so beautiful, with the lovely morning light and the frost on the light.

Jaymi at Live, Love, TRAVEL

I love the simple look of this picture and the greens that are in it.

Alison at Prairie Girl

Alison had two pictures, but this one is my favorite. I love the how you can see her sister (I'm guessing she's your sister?), like she id decorating the tree.

Dacia at Creative Mommas
I loved Dacia's tree, with the beautiful golds and reds, along with the white twinkling lights

Amy at ...a good life, photos

Amy linked up with a handful of adorable pictures of her friends daughter, Kaylee. This is my favorite:

Get your photos ready! Tomorrow I'll be posting the linky for week 3, Christmas Foods and Tasty Treats!

Aspire Photo Challenge: Christmas

Hannah over at Aspire is hosting a photography challenge, the theme being Christmas. Since everyone seemed to love my snow globe photo, I decided on that one. I'm quite pleased with it as well.

I Heart Faces - Self-Portrait

If you've been following my blog for a while, this photo will likely look familiar to you. Remember those self-portraits I shared back in August? Well, this is the same photo as the first on on that post, before I cropped it. It's a favorite of mine. ♥

Happy Monday!

Christmas Link Up - Christmas Lights

Today begins week two of my Very Merry Christmas Link Up! Last weeks theme, decor, has had 18 people link up, so far. Thank you to everyone who has! Remember, all linkys will be open all month, so keep joining with your photos! (If your new, or would like more info about the link up, you can visit, this post.)

Now we're on to week two:

Week 2  - Christmas Lights

Anything from on a Christmas tree, on a house, or anywhere else you can find some decorative lights. They don't have to be in focus, either. Some cool bokeh shots would count as well. I'm planing on trying some custom bokeh shots myself.

Joining is easy. Just put together a post with a photo(s) that fit with this weeks theme, Christmas Lights, add my Christmas Link Up button, and come back here and add your post to the linky. Remember to post a link to the post, not your main blog address. Also, go ahead and check out all the other posts that are linked up. That's what makes this fun!

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Decor Favorites

18 people have joined my first week of my Christmas link up so far. I have to say, there are some pretty fun and creative photos there! Remember, you can link up as many photos, whenever you want for the rest of the month. I hope we can get even more people to join this week! 

Here are a few of my favorites from week 1, Decor:

Heather from Heather Combs Photography

I love Heather's creative photo. Like she said, the tree is the foundation for all the decorations.

Megan from MEGoo Photography

Well I have to say, Megan has a beautiful photo here. I love the way she tilted the camera and her depth of field is perfect. 

Jaymi at Live, Love, TRAVEL

Isn't Jaymi's snowman adorable? I love him, along with the warm, cozy tone the photo has. The texture is quite lovely as well.

Danelle at I Take Pictures

I love Danelle's first photo: the composition, the beautiful red color, and the texture on the ornament.

Hot Cocoa

There is nothing like a cup of steaming hot chocolate. Sipping the chocolaty goodness from a mug, on a cold, winter day (or night). It's always more enjoyable this time of year, with the temperatures are much cooler. And it's even better when there is snow on the ground, although all our snow melted by Thanksgiving.

Marshmallows can make the chocolate drinking expereince even more fun! ;-)