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! ;-)

Christmas Time is Here!

Today is December 1st, and Christmas time is here! I love this time of year, with all the cold classes of egg nog, classic Christmas tunes playing on the stereo, and eating candy canes. I love curling up on the couch and watching my favorite Christmas movies. White Christmas is one of my favorites, and I look forward to watching many others, including the Santa Clause series and Holiday Inn. I love drinking steaming hot cups of cocoa. I love all the twinkling lights everyone puts up. It's such a wonderful time of year.

What do you love about this time of year?

  

P.S. If you haven't already, I'd love to have to join my Christmas Link Up!