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! ♥

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!

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.

Christmas Link Up - Decor

Today begins the Very Merry Christmas Link Up! To join, post a picture relating to this weeks theme on your blog. This weeks theme is decor:

Week 1  - Christmas Decor

Every year I love geting out the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. Pulling out the Christmas mugs and dishes, stockings, snow globes, nativities sets, and everything else. 

 Make sure to add the button to you post, then link up below. Then go ahead and blog hop a bit, and check out some of the other entries. The linky will be open till the end of the month and you can submit as many times as you'd like, just remember to follow the guidelines. 

At the end of the week, I'll feature some of my favorite entries from that week. So go ahead, and enter you best Christmas decor photo(s)!

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A Very Merry Christmas Link Up

I've thought It would be fun to host a photography challenge, or link up of some sort. And since the Christmas season is just around the corner, I've decided to do a link up. So, without further to do, I'm hosting...

I want everyone to be inspired, creative, and to have fun with photography. Anyone can participate, and I'm hoping you all will! I want you to look at things differently than you usally do. Think about the shot before even pushing the shutter. Try different angles, and look at your subject from a different perspective. Or try a new technique. Edit a bit differently than you usually do. So basicly, just think outside the box and have lots of fun at the same time.


Heres how it'll work:
Every Sunday for the next month, I will be posting a linky. You'll write up your post with picture(s) that fit in the category for that week, include the "A Very Merry Christmas Link Up" button that I've included at the bottom of this post, and come back here to link up your post. Then blog hop around a bit and check out every one else's photos. You can enter just one or two of the weeks, or all of them, whichever you prefer.


All the linky's will be open trough the end of December. Feel free to link up as many photos/posts as you'd like for each category.


The Categories:
Week 1 (Nov. 28th) - Christmas Decor
Every year I love geting out the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. Pulling out the Christmas mugs and dishes, stockings, snow globes, nativities sets, and everything else. 


Week 2 (Dec. 6th) - 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.


Week 3 (Dec. 13th) - 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.


Week 4 (Dec. 20th) - 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.

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So, what do you say? If your interested, I'd love it if you'd spread the word by posting about it on you blog, adding the button to you sidebar, etc. And if you have any questions, just let me know!