Posters!!

Earlier this month, I added 12x18inch posters to my shop! They are printed on thick paper...like card stock.  I also had them printed on pearl poster paper which gives this amazing touch to the photographs and makes the image pop off the paper!

The Tiny Pearls Of Light poster was even featured in Etsy Finds e-mail this past Saturday!! Yay!!

Tiny Pearls of Light

Hearts All Over

I just love these posters!!  They are wonderful and affordable ways to add larger photographs to a home, college dorm roof or office!

I really want to add another poster or two, but would love suggestions!!  If you have any photographs in my shop that you would like to see as a 12x18 poster, let me know!!  In a few weeks, you just might see them in my shop!!

Yellowstone

In mid May, my husband and I took the kids on a driving trip from here in Denver up to Jackson Hole Wyoming!   It was a fun and beautiful trip!  We only spent 2 days up in the North Western Wyoming area while the other 2 days were spent driving.   I already can't wait to go spend more time at Yellowstone...it was just beautiful!

Needless to say, there was still a lot of snow at the South Entrance of Yellowstone -- which is not too far from Jackson Hole.  Actually, the day we went to Yellowstone was the first day the south entrance was opened for the summer season!   As we drove in, I could see why.  Some of the snow along the side of the road was upwards of 15 feet deep!   But, as we got closer to Old Faithful and the Hot Springs area, the snow became less and less deep.

We spent a good part of our day at Old Faithful and walking around all the hot springs there.  They were so beautiful and just amazing to see!  

The kids loved watching Old Faithful...and so did my husband and I!  We waited for about an hour for it to go off and it was totally worth the wait!!

This is one of the smaller hot springs.  It was pretty cool to see them bubble and boil.  There were also a few smaller geysers mixed in amongst the hot springs that erupted as we were walking by. 

The hot springs had amazing colors with the different minerals within them and the water.  Its something that its best seen in person!  Some of the pools were this amazing blue color...like a teal or aqua color.  Just stunning!!  Then the run of from the hot spring could range from a dark green to yellow or orange to white.  There were so many beautiful colors in and around the hot springs!

We also got to see a lot of different wild life.  We saw a ton of Buffalo, a Bald Eagle (that had caught a fish) and a few Coyote!

We had such a great time!  We didn't get to see anywhere near as much of the park as we had wanted to see, but then again, we could only be there for one day!  Yellowstone is a really beautiful place....my photographs don't do it justice!!



30% OFF SALE!!!

In case you missed it in my blog post from last week, I am having a 30% off sale in my shop right now!  All prints from 4x4 through 11x14 and 12x12 are currently marked down by 30%!  Plus, postcards are 30% off too. These postcards are under $3 and are the perfect size for framing and feature some of my most popular prints!!!

Hurry, because the sale could end at any time!!  :)

5x5 Postcard on Metallic Card Stock

Loves Whisper - 4x6 Postcard

Love is a Beautiful Word II - 4x6 Postcard

Sea Urchin - 5x5 postcard on Metallic Card Stock

North Carolina

In early May, I went back to Charlotte, North Carolina where a lot of my family live.  I did not grow up in North Carolina, but I used to spend a lot of my summers at my Grandparent's house on a lake outside the city.

That place holds so many amazing memories for me! I love going back there and seeing my family (my mom moved back there from VA many years ago).  My dream is to take my kids there and have them spend their summers there too.   We have yet to do this, but I would love to go for at least a week or two one summer!  I don't know what keeps holding us back?!

While I didn't get many photographs from my trip to NC this time, I did take a few of a beautiful sunset over the lake.  I used my new lens - the Lensbaby for it!  The Lensbaby is such a fun lens....I might have to do a post on just that!  :)

Sunset

If you can tell in this photograph, the lensbaby is more of an artistic lens that gives the most amazing blur/bokah and only has a small area of the photograph in focus.  For this photo, the middle tree line is in focus while the the sun is in a bit of a blur!

Another of the sunset with the lensbaby: 

This one is not in my Etsy shop yet, but it will be at some point!

I love these photographs!  This is the lake I spent so much of my summers at.  I think spent the entire day swimming!  I was so much fun!  I am so jealous that my mom and grandma get to look out on this every day!  Just being there to visit family brings back so many amazing memories! 

Now, if I could only move there! :)   But, I still love it here in Colorado!! 

Dusting The Blog Off

Pink Tulip Base

Its has been a really really long time since I have updated my blog, but I am going to get back into the swing of things....again!  :)

I have plans to make a few postings about some trips I have taken over the past 2 weeks.  Trip one was to Charlotte NC to see some family and trip two was to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, The Grand Tetons National Park and Yellowstone.   My husband and I took the kids up there last week for a few days and had a wonderful time!

Water Ripples

But, over the past few months, I have added lots of new photographs, included the abstract water photograph above.  I have added a lot of new postcards which are perfect for framing (they come in 5x5 and 4x6).

Plus!!!!!

I have a 30% off sale going on in my shop right now!! 


So, stay posted this week as I update the blog!

Thanks!!

Little Limes

Etsy Treasuries

Now that Etsy has a new treasury system (as of several months ago) anyone can make a treasury at any time and they never expire.  So, a few times I have tried my hand at making a treasury.  This makes me realize how fun and  hard it is to make one!

Last night,  I made one called "Fall Into Red".  Its two of my favorite things, fall and the color red!!  :)
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c957b3fe6f28eefbe155e14/fall-into-red?index=3

I think I should try to make more sooner or later.

But, speaking of fall,  am so ready for fall!  Only a few days left of summer and then its my favorite season!!  The leaves are changing in the Mountains here and my husband and I are thinking of taking hte kids up to see them.  I would really love to get some Aspen tree photographs too.   I also can't wait for pumpkins and Halloween and anything else that just screams fall!!  :)

Pancakes!!!

(Photo from Foodnetwork.com)

One of the meals my kids love the most is pancakes...especially when they are for dinner!!  Tonight, I wanted to find good homemade recipe and on Foodnetwork.com, I came across a PB&J pancake recipe.  Being that my kids love peanut butter and jelly, I had a feeling that these pancakes would be a huge hit.

They were super easy to make and wow, they are really good!  They have a great peanut butter flavor. 

I wasn't able to make the fruit syrup since we were just about out of frozen blueberries, so I just used the maple syrup.  They were good even with that.

Here is the recipe from Foodnetwork.com


PB&J Pancakes:

Ingredients


1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk, plus extra if needed to thin
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, melted
2 tablespoons oil
4 tablespoons butter

Blackberry Syrup, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat a griddle. In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Slowly mix in egg, milk, peanut butter and oil until combined. Add a little extra milk if batter feels too thick. Let mixture sit 5 minutes. Melt 1 tablespoon butter on griddle and move around to coat entire griddle. Pour about 1/4 cup of batter per pancake on griddle to form 5-inch pancakes. The batter spreads as it cooks. Fill griddle without crowding pancakes. Flip when air pockets start to pop on the top and a quick peak on the underside reveals a golden pancake. Repeat with remaining butter and batter. Serve pancakes with Blackberry Syrup.

Blackberry Syrup:

2 pints fresh blackberries
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 lemon, zested

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine all ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Lower heat to a simmer and cook until liquid is reduced to a syrupy consistency, about 10 minutes. Use a wooden spoon to break up blackberries as they cook. Strain syrup to remove seeds and serve warm.


Yield: 1 cup
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes