Set yourself free!

Despite the fact I have reached new heights in my age I am still learning and growing and finding out more about myself... which I am certain will continue with any age. But I guess I assumed that at three-o I should have things figured out by now. But what would be the fun in that?

What are you up to lately? We are soaking up every ounce of this summer and loving it!

PS Considering the fact that my brother in law, Chris, is 6'11" and his arms are stretched out this girl is quite high. Up with the seagulls. Good thing she isn't holding a cracker for those ruthless birds. Collin and I watched them as they managed to pull a bag of chips from someones bag. Collin ran over and scared them away before there was any more damage, like choking down a cell phone. Sheesh... I am talking about Utah's state bird here, I should be more polite. ;)

Happy Summer!

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The hearts used for one of the banners in my Valentine's decor were cut from this cute paper by Little Yellow Bicycle. Then I sewed them together with my sewing machine-I just kept the pedal to the metal while quickly feeding the hearts through. I doubt my machine likes that! ;)

It was really simple and fast. You can also cut hearts from paper you have... I just liked the mix of patterns from the heart paper.

This photo was one of the first times I used Totally Rad Action's textures. I love how you can push a button to run the action then use the eraser tool in Photoshop (I use CS3) to erase where you don't want the texture. The action ran for this one was the Dirty Diana.

Loving the contrast of the soft focus, pretty colors with the rough texture.