Scavenger Hunt Sunday: November 14

Yes, you read that correctly, I'm finally participating in a Sunday Scavenger hunt again! I've been trying every single week, but it just hasn't happened for one reason or another. Make sure you head over to Ramblings & Photos to check out the rest of the pictures.

1. Self-Portorait - I actually took this one for the October Photo Hunt Challenge, which I ended up not being able to complete. We dressed up at work the Thursday before Halloween, so while this is pretty much regular clothes for me, it was also my Halloween Costume.

2. Handmade - This is the bag my swap partner made for me for the Sew, Mama, Sew bag swap. I've been meaning to share pictures of it, so this seemed like a perfect time. I thought it was funny that we ended up making a fairly similar shaped bag, especially after all the issues I had with that darn gusset. The gusset & straps are made with a sort of leather fabric, Sharon said she thought it was a very thin piece of leather attached to fabric, but beyond that I don't know anything about it, except that it's awesome. Sharon did an absolutely fantastic job with this! I just LOVE it.

3. Orange

4. Candle - Ummm...yes, my birthday cupcake is still sitting out on our table. I can't bring myself to put it away. So, now it's a happy Thanksgiving cupcake. Or something.

5. Traffic sign or signal

Until next time...

Scavenger Hunt Sunday: Sept 12

Another scavenger hunt this week, and I almost sat this one out because I was having a hard time deciding what to shoot. I don't think they turned out too bad, but you'll have to excuse the snark. :)

1. Landscape -- Had to go to the archives for this one. Taken in Colorado back in 2008, this is one of my favorite shots from our week out there. Taken with the 35mm SLR, I just can't beat that camera!

2. Powerlines -- Hee.

What?! All our lines are run underground, it makes sense to me! :)

Okay, okay, fine. Is this better? I took this one with my cell phone, looking directly into the sun. I couldn't even see the screen, so I was happy to have a decent picture come out of it.

3. Newspaper -- I cut this out of a paper bag that was made to look like an old newspaper ad. I originally picked this particular part because of the Gunsmiths, but thought the "Wanted, Steady Woman, A Thorough Good Cook" part was pretty funny too. The entire ad says, "Wanted for a family in the country, a sensible well educated steady woman, qualified to superintend a family, and a thorough good cook (...) meat, pastry, preserves, etc. She will have a proper assistant in the kitchen, and every reasonable encouragement given to her from the family, according to her qualifications and integrity."

4. Pose -- Hmmm...I know! Quick, Raven, play dead!

Good girl! :)

No, not a good enough pose for you? You're right, she was just dead tired after a nice long walk.

Okay, how about this? I guarantee she didn't enjoy being under that blanket very long, but she was a good girl & listened to Mommy when I told her to just relax & lay still. You can tell she's pouting.

Still not a good enough pose for you? Okay, this is my final try!

If that's not good enough, I don't know what is. :)

5. Hobby -- This is obviously a VERY small portion of my fabric.

I hope you enjoyed my interpretation of this week's scavenger hunt items! Make sure you head over to Ramblings & Photos to check out the rest of this week's pictures.

Until next time...

Scavenger Hunt Sunday: Sept 5

This won't necessarily be a weekly thing, but I thought it would be fun to participate in Scavenger Hunt Sunday over at Ramblings & Photos, so here are my contributions for this week!

Let me know what you think!

1. Red -- I actually had kind of a hard time on this one. Part of my problem is I really prefer to shoot with my old 35mm rather than digital (until I can get my hands on a DSLR!), but I don't develop film frequently enough to use a roll for a weekly contest! Granted, I'm sure I wouldn't have had any problems shooting a full roll, but there's no way I would have gotten back in time for Sunday's deadline! For the most part I knew what I wanted to shoot, just didn't know how to accomplish it the way I wanted with the point & shoot rather than SLR. I suppose that's what this is all about though - learning. What a concept! :)

2. Homespace -- Boy, oh, boy, did I have a hard time with this one! I just couldn't decide what I wanted to shoot & didn't have any bright ideas. For a while I was thinking it was "homestyle" (I had written the themes down on a postit & couldn't remember what they were for sure), and my brilliant idea was to go to Arby's & shoot the fries, so I was disappointed when I double-checked the list & realized it wasn't homestyle.

3. Fence -- This is actually an old picture, one taken on the 35mm. It's always been one of my favorites, and even though I've tried to replicate it, I've never been able to. It's hard to be in the right place at the exact moment the sun is shining through the fence. I don't even know how I managed it the first time! The quality on this one isn't the greatest because it was taken back before I was smart enough to get CDs made with the pictures, so I had to scan it.

4. Rock -- I've had this rock for quite a while, I'm pretty sure I found it up in Duluth, MN back in college. When I saw the rock theme I knew immediately I wanted to find a place to put this rock, and decided I liked the contract against the other white rocks the most.

5. Sharp -- Another older photo, but another I couldn't pass up. Although, driving to work this week I did see some thistles that I thought would fit into this theme nicely, but didn't have a chance to stop. I also tried taking a new picture of the barbed wire back behind the fence, but couldn't come up with anything to compare to this one.

Until next time...