I Heart Faces.....White!

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This week's theme for the I  Heart Faces photo contest is White.  This shot came to mind right away. For more "whiteness" click on the icon below ...some amazing photos live there!

I Heart Faces...Friendship

This week's theme at I Heart Faces is friendship. Well, these two are thick as thieves!  For more beautiful friendships click on the icon below.

I Heart Faces...From a Distance

This week's theme at I Heart Faces is ....from a distance or behind. Here my 4 year old is killing time until the "big event" when her eldest sister walks down the aisle. For more beauty from a distance , check out I Heart Faces this week by clicking the icon above.

I Heart Faces....Mothers

This week's theme at I Heart Faces is Mothers in honor of our day.. For more captures of motherhood check out the website.

I Heart Faces....Soft and Sweet.....

This week's theme is "soft and sweet". This photo came to my mind. I wonder how her mom and dad keep from kissing that face every minute of the day! For other soft and sweet captures, check out I Heart Faces by clicking on the icon.

I Heart Faces....Wind!

I Heart Faces....Red!

This week's challenge is Red in honor of Valentine's Day and women's cardiovascular health. Not many women realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of women in this country. I know this because my Mom went back to school and earned her PhD in Biochemical Nutrition, her research project centering around atherosclerosis and heart health. Now she makes her way around the state of North Carolina battling this epidemic by teaching people how to eat and live "heart healthy". Go Mom! For more RED photos, check out I Heart Faces!

I Heart Faces...Innocent Wonder

This week's theme on IHF is innocent wonder. For more wonder-ful innocence, check out the website below.

I Heart Faces...Smiles

What a fun smile! This is a friend of my husband with a great grin.This  kind of smile starts with the mouth and works its  way around to the rest of the face ...everything seems to light up! For more wonderful grins, check out I Heart Faces this week by clicking on the icon below.

I Heart Faces...Best Face of 2010

This week's theme is simple ....put on your best face and it will be pier reviewed. This is a photo of my 8 yr old a few months ago on a sun drenched fall afternoon. For more incredible faces, check out I Heart Faces by clicking the link below.

I Heart Faces...Scenic Black and White

What an amazing gift we Americans have been given. A few hundred years ago God stirred the hearts of men and women to leave house and home and set out across the ocean for lands unknown. They risked life and limb for freedom and opportunity and the ability to worship God without persecution. This was the sight I awoke to this week in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. It was majestic!  It was beautiful!  And I couldn't help but think that our founding forefathers , by the grace of God,  fought to establish this beautiful land as the country we all know and love...the greatest country in the world ....a gift to us all.

I Heart Faces...Silhouettes

My youngest in the surf at dusk. For more shadows and silhouettes check out I Heart Faces this week!

Florabella New Texture Contest

I would love to win the next set of Florabella textures  or be chosen as a tester to help select the next set. These two photos are the before and after of my daughter Olivia. The bottom one having the Florabella Vintage Mink texture and Cashmere action applied. What a difference it made! Check it out at  http://www.florabellacollection.com

I Heart Faces ...in the Pink! Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This is Breast Cancer Awareness Week at I Heart Faces and, in honor of women everywhere, the theme of the photo contest is PINK! This is a picture of my youngest daughter, Kate. She is 3 years old and is adopted from Guatemala. If there is a down side to adoption , I would say it is the unknown medical history of your child. I don't know how many of her biological relatives have been touched by this disease. Maybe none. Or... it might run rampant through her ancestry. I pray not. Mostly, I pray that breast cancer can become so predictable and treatable that when my little girl grows up, she need only concern herself with the next time she can watch her daughter dance on the beach in her pink tu-tu.
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I Heart Faces ...in the Orchards

This week's theme for the photo contest is "in the orchards" in honor of apple picking season . However, if you cannot make it to an orchard,  featuring an orchard fruit will do. How about an orchard fruit smothered in every kind of chocolate and candy topping??? I am afraid that "Miss Debbie's Specialty Apples" is as close to an orchard as I am going to get this fall. For other delicious photos, check out I Heart Faces on the link below.

I Heart Faces...Photojournalism...Telling a story with a photo

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I Heart Faces....Beach Fun!

What do you get when you give a 3 yr old a balloon, a good breeze and miles of open beach? Check out all of the beach fun at   http://www.iheartfaces.com/

I Heart Faces....Oh Baby!

This week's photo theme is all about babies, from the womb to first steps. Anything that makes you think "baby" is fair game. This is the belly of  the wife of a friend of my husband. They wanted some pre-baby pictures and asked us to help them out. About a month after this photograph was taken,  beautiful baby girl Lilah  Grace was ushered into the world.... For more sweet babies, check out  http://www.iheartfaces.com/
For a larger version of the photo just click on the belly.

I Heart Faces ...Yellow

This week's challenge theme is yellow ( which makes me think of sunshine and lollipops) and wouldn't you know that the only days I could shoot photos were pouring down rain!!! So, forget the yellow strappy dress with daisies and grab the yellow rain coat and boots!!! Out we go....
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