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Saturday, July 10, 2010

♥ Shutter Love Top Ten Photos ♥

This weeks Top 10 "4th of July" photos are...

Our Guest Judge Camille from Mother★Lode

#1 Choice goes to "Baby Henry"

Just Adorable! Love this shot!

#2 - Happy Gnome Images

#3 - Indigo Bleu Photography

#4 - Laugh Until You Cry

#5 - Inspire Me Photography

#6 - Everyday I Walk With You

#7 - The Paper Mama

#8 - The Johnson Family

#9 - Les Cadeaux Photography

#10 - With Thankful Hearts

Our Viewers Choice this week is from...

Lazy to Lady

Here are a few of Tara & Jamie's Favorites that were not chosen in this weeks Top 10

in no particular order

Babe in a Basket

The Mommy Logs

Thank you to everyone who entered their photos this week!

Please come back Tuesday for our next theme "By the Pool"
Remember to share this {Party} with friends so more can join in.
If you are a winner, go pick up your {Prize Button}
{Favorites, you get a button too}

Struggling - On a personal note

I'm struggling.
Struggling with what to write.
Struggling with what to do.
Struggling to find balance.

"It's my day, I better make it good.
If it's not a good post no one will comment
Do I do an awesome tutorial and give away my ~~good~~ ideas?
Do I self promote and point them in the direction
of my photography business, etsy store or family blog?
Do I ask them to write for my Random Acts of Kindness week?
Do I write a personal post and reveal more of who I am?"

Those thoughts are running through my mind as I write this.
And, I guess I'm sorta doing all those things.

I'm just an insecure mom of two (and one coming),
who LOVES to take photographs,
sew,
create,
laugh
and play.

But a mom who feels on a regular basis that
I'll never measure up,
I'll never get organized,
I'll never have a clean house,
I'll never cross things off my list,
I'll never play with my kids enough,
I'll never be good enough.

But you know what.
That doesn't matter.
Because I am a child of the King of Kings.
I have Jesus in my life and there's nothing else I need.

So while I'd rather be sewing something awesome,
or painting a world famous painting,
or taking the photograph of a lifetime...
I'm not.
And that's okay.
Because someday,
maybe someday,
I will.

But until that day,
I'm just gonna keep praising my Jesus
and telling people of His
unending,
undeserved,
LOVE!

So maybe next week I'll share
a recipe,
or a tutorial,
or a project...
who knows!
Maybe next week I won't be struggling.

Monday, July 5, 2010

♥ Shutter Love Tuesday ♥

Come by Every Tuesday to enter your PHOTOS

This weeks theme is "4th of July"

Be sure to check the sidebar for up coming themes!

AND don't forget to vote for your favorite photo too!

NEW! Each week will will have a Guest Judge who will pick our top 10. Jamie and I will also be sharing our favorites that stand out as well.

Hi, I'm Camille! Your Guest Judge this week! Mother★Lode is where I share my creative pursuits, passion for photography, propensity to ramble, projects we (or just me) are working on, family life, lots of photos {especially of my kiddos} and good things gleaned from favorite blogs where creativity, parenting, homemaking and handmade all cross paths. Hope you stop by to visit!

I look forward to judging your beautiful photos this week.

If you would like to be a Guest Judge please email us HERE! Please include links to some of your photography examples. Thanks
To see all rules for this party & our other link parties, please visit HERE! You can grab the Shutter Love Tuesdays button HERE!
To allow more time to view all the entries, we will be posting the winners on Saturdays at 3 p.m.

Tara's "Fourth of July" Photo