tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51720515826827278022024-03-13T00:35:39.740-04:00beads by breulCourtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.comBlogger409125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-69765157141822077132014-03-05T14:00:00.003-05:002014-03-05T14:00:48.336-05:00Shift<div align="center">
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Yes, it has been ages. Life has happened and</div>
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things have shifted.</div>
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As many of you know, beads have taken a back seat to </div>
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I have a new blog and would love it if you</div>
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It could use some love.</div>
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Here is where you can find me now.</div>
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Love to you!</div>
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Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-42105411297889477652013-06-29T06:37:00.000-04:002013-06-29T06:37:47.826-04:00Focus on Life - Week 26 {?}<div style="text-align: center;">
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Plantar Faciitis</div>
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I am focusing on being good, staying off of it,</div>
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Should be good!</div>
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Summer in full bloom!</div>
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My hubby and I headed to our local gardens to scout</div>
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out spots for me to shoot in. It was so amazingly beautiful</div>
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and peaceful at 7:30 am! Loved every minute of it.</div>
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I love the coloring in these.</div>
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The gorgeous pink edge.</div>
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Pure green and lush.</div>
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(love my son's new socks)</div>
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A post about beading!</div>
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Who would have known......</div>
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Znet shows sent me some of these wonderful glass</div>
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conch shell beads!</div>
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Seriously, love them.</div>
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Here is what I have created thus far</div>
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(I still have red and orange to play with)</div>
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Wine glass charm</div>
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Emerald is the Pantone color of the season,</div>
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This is my favorite one!</div>
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The blue shell in a MOP square</div>
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hung on blue leather.</div>
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So simple, so elegant. Goes with everything.</div>
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I can't wait to play with the red and orange,</div>
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Do some draw you in?</div>
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Small confession - I was at Barnes and Noble this weekend....</div>
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The shots of food are simply stunning!!!</div>
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Foodie!</div>
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With the long weekend, and a party on</div>
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So divine!</div>
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Sally has encouraged us to look up!</div>
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To not miss something fun.</div>
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Sally's prompt this week is Hope.</div>
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I have struggled with this prompt this week. </div>
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25 years together and the faith in each other.</div>
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I could not do it without him.</div>
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Hubby says he is <i>proud</i> of me.</div>
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In a round about way - all of this is my hope.</div>
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What I want out of life and the desire to make it happen.</div>
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It has been very insightful. </div>
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Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-89576716213219207182013-05-04T07:25:00.000-04:002013-05-04T07:25:40.532-04:00Focus on Life - Week 18 {Abstract}<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I hadn’t even </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">read the email. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">I went upstairs to my bedroom, looked out the window and saw this.</span><br />
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SPRING!!!</div>
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I opted for some rust!</div>
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Now, if you saw my "Flower Stalking - April" post</div>
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Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-22726749344307280072013-03-23T06:00:00.000-04:002013-03-23T07:49:07.708-04:00Focus on Life - Week 12 {Observe the Curve}<div style="text-align: center;">
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<u>Week 12 - Observe the Curve</u></div>
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<i>We move, live and love in curves. Arms, legs and</i></div>
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<i>bodies curve to propel us into the life around us. Branches of </i></div>
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<i>trees curve to embrace the breeze. Letters curve and form words.</i></div>
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<i>Curves can keep things apart, hold things together to create a path.</i></div>
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<i>We were to take this week and focus on all the different kinds of </i></div>
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This one was tough for me. But I</div>
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The curve of the tree in bloom.</div>
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The curves of my dashboard.</div>
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The curves of the hats blowing in the breeze.</div>
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The curves on this amazingly sparkly scrapbook paper.</div>
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Seriously, I want Dansko clogs made from this.</div>
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This picture does not do it justice!</div>
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But these curves (no pun intended)</div>
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The boy is playing JV!</div>
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New flowers, a sign of spring.</div>
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Beautiful pink tree blooms.</div>
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Stairs - where do they lead???? Could be fun.</div>
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A construction site - what is being built?</div>
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I hope your day is filled with possibilities today!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am loving these weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I look forward to seeing what Sally sends </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(yes I know the tree is in focus and the door is not, this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or did you open the door to a house filled </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(the front of the Washington National Cathedral)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My doors were huge, inspiring, and awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love what is on the other side!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://courtneybreulphotography.zenfolio.com/" target="_blank">Courtney Breul Photography</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(please click and let me know, honestly, what you think. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">it is absolutely a work in progress!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Getting legal documents and forms in order.</span></div>
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Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-73123199882670371692013-02-28T04:57:00.000-05:002013-02-28T04:57:30.550-05:00Lensbaby Project {February}<div align="center">
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February's theme was Love.</div>
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I have to admit that I struggled a bit with this.</div>
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How was I going to capture love?</div>
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Here is how I decided to do it.</div>
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This was one of the few snows we got.</div>
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Love my Christmas Cactus that is still blooming.</div>
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I love the brightly colored flowers in my kitchen.</div>
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I love that I have discovered painting. </div>
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And I have saved the best for last. </div>
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I LOVE that my son wanted me to cut this open and </div>
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Next in the circle is<br />
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Please move through and take look at the work from these amazing women!</div>
Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-28613088107143398572013-02-23T08:03:00.000-05:002013-02-23T08:14:49.544-05:00Focus on Life - Week 8 {Monochromatic}<div style="text-align: center;">
I love this!</div>
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striking. Evoking so many thoughts</div>
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and feelings. </div>
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My weeks are crazed, so when I get a chance to pick</div>
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When my son and hubby decided to build models together,</div>
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And I just couldn't resist my fresh tulips!</div>
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I know that I am carrying on, but here are two more</div>
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Please hop on over <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank">Studio Sublime</a> and see what </div>
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Thank you Sally! </div>
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(I have to say, I can't wait to see what each week's prompt is!)</div>
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PS - if any of you can tell me why, when I shot in B/W, they came through</div>
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in color in LR when I edited them, that would rock.</div>
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Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-74264671928532961962013-02-16T08:06:00.000-05:002013-02-16T08:06:08.928-05:00Focus on Life - Week 7 {Beauty of Flowers}<div style="text-align: center;">
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I love flowers, they are so beautiful and happy.</div>
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I try to have flowers in my kitchen each week, they </div>
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The sunlight was coming through one of our windows in the</div>
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My Christmas Cactus ~ early February!</div>
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Love this.</div>
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I also has these really fun, bright, colorful</div>
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I blew the lighting, yet LOVE the way it came out.</div>
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Believe it or not, no editing.</div>
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(straight out of the camera)</div>
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Funky!</div>
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(will I ever be able to re-create? probably not)</div>
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celebrating the Beauty of Flowers.</div>
Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-85532483873186890582013-02-09T07:31:00.000-05:002013-02-09T07:31:13.256-05:00Focus on Life - Week 6 {Feel the Love}<div style="text-align: center;">
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Feel the Love!</div>
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It is February and love is in the air.</div>
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It was a tough week for me, under the weather, so </div>
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this picture was not taken this week. </div>
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That being said, this picture strikes such a cord in my heart.</div>
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My 18 y/o daughter left for college in August and we didn't </div>
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see her until Parents Weekend in late October</div>
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(think the weekend just before Hurricane Sandy)</div>
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Her leaving was so unbelievably joyous, so very</div>
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proud of her, yet it left a hole in my heart. </div>
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A space that I am not sure will ever be filled. </div>
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My 14 y/o son misses her, alot. </div>
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Although he would never admit it. </div>
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And, I think that she misses him. </div>
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I shot this picture as they were walking away from us.</div>
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In that moment, a small part of that hole healed. </div>
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So, while it was not taken this week,</div>
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to me, this is love.</div>
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Thank you, Sally, for this wonderful adventure!!!</div>
Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-47368751989900439772013-02-03T07:52:00.001-05:002013-02-03T07:52:46.175-05:00I.Heart.Macro<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi, me here.</div>
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Joining in with the macro goodness.</div>
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these past few years. This year is finally cold</div>
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other macro goodness is out there.</div>
Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-33094819462560771822013-02-02T06:54:00.000-05:002013-02-02T06:54:53.068-05:00Focus on Life - week 5 {Capture our Hearts}<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello again~</div>
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I know, blogging has not been my strong</div>
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suit so far this year. I will work on getting better.</div>
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Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank">Studio Sublime</a> is taking us on a</div>
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wonderful journey this year. </div>
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52 weeks of exploring and photographing!</div>
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I am loving this.</div>
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This week's prompt was</div>
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Capturing our Hearts.</div>
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We were to find hearts everywhere.</div>
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Here are a few I found right off the bat.</div>
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Sorry for the blur,</div>
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in my grocery store.</div>
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Clearly my iPhone is struggling or I am moving </div>
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too fast. :)</div>
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And, while this is not current, it is from last April</div>
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she and her friends at the </div>
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University of Maryland's Holi Celebration.</div>
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I had no idea what I had taken until I say the photo.</div>
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Might quite possibly be one of my favorite photos of all time!</div>
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and see where others captured hearts this week.</div>
Courtney Breulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754678418586869915noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172051582682727802.post-49579788649718000762013-01-28T00:01:00.000-05:002013-01-28T04:52:58.048-05:00Lensbaby Project {January}<div align="center">
Lensbaby Project ~ January<br />
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This is part of my adventure for this year,</div>
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to work more on my photography!<br />
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A friend told me about her Lensbaby lens, I did some </div>
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research and it looked like fun! Needless to say, when it came,</div>
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I played but became frustrated. And I am still struggling.</div>
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So when this opportunity came about on <a href="http://www.clickinmoms.com/" target="_blank">Clickin Moms</a> to join a blog circle,<br />
I jumped at the chance.<br />
This will force me to get it out, put it on my camera and LEARN!</div>
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I am using a Lensbaby Muse and </div>
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Here are my shots for this month!<br />
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My boy trying to avoid the lens. :)</div>
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I love a rainy night!</div>
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My jar of things I am grateful for at the end of the day.</div>
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Ah, the laundry room and my recycling! :)</div>
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I welcome any and all feedback you all may have!</div>
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<a href="http://www.lisasheehanphotography.com/2013/01/28/lensbaby-project-january-2013/" target="_blank">Metrowest portrait photographer</a></div>
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Thank you, Jennifer for starting this group and <br />
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