i heart faces {Fix-It Friday}

This is the first time I've done a Fix-It Friday and I'm so excited to participate!! I've looked through the fixes every week and love them all! There are some very talented photo editors out there.

Here is the picture we were given to fix:

I think this picture looks pretty amazing SOOC!

I opened the picture up in Camera Raw and fixed the lighting and the redness.

After that I opened it up in Photoshop and did some cropping and some sharpening.

Here's the result:

Then I ran some actions that I thought made the picture look amazing!

I hope you think so too!

Coffeeshop Soft Autumn Glow

Pioneerwomen Set #2--Heartland

You have to do a black and white on this photo!!

TRA 1 Demo--Bitchin B&W

I had to add a little texture.

I love working with textures!!

I hope you liked my fixes and will check out others at i heart faces!!

i heart faces {Play}

It's play time over at i heart faces!!

I was going through my pictures and came across this one that I took of my daughter Lauren. I dressed her up all nice and pretty to go outside and get a nice portrait of her. I think she allowed me to take about four pictures when she decided she wanted to run around and play basketball. So I figured I'd keep on snapping...and I'm so glad I did :)

I love this picture of her as she finally gets the ball to go in the hoop! She just looks so relieved that it finally went in! I also really like how I can see her little fingers on the rim of the hoop :) I hope you like this picture as well.

There are plenty more play time photos to look at...just click the button below ↓.

i heart faces {yellow}

The color yellow is this weeks challenge at i heart faces. As I was searching through photos, I realized that I don't really put any of my kids in yellow that often....okay, hardly EVER! lol! I guess now was a good of time as any to see what I could come up with. This is what I got. My youngest daughter, Madison, picking a past it's prime dandelion. I couldn't resist this moment. She had finally stopped running around the yard and I got it!!!

I just want to say thank you to Shadowhouse Creations for all the amazing free textures!!!

I you'd like to see more yellow, click over to i heart faces and you'll be in heaven ♥

i heart faces {Faces & Flowers}

Spring time in New Hampshire means our lawns are covered with Dandelions! So, I thought it would only be right to post a picture of a Dandelion :)

My daughter loves to go out in the front yard and pick these wonderful flowers that seem to pop back up the day after you mow the lawn! Then she will come over to me and tell me how beautiful they smell. It just melts my heart and puts a smile on my face. I think the joy and love on my daughter's face is the only good that can come from these dreaded things :)

Here is my entry this week:

I really like how she picked one that is alive and a beautiful yellow and she also picked one that is a pretty white and the seeds are ready to take flight as soon as a nice breeze comes along ♥.

I guess Dandelions smell beautiful at any stage :)

To see more beautiful faces and flowers click on over to i heart faces!

i heart faces {Smiles}

This weeks challenge at i heart faces is SMILES! Boy oh boy is it a challenge for me. Out of my five children, only one of them seems to be able to smile while the camera is around.

Aric is my second oldest and my baby :) I almost lost him when he was 3 months old. He caught bacterial meningitis which led to him having a stroke and seizures. When the doctor came and told me that Aric might not make it, my heart sank. My family came ASAP to be by my side. By the grace of God Aric made it through this whole ordeal, but not without some permanent damage :(

Aric is 9 years old today and his smile is just so infectious! I love taking pictures of him when he's laying on the floor twirling his toy around. It's the best because he doesn't even know I'm there and his smile is just so pure and true.

For some more smiling pictures just click on over to i heart faces. There are hundreds to choose from!!

i heart faces {Collages}

This weeks challenge at i heart faces is collages! I love doing collages because you can fit so many pictures onto one big picture :)

I decided to do my collage on my baby girl, Madison. She will be ONE this Friday! I gave her an Oreo cookie and a sippy cup full of milk and let her go to town. Boy oh boy did she have fun! This was the first time she had ever tasted an Oreo and I think she'll be coming back for more! I guess this is my preview to the messy cake face she'll have on Saturday :) Enjoy the many pictures! I'm sorry if the Oreo messy face offends anyone.

Click on over to i heart faces to enjoy many more collages! Or if you have one you'd like to enter, feel free to join in the weekly fun :)

i heart faces {Dramatic B&W}

When I saw the i heart faces theme this week I had two pictures in mind. I asked my husband which he liked and he picked the one that I had been coming back to over and over again. It is something about my little girls eyes that just makes me want to look at this picture forever. Well, maybe not forever...but a long time :)

You can find many more Dramatic B&W photos over at i heart faces!

Better yet, find one of your own Dramatic B&W photos and enter into the challenge!

It's so much fun!

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