I've Been Awarded The...

Stylish blogger award!

I was very excited when I got tagged because this is my first tag. :)

Now I have to tell you 7 random facts about me:

1. I used to be homeschooled, but now I go to the public high school.

2. I am a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.

3. I have been knitting since I was about 10.

4. My favorite Christmas movie is "It's a Wonderful Life" {which I am really excited to watch since it is now past Thanksgiving and officially the Christmas season}.

5. I randomly sing pretty much all the time and I have a song for almost any occasion.

6. I love funky socks {hey, if I have to wear socks and shoes instead of sandals, they might as well be cool socks}.

7. Sometimes I wear socks with flip-flops and one time I wore Christmas toe socks with flip-flops in the middle of July. Oh, yes. :)

Here are the five lovely bloggers that I am tagging:

1. Lizzie - you can check out her three blogs here, here, and here.

2. Gabby who is currently renaming her blog and the new name has not yet been revealed. Her blog used to be called An Ambitious Homemaker.

3. Johanna @ Creativity Starts Here

4. Rachel Hope @ Hope's Treasures

5. Tirzah @ Tirzah's Delights

6. Jennoelle @ Unoriginal Originality

7. Eowyn @ Think Inside the Box

Thanks, Lily, for tagging me!

Edit: I was tagged again! This time by Hayden from Story Girl. Thanks so much!

p.s. there is a lovely giveaway going on here at An Old-Fashioned Girl.

Please vote!

So, Lily told me that my blog was nominated for the Homeschool Blog Awards Best Photos Blog here. I was not able to see the list of blogs because I had already voted (and I didn't even notice that my blog was on there!). If you have not voted yet, I would appreciate it if you guys would vote for me!

Thanks!

A Little bit of Fall-ness

Today, to continue with the Scripture Memorization Challenge, I memorized:

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

There is a modest fashion event and giveaway going on here at Creativity Starts Here. I am linking up this outfit:

Shirt: Hand-me-down

Skirt: Made my my sister and I

Purple tank top: Christmas Tree Shops

Earrings: Made by me

Day One includes a giveaway, so I think you all should link up if you can. :)

I am entering the following photo in Kelsey's photo challenge. The theme is Fall. {oh, and there will be a prize for the winner. :)}

I am also entering it in Lily's photo challenge where the theme is Fall.

Happy November 2nd!

Sorry again!

Like I said in my last post, I am sorry for my lack of posts over the past few days. I am also sorry that this is a rather hodge-podge post (I seem to have quite a few of those!). I am working on a real post. :)

On Sunday after church some of my siblings and I went on a spontaneous hiking trip with a couple other families from my church.

This tower was on top of the mountain.

This was the gorgeous view from the top of the tower.

This is the view looking down from the tower. :)

Yesterday I spent almost all afternoon cooking. My homework for one of my classes at school was to cook dinner for your family.

Now, on to the 31-Day Challenge.

Day 23 - A Photo of a Person playing a board game

Day 24 - A Photo Playing with Shadows

Day 25 - A Photo You Took a Year Ago

This photo was taken with my little old Kodak Easyshare Point and Shoot. I loved that camera...until the zoom broke. Then one of my best friends dropped it in the stream we were taking photos by. So, I got a new camera. :) It's not an DSLR, but it's better than my old one. :)

Go on over and check out Lily's Days 23 and 24. While you're there, enter her lovely giveaway! Here are some of my favorite prizes:

Flower Bobby Pins

Chocolate Raspberry Soap

A gorgeous autumn colored ring

I posted about a giveaway here. Well, I won it. :) I won this set of bobby pins:

{via}

You can visit Silver Lotus Designs here.

And, since we're speaking about giveaways, I thought I would mention another:

Johanna is hosting a giveaway here. The prize is a $15 gift certificate to this lovely Etsy shop.

I also love this post over at Jamie Delaine Blog.

Happy Autumn!

p.s. did you realize that it is now only two months until Christmas????

Giveaways and 31-Day Challenge

I am sorry that so many of my posts have been about giveaways lately, but there are so many lovely giveaways going on right now! Here are a few more that I am entering today:

Kelsey over at A Ray of Sunshine is hosting another fall giveaway (here is the link to her first fall giveaway). This week the prizes are:

This pair of earrings

and this set of three lovely hair pin trio.

The next giveaway is over at Giveaways of Blessing. The winner will receive this lovely clutch made especially for this giveaway:

Some new prizes have been added to Lily's giveaway over at Belle Fleur Photography, so be sure and check that giveaway out, as well!

Now, on to the 31-Day Challenge. I didn't have time to post a photo yesterday, so here are days 16 and 17:

Day 16 - A Photo of Your Parents

These are my favorite parents in the whole world. :) True, they are my only parents, but if I could pick my parents I would choose them.

Day 17 - A Photo Involving Street Lights

Since I live in a little town, we don't have any street lights that I can take a photo of. So, I figured these lights would count.

These are lights above the screen at the drive-ins.

And now, just to leave you with some cuteness:

(I am entering this photo in two photo challenges)

Theme: Something Sweet (hey, babies are pretty sweet!)

Theme: Something you love.

Hope you have a good day!

Day 15 and some giveaways

Day 15 - A Photo of Your Favorite Shoes

Some of you may remember these shoes from this post.

I spent $5 on these shoes. Happiness!

There are quite a few giveaways going on this weekend!

The first is over at Lily's Blog, Belle Fleur Photography.

Next, there is another giveaway over at Grace's Garden Walk as a part of this program:

Third, Natalia is hosting a giveaway with a bunch of prizes.
Head on over and check out the giveaways, not to mention the lovely blogs.

Day 5

So, I am going to Connecticut this weekend. We have no school on Friday and we have Monday off because it is Columbus Day, so we are leaving on Friday and coming back Monday. I will try and prepare some scheduled posts, but no guarantees. :)

So, continuing on with the 31-Day Challenge...

Day 5 - A photo from a low angle

You can see Lily's post here.

I am a finalist in a photo contest over at The Musings of a Photographer and I would appreciate any of your votes. :)

There is a giveaway going on over at Royal Daughters of the King. The prize is this lovely headband:

Isn't it just so lovely? I have a thing for headbands, especially ones with flowers on them.

I will try and have a real post for you tomorrow, dearies!

Have a good day!

Day 4

Hello, all!

This is Day 4 of the 31-Day challenge. In case you missed the beginning, you can go see Day 1 to learn more about the challenge and Days 2 and 3 just because.

Day 3 - A photo of your favorite place to be.

I love to be in the kitchen/dining room. I like to bake in the kitchen and spend time with my family over meals in the dining room. This was the closest I could get to both rooms at once.

You can go visit Lily's Day 4 post if you would like. Leave a comment just because her photography is amazing. :)

Besides school, I didn't really do much today. Right now I am sitting here waiting to leave for youth group wearing a pink polka dot skirt with black sparkly leggings. Along with some earrings that I made the other day.

Oh, shoot. I just realized that I forgot to take pictures of the earrings I made to show you all what I did yesterday. Oh, well. It was raining today so the lighting wasn't good anyway. :) Hopefully tomorrow!

Anyway...

What did you do today? 

Was you day super fantabulous? boring? average? fun? happy? sad? depressing? 

(I ran out of good adjectives, but you can go ahead and comment with your own words)

Hodge-Podge

Today this is going to be a rather hodge-podge post. There are several photo contests and giveaways going on, so that will be the main part of my post today. :)

First, I need to catch up on the 31-Day Challenge. I am doing this with Lily over at Belle Fleur Photography.

Day 2 - A Photo of What You Wore Today

Shirt: Goodwill // Tank Top: Old Navy // Skirt: Made by my sister and I // Necklace and Earrings: Made by Me

Day 3 - A Photo From a High Angle

I figured this would count as a photo from a high angle.

Next, Katie over at Hello Highlights is hosting a biweekly photo contest called iLove. My entry is this:

I love knitting. :)

Now for the giveaways:

First off is Tatertots and Jello. The winner will receive any one woman's item and any one girl's item from Downeast Basics Online Store, There are so many lovely clothing items in the shop!

Second, we have Giveaways of Blessing. The winner will receive this lovely rose ring! I am in love with it. :)

Last we have Grace's Garden Walk/An Old Fashioned Girl. Miss Johanna, the lovely author of An Old-Fashioned Girl was hosting an Autumn Frolic, but then her blog was somehow deleted! So now the lovely Miss Grace of Grace's Garden Walk is hosting the Autumn Frolic over at her blog. So, I am entering the giveaway over there. Go on over and enter or, even better, visit Miss Johanna's blog and leave her a sweet comment!

Well, that's it for giveaways! Go on over and check them out!

I made a couple pairs of earrings yesterday afternoon. I have not had a chance to take any photos yet, but you will all know as soon as I do. :)

How was your weekend?

Do you have any crafting projects going on right now?

Day 1

I had forgotten to add this to my other post. Lily is hosting a 31-day challenge and I am going to be trying to link up when I can.

Today is Day 1 and the theme is self-portrait.

This is the 31-day challenge:

Day1- A photo of yourself

Day2- A photo of what you wore today

Day3- A photo from a high angle

Day4- A photo of your favorite place to be

Day5- A photo that is cute/sweet

Day6- A photo from a low angle

Day7- A silhouette photo

Day8- A photo of something from the distance

Day9- A photo of something close up

Day10-A photo you took a year ago (un-edited)

Day11-A black and white photo

Day12-A photo edit that you like

Day13-A photo experimenting with bokeh

Day14-A photo focusing on eyes

Day15-A photo of your favorite shoes

Day16-A photo your parents/guardians

Day17-A photo with street lights

Day18-A photo experimenting with water puddles

Day19-A photo of whatever you want

Day20-A photo that involves a tree

Day21-A photo of a sunset

Day22-A photo of a person you love

Day23-A photo of a person playing a board game/cards

Day24-A photo playing with shadows

Day25- A photo that you took a year ago

Day26-A photo that has something with blue

Day27-A photo that incorporates motion

Day28-A photo with clouds

Day29-A photo that has something with green in it

Day30-A photo that has something purple in it

Day31-A photo of yourself (31 days later)

I may not be able to do every day, but I will try. :)

Psalm 37:7-8

Psalm 37:7-8

Entering this photo in Lily's photo contest.

"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way

Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;

Do not fret - it only causes harm."

These are good verses for me to remember because I have a tendency to worry and to be jealous of people who continually do wrong things and still gain by it. But I need to remember that they will be punished and those who persevere in the LORD will be rewarded.

Have any verses been on your mind lately?

What has God been teaching you recently?