Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. 

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Moms out there – wishing you a happy and peaceful day!

Photo by Holly Attfield

Of course, in the process, I neglected to update with some incredible submissions that we have been receiving for our March/April assignment!  There’s still time for you to send me yours – wouldn’t you love to take home one of our two prizes for which we are drawing?!?!?

I am working on a post and will have new submissions uploaded by Thursday – thanks for your patience!

And to my ScrapFest workshop participants, thanks so much for an incredible experience!  You were a great group!  I hope you will submit some of your photos, showing off your newfound knowledge!   I’d also love to see any photos you may have taken of our class as I didn’t get  a chance to snap any!

We will open the book.  Its’ pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its’ first chapter is New Year’s Day.

~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce ~

May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!

~ Author Unknown

So since the contest news will have to wait until later this week, along with the December tutorial and assignment, I just wanted to tell you about this new phenomenon that’s catching on!  Since it’s similar to November’s assignment, I thought I’d share!

Apparently, there is a new trend out there called Camera Tossing – it basically uses any camera with the ability to set a long exposure; a couple of light sources, such as two or more candles or lights, and (in my opinion) the dexterity to catch!

Here’s a tutorial from Wired Magazine:  Snap A Camera-Toss Picture  It also includes a video with more detail. Thanks to my hubby for pointing me to this via Twitter!  You can also visit the official Camera Toss blog for lots of examples, or view these on Flickr.

The end results look amazing… but I’d be afraid of dropping my camera!  Please share your photos with us if you try it (at your own risk!!)

Happy tossing!

‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
                                                                                           ~William Shakespeare