Favorite {Photo} Friday--Remembering

September 11th. What photo could possibly be my Favorite {Photo} Friday on such a day as this? I headed into our photo files with one thing in mind, but ended up choosing this one:


I took it in Notre Dame (yes, the one in Paris) back in October 2005. The original includes people on both sides and I never really liked it... but I know more about and own better photo editing software now, so I cropped it and played with it and I really like the way it came out! I also think it's appropriate for this day of remembering.

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I haven't been blogging much not because I don't have anything to say or show, but because I committed to myself and to Jason that I would upload a new item to Etsy every single day during September. And it's A LOT of work! It's also making it crystal-clear to me that I need a new camera, because I've been spending faaaaar too much time taking photos, uploading them to the computer, realizing most of them suck, swearing, uploading them to the computer, wanting to throw my camera through the window, taking more photos, and then fiddling with each of them in Photoshop because NONE of them are good enough as-is. I like my camera (a Pentax istDL) for a lot of things, but not for photographing jewelry. I know everyone says it's not the camera, it's the lens... and I have several pretty good lenses, and none of them are working for me. So I'm mulling over my options there. Let me know if you have any recommendations.

Jason is being sent to Denver later this month for work, and since we know people in Denver I'm going to fly out to join him for a long weekend. I've never been to Denver! So if you have any recommendations for me of must-see, must-do places and things, please let me know! With the way this month is going I won't have time to research the city like I usually do before traveling.

This weekend I'm going to work on jewelry and photography and hopefully get a jump-start since now I'll be gone for four days and want to keep adding things to Etsy every day anyway!

Here are some of the things I've added so far this month (click on the link in the name to go to each item in Etsy):

Chain of Love:

Bloom Necklace:

Thankful Heart and Joyful Heart necklaces:

Little Hearts Custom Necklace:

Custom Anniversary Necklace:

Crosshatch Textural Earrings:

A Secret Hope Necklace:

Fused Fine Silver Bracelet:

Twinkle, Twinkle Necklace:

Ice Blue Sparkle Earrings:

Amethyst Dangle Earrings:

Turquoise Dangle Earrings:

Whew, when I look at it like this it makes me feel like I've really done a lot in the past 11 days! :) I've had a few people tell me that they want to order but also want to see what else is coming the rest of this month, so I added a note in my Shop Announcement--if you'd like an item I'd recommend purchasing it now, as many of them are one-time items that I won't be making the same way again. However, if you prefer, I can hold onto your purchase until the end of the month in case you find anything else you'd like to order; then I'll ship everything to you at once and refund your excess shipping charges! If you'd like this option please let me know, otherwise I will just ship your order within a couple days of your purchase.

If you're still here, thanks for sticking with me, lol! :) Have a great weekend, everyone!