These are five pretty photos from my flickr favorites.  I follw so many lovely photographers, it was almost too hard to choose!

photo by tiny happy

photo by fieldguided

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Late in December, I noticed quite a few people on Twitter (like the lovely Becka and Anabela) talking about a little photo project called 365.  All you do is take a photo each day. It sounded fun so I started clicking away and posting photos to my 365 flickr set.  Here’s my favorite from the first week:

Photo 8: coffee cups I stamped for Jena's wedding

Sometimes it can be tricky to pick just one so today’s photo is a diptych:

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My goodness, it’s been so quiet around here!  I think I’m slowly emerging from the holiday fog of cookies and long “catch up” conversations with family and friends. A few days ago we drove up to Big Bear Lake (I worked at a camp there one summer).  It’s the most adorable mountain town and I was so excited to see it with a little snow. I mostly shot with our Holga before switching to our Nikon D80.

the partially frozen lake

The lake was just a bit frozen and so lovely!

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When I was thinking of guest bloggers for this Christmas series I immediately thought of Kara, the super talented girl who taught the wonderful art journaling class I took last fall. Her scrap-booking and photography are so lovely I knew she would come up with something magical. And she has!

Hello! My name is Kara Haupt of I Just Might Explode. Thank you so much, Jessica, for asking me to guest blog! I ♥ Wayside Violet.

My list of wishes for Christmas. What are yours?

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Olivia Bee is only fifteen and her photography is already amazing!  I love how gorgeously moody her photos are:

Lovely Photo by Olivia Bee

Love!

We’ve gotten all of our summer veggies planted and more and more of our flowers are blooming.  The camera and I had a little stroll around the garden on saturday:

violet blue

My mom gave me these flowers last summer and I managed to keep them alive through the winter. They seem pretty happy to be back in the sunshine.   I’m not quite sure what kind they are, but I just love the shape and color of the petals!

lovely