tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41327752635988371972024-03-13T09:45:30.664-06:00Faded PrairieKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-37978300296578364912012-09-28T13:28:00.000-06:002012-09-28T13:35:11.799-06:00Wonder.<div style="text-align: center;">
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My days are filled with the {presence of wonder}. Has it always been this way? Of course it has, but I'm pretty sure that I wasn't always on the{lookout}. You see I gave negativity power, I focused on what was not right in my life and let it dictate my days....months really. I've made the choice to change what I will allow in my days. I've made the choice to change my focus to the little wonders throughout my day...</div>
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Some wonders around the farm today...</div>
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~ A little girl who is finally trusting in herself</div>
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~ The inner glow of all things living</div>
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~ His glory</div>
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~ Sun flares</div>
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~ The simplicity of farm life</div>
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~ The sounds of silence</div>
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~ How fast they grow</div>
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~ How easily they *love*</div>
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~ My gift to capture these wonders and their beauty</div>
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What wonders will you be on the lookout for this weekend?</div>
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Oh and an awesome wonder discovered and explained to me today by a five-year old farm living child....</div>
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...Mom dogs make and stir milk in their {bibs} for their little babies puppies to drink..</div>
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Happy weekend dear friends...</div>
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xoxo</div>
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{All photos taken and edited on my iphone, you can find a few of my favorite apps <a href="http://www.fadedprairie.blogspot.com/2012/09/favorite-iphoneography-apps.html">here</a>}</div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-67367683162619662042012-09-25T06:00:00.000-06:002012-09-25T09:20:20.942-06:00Favorite Iphoneography Apps...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have another confession....</div>
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I am a IG addict...completely and totally obsessed! :0) Instagram, for me, is beyond a place to add filters to a photo. It has become my {social} outlet, with all the political ranting now filling facebook everywhere I look, I turn to Instagram to catch up with everyone ;0) so much more inspiring! It gives me a chance to glimpse into their souls; to see what beauty captures their eye, and their truths. I love the interaction and support that comes from Instagram, it is the first thing I check in the mornings...</div>
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So Instagram is more social to me than a {photography app}. While I like the filters they offer and the tilt-shift blur effect I prefer to edit my photos in other apps. I thought i would share a couple of my go to apps for editing photos...oh, and if you are an IG'er I would love to see your truths and beauty, you can find me here:</div>
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<b>Lo-Mob: </b>Love this app for the TTV filters and emulsions, you can actually see your photo applied to the different filters instead of waiting for a preview. This app definitely doesn't work on all types of photos but for lovely horned herefords it is beautiful!</div>
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<b>PhotoToaster: </b>This app is amazing for all it's filters and effects! I also love the control you have over a texture you are applying. Oh, and the Airprint feature....{divine}!!</div>
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<b>Camera+: </b>This is my go to camera on my phone. The zoom feature, area of focus, and depth of field effect are essential to me. When applying an effect you can see your photo in nine different filters, definitely a must for an impatient person such as myself! ;0) Maximus thinks it's pretty nifty too!</div>
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<b>ScratchCam: </b>This app is my most recent download. There are many different textures, colors, and scratches you can apply to a photo...again, this app may not work with certain photos just use your creativity and play!</div>
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<b>Vintique: </b>I love the move and scale feature of this app! It opens right up to the controls, you can crop, rotate and adjust to your hearts content. There are oodles, and oodles of filters you can apply to your photo, again you can see your photo with all different effects on it...{perfection} The vibrance, temp + tint, and vignette controls are some of my favorites.</div>
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Remember there really is no right or wrong way with iphoneography! The best advice I can give is to jump right in, mix and match apps, and enjoy!</div>
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What are some of your favorite apps?? You know I have an addiction and would love to hear!</div>
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Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-4824208510727987612012-09-18T14:17:00.004-06:002012-09-18T14:55:08.369-06:00Let's Be...<div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I have to tell you right from the start...I'm ready to write off 2012. I am, this year to say the least has been hectic. How awful is it to live this way? To dread another day that you are sure is going to bring stress and heartache, that you feel as if you can't take another minute of it. </div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I'm fed up and ready for something different. I'm ready to just BE..</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">It is strange how this whole year my focus was BE, in fact it is {was} my <a href="http://www.fadedprairie.com/2012/01/be.html">one little word for 2012</a>, and here we are the middle of September and I still haven't found my {BE}ing. </div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I made the scary, hard, life changing, decision to become a full-time mother, wife, sprinkler changing, gopher trapping, cow herding little fool this year! It has been a month since I didn't go back to work at the school and I'm still trying to find my {place}. I have always worked outside of the home, away from the {man's domain} aka our ranch, ;0) so it is all new to me an my little family. I'm giving it some time though, I really am focusing on what I will accept in our lives and what I will not put up with any longer. I recently came upon a <a href="http://thesouthdakotacowgirl.com/2012/09/riding-with-buck-h2-part-1-of-who-knows-how-many/">post</a> about a horse clinic with <a href="http://brannaman.com/">Buck Brannaman</a>, a true horse whisperer. In his clinic he talked about letting the horse just {BE}, that given a chance a horse will return to the quiet of his soul and the true meaning of what they are...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">To {be}...what a beautiful and peaceful place...it is what i desire the most in my life. With Buck's whispers in my ears, I decided to take Clancey and our mares, Pippi and Party Twister, on a day of just {be}ing.</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 100%; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/horsegirl3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">{our old cowdog Tick decided he wanted to tag along}</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></a><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 100%; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/horsegirl2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">We reconnected with each other, the land, and our horses. We all made promises under the golden hue of fall that we are going to {BE} and that it is enough.</span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-85616278798242768242012-08-15T10:45:00.005-06:002012-08-15T12:01:11.348-06:00Barn House 2012<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Where does a girl even begin? Trying to find words to describe the beauty, serenity, and love surrounding a Pacific Northwest farm...After three years I've come to realize that maybe the magic cannot be captured with mere words. . A soul must experience it for themselves to fully understand, to feel the gentle touch of grace against your cheek as you step upon the lush soil. To smell the life of the pines and wildwood; the small whispers coming in almost inaudible sighs. You must {still} yourself, letting your heart guide you to a {meant to be} treasure. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">There is truly nowhere else...there is simply...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.barnhousebh.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Barn House.</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b2.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b1.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">You cannot believe the line!! It snaked it's way along the fence line and didn't end...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b13.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b4.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.barnhousebh.com/">{Barn House}</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b3.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">{Farm and Frills}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b5.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.barnhousebh.com/">{Barn House}</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b6.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.barnhousebh.com/">{Barn House}</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b7.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.barnhousebh.com/">{Barn House}</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b8.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.barnhousebh.com/">{Barn House}</a> again.. :0)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b9.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I'm sorry, I'm not sure who's booth this was but the colors of pure nature where unbelievably stunning!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b10.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">{Sparrow} love this girl with all my heart!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b11.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.houseofharvest.com/">{House of Harvest}</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">So blessed to have finally met this girl and her husband!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b15.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">{Camas Antiques}??? not sure....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The one item that just stopped me in my tracks...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/b12.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">yep, a calf bottle!! The kids just giggled over this...we still use ours and can't begin to tell you how much of a chore it is to mix these things up morning and night for the little dogie calves. :0)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Flying in for the show and not having the truck put a serious damper on my shopping...sigh. My mom had some serious faith that her vintage veggie bin would fit into her suitcase. I can't begin to tell you the sweat, blood and some not to appropriate words where shed to make it happen! ;0) It made it home safely and looks amazing upon her wall...definitely meant to be.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">It was SO good to see my PNW family...I miss you all so much already! Thank you dear Joe and Jermonne for hosting such a beautiful event. I cannot begin to tell you the peace that this little trip brought to my soul, it was also very bittersweet. To be there with you all but to not be. It was definitely different being a shopper and not a vendor! :0)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I just want you two to know...You are truly heaven sent....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">xoxo</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">kristin</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-15958589815052370942012-08-13T14:06:00.003-06:002012-08-13T14:12:04.654-06:00Three Winners!<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/cmhcollage.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">The three lucky winners for Jeanne's <a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/category_32/E-Course.htm">Creatively Made Home</a> e-course are:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">Sandi~ A Cottage Muse</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">Nicole~ Farmgirl Chaos</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">Linda~ Burlap+Blue</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">Congratulations ladies!! Please email me fadedprairie@gmail.com with your emails!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-37601016119474110022012-08-06T10:28:00.003-06:002012-08-06T11:42:07.681-06:00Creatively Made Home E-course Giveaway!!<div style="text-align: left;">With the changing of the seasons upon us I find myself turning {towards home}. It becomes time for me to leave the harvest fields earlier to prepare for my little family returning home. It is time to settle in and cozy up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This will be the first season that our house is truly our home. I long for our remodel to be finished so our home reflects who we are; where you leave feeling the essence of our lives. While I am thrilled for opportunity of filling new negative space it is a little overwhelming. Where to begin, how much to add, and to how to create the perfect backdrop to our living. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can imagine how blessed I felt to find Jeanne offering a new <a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/item_260/Creatively-Made-Home-E-Course.htm">e-course</a>:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/item_260/Creatively-Made-Home-E-Course.htm"><br /></a></span></div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/item_260/Creatively-Made-Home-E-Course.htm"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/cmhcollage.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div></a></span><div><br /></div><div>Here is a little of the {why} Jeanne created such a unique e-course:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"I <span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif;font-size:85%;color:#989898;">wanted to create a course that celebrated what really matters in your home.....you and your family. I also wanted to celebrate making life beautiful in the everyday. I know so many that want to make their home beautiful but feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start...so they do nothing. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif;font-size:85%;color:#989898;">It is time to open your doors because of what is inside of you.....not what is inside your home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif;font-size:85%;color:#989898;">It is our desire that this five week online course will change how you see yourself, your home and your family."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/">Jeanne</a> is bringing together four of the most inspiring woman I know to help us see and live the beauty everyday. <a href="http://www.frenchlarkspur.blogspot.com/">Tracey Leber</a>, <a href="http://www.sadieolive.com/">Sara Duckett</a>, <a href="http://www.kimberlytaylorimages.com/">Kimberly Taylor</a> and <a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/">Jennifer Rizzo</a> will all be sharing how they truly live joyful lives and how their homes are reflections of themselves. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This course will packed full of tips and suggestions for gardening, cooking, decorating and entertaining! I simply cannot wait!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jeanne puts SO much heart and soul into her courses, they really are life altering! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">She contacted me last week and is generously giving away THREE spots to Creatively Made Home for some lucky Faded Prairie readers! WHOOT, WHOOT!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Please leave a comment on this post about what you would hope to gain from such an *amazing* course. What area of your home is basically giving you heartburn! {Like my entire home at the moment!}</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can also increase your chances by posting about this giveaway, sharing on facebook, twitter, and pinterest!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">* Please leave a separate comment for facebook, posting, and/or twitter</div><div style="text-align: left;">* I have created a pin <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853629388726/">here</a> so all you have to do is repin, i will automatically be notified when you have done so; so there is no need to come back and leave a separate comment for pinterest</div><div style="text-align: left;">* Giveaway ends next Monday the 13th, 9:00 a.m. {mst} winner will be announced thereafter </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Creatively Made Home begins October 22nd, you can find more information <a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/item_260/Creatively-Made-Home-E-Course.htm">here</a>. Good luck dear readers!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">*THANK YOU* dear <a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/">Jeanne</a> for sharing your gifts, for your inspiration, and allowing me to be a part of something so beautiful!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">xoxo</div><div style="text-align: left;">kristin</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-75407525171529757442012-07-25T08:38:00.003-06:002012-07-25T09:18:09.748-06:00Destination..<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">I'm not exactly sure where July has run off to...sigh...I'm not even sure where the whole summer has gone! I'm not ready, I feel myself digging my heels in and grasping for all it's worth. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Since July feels it must end, I don't know a better way to spend it than here....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/2012-BH-Postcard-3.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div></span><br />Although I'm not showing this year due to our hectic life here on the farm and ranch, I will be flying in to spend the weekend with the boys and all the *fabulous* vendors!! <div><br /></div><div>It is so hard for me to put into words my love and joy that the <a href="http://www.barnhousebh.com">Barn House</a> family brings to me. I posted about my experience last year <a href="http://www.fadedprairie.com/2011/08/prairie-schooner.html">here</a>, and although it has been an entire year words still fail me when I try to explain the <b>Barn House Experience</b>. I have never before felt such serenity, genuine love, and pure enchantment that surrounds this family and farm.</div><div><br /></div><div>I truly hope that you can make it this weekend, it is the one vintage show you don't want to miss!! Be sure to check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/barnhousebh">Barn House</a> on facebook for all the sneak peeks coming in. I am already mourning for things that can't fit in my luggage! ;0)</div><div><br /></div><div>See you soon dear PNW family and friends! </div><div><br /></div><div>xoxo</div><div>kristin</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-70195498364186237872012-07-02T13:28:00.003-06:002012-07-02T13:49:41.110-06:00The beauty of agriculture<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; ">I have long tried to capture in words the reason for my deep love of agriculture and those who live the life. To try and help others understand why we do what we do each day, why we have such a strong sense of pride for this humble lifestyle. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; ">I recently came across this quote by Elizabeth Ros and I believe it says it all...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/beautiful.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">We are family, we are bound together by our </span>tragedies, struggles, and triumphs through sheer will power and love. We have each seen first hand defeating losses; we have all felt the weight of these losses and the tug to just give up. We continue on through it all, knowing our lives have meaning, truth and beauty.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span>We are agriculture and we are beautiful...</span></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-82133950852723695062012-06-22T10:46:00.004-06:002012-06-22T11:26:51.109-06:00The Remodel<div style="text-align: left;">I really didn't ever believe that I would say the word remodel. We first moved in right after we were married and 14 years later we are still here! Not a happy girl I can tell you...it definitely hasn't been easy. I have finally realized that my husband's heart is here and where he dreamed of raising his little family. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The home was originally built in the 1890's with an addition added sometime during the 1940's. There has never been any real upkeep done on the place, just little projects done in order to get by. We are going to have to totally gut this place, right done to the frame. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/home.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our plans should be about finished, I can't wait to show you what I have envisioned for our little prairie home, in the mean time I thought I would share the inspiration behind this whole remodel. All photos are sourced and can be found on my board {Little House} on <a href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/">pinterest</a>...the is much more inspiration there. I didn't want to overwhelm you! :0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628805092/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/upload/20547742020012453_oFRWlJgL_c.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><p style="text-align: center;font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/photos-cabin-fever">gardenandgun.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really want to reuse the wood siding from the home on the interior. I was thinking about adding paneling, not necessarily throughout the whole home maybe just accent walls?!? Any thoughts??</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628315165/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cache-ec2.pinterest.com/upload/182818066093088043_2ZuEUp4U_c.jpg" border="0" width="414" height="600" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><p style="text-align: center;font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://style-files.com/2010/09/21/wooden-stairs/">style-files.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853627983455/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cache-ec9.pinterest.com/upload/182395853627983455_FKqPJ6Pb_c.jpg" border="0" width="562" height="384" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><p style="text-align: center;font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://www.paleandinteresting.com/pages/look-book-autumn10-7">paleandinteresting.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628100821/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/182395853628100821_KnFWgFr2_c.jpg" border="0" width="449" height="600" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><p style="text-align: center;font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://www.79ideas.org/2011/07/from-book-pale-interesting-by-atlanta.html">79ideas.org</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've learned my lesson with white flooring though... ;0) I still love the look but I won't be adding it in.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628722240/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cache-ec9.pinterest.com/upload/164522192607164958_GgiF6j68_c.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="547" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><p style="text-align: center;font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://houseandhome.com/sites/houseandhome.com/files/imagecache/photo/top-images/galleries/10359947/Photo-House-Home-VMacdonald-BetsyAziz-ConnieBraemer-JA12-eat-in-kitchen.jpg">houseandhome.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I must have a vintage windmill to hang on the wall, Iowa girls you just might see me soon on the hunt! :0) Anyone know of a good source?!? *love* them dearly!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628607252/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/upload/245024035946200652_RWCKXQ75_c.jpg" border="0" width="446" height="600" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><p style="text-align: center;font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://salisburyartisans.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2633">salisburyartisans.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If any of you have been through a remodel do you have any advice?!? We are excited but not sure where to begin, feeling a little overwhelmed right now! :0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">xo</div><div style="text-align: left;">kristin</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-58687598266272714272012-06-20T09:26:00.006-06:002012-06-20T10:19:21.165-06:00Saddled Up and a Winner<div style="text-align: left;"><span>June...</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; ">As a child I never thought how much I would come to *love* a month so much. I never realized how nostalgic I would become and how I would cherish each moment of this magical month. Blogging has definitely taken a back to seat here, our main seat and mode of transportation this month is this...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/june.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div><br /><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">I cherish each moment spent in the saddle, behind our herd of cattle. Listening to the bellows of mamas and babies, not so enjoyable when it is my own children bellowing at each other but what do you do?!? :0)</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I want to *thank* each of you for taking the time to entire Kim and Xanthe's giveaway. I have read and reread each and every comment, taking in the strength, the passions, the insecurities, and realizing I'm not alone. You are all truly beautiful!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I finally have chosen a winner; I can not begin to tell you how hard it was! I wanted you all to win a spot...sigh...maybe when the husband brings home a calf check I can all splurge and award everyone! ;0) Do you think he would go for it?!? </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">For now....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/15.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">was the number picked and Jackie Cate is the winner!! Congrats girl! You have been such an inspiration to me for so long now, {such an amazing artist and photographer!!} I cannot wait to see what direction your passions take! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*Thank You* again to everyone for stopping by and sharing your passions. Within the next week I hope to share some of what they were and talk a little about what has helped me give voice to my passions. For now it is back in the saddle trying to get some stubborn old gals to stay on the right side of the fence! :0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">xo</div><div style="text-align: left;">kristin</div></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-21767500631716071692012-06-11T21:42:00.001-06:002012-06-12T08:52:34.947-06:00E-Course Giveaway!<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>Blogging....</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed with it? This year has been so difficult for me, I cannot seem to gather of my thoughts, I feel as if what I have to share doesn't compare to what is out there. I just feel a little {blah}...</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>I then have to remember why I started blogging in the first place. Blogging for me has always been about sharing my passions. Photography, gathering farm finds, my life on a cattle ranch and farm, the beauty of cattle grazing in the prairie green pasture....blogging has given me the opportunity to really focus on what these mean to me. It gives me the opportunity to break each one apart, to study and sink my roots deeper into the soul of these passions. Then to share with you all what truth I saw in a photo, why the beauty of a certain piece whispered to me, why a cow can bring peace to my heart.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>With that said, trying to create a space {worthy} of these passions can really take the joy out of a person...not kidding you, just ask me about the new blogger interface...gggrrr...</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>It can take so much of your precious time; time you would have spent {sinking your roots into the soul}. We all know how fleeting these moments can be and how intentional we have to be with our time. My dear friend <a href="http://www.kimklassencafe.com/">Kim</a> {a true kindred spirit} and <a href="http://www.xantheberkeley.com/">Xanthe</a> {whom I have yet to meet but just know for certain we are kindred spirits :0) }, to rescue! Check out the new e-course they are bringing to the e-course frenzy...</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/btsheader.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; "><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/vid3.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span>{a small glimpse of where they create beauty}</span></div><span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">An A to the men people! Isn't that what it is all about! Blogging your passion, and creatively to boot. Here is Kim's and Xanthe's short version of what this new </span>e-course covers and why it would help a girl out<span style="font-size: 100%;">...</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">We will share the details of how and what we shoot, our processing secrets and finally how we share all this on our sites. </p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">We are all unique. The key to great blogging lies in authenticity and sharing your true passion.<br />The student will leave this course with a clear vision of their blogging mission....concrete ideas to make it happen....and inspiration to spread their unique vision.</p></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><strong style="color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </strong></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; "><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">This is <strong>not</strong> a technical blog-building eCourse. We will not be showing you how to create a blog from scratch. However we will offer some great resources for this. Building a blog is really just the beginning..... It's what you pour into it that's key.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">In this class, we will take you behind the scenes…sharing our daily creative process. We will share the ins and outs of what we shoot, how we shoot and finally how we share it on our blogs. </p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Wanna know how we put a post together? Want tips on staying focused and getting your post written quickly and efficiently? We are sharing it all.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">How 'bout tutorials on all the extra little touches...such as image layouts, blog headers, buttons, mouseovers, animation, slide shows, and even short films....Want tips for telling a story with your photos? We got it covered. </p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Having trouble finding focus? finding your voice? It's hard! But we have lots of tips to share.</p><p style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; color: rgb(85, 87, 82); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">We're super excited to share all this and much more with you.</p><p style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span>For more information on what is covered in the course and the long version of why this is going to be absolutely amazing on all levels,head on over to <a href="http://www.reflectionofyou.org/">Reflection of You</a> and check out <a href="http://www.reflectionofyou.org/behindthescenes/">Behind the Scenes</a> information page...</span></p><p style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span>I couldn't be more excited about this! Finding focus is exactly what I need right now, and since blogging is about sharing...guess what friends...Kim and Xanthe have been SO generous in offering a spot to a lucky Faded Prairie reader!! Whoot, Whoot!</span></p></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>So tell us what passion{s} do you want to give voice to? What direction would you *love* for your little piece of blogland to go in? Just leave a little note here to be entered, of course sharing the news about this giveaway will give you extra chances also {be sure to leave a link please}!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>*Giveaway will end Friday night, 5:00p.m. MST*</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>*Open to all US and international friends* </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>Good luck to you all!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>xo</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span>kristin </span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-44085219974997998652012-04-27T09:55:00.000-06:002012-04-27T09:55:00.663-06:00a rememberance...<span style="font-family: 'courier new';">*this is a post i wrote the 5th year after my daddy's passing, it has now been 7 and i miss him more than ever...as i gaze upon this land and my wild prairie children, i am filled with such gratitude for his sacrifices and strength.* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">from trying to live for the cattle that had been trusted into his work worn hands...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">another of the grueling day of trailing 1000 head of cattle over a slick rock trail with a 500 foot drop on your left...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">that day a calf fell off that trail, </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">this hat and it's cowboy were lowered over the side of the sheer drop off by lariats tied together. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">the cowboy rescued that baby calf that day simply because that is how this cowboy lived...on the edge...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">the red sand embedded into the grains came from the year he took his daughter on her first view of the only free roaming buffalo herd in the united states..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">the sounds of their thundering hooves keeping time with our quickening hearts and our horses long strides...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">the water stains were left behind on a day where his most trusted horse, and friend moved on to greener pastures...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">the round burn marks were left behind by the dying embers of a camp fire...while he sat listening to the coyotes howl at the full moon rising over the snow capped peaks of the henry mountains...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'courier new';">among the dirt is patches of flour....this hat watched over the cowboy while making many of his famous sourdough biscuits...there has yet to be one made that sticks to your ribs better than what this cowboy made...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">the crimp in the brim came from a day full of anxiety...the day that his first grandson was born...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">....this daughter is blessed....not only can i gaze at the life of this cowboy each day....but i am able to hear him in the breezes that sway the grain fields...i am able to hear him in the lone coyotes howl...i am able to hear him in the crackle of the camp fire...i am able to feel his love in the land that i work with my hands...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">we love you dad and miss you so...</span><br />
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summer temperatures seem to have finally found us here...{for a few days at least}! :0)</div>
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warmer temperatures mean one thing...{the branding of calves}</div>
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we must wait to work over the calves when there is fair weather for them to recover in...</div>
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the less stress the better for our sweet little ones.</div>
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the days are filled with hard, hard work by each and everyone involved,</div>
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but none harder than the cowboy and/or cowgirl who is given the job of pushing the calves into the chute.</div>
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it involves a right of passage for the lack of a better explanation..</div>
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you prove yourself in the muck, sweat, and dangerous calf kicking hooves; you move on up to a somewhat less painful job. :0)</div>
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it is not only where calves are marked and branded but also the truth of a cowboy...</div>
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this year it was my son's turn to show his truth...</div>
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picture 300-400 lb. calves having their way with my 75 lb little boy and his cousin..</div>
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<img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-80859937593277657012012-04-19T07:07:00.000-06:002012-04-19T07:07:00.363-06:00Artographer...{Jamie Heiden}<div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">if you have been reading my blog awhile you know my passion for {artography}..</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">it has been something i have wanted to incorporate into my photography, while i have played hours and hours with textures i've always been a little hesitant to take it one step further...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">textures can be tricky and often daunting...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">i wanted to share with you one of the first {artographers} who has fueled my passion and given me pause...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">dear {<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieheiden/">Jamie Heiden</a>}...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">this girl is absolutely amazing in capturing and creating raw emotion with her photographs...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">{sound of silence}</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieheiden/5704762897/" title="sounds of silence by jamie heiden, on Flickr" style="font-size: 100%; "><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3413/5704762897_542ab205ea_z.jpg" width="460" height="640" alt="sounds of silence" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >the light illuminating from within each photo is stunning...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{tadaa!}</div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieheiden/6874704464/" title="tadaa! by jamie heiden, on Flickr" style="font-size: 100%; "><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/6874704464_abed4627a8_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="tadaa!" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >of course living in rural wisconsin she has plenty of beauty surrounding her...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >the whimsy, simplicity, and joy with each and every photo touches the soul...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >{center of the universe}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieheiden/3944833823/" title="center of the universe... by jamie heiden, on Flickr" style="font-size: 100%; "><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2447/3944833823_3db6ae7a8e.jpg" width="500" height="379" alt="center of the universe..." /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >the center of a girl's universe is definitely her family's farm and ranch...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >you are tied blood and soul to the place...jamie captured the essence of the tie completely...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >i do believe the print above needs to come and grace my prairie home soon...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >Jamie does offer her prints for sale, you can contact her while loosing yourself in raw beauty via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieheiden/">flickr</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamie-Heiden-Photography/188406184572591?sk=wall">facebook</a>, and her site <a href="http://jheidenphoto.net/">jheidenphoto</a>...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >*thank you* ever so much jamie for allowing me to share a piece of your soul here with my readers...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >you truly inspire us all...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="Signature" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /><br /></div><div class="Signature" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div class="Signature" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">i did purchase one of jamie's photos...it should arriving soon and i will definitely share once it does! :0)</div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">also, please don't mind the mess while i change things up around here..it was way past due for an update...</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-27354373745592240502012-04-17T07:17:00.000-06:002012-04-17T07:17:00.593-06:00waiting...<div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">i'm not exactly sure where time has gone?</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">i've sat in front of my computer screen with good intentions of writing a post i don't know how many times...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">these months have been filled to the brim with living...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">living the life that i dreamed of for my little family, living with intention and gratitude each day...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">has there been trials along the way...yes..</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">has there been days that i just wanted to give up....yes..</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">it feels really as if i'm {be}ginning again...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">i've had to say no to some dreams; our farm, cows, and family come first in everything...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">i've learned that it is okay, that patience and faith are key to living an intentional life...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">so i wait...</div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">capturing beauty and feeling blessed...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/waiting.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >even when i see photos of green grass, lilacs, and flowers blooming everywhere upon your blogs...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >while we are still battling freezing temperatures and snow...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span ><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/waiting1.jpg" style="font-size: 100%; " /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >hope things are going well for you my friends, i'm hoping this is the {be}ginning of more posts and photos of living with intention here on the prairie....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="Signature" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-10140623101790552482012-01-23T06:35:00.000-07:002012-01-23T06:35:00.427-07:00{BE}lieve...<div style="text-align: left;">here i am well into week 2 of my B.12 project...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">my one little word for 2012 is to <a href="http://www.fadedprairie.com/2012/01/be.html">{BE}</a> ...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i am turning this little word into different B words as i go through the year and my creative journey..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i {be}gan with {be}gin... :0) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">{be}ginning my creative journey and really {be}ginning to live the life i dream, to {be}gin on living intentionally...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i have been absent from here due to exploring the why's of my business and who i really am...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://hellosoulhellobusiness.com/">hello soul hello business</a>, <a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/item_142/Creatively-Made-E-Course.htm">creatively made</a>, and <a href="http://www.beyondlayers.net/">beyond layers</a> are all giving me the push towards beginning...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i never realized when signing up for the e-courses how entwined they would be...a prompt in one course would reveal an A-HA moment in another. questions asked lead to questions answered...they really are making a difference in my everyday...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">so from {be}ginning to {be}lieving i go..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/becopy.jpg" /></div><br /><br />to really {be}lieving in my dreams no matter how big or how small, {be}lieving in myself as an artist, {be}lieving that my life of an artist and mother can run parallel, and {be} beautiful...<div><br /></div><div>i won't lie..it has been a struggled for me to stay intentional, to not listen to those small whispered doubts..sometimes it seems so much easier to just give up...when i feel the weight sink deep within my stomach i try to just step away for a moment...</div><div><br /></div><div>i have to admit the one constant that soothes me and replenishes me is the evening feeding and checking in on our little cows and their new babies...strange isn't it?? this one little chore though grounds me..gives me strength and assurance that my roots run deep, that i can let go and {be}lieve in my dreams... </div><div><br /></div><div>how are you all doing with your resolutions or aspirations for twenty.12?? any struggles or ways cleared for you??</div><div><br /></div><div>i hope you will all join me by...</div><div><br /></div><div>{be}lieving...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="Signature"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /><br /></div></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-58585191857954379242012-01-09T07:55:00.000-07:002012-01-09T07:55:00.327-07:00Project {Be.gin} 365.1<div style="text-align: left;">hello dear readers...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">happy monday!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">since i am {be.ginning} my creative journey and i need all the help i can get on sticking with my b.12 project i've decided to be accountable with a photo each day...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">sheesh...that is a little scary for someone like me...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">especially since i haven't picked up my camera since christmas...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">thank goodness for my iphone!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">with the apps and the quick uploading it hasn't been a burden {yet}...oh, except when there is no cell service, which as anyone who lives here knows the trials with that! :0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">one of my favorites is instagram {really who's isn't???}...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fadedprairie/6644274355/" title="My favorite little lady.. by fadedprairie, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6644274355_816a3f367b_z.jpg" width="612" height="612" alt="My favorite little lady.." /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i *love* the vintage, surreal feeling that instagram brings to my photos...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fadedprairie/6655969267/" title="7/365.1 {soon} by fadedprairie, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6655969267_ae9126802f_z.jpg" width="612" height="612" alt="7/365.1 {soon}" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">can you tell my favorite subjects?? ;0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fadedprairie/6664462229/" title="1/365.1 {winter whites} by fadedprairie, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6664462229_c74487e106_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="1/365.1 {winter whites}" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">some more favorite apps of mine are: hipstamatic, pictureshow, Ttv Ps, and picframe for grouping photos together...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">what are some of your favorite apps? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">if you are wanting to join in on a 365.1 project i've created a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1839476@N24/">flickr</a> pool where you can share your photos there as well! let us all {be.gin}!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="Signature"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-33553928556426109442012-01-05T16:23:00.001-07:002012-01-05T16:43:04.107-07:00planking...so sorry dear readers...<div></div><div>the new interface on blogger is giving me a complete ache in the you know where! :0)</div><div></div><div>i've finally switched back to the old to bring you planking....</div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">the good kind...on walls, and its usually white and i'm thinking this is definitely going to be my next project!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">{i love the raw, natural beauty of these planks}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853627983436/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="582" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/182395853627983436_zTnJ1uMq_c.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; ">Source: <a href="http://www.desiretoinspire.net/blog/?currentPage=4" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">desiretoinspire.net</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><div style="padding-bottom: 2px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 0px;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">{oh.my. that's it. i'm in love}</div><div style="text-align: center;line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628214102/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 0px; "></a><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628214102/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="575" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/182395853628214102_1nmMJUys_c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;color: rgb(118, 131, 139); 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color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Kristin</a><span style="color: rgb(118, 131, 139); font-size: 10px; "> on </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(118, 131, 139); ">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="Signature" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;">so what are your thoughts on wall planks?</div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;">oh and if a certain prairie girl decided to take a crow bar to her walls how would she go about adding planking?? :0)</div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;">do you apply it over the dry wall or does it completely replace dry wall? has anyone attempted adding this to their house? i would *love* to hear your thoughts!</div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="Signature" style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="background: transparent; 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now here we are, 2012 and i feel SO excited! i just know the year is going to hold some extra special *fabulousness* for my little family :0)</div>
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i have also been making some plans for my little space here, i have been chatting with an insanely talented girl to help give the blog a little lift and new direction. in early november a new muse visited me and her story is waiting to be told. it really is miraculous how everything comes together...</div>
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i had some Dreams come true during the year, some i never realized i had but i just felt as if the little trials drowned out a lot of the joy. it seemed that i really couldn't focus on anything and just {BE} in the moment...</div>
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i also have a little confession to make before we go any further...i loose interest in things quite rapidly {the half-a$$ed projects throughout my house can testify} so making a commitment on one little word for an entire year is really not feasible...i don't think i can even remember what word i chose for last year, i definitely know it wasn't muddled! ;0)</div>
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i recently came across an article on the life of an artist, how you as an artist can have all the mediums, the ideas, the space and desire to create but if you don't actually produce something you are a {poser}...yes, a poser and i am the biggest {poser} of them all! i can't tell you how THAT one little word has affected me, i know without a doubt that i DON'T want to BE a POSER!! i want to create, i want live an artful life, a creative life, i want to live the life i know i'm capable of living....to just {BE}...<br />
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i'm {BE.GINNING} by taking an in-depth business course with <a href="http://www.kellyraeroberts.com/">kelly rae</a> and <a href="http://www.dowhatyouloveforlife.com/">beth nicolls</a>...i'm ready to take faded prairie to the next level and make the most out of it...<br />
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i'm also {BE.GINNING} with another e-course...the wonderfully, all inspiring, jeanne oliver's dream come true....<a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/">{CREATIVELY MADE}</a> rediscovering the beauty of your gifts...i don't know a better way to begin a journey than this...<br />
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paula and deb's site is a pure joy to visit...*love* everything they create...you should definitely check out their junkin' christmas tree they just created!! *amazing*!<br />
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oh, i can tell you we have been enjoying each and everyday of the holiday season!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i have some projects to share with you, some photos of our christmas tree hunting trip, and a couple photos of the cute babies that have been being born around here...tis the season!! :0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">but first my holiday gift guide for the special person in your life that may need a little direction into unfurling her creative wings....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*love* each and everyone of these...i hope you enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/creativewings.png" /></div>1. <a href="http://www.jeanneoliverdesigns.com/">creatively made</a> by jeanne oliver...i don't think i have ever been so excited for january in my life!! everything jeanne does and creates is pure beauty! *love* her!<div><br /></div><div>2. <a href="http://www.terribrushdesigns.com/">terri brush</a> is an *amazing* artist...i missed out on taking one of her classes here in utah last month and was so thrilled to see her offering online classes!! whoot, whoot! right now i'm taking her holiday class. we are learning paper clay, some soldering tips, and much more...i can't wait for the metal etching that also begins in january! will definitely be signing up for that one!</div><div><br /></div><div>3. <a href="http://www.bravegirlsclub.com/">brave girls</a>...definitely the most life changing e-course i have EVER taken...hoping someday to attend the camp...</div><div><br /></div><div>4. <a href="http://www.christytomlinson.typepad.com/">she art</a> by christy...i cannot tell you how much i *adore* this girl and her art! </div><div><br /></div><div>5. <a href="http://www.stampington.com/">somerset studio</a> publication gives a girl direction and inspiration in many mediums...</div><div><br /></div><div>6. <a href="http://www.christytomlinson.typepad.com/">she art 2</a> by christy...i told you i adored her! :0)</div><div><br /></div><div>7. <a href="http://www.scarletlime.com/">scarlet lime</a> is my go to mixed media store...*love* the jumbo rolling stamps and my new favorite faber castell india ink</div><div><br /></div><div>8. <a href="http://theartofaltering.ning.com/">keeper of secrets & dreams altered tin</a>...what better place to keep and write your dreams...this website is full of mixed media projects..one of my favorites...</div><div><br /></div><div>9. <a href="http://www.soulfullphoto.com/">soul*full</a> ecourse sounds *amazing* i'm thinking this is on next on my list..</div><div><br /></div><div>many of these courses have already started and are not starting again until 2012, but are definitely worth waiting for and taking...<br /><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2em; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Palatino, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(121, 115, 145); text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; "><br /></h2><br /><br /><br /><div class="Signature"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /><br /></div></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-90839240331772660482011-11-28T07:47:00.000-07:002011-11-28T07:47:00.840-07:00Holiday Gift Guide: Romantic Prairie Home<div style="text-align: left;">uuhhmmm...so confession time...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">i'm still swimming in gravy...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">ugh...wasn't it wonderful!! :0) oh how i *love* thanksgiving, it is my most favorite holiday and not because of the black friday sales! LOL!! did anyone go?? i have never been and probably never will go...crowds make me break out in hives! ;0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">now that things have settled it's time for another holiday gift guide...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">this week....{Romantic Prairie Home}..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">another confession...i'm not a pastel girl...not that i wouldn't want to be, it just seems that i can't quite pull off the look in my own home...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">although the following beauties are enough to make me want redo the whole house!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/vintagehome.png" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. a prairie home CANNOT be without <a href="http://www.autumntomay.etsy.com">ironstone</a>...simply cannot, i promise!! ;0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. oh <a href="http://www.dottieangel.etsy.com">dottie angel</a> makes my heart soar...her designs are *stunning* makes me want to go and bake a pie or something... :0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. wouldn't these bone dishes by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/47645203/romantic-antique-floral-bone-dishes">alice's looking glass</a> look *divine* filled with holiday goodies??</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. i can't tell you how much will power it is taking for me NOT to click add to cart for this beautiful scalloped mirror...sigh...andrea's photos always cause me to loose control! LOL!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. sadie olive again girls...seriously could buy sara's whole shop...this time a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/84933185/lilac-patchwork-quilt">lilac patchwork quilt</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">6. beautiful <a href="http://www.frenchlarkspur.com">tracey</a> has just returned from france and was able to bring some vintage goodness home with her...i'm not kidding, i would become a slosh if i could drink beer from <a href="http://www.frenchlarkspur.com/item_171/Vintage-German-Beer-Bottles-Set-of-3.htm">bottles</a> such as these! ;0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">7. now for maria and <a href="http://www.dreamywhitesonline.com">dreamy whites</a>..i could also buy out her whole shop..i do believe santa could fit these lovely <a href="http://www.dreamywhitesonline.com/item_460/Vintage-French-Blue-Canning-Jars.htm">canning jars</a> into my stocking...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">8. <a href="http://www.thewheatfield.etsy.com">the wheat field</a> has been a favorite typography shop for me, i am seeing this quote everywhere i turn..thinking i must start listening to the whisper...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">9. and finally dreamy whites again with this <a href="http://www.dreamywhitesonline.com/item_445/French-Antique-Wooden-Chest.htm">wooden traveling trunk</a>...sigh...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">and there you have some stunning romantic prairie finds..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">this week holds some exciting things...a giveaway and a glimpse of a new direction for me! can't wait!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="Signature"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /><br /></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-27431647575572563342011-11-24T07:51:00.001-07:002011-11-24T07:52:47.582-07:00Happy Thanksgiving and Wednesday's Whisper No. 11<div style="text-align: center;padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px; "><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182395853628130913/" target="_blank"><img src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/182395853628130913_AMLONQu9_c.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><p style="font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;">Source: <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://shadows-in-paradise.tumblr.com/post/13105630107">shadows-in-paradise.tumblr.com</a> via <a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/fadedprairie/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> on <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></p></div><br /><br />enjoy your thanksgiving weekend dear readers! i am so {thankful} for each one of you!<div><br /><br /><div class="Signature"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/KristinSigcopy-1.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /><br /></div></div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817137242396159428noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132775263598837197.post-28547503712052428532011-11-21T07:22:00.000-07:002011-11-21T07:22:01.027-07:00Holiday Gift Guide: Industrial Accents....happy monday!!<div><br /></div><div>i hope you all had a wonderful pre-Thanksgiving weekend!</div><div><br /></div><div>this list today started off as one for the vintage home...sheesh...i don't know what i was thinking..</div><div><br /></div><div>there was NO way i was going to fit all the vintage goodness that i love into a nine square template!</div><div><br /></div><div>so i've had to revise a little and break things down...</div><div><br /></div><div>so this week Industrial Accents for your Vintage Home...enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt317/prairiegirl1892/industrialhome.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. <a href="http://www.sadieolive.etsy.com">Sadie Olive's</a> industrial card cabinet..oh, how i would *love* this in my studio...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. the perfect accent and a perfect color, a vintage <a href="http://www.objectsdeart.etsy.com">turquoise fan</a>...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. i *adore* this <a href="http://www.gazaboo.etsy.com">vintage pitchfork</a>...ours definitely don't have this much character and are definitely not as adorable!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. <a href="http://www.oldcrowfarm.etsy.com">old crow farm</a> never fails to have amazing industrial goodness...*love* their industrial letters!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. you all know i have a soft spot for <a href="http://www.theorangecollective.etsy.com">vintage stools</a>...oh.my.goodness check out that color!! sigh...*bliss*</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">6. i was SO glad that beth opened an etsy shop...her<a href="http://www.oldtymemarketplace.etsy.com"> french wire basket</a> is *divine*</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">7. another beautiful industial accent from <a href="http://www.sadieolive.etsy.com">sadie olive</a>...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">8. <a href="http://www.scarlettbegoniavtg.etsy.com">scarlett begonia vtg's</a> vintage desk lamp is simply beautiful...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">9. and no vintage home would be complete without a <a href="http://www.havenvintage.etsy.com">vintage scale</a>...especially a grey one! :0)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com">etsy</a> is still my go to site for vintage industrial goodness...there is definitely something for everyone. would *love* to hear if you have found in {drool} worthy industrial accents this holiday season! 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