I proudly present to you Pastor's Girl's Ponderings first photo challenge! Yes, this is the long awaited (for me at least ;)), much talked about, promised photo contest. I'm not sure how often I'll do this - probably not more than  one or two times a month - but I still hope it's fun :)

For this time's photo challenge, the theme is color. Bright, lovely, illuminating-the-world color. Oh, I just love it. I know it like I've been posting a lot of pictures of fall-ish things lately (i.e., colorful leaves, like below, pumpkins, etc), but I just can't help myself!

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Want to join? Just write a post containing a color-filled photo that you've taken, then come back here and link up! Feel free to grab the above button as well - just make sure you have some sort of link to me so others can participate as well :) You have until October 31st, at 11:59pm CST to enter; the winner will be announced shortly afterwards. And make sure you visit other entries as well!

I can't wait to see all your colorful shots!


-carlotta

This giveaway is now closed.

Y'all are in for a treat today! I'm so excited about this...



(Not such a great photo, I know...sorry ;))



This is my frame from The Organic Bloom I got recently. I'm so in love! I plan to put in a photo of the Eiffel Tower. I'm smitten.

Do you have a photo that you'd love to have a beautiful frame for? A poster that just aches for something to showcase it? (Or, if you'd prefer, you could even frame one of my photos) Then this is your chance to win your very own Organic Bloom frame of your choice (up to 16x20 inches)! The choices are never ending...you can choose from so many great sizes, colors, and frame styles. Eek - isn't this exciting?! ;)

But sadly, with every giveaway there needs to be boring fine print...

Mandatory Entry


Leave a comment on this post answering the following question.

"How would you describe your fashion style?" For me, it'd definitely be vintage modern. I love modern fashion, but I like to mix it with older pieces as well. Although I've been loving military style clothing lately too...

And if you're a guy entering this giveaway, then just leave a random comment...you don't have to answer the above question ;)

(1 entry)

Extra Entries


Become a follower of my blog - if you already follow, that counts too.

"Like" The Organic Bloom's Facebook page.

Write a blog post about this giveaway.

(Each of the above with 1 entry)

Please leave a separate comment per entry!

Have fun and good luck! :)

-carlotta

I am officially obsessed with pumpkin bread. And here are the photos to prove it.











You're welcome.

Yesterday morning, I had class at 8:30am. I woke up exactly at 8:31. Oh man, I sprang out of bed so fast. Thankfully, since it was an online class, I didn't have to go anywhere. While sitting in my bed dutifully taking notes on cellular respiration, my mom came in with a steaming mug of hot chocolate and a slice of pumpkin bread. It was amazing.

What food are you currently obsessed with?

-carlotta

PS Stay tuned for a giveaway that's coming up! :)

1. i've been craving pumpkin. Blame it on the beautiful fall weather, but I've been craving pumpkin. Whether it be a pumpkin spiced candle or pumpkin bread, it doesn't matter. Some sweet friends of ours gave us some pumpkin bread with cream cheese icing...mmm. It sure did satisfy my craving. I forgot to take a photo...I was too busy devouring the deliciousness. ;)



2. 789 of them. gone. A few nights ago, I was going through the photos on my memory card, preparing for a blog post. I wanted to delete three photos, but I accidentally clicked "select all". Then, I pressed the delete key and watched 789 photos vanish against my will. These were nearly all my Paris photos. Many of my Germany photos. And since I hadn't saved them to my computer yet, they weren't sent to the recycling bin. I freaked out. I was thisclose to the point of tears. Thisclose to having a meltdown. I googled "memory card photo recovery" to see if there was a software I could download to recover my precious pictures. I found one I thought would work - and it did. It recovered all my photos. But if I wanted to save them to my computer, I would have had to pay forty dollars.
Back to google I went. I didn't feel like paying forty dollars - although I probably would have if I hadn't found something else. I discovered another program and downloaded that...thirty agonizing minutes later, it announced that it had successfully recovered my photos. I started dancing in bed. I was seriously elated. Although, some of them got corrupted by the software, but I just can be thankful I take at least ten photos of each thing I photograph.
Above is one of the photos that was deleted but I got back...so so so glad.

That was longer than I meant it to be. Oh well.

3. happy anniversary! It's my parent's anniversary today! Last night they went out - I babysat my siblings. During dinner (Alfredo pasta, made completely by myself, I'm proud to say. It's the one dish I can make without a recipe.), we blared Taylor Swift and Toby Mac; the latter got put on by Jeremiah. We had fun making up crazy dance moves and singing along at the top of our lungs. Okay, maybe that was only me that was singing at the top of my lungs, but still.



4. my typical fall attire. Jeans, a cardigan, tshirt/tank, scarf  (that yellow one belonged to my grandfather over fifty years ago. And then I stole it. Heh.), and my moccasins. You can find me wearing variations of this pretty much everyday. I'm sad to say the stitching of my poor moccasins is coming apart...I guess that's what I get for traipsing around Paris in them. Sigh.

(And yes, I am sitting on a slide meant for five year olds. My hips don't fit through it. Why do you ask?)

5. Thankful Thursdays... Make sure you check out my friend Louis' new blog hop, Thankful Thursdays! I know he's really excited about it :)



6. patches. Being a cat, she's a great model, as she actually stays still for more than two seconds - unlike Sarge. Man, that dog just has too much energy! ;) Although, when I manage get a decent shot of him, he generally looks happy. In most of the shots of Patches I got, she looks rather grumpy. That's a cat for you.

Happy Thursday! I'm so glad it's almost the weekend...I really need that break. What about you?

-carlotta