Wild Wyoming Girl

kitty costumes....and other hauntings....

Halloween is one my favorite holidays.  I love to take pictures of spooky things.  This gate is one of my favorites.  I try and take my camera with me on walks and couldn't help but shoot some pictures of this old wrought iron gate.

My girls are soooo into dancing right now, so they created their own kitty costumes.  We ordered the long flowing tutu's online and they look so beautiful.

 

Only 7 days left until Halloween!  Hope you're having fun carving pumpkins, creating costumes and listening to spooky movies!
 

 
 
 

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO...

We always have to visit The Stanley Hotel when we make a trip to Estes.  We love the history, the romance...and of course check the mirrors for the word "redrum" (murder spelled backwards) written in lipstick.  I know you know what movie I am talking about don't you?  Stephen King stayed at The Stanley Hotel and wrote "The Shining" while staying there.  Hubby and I stayed there many years ago and I didn't sleep a wink!  I kept hearing noises and the floor creaking.  I was scared out of my mind! LOL

The Stanley is a little more commercialized lately...you even have to pay $5.00 just to get up to the hotel.  But, they have an excellent view of the mountains, a gorgeous hotel, breathtaking waterfall, excellent food, and a wonderful coffee shop in the basement.  It's definately worth stopping for.

My mom and Dan were married in the mountains not far from here.  We had dinner at the Stanley afterwards, then they rode off in a horse drawn carriage.  It was all very romantic.  During our visit this time, we spotted a bride and groom.

The Stanley Hotel

Mackenzie and Arianna

 

Front veranda..door opens to wedding reception hall

 

I had to sneak a pic of the bride and groom.  Our girls thought she was so pretty!

 The Stanley Steamer.

Have a great week!  More pictures and more projects coming in a few days!

note from management...

 

NOTICE: The opinions of the husband are not necessarily

that of the Management!  LOL  (another funny from Estes Park)

Estes Park pictures...

We have really been missing Colorado.  It is so green and lush this time of year.  We miss the smell of the rain on the pine trees in the mountains.....there's nothing like it.  So, as we so often do, we decided to take a spur of the moment trip........... to Estes Park.

    Hilarious bumper sticker.

More Estes Park photographs to post in a few days. 

Enjoy your week, and don't forget to have a good laugh!

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!

                     

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!  Yep, that's right - scrapbookers have a national holiday!  My girls and I headed downstairs to my "studio" and created for a few hours.  They made finger paintings for Nana and Grandma.  I had good intentions to create some art, but got side tracked by my messy space.  I put away stuff and organized.  I am so much more creative when I can find things.  So, after the kiddo's are in bed, I'll be scrapbooking. 

I love to scrapbook with a good movie - something with great lighting, or beautiful colors and textures, and sometimes something romantic.  My favorite's to watch right now while scrapbooking are A Good Year (romantic and gorgeous landscapes and light), Becoming Jane (vintage feminism), The Illusionist (amazing light, romantic, vintage, artistic), and The Darjeeling Limited (hilarious, colorful).  Of course these are all movies I've seen before, so I can create and just kind of listen and watch when I want to.  It's great inspiration for me.

PS- The vintage camera in the photo was my Grandpa Tom McKamey's when he was a boy.  He gave it to my brother JR, who gave it to me.  I love to photograph it.  It's also a source of inspiration for me.  Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Friends

My high school, college and pretty much life long friend - Carla - came to the mini album class.  We had been emailing, and I didn't think she was going to be able to come, so it was a wonderful surprise to get to see her.  We both live in Wyoming now and hopefully can get together more often.  Good friends are hard to come by and I'm very thankful for her friendship. 

My Mom took this photo of us and I just loved it.  Interestingly enough, all 3 of us (Mom, Carla and I) own the Nikon D80!  I love my camera and rarely go anywhere without it.  I also love to alter photo's and experiment with filters in Adobe Photoshop Elements.  Check out the different filters I used.

APRIL 14TH IS CARLA'S BIRTHDAY!!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARLA!

   Midnight Sepia

  Sepia Toned

  Here we are under Plastic Wrap!

  Fresco filter.

Adobe Photoshop Elements has some really fun and easy filters and frames.  Midnight Sepia is a technique I use often, give it a try!  If you need any help creating the Midnight Sepia , just email me or visit escrappers.