Welcome to this year's 2011 Back to School Contest!

Vote for your favorite Back to School image below!

Winner receives a free one-hour Fall Session in Historic Charleston, SC

1 8x10, 2 sets of wallets (16 wallets total), Print-Released CD with 5 digital images.

Please vote for your favorite image in the poll which image (labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

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Today was just absolutely lovely... one of those days where everything just falls into place- from the weather, the family-time, the food, etc... You know, those days are far and few between, so it was truly cherished, especially because my husband is constantly hard at work.

I hope the Fourth was a special day for you and yours... and hope you had a moment to remember why we watch those fireworks, why we cookout and why we have this special day set aside. God bless America!

My mom gave me a new sewing machine and I'm a soooo excited and blessed about this gift! Thank you mom!

However, you know things are off to a rough start when you're Youtubing, "How to sew".

Sewing is one of those subjects where someone would begin explaining something to me and I would drift off- trying to understand but phrases like 'bobbin' and 'cutting on the bias' just did not stick.

So, here's to a fun Saturday of trying to sew my first anything. Today's project is a panel for our window. A good, healthy, not-in-our-favor electric bill has prompted this project today.

The material is above... I like it- some magazine I read said to add some red colors to neutral LR tones. I'm neutral, so I figured this is subtle enough red to up the color scheme in our home.

...and my support: