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You Capture – Black & White

July 22, 2010 by Elaine

When we celebrated my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary this weekend I was so happy and excited to remember that my mother had the forethought to include her original cake-topper (see a pic here) for the cake she ordered for their party.

And I think it’s quite perfect for this photo to be in black and white since the original ones were as well…

(I also used this cake topper on my wedding cake because I adore it!
That’s REAL lace on her dress!! )

And on a completely different topic…

The baby girl and I went outside for a little while today, checking out the grass and bugs. I turned the camera on us because well, she needs to know that her Momma wanted to be in pictures with her. Always.

I was kinda hoping the black and white effect would get rid of the dark circles under my eyes but alas, today’s technology can only do so much… 😉

Oh and please ignore the fact that I am ‘glistening’ in one of these. It’s Louisiana. In July.

It’s a little bit of a shame that you can’t see how very blue her “baby blues” are in these.

Maybe I’ll post some in color later. They are divine.

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elaine

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Comments

  1. Liz@ 4 GUYS & A DOLL says

    July 22, 2010 at 9:47 am

    WOW …gorgeous cake topper!…great pics…been on hiatus for awhile…going back to catch up with you now!

  2. Liz@ 4 GUYS & A DOLL says

    July 22, 2010 at 9:47 am

    WOW …gorgeous cake topper!…great pics…been on hiatus for awhile…going back to catch up with you now!

  3. Bari says

    July 22, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    Great shots! The cake in B/W is awesome. Don’t worry about the glistening-we are all doing that these days 🙂

  4. Heather D says

    July 22, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    That cake topper is incredible! Lovely shot.
    And love the self shots…and I glisten ALL THE TIME. Just saying. And it’s not hot here. Yep,I’m a sweaty hooker 😉

  5. Bec says

    July 22, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    I love that cake topper!!! Such a neat memento to have.

    bec@iheart

  6. ~Mendie~ says

    July 22, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    that is awesome about the cake topper, and love the fact that you used it too!

    And yes, be sure to take lots of pics with baby K, I wish I had more with my momma when I was little.

  7. Misty says

    July 22, 2010 at 5:02 pm

    great shots! Beautiful! love them!

  8. tippytoe foxtrot says

    July 22, 2010 at 5:11 pm

    I love your daughter’s cheeks! Cute, cute, cute.

  9. Brooke G. says

    July 22, 2010 at 5:17 pm

    GASP – LOVE the cake topper! What an awesome idea. And it looks perfect in black and white.
    Also, cute pics of you and your girl! I need to turn the camera around every once in a while too – I am rarely in any photos.. for obvious reasons!

  10. Adventures In Babywearing says

    July 22, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    You are beautiful, Elaine!

    Steph

  11. Bunch of Barrons says

    July 22, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    Great shots! 🙂 That is an awesome wedding cake topper…love it!

  12. Geezees Custom Canvas Art says

    July 22, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    love the cake topper!

  13. scidstuff says

    July 22, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    THe cake top was a wonderful addition to the cake. Great Capture!

  14. Stillmary says

    July 22, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    Great photos. The wedding cake topper picture is this week’s winner as far as I’m concerned. So beautiful and such a great story!
    And there’s certainly nothing wrong with the wonderful pictures of you and your baby girl either.
    Nice job!

  15. Jen says

    July 22, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    I love the series of self portraits!

  16. awwood2 says

    July 22, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    I love the cake topper, and it is so cool that you used it on your wedding cake. I didn’t realize it at the time!!

  17. Saj says

    July 22, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    I LOVE that cake topper! And it is appropriate to be in B&W. And I think it’s important that you got to be in some pictures too. We photo-taking moms don’t do that often enough!

  18. Erin says

    July 22, 2010 at 10:54 pm

    I love the cake and the story about the topper!

  19. swonderful says

    July 23, 2010 at 1:28 am

    I have such a thing for vintage cake toppers and that one is awesome! Love this story.

  20. jaime says

    July 23, 2010 at 3:04 am

    The cake topper blew me away. So pretty – and how great that your parents kept it?!? I love that picture.

    And the series of photos made me smile. 🙂

  21. Wife to the Rockstar says

    July 23, 2010 at 3:21 am

    LOVE the cake topper!

  22. Carey Clemons Bailey says

    July 23, 2010 at 3:52 am

    How incredibly special. With Joy, Carey

  23. Jess says

    July 23, 2010 at 6:00 am

    LOVE the self portraits. I’ve had a strange obsession with self-portraits lately.

  24. Amber says

    July 23, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    I think you guys look great. Fun shots of you and your boy.

  25. Erin says

    July 23, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    That cake topper is gorgeous and makes me wish we’d had one. Our cake was pretty simple and in retrospect I wish I’d done something more beautiful….oh well.

  26. Megryansmom says

    July 24, 2010 at 1:17 am

    Congrats and God bless to your parents on their 50th anniversary!

  27. Michelle says

    July 25, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    That cake shot was made for black and white.

  28. imadramamama says

    July 27, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    Oh my gosh, that’s awesome that she still has her cake topper. Beautiful!

  29. Krystyn says

    July 28, 2010 at 2:57 am

    How cool that the cake topper is still around. You got a great shot.

    And, you aren’t glistening at all…you look mahvelous!

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Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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