Photography Giveaway Winner

So who is the big winner?!

Congratulations...

 

 Mici!

You were comment number 16! You get some lovely fall photos! I will be emailing you shortly!

Thank you to all those that entered! Maybe after the holiday season is over I will do another one so keep an eye out! I would like to give you guys more opportunities to get your hands on some one of a kind art and photography. 

Hope you are all having a wonderful week so far and enjoying the great little snow globe we are all in.

Behind the Lens: Thanksgiving Moments

 Just a couple of photos I took over Thanksgivng.

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Reflecting: What's Your Passion?

What are you absolutely passionate about that if it wasn't in your life, you would be nothing? I think about my life and what I am passionate about all the time. Mostly because I am interested in so many different creative things that sometimes I question whether or not I am heading down the right path.

And then I have moments like I did this week where I have been working on a logo for work that was causing me a bit of stress. I put a certain amount of pressure on myself to succeed at a high level, to push my boundaries just a little bit further. After all is said and done, I got word that they love it. I literally threw my hands in the air and pretty much shouted, "YES!!!" in the middle of the office then walked to my office with a big smile on my face. It is moments like that when I realize that I already am doing what I'm passionate about, that I'm headed down the right path for me. (I'm exciting to share this project with you when it's all said and done! It will be awhile though. Just keep an eye out for it.) I think I understand now that the other creative interests are there to keep me grounded, to keep my graphic design eye from getting burnt out.

When I was in St. Cloud this past weekend visiting some dear friends of mine, one of them told me about a speaker he listened to at a conference not long ago. The speaker said something along the lines of, "You can't do anything. In order to find out what you are truly going to excel at figure out where your talent and passions intersect."

Well..On my drive back to Hutch I started thinking about it a bit more. I agree with the last part. I think it's possible to do anything, but it's more of a question of how well you are going to do at it. I asked my boss one day what he thought about this and he said something that resonated with me a bit, "Why waste time trying to perfect so many things when it isn't possible? Why not focus on the few things you are good at and really become an expert on them?"

For the longest time, I've had this drive to change somebody's life through my career. I wasn't ever quite sure how that until now. It kind of just dawned on me that every day I get to live this out by helping people who are living out their dream, owning a business, doing what they love, continue to do this.

Life is short. Live your dream. Wear your passion.

 

P.S. I've decided to hold off on the 30 Day Challenge this month. After looking at my schedule I may be gone more than I think. I want to make sure I don't half ass a challenge so I'm going to wait until I can put a bit more effort into it. 

Oh...Enter the giveaway! You know you want some new art for your walls! With Christmas coming, if your walls are full, it would make a lovely gift! Enter here. Giveaway closes on Sunday! 

30 Days of Color: Final Day 30

Well, there's my last palette for this round of 30 Days of Color! I can't believe I made it the whole 30 days without missing any! This was lots of fun. I'll be doing it again soon.

Next month I already have a little challenge planned out. It's just getting into gear to start.

Don't forget to enter the giveaway! The week is going by fast, don't miss out on your chance to win some prints of my photography! Click here to find out how to win.

30 Days of Color: Day 29

How pretty is this shirt/dress/piece of clothing. One day left. Can't believe it's been a month already!

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Recipe Box: Almond Joy Scones

Do you like Almond Joys? Yum. When I came across this recipe I just had to give them a try. Super easy to make.

Almond Joy Scones

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup wheat flour
1 cup almond flour

2 tbs. sugar

3 tps baking powder

1/2 tps baking soda

3/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes

1 egg

3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk

1/3 cup shredded coconut

1/3 cup slivered almonds

1/2 cup mini choco chips

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line two baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.

2. In bowl, whisk together flour sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. Toss the cold butter cubes into the flour mixture. Cut together butter and flour either with fingers or pastry cutter. Work until there are crumbles of butter the size of peas and oats. Put in fridge for a few minutes.

4. Whisk together buttermilk and egg.

5. Take the flour/butter mixture out of fridge and add coconut, almonds, and chocolate chips. Mix together and create a well in the center of the mixture.  

6. Add the buttermilk and egg all at once to the well.  Use a fork to bring ingredients together. Mixture will be shaggy.  

7. Flour a work surface and dump the shaggy dough mixture out onto the counter.  Bring together the dough with your hands into a 1 1/2-inch thick round disk. 

8. Use round biscuit cutter or water glass to cut out biscuits.

9. Place biscuits on the baking sheet. Brush with beaten egg white and sprinkle with course or regular sugar.

10. Bake biscuits for 14-18 minutes, until golden brown.  Remove from the oven.

11. Enjoy!

Original recipe can be found here.

I was extremely lazy and didn't want to toast my almonds or coconut. I'm sure it would have given the scones a bit more flavor. I think next time I may add a bit of almond extract.

I also didn't have any buttermilk on hand. Sure was prepared to make these, huh? So I used 1/2 cup regular milk, 1/4 cup heavy cream, and 2 tbs. of almond milk. (My fridge had every type of milk except buttermilk...) I'm sure you could all regular milk. But I like to experiment.

 

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Photo Giveaway!!!

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Looking for something new to put on your walls? How about some original photography by yours truly?! Scroll down to find out how to win!

I'm giving away:

Three 8x10 prints in one of my Minnesota Beautiful collections

You can enter this giveaway twice!

First entry: Leave a comment below telling me which set of photographs you would like to win and an email address I can contact you at if you win.

Second entry: Spread the word about this on giveaway on Facebook or Twitter and leave a comment letting me know which one you shared it on.  
If you leave a comment on Twitter, mention me @Karlie_Mosher. If you are already my friend on Facebook, please tag me in your post. Thanks!

This giveaway will close next Sunday night, December 4th, at 11:59 PM.

Winner will be announced on Monday, December 5th.

Winner will be determined by a random number generator.

Good luck everybody!!!