Author: Connie Hanks Photography
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Foreshadow // Birthday Wishes {Photo Challenge}

The sweet smile, the candlelight glow on her face, the starburst from the flickering candles… all foreshadowing the impending reality of a happy birthday song, birthday wishes, and delicious birthday cake! And let’s not forget the presents, of course! I just adore the excitement and anticipation in Super-D’s face! She’s my daughters BFF and so…
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Tire Swing Fun // Lightroom Workflow {Photo Fridays}

Hands-down, this is one of my all time favorite photos! My girls were on a playdate with their best friend, and they were loving the tire swing! I’m really lucky, all three girls are soooo good about indulging my shutterbug ways. Their BFF (code name: Super-D) has on many occasions asked “can you take my…
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Sweet Blessing {Feeling Crafty}

Last month we celebrated my baby sister’s pregnancy with a couple of baby showers. So of course I had to get crafty! She’s having a baby boy (in case the blue onesies didn’t give it away!) and I am so excited to meet him next month! My nephew will be the first boy in our…
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Castle // Princess {Photo Challenge}

Sue over at A Word in Your Ear landed on CASTLE for this week’s challenge. As I started thinking about my travels to Europe and what adventures I might be able to pull photos from… my mind wandered around the room and I realized I live in a castle. Well, not really, but I…
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Honey Bee {Feeling Crafty}

Sometimes it’s a word, or emotion, or color scheme, or challenge that inspires me to create a card. Usually it’s an event, like a birthday, that makes me dash to my creative space and play with colorful paper and distressed inks and pretty embellishments. Today, I was inspired by The Play Date Cafe’s color challenge – It’s…
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Masterpiece // Eiffel Tower {Photo Challenge}

When I read “Masterpiece” as the photo challenge over at the Daily Post, my mind was flooded with visions of monuments, architecture, art, my daughters, food, landscapes, sunsets, and on and on. I finally decided on this evening shot of the Eiffel Tower, one of my favorites from my trip earlier this year. Not only…