Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

Yellow, Yellow…Everywhere

Experts believe that the color yellow has the power to stimulate the nervous system, activate memory, encourage communication and stimulate the mind.

I believe that the color yellow has the power to pull me out of a funk, brighten the most dreary of days and make me look and feel uber skinny. Okay so I lied about that last part. The color yellow doesn’t really make me look or feel skinny, but it certainly does make me happy.

As do these little bursts of yellow found in and around my home…

Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

Yummy yellow mustard

 

Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

Yellow, squared

 

Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

Creamy yellow pitcher

 

Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

Yellow blooms

 

Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

Yellow butterfly on a bouncy baby bottom

 

Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

Lemony yellow frozen treats

 

Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow

A sweet yellow hair bow for the sweetest of the sweet

 

Photography Tips, Photography Tips…Everywhere

Thank you so much for joining Alicia and I for the Crazy Days of Summer Photo Challenge. We’re excited to share a few photography tips with you this week. Alicia’s sharing her wisdom over at Project Alicia, dishing out a few tips that’ll make your next photo shoot a success. And in my new tutorial here at Live and Love Out Loud, I’ll show you how to use textures to enhance your photos. Enjoy.

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I’m thrilled to be teaming up with the fabulous Alicia of Project Alicia for the Crazy Days of Summer Photo Challenge – a super fun weekly summer photography meme aimed at capturing the lazy crazy days of summer, complete with inspirational themes. We’d love for you to grab your camera and join in the fun!

Here’s what you need to know:

Share your favorite images inspired by the Crazy Days of Summer theme-of-the-week and grab our sweet button while you’re at it!

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Please share your photos with others by linking directly to your Crazy Days of Summer blog post or Flickr photo, not your blog’s home page or Flickr Photostream. Feel free to share your photos in our Crazy Days of Summer Flickr Group as well.

The linky will remain open from 12:00am Friday – 11:59pm Wednesday.

Make a few new friends by visiting and commenting on the previous entry in the linky list.

Each Thursday, a few of our favorite images from the Crazy Days of Summer Photo Challenge will be selected and featured at Project Alicia and Live and Love Out Loud.

Next week’s theme will be “light.” For a complete list of upcoming themes, head on over to the Summer Photo Challenge page.

Alicia and I are so excited about sharing our crazy days of summer with you and can’t wait to see your photos. Don’t forget to stop by Alicia’s blog, (Project Alicia), after linking up here at Live and Love Out Loud. Her photography is amazing!


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37 Responses to “Crazy Days of Summer Week Four: Yellow”

Girl Talk (22 comments) twitter: @aimee_girltalk

Wow those are amazing shots! My favorites are the yellow blooms and the sweet yellow hair bow. So cute!




yellow is my favorite color :) so much fun




Cedar (28 comments)

These are all terrific! I love the rubik’s cube!




alicia (233 comments) twitter: @projectalicia

Love this collection. What a fun variety. My favs are the rubix cube because it’s crystal clear and cool of course, the butterfly on ther bum (lol), the flowers- GORGEOUS, and the hot dog. But they are all great shots girly! Thanks for co-hosting with me.




Megan (1 comments)

loving the mustard shot! that didnt even cross my mind!




MomAgain@40 (39 comments) twitter: @karentoittoit

Hi Kristi I love your pics. I am so jealous of your wonderful summer shots… This week I am taking part, although we are in the midst of winter here! I hope you won’t kick me out, but I got the “yellow” in my post as well ;-)




Mommy's Paradise (22 comments) twitter: @mommysparadise

My favorites of your collection of yellow are the mustard, well actually the hot dog, because I didn’t have one in ages and the flower-girl, with the nice and beautiful colors that make the picture.




Run DMT (113 comments) twitter: @denisermt

Oh wow. Your photos are so beautiful! I love how you made everyday objects explode with color.




Very beautiful yellows :) I will be back soon with my yellow. LG Tina




Jane @ One Photo (2 comments)

Love that second shot and your photo of the fist filled with flowers.




Susan (9 comments)

Kristi,

These were all jut amazing!! Yellow makes me happy too! So nice to meet you.

I’ll check out those tips for sure.

Hope you have a blessed day!




Dina @ 4 Lettre Words (58 comments)

Oh, the memories of that cube! Fun choices, Kristi.




Dawn (2 comments)

Love the shots! They are all so creative!




Ashley Sisk (77 comments)

Those are all great captures for yellow – and I love that you led the photos with a hotdog. Yum.




Trish (3 comments)

Oh what beautiful photos. Great Tutorial too.




Christine (11 comments) twitter: @christinebewley

Love the shot of the Rubik’s Cube!




noelle (28 comments) twitter: @jumpinbeans09

yellow is such a fun color!!!
thanks for another great week!!!
my fav of yours…
maybe the hot dog, just because it was SO unexpected!!!!
:)




Sarah (116 comments) twitter: @naptimemomtog

I love them!! Awesome photos!




Kim (61 comments) twitter: @klmram

As always I love your photos! I almost did the rubrics cube myself…but I couldn’t find where Sam had put it.




DaenelT (36 comments) twitter: @DaenelT

Fabulous bursts of yellow…




Sarah (1 comments)

What great captures! Loved seeing your shots.




Leah (7 comments) twitter: @leahs_thoughts

Love this idea of finding a color and photographing it. I may have to try that soon!




deb (10 comments) twitter: @debduty

I enjoyed your fabulous yellow photos! My favorites are the hot dog and that cute little handful of flowers.




Mama J (10 comments)

Love your yellows! (But I’m more impressed that you got a whole side to a Rubik’s Cube put back together.) ;)




Nancy (26 comments) twitter: @Nancy_Claeys

Love how you used everday objects and your family on this project. Awesome. :)




The Drama Mama (145 comments) twitter: @writesidemama

I still love the yellow pitcher best. This is fun! I had to use my Droid camera this week, but they aren’t too bad.




Karli (1 comments)

Ohhh! LOVE the mustard shot – so fun! And the little baby bottom – adorable! Such creative shots! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog & for such a sweet comment. ♥ Have a wonderful weekend!




NYCSingleMom (12 comments) twitter: @NYCSingleMom

The bouncy bottom is my fave – that is toooo precious.




Leovi (17 comments)

Beautiful photos in texture, light and color, exquisite. A lovely portrait.




June Makes Six (9 comments)

Who knew that mustard could make me smile….love that shot:)

Tiffany




The bounce baby bottom is too cute!




Marla (3 comments)

I love that Fiestaware. So pretty. :)

Marla @ http://www.blueskiesphotoblog.com




Tish (35 comments) twitter: @momof2gymnasts

I just love your hotdog with mustard shot. The composition is great!! I also love the picture of the hand holding the flowers!! All beautiful yellow pictures…bright and cheery!!




these are amazing, inspiring me to try and take some better photos!




Cori (87 comments) twitter: @corisbigmouth

I also love the collection of yellow, but my favorite (despite the fact I despise of them…) is the hotdog photo! Nothing screams summer more than a hotdog and a baseball game!!




Jessica (3 comments)

So happy to be joining your photo challenge for the first time!




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