Tuesday, December 13, 2011

2012 Calendar

The Calendars came today! Below are the pictures that make up my new 2012 Calendar! If you are interested in buying a copy, please e-mail me at bobbiheydephotography [at] gmail [dot] com. The calendars are $9.50 each, including shipping.
Cover
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
The calendar pictures will not have the text on them.
Bobbi

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Crescent Cookies

I know this post is called "Crescent Cookies", but I also had a few other pictures I wanted to post along with the Crescent Cookies.

I love this picture! I like the faint frame, the coloring, and the "old paper" look!
These were pretty much all the blueberries we got this year! The plants are still really small, so I am hoping for more next year!




I posted several different edits of this picture, I couldn't choose! I must say I like the blue one pretty well!





Another blueberry picture!




Chocolate Chip Cookies my younger sister made, they were good!



I have been interested in food photography for awhile, so I finally tried it the other day. A recipe always looks better with a picture! I am going to continue to experiment with it. So you are probably going to see some more food pictures on here! Hopefully!




Okay, now on to the Crescent Cookies!


This was a recipe my Great Grandma Marjorie always made, a favorite of my Grandma's.


Two years ago my Aunt had the idea to start a family recipe book and bring recipes to Thanksgiving and give copies to all the families for their recipe books. I thought it was a great idea! All together I contributed 20 recipes! All favorites! Grandma contributed 21! This is one of the recipes Grandma put in, I finally tried it the other day, I love it!




It is really simple and tasty! They are a lot like Mexican Wedding Cookies.





I tried to use natural light from a window for all of these, I think they turned out better than with a flash.







Now for the recipe.


Great Grandma Marjorie's Crescent Cookies




1/2 C. Butter


1/2 C. Shortening


1 tsp. Vanilla


1/2 C. Powdered Sugar


2 C. Flour-sifted (I used half whole wheat and half unbleached white)


3/4 C. Chopped Nuts (I used Pecans)


More Powdered Sugar






Preheat oven to 425*F. Cream butter, shortening, and vanilla until fluffy.

Mix dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture.

Form dough into crescents or small balls. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10 min.

or until lightly brown. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar, eat some warm

and store the rest in an air tight container.







I hope you like them!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

A Few Spring Photos

Here are a few "newer" pictures. Sorry for the lack of posts! I seem to be pretty good at that!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy! Hopefully I will get better at this!
This is a little shed at our cousins house, I have photographed it several times. Sometimes it is good to try to get different photos of the same thing!


While looking for antler sheds I took this photo. We didn't find any antlers, but I did find an interesting photo!



This would have to be my favorite! I toned down the colors a little, I like the way it turned out!



This one is second to most favorite! I left the colors alone in this one, I like the way the sun reflected off of the leaves and petals!



These are pink peach blossoms. The pink and the blue look really good together.



Lately I have been busy in the garden, hopefully I can get some pictures up! Our vegetables seem to be doing a lot better this year! I can't wait for fresh vegetables! The greenbeans are blooming, and we have little zuchinni and yellow squash on. So far we have picked two cucumbers, they are really good on sandwiches.



The weather has been pretty nice, not too hot. The next few days are supposed to get really hot!



Happy Fourth of July!

P.s. In case you missed it, check out the new background photo!