This is my submission to Doe Deere’s Must-Be…Hearts! competition. Mr K & I went down to the river & took some photos one balmy summer evening. I imagine this is what Doe saw on her recent trip to Las Vegas; a city full of beautiful lights & big hearts! Enjoy!

I played with a couple of ideas for this (light painting, macros, body paint etc) but was completely swayed when Mr K mentioned heart-shaped bokeh. We had heaps of fun cutting the lens fittings out & figuring out how to keep things in the foreground in focus whilest still keeping the beautiful blur of hearts in the background. Little to no photoshop used.

Here are my favourites from the contest so far;

• Edensgray’s Sunset Shadow

• Suzye’s Paper Heart

• Cassandra’s Tattoo!

• Kim Fight’s Baby Belly Love

• Libby’s light painting

• & Jenny’s Lollipop

Such creativity!

After agreeing to swap valentines cards with the wonderful Mermaid from P!NK I realised how close valentines day really is! This means lots of love hearts & the colour pink - which isn’t exactly everyone’s idea of a turn on. Valentines day means different things to different people. Find a way to celebrate (or not celebrate) in your own style. Here are some of my favourite valentines day gift ideas form Etsy. Some are cute & some are dirty. Some are sweet & some are smutty. Spread the love your way! Enjoy!

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1. Penguins! I like the simple & graphic black white & red on this card. It gets the message across without flowery words.

2. Heart shaped pasties. These are pretty awesome. Especially when paired with the ruby red eye patch! Rrrawr!

3. Kissing coupons. No more waiting in line to buy tickets!

4. Love potion pendant. Slung on a sterling silver chain, this is perfect for your chemistry class crush.

5. Framed Felt. Speedwagon! & Narwhals in love! Awesome!

6. Valentines day card. The message inside this card gets straight to the point!

7. Heart plushie. Anatomy & felt, a match made in heaven? Give them your heart. Really!

8. Zombie love letter T-shirt. Awe!

9. Embroidered handkerchief. Handkerchiefs are awesome & so are hedghogs!

10. Buttons. These buttons were made for each other. So were you & I.

11. Framed Print. A lovely gift for your Nintendo lovin’ luvah.

12. Felt candy hearts! Give them to your friends! Give them to strangers on the bus! Give them to that cutie who works at the post office!

13. Badge. “I’d rather be smooching my nerdy boyfriend.” Yes. Yes I would!

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