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Thursday
Jul102008

Love Thursday Featured Fotographer:  Kristal

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 "Heart," by Kristal.

I was looking through the Shutter Sisters Flickr pool for an image to feature in today's Love Thursday post, but when I got to this one, I stopped cold.  I mean, seriously, for the Thursday after Independence Day here in the United States, could there possibly be a more perfect image?

And lest you think this image was a fluke, one quick glance at Kristal's Flickrstream will convince you it isn't.  She's a fabulous photographer.  Be sure to check out her blog, as well.

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Happy Love Thursday, folks.  Don't forget to leave your links to your images of love in the comments below.  And may you create your own fireworks today. 

 

 

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Reader Comments (52)

Happy love Thursday!

What a fantastic sparkle heart!

here is my heart.. it sparkles as well, kind of.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atheart/2654942620/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenternatala
You are right! This is perfect. I love the shooting star effect.

Mine is just an imperfect picture; a wet hug today -- love between sisters.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11439752@N04/2635747484/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLyn
wonderful feature!! those sparkler images are remarkable.
happy love thursday shutter sisters! this week love = hope
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2653073285/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercamerashymomma
that is a GREAT shot of the sparkly heart! Wow!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrielouise/2343841145/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercarrie
yay! We did some of our own sparkler images over Memorial Day weekend. It took us a while to figure out how to write our names backwards for the camera...and then we held hands to create the "&" and the heart. =)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smilinglaura/2577638337/

translation: elle & gee

Happy Love Thursday Everyone!
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterlaura plouzek
Gorgeous!

Here is a hand-picked centerpiece (and expression of love):

http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/07/love-thursday-hand-picked-centerpiece.html

or

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13029497@N00/2650050488/

Happy LT everyone!
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterbleeding espresso
Yay for sparklers!! Fantastic shot!

Today I snapped this sweet and genuine "happy face" of my kid greeting her Daddy after work. Makes my heart melt!

http://www.dolcepics.com/dailypic/happy-greeting/

Happy Love Thursday!!
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterlaura - dolcepics
The sparkler shot is super!!

Here's two objects of my undying affection having some together time on the 4th. Lots of love between them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25773211@N07/2655313250/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermnkathy
http://raesrambles.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/this-mug-love/

Sometimes, something will remind me of some one or something I love.
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStephanie
The image you selected for today is fantastic!!!

Here's mine. Look closely. You can find love is in the tiniest details:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=451
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMarcie
Happy LT everyone.

Here's mine. Some things ARE written in stone.

http://appletree.typepad.com/fourrooms/2008/07/love-thursday.html
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJo
Yes, she is.



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July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMike
karen you are SO right that set is amazing! awesoem Kristal!
happy love thursday to all.

http://flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2655666528/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkristin
Great photo! Love the sparkle heart! My Love Thursday is up on my blog post today:

http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/07/10/wedding-rings/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKacey
Wow, what an amazing sparkler heart!
Happy Love Thursday fellow sisters.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_love_photography/

http://emilymphotography.wordpress.com/

July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEmily
I stopped when I saw the sparkler shot, too. Sooo cool!

The past few weeks have been about the love of transportation in our house....Happy LT!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuzamora/2646555253/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterUrsula
I love cookies and apparently my cookies love me back:
http://slsmithphotgraphy.typepad.com/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStephanie
No hearts in this one, just the memories of time well spent with my family from far, far away...

http://cotterpinhouse.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/love-thursday-3/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercotterpin
Thanks for using my picture today! I'm so glad you liked it.
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkristal
That is the coolest sparkler picture! I have posted my favorite sparkler picture: http://graymattersonline.net/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterangie
WOW fantastic shot.

Here is my contribution this week:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2655734690_5c83c70e29_o.jpg
my sweet love will be one year old tomorrow!

http://flickr.com/photos/25744047@N03/2655965168/in/photostream/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJanine
Wow, that is a terrific shot!!!

I am light-hearted today. Happy Love Thursday:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9068078@N05/2655174443/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermary
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTerri
We did sparkly hearts too. Love that I can see my daughter's face (and concentration!) in the middle!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyadoughty/2638667572/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyadoughty/2638667572/</a>
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentertonya
Plant love from my favorite indoor sweetie-pie.

http://www.sharrock.net/2008/07/philodendron.html
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDaisy Sharrock
scroll past the coffee cake (although it was so yummy and dare i say i could love it too?) and see the real love in this post!

http://nolegirl.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/a-quick-aside.html
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDawn
Wow, I am so impressed! I've tried to do that with fireworks before, but it's really hard to time everything just right. Way to go!

Here's my "love" for the day:

http://www.mybitofearth.net/2008/07/love-quilt.html
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMeryl
Beautiful sparkly heart. Don't you feel like your heart looks like that sometimes?

Here's mine: http://jennem.squarespace.com/blog/2008/7/10/male-bonding-love-thursday.html
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJenn M
amidst the blur of motherhood i am pausing to appreciate the love from my little guy -
happy lt!
http://sperlygirl.typepad.com/sperlygirl/2008/07/the-speed-of-love.html
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentersperlygirl
Happy Love Thursday! Love the sparklers, and great inspiration for shots!

Here is a shot from my recent honeymoon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28505750@N08/2656388210/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDiana LH
That is totally the perfect LT image! :) Here's mine, taken on my recent trip home to Norway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trudem/2652833961/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTrude
So cool!
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBrandy
what a fabulous shot!!
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermaile
Going through my in-laws family portraits this week, the oldest pictures-circa 1940's- I fell in love with film all over again...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2655765305/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentere.darcy
These are all awesome! Happy Love Thursday!!!

http://flickr.com/photos/ang_loves_jesus/2636141291/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAngela
that photo is gorgeous!

here is my love thursday for today :)

http://ramblingsofahousewife.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/love-thursday-no7love-thursday-no7/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenteremma hughes
Last Friday, I got naturalized, so this is my very first love thursday as an American. What a great picture you chose for this one.

I honour the support and love of all my friends and family in my saga to become an American citizen in http://o-scientist.blogspot.com/2008/07/love-is-red-white-and-blue.html

Happy Love Thursday!
This is my first photo I've shared here, but I took it today and thought it was appropriate:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yogamum/2657144434/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterYogamum
Wow, I have never seen that before! Here is my very late entry, one of my husband and his old teddy :)

http://bonggamom.blogspot.com/2008/07/nothing-comes-between-me-and-my-teddy.html

Incidentally, I can't wait to meet you all next week at the BlogHer PhotoWalk!
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterbonggamom
Happy Love Thursday!
Here's some mama/baby love. I dread the days when this becomes less:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/clinktercloy/2635977255/
July 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterstephamama

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