Shutter Sisters

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savor~ to appreciate fully; enjoy or relish

Today we turn the page on our calendars and welcome in December. With it we introduce the new One Word for December, savor. Just as we begin ushering in the busyness of the holiday season, the endless lists, to-dos, and obligations that suddenly fill our calendars, don’t you think it is perfect timing for this word? Rather than surrendering to the hustle and bustle that December can bring, give yourself permission to slow down, reflect, pause, honor and celebrate the beauty of these days through your lens. What am I savoring these days? The fleeting light of winter. Just yesterday, after many consecutive grey days here in my corner of the world, the sun shone bright. I wandered though my home chasing the light, honoring its presence, savoring a sun patch, capturing it’s grace in my lens.

This month savor the quiet moments, the steam of a perfect cup, their smallness that is so fleeting, or perhaps savor something sweet.   Savor your time together, the wonder of believing, and the stillness of winter.

Today let’s welcome in this new month and word together.

Share your images with us all month long in our One Word Project Pool on Flickr. (tag your One Word photos this month with the following: owp, savor, december)

What are you savoring right now?

There is nothing we savor more than THIS sisterhood. So what better time to announce the newest addition to our Bel Kai Capture Collection? You’ve asked for it, and now we’ve got it! The brand new Shutter Sisters Necklace (just in time for the holidays, we might add)!

We are giddy to be partnering yet again with the amazing Bel Kai Designs for this exclusive piece: an antique bronze setting and fine link chain that brilliantly showcases the iconic image of Shutter Sisters while the blue quartz bead charm paired with the pendant symbolizes the vintage flash bulb.

If you have been looking for a way to celebrate your passion for photography and declare your inner shutter sister, then the Shutter Sisters Necklace would be the perfect accessory for your everyday life!  

Please check out Bel Kai’s holiday shipping guide to be sure you get your necklace in time for the holidays!

We don’t know about you but we’d like to start savoring this season right now by offering our first giveaway of our new necklace! Leave a comment here between now and midnight tonight EST for your chance to win.

Hooray for the holidays and here’s to savoring the sisterhood!

Congrats to Leaca! She won the Shutter Sisters necklace! woot!

Comments

  1. Gorgeous pendant 🙂

    I've made a promise to myself to slow down this Christmas, so not so much cooking and fussing and more relaxing, which means more photography and more fun.

  2. What a wonderful reminder to focus our photography hearts and minds on what's truly important to us! Thank you for sharing your always inspiring posts. I adore the new Shutter Sisters Necklace…way too go!

  3. So happy you chose this word…I really want to enjoy Christmas this year…doing less, and being more. The opw will help keep me on track…thankyou…x

  6. I looove this choice of word!!! it will be such a great inspiration throughout the month, and your beautiful photo and words already are, Kristin!
    and such a wonderful addition to the capture collection! I keep dreaming of making myself the gift of one of these necklaces, maybe this will be the time!

    I savor all the light and warmth that I can get and the fall colours that I still find:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mar_s/6405855611/in/photostream/lightbox/

  10. I am also attempting to savor the last weeks of this year; even going so far to cancel a few appointments that could be rescheduled for January. Time is passing by quicker than I like (especially watching through my growing children).

  12. I've been looking forward to Picture the HOlidays starting up this month for that exact reason: so that I can savor my favorite time of year. I want my son to grow loving the entire season- not just the one day. It's such a magical time!

    Bel Kai did a beautiful job with the pendant!

  13. I just sat down at my computer to return e-mails and make lists, I decided to check in here as a treat to my spirit 1st…so. glad. I. did! savor is one of my favorite words, I'd like to make it a highlight of my life…thank you for the continual inspiration. xo

  15. Savor. I'm just savoring the sound and the concept of the word. It's such a pleasant thought, isn't it? Savor.

    PS – I have the first Shutter Sisters necklace and it is one of two that I wear most often. The new one is simple and lovely. A necklace to savor.

  16. I am absolutely thrilled to be participating more regularly in the OWP. I cannot wait to slow down with all of you and savour : the beautiful moments with family and friends, the deliciousness from meals over the holidays, and the coziness that accompanies winter.

    Kristin, the images your chose to feature in this post are stunning. I was oohing and awing the WHOLE TIME.

    Hello, December.

  18. Savor – What a beautiful word and what a perfect time to have it.

    So excited to see a new Shutter Sisters necklace. I missed out on the last one. I hope not to make the same mistake this time.

  21. Savor is one of my favorite words, and the word I use when I express how lucky I feel to be able to stay at home with my daughter. This is a great word for December too, with the holidays and the cooling temperatures which make so many of us appreciate creature comforts. Love it!

  28. I think savor is my Christmas Manifesto this year. Tracey taught me the value of savoring the season last year with Picture the Holidays. Thank you Tracey and all the Shutter Sisters for the inspiration today and everday.

  29. Yes, I too am savoring the holidays. Knitting, baking, tea with friends. Making most of our gifts this year and enjoying the process by thinking about the intended recipient. I think this is going to be one of our happiest holidays yet! Thanks for the reminder to slow down and drink it all in, sip by sip.

  30. savor, it is what I had already decided to do this season, after the decade of stress/uncertainty, I am ready just to savor and rejoice in the details of each day. How affirming that my mission will be supported here.

  31. What a gorgeous necklace! I'd love to own one.

    I have found myself savoring moments when I see the sun hitting certain objects…while in the house, walking to the train…whenever the moments come.

  33. Savor, what a great word. I am savoring the time I spend with my daughters. I am trying to take it all in, to make the time we have together count (since I am a full time working mama, this time is limited). This image is very special to me, even though it's far from perfect, the light was not good and it's not that sharp. But the moment was pure bliss and as honest as it can be. It is also part of my series "Everyday Mother" which are the images I am most proud of.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertadleal/6350940503

  35. The necklace is just lovely! Thanks for the chance to win & the wonderful word for December!

  37. right now i'm savoring my walks in the river canyon. my aim is to exercise, but i remind myself once i hit the trail to slow down and savor my surroundings – the quiet, the dragonflies (still! in december!), the sunlight, the changing leaves. i'll have to take my camera with me next time so i can share.

  39. Thanks for the chance to win this perfectly adorable necklace! I'm looking forward to a month of savoring.

  40. Amazing how one small object can symbolize so many different emotions and feelings and I haven't even seen it in person. I shall savor this indeed.

  42. SAVOR. what a wonderful word. sometimes we forget to appreciate and absorb the special things in our lives…and yet they are EVERYWHERE. all around us. thank you for reminding me to SAVOR mine 🙂

    Very excited about the Bel Kai Capture Collection. gorgeous!

  45. I wish I was savoring lunch because I'm starved, but the housekeeper is doing the kitchen right now! Love the necklace, and it would make the perfect addition to my collection of photo charms.

  51. I"m savoring my children at this age. It will never come again. Just wondering if you're doing a little calendar again this year? I love the idea of putting my photos to a calendar!

  54. savor, the perfect word for december.

    i'm savoring the little bit of day light we have these days, the illumination from the wood burning stove & the flicker of the candles lighting up our home. (the power is out!) 😉

  56. Anxious to "savor" each moment of the month with family, friends, fun & photography! Amazing necklace!

  57. Today I"m savoring the permission to just slow down.

    And every day I savor the community I have found here and the safe space it offers to be comfortable in my own creative process.

  59. sweet little necklace, love the word savor, looking forward to another month of grateful savoring!

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