<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199872717119871506</id><updated>2011-08-20T04:20:36.773-07:00</updated><category term='Kent'/><category term='Renton'/><category term='Auburn childrens photographer'/><category term='Bellevue'/><title type='text'>Short Stories by Ruth</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Short Stories by Ruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00623844557582113365</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199872717119871506.post-7245691236287115548</id><published>2010-09-30T21:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T21:16:29.211-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter Wonderland Mini Photo Session</title><content type='html'>Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 13th. I will be having my first Winter Wonderland Mini Photo Session. For only $49.00 you will receive a mini session and one 5x7 from that session. The background will be a winter scene and you can be a fairy, or dress up in our Vintage Clothing or bring your own to make it special for you. I will be posting sample pictures here soon. I am looking for models to help me with that! Please email me at shotbyruth@comcast.net if you have a child between the ages of 4 and 8...boy or girl.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4199872717119871506-7245691236287115548?l=shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/feeds/7245691236287115548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/09/winter-wonderland-mini-photo-session.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/7245691236287115548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/7245691236287115548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/09/winter-wonderland-mini-photo-session.html' title='Winter Wonderland Mini Photo Session'/><author><name>Short Stories by Ruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00623844557582113365</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199872717119871506.post-3502312972414207744</id><published>2010-08-19T20:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-19T21:02:11.114-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Renton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Auburn childrens photographer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bellevue'/><title type='text'>Not all fairies are children</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TG3-PTPAyMI/AAAAAAAACDg/fo7UGoW-uCM/s1600/Kaitlyn+Johnson+web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TG3-PTPAyMI/AAAAAAAACDg/fo7UGoW-uCM/s400/Kaitlyn+Johnson+web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507337458158717122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During my last Short Stories session I was able to take a portrait of my assistant Kaitlyn!  She is an awesome assistant and I'm lucky to have her at my studio.  She is great with the kids too!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4199872717119871506-3502312972414207744?l=shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/feeds/3502312972414207744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-all-fairies-are-children.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/3502312972414207744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/3502312972414207744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-all-fairies-are-children.html' title='Not all fairies are children'/><author><name>Short Stories by Ruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00623844557582113365</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TG3-PTPAyMI/AAAAAAAACDg/fo7UGoW-uCM/s72-c/Kaitlyn+Johnson+web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199872717119871506.post-1034232244872063884</id><published>2010-08-05T07:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-05T07:41:55.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ordering your fairy portraits</title><content type='html'>Moms....don't forget that your proof book will go offline on Monday.  Get your orders before then.  I'm trying to decide on our next theme.  Please let me know your thoughts.  Rock star kids?  or Teddy Bear Tea party....  please either comment here or email me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4199872717119871506-1034232244872063884?l=shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/feeds/1034232244872063884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/ordering-your-fairy-portraits.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/1034232244872063884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/1034232244872063884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/ordering-your-fairy-portraits.html' title='Ordering your fairy portraits'/><author><name>Short Stories by Ruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00623844557582113365</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199872717119871506.post-8151711624549974983</id><published>2010-08-04T21:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-04T21:59:17.352-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Renton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Auburn childrens photographer'/><title type='text'>2010 summer fairies</title><content type='html'>&lt;object id="vp1m9FFX" width="432" height="240" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&amp;e=1280984231&amp;f=m9FFXm7O9dBksLFbYCn2ow&amp;d=107&amp;m=a&amp;r=w&amp;i=m&amp;options="&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed id="vp1m9FFX" src="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&amp;e=1280984231&amp;f=m9FFXm7O9dBksLFbYCn2ow&amp;d=107&amp;m=a&amp;r=w&amp;i=m&amp;options=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="432" height="240"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4199872717119871506-8151711624549974983?l=shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/feeds/8151711624549974983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-summer-fairies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/8151711624549974983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/8151711624549974983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-summer-fairies.html' title='2010 summer fairies'/><author><name>Short Stories by Ruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00623844557582113365</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199872717119871506.post-5433770216652154822</id><published>2010-08-01T20:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T20:48:46.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fairy Days a success!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TFY_0p_836I/AAAAAAAACCo/C5M8pKAyja0/s1600/IMG_5689.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 286px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500654168739471266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TFY_0p_836I/AAAAAAAACCo/C5M8pKAyja0/s400/IMG_5689.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;What a great weekend with lots of fairies in our studio!!! Here is an image of the winner of our contest. Little Leelia!!  Now we are in the process of getting our next short stories these together.  I'm thinking Teddy Bear Tea Party ....or Rock Star Kids... Please let me know your thoughts!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4199872717119871506-5433770216652154822?l=shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/feeds/5433770216652154822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/fairy-days-success.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/5433770216652154822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/5433770216652154822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2010/08/fairy-days-success.html' title='Fairy Days a success!'/><author><name>Short Stories by Ruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00623844557582113365</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TFY_0p_836I/AAAAAAAACCo/C5M8pKAyja0/s72-c/IMG_5689.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199872717119871506.post-152315904288593243</id><published>2009-11-14T20:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T20:18:27.845-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Short Stories by Ruth</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TBXHl_Us__I/AAAAAAAACCY/961oK6Aqq8U/s1600/IMG_6175+two+tone.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482507576860803058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TBXHl_Us__I/AAAAAAAACCY/961oK6Aqq8U/s400/IMG_6175+two+tone.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/Sv-Fiz1FluI/AAAAAAAAB_I/5A6NWhQiWqE/s1600-h/IMG_7415.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 373px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404184910942803682" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/Sv-Fiz1FluI/AAAAAAAAB_I/5A6NWhQiWqE/s400/IMG_7415.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Summer Fairy Days &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;July 30 &amp;amp; 31st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Photography by Ruth -Short Stories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our most popular Fairy portraits are back. Summer Fairy Days will be held on July 30&amp;amp;31st in the studio at Photography by Ruth. &lt;a href="mailto:shotbyruth@comcast.net"&gt;shotbyruth@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt; This is best for girls up to the age of 8 or 9.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For only $49.00 you will recieve a mini portrait session including fairy clothes for your little girl and one 5x7. Additional portraits are available for 60% off our regular portrait prices.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;To reserve your fairy special please email me which day you prefer and time. Please leave your phone number and we will call you back to confirm everything. To hold this reservation you will need to pay $49.00. We accept paypal, Visa and Mastercard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Free Fairy Portrait Session and fabulous gifts Giveaway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This summer one lucky fairy and her mom will recieve not only a free session and 5x7 from &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/ruth.densley#!/pages/Short-Stories-by-Ruth/172905889289"&gt;Short Stories by Ruth&lt;/a&gt; but mom will also receive over $200 worth of free gifts from &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/ruth.densley#!/pages/Lemon-Lollipop/109985159048415"&gt;Lemon-Lollipop&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/ruth.densley#!/pages/Helio-Minerals/120269698014441"&gt;Helio Minerals&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/ruth.densley#!/pages/Bellevue-WA/All-Star-Lake-Spa/22954468639?ajaxpipe=1&amp;amp;__a=10"&gt;All Star Lake Spa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Come and pay a visit to my &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/ruth.densley#!/pages/Short-Stories-by-Ruth/172905889289"&gt;Short Stories by Ruth facebook page&lt;/a&gt; and enter the July giveaway. Here are the rules:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. You need to be a facebook user&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;2.You will need to "like" each of our gifters on their facebook page Lemon-Lollipop, Helio Minerals, and All Star Lake Spa. You may already have "liked" my page and that is cool, now you just need to "like" the other pages.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. On Short Stories by Ruth wall, write a reason why you or your daughter should win this giveaway. &lt;strong&gt;Get your friends to comment on your entry as well.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please note that you do not have the be the girls mother... you can nominate someone else that you think deserves this special opportunity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. email &lt;a href="mailto:shotbyruth@comcast.net"&gt;shotbyruth@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt; to let me know that you entered so that I can check to see that it posted on my wall correctly and that you have "liked" our fabulous sponsers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. The most compelling update will win, so work those words. Have your friends support you by adding their comments. They will count as well! Don't forget you must "like" our sponsors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Reservations are limited to only a few each day. I suggest you book a session and if you win the contest we will gladly refund you the money you paid.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. This giveaway will run from June 14th until July 14th, 2010. The winner will be annouced on July 20th.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't wait to see all my little fairies... We got new brown feather wings and I can't wait to try them out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see more images at my website at &lt;a href="http://www.photographybyruth.com/"&gt;http://www.photographybyruth.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any questions please &lt;a href="mailto:shotbyruth@comcast.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4199872717119871506-152315904288593243?l=shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/feeds/152315904288593243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2009/11/short-stories-by-ruth-are-fun-3-pose.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/152315904288593243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4199872717119871506/posts/default/152315904288593243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shortstoriesbyruth.blogspot.com/2009/11/short-stories-by-ruth-are-fun-3-pose.html' title='Short Stories by Ruth'/><author><name>Short Stories by Ruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00623844557582113365</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ntt3x_01Dc/TBXHl_Us__I/AAAAAAAACCY/961oK6Aqq8U/s72-c/IMG_6175+two+tone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
