Last year, I launched Memories, Dreams and Reflections 1.0 – 132 people participated. It was clearly a hit! As 2011 comes to an end, I thought it’d be great to bring back MDR as a way to remember and reflect on days past…and dream of our future through photography. I hope you will be inspired to once again take a walk down memory lane with me and share your favorites moments from 2011. Feel free to write as much or as little about each photo. - Me! – picture of yourself (you don’t have to show your face). What are you most proud of accomplishing in 2011?
- I Love You – picture of your husband, boyfriend, children, pets, etc.
- Still Laughing… – a moment you’re still laughing about now…tell us a story.
- Winter Wonderland – a picture that reflects Winter.
- Birthday – share a birthday picture (your own or someone you love).
- Friends - a picture with friends (this could be your friends or your children with their friends).
- I Was Inspired… – could be a picture of your inspiration (person or thing), or inspired by…
- Spring Fever – a picture that reflects Spring.
- Travel or Vacation - a picture taken on vacation or on a recent travel experience…even if it was only a few miles away.
- Summer Days – a picture that reflects Summer.
- A Day In My Life – a picture of a typical day in your life.
- All Smiles - a picture that makes you smile or of smiling faces.
- Autumn Harvest – a picture that reflects Autumn/Fall.
- Family or Home – a picture of your family or a picture that represents family/home for you.
- Celebrate! - a picture that reflects a celebration.
- Let’s Do It Again… – a picture of something you’d like to do again soon.
- I Miss You - a picture of someone or something you really miss.
- Beautiful – a picture of someone or something you find beautiful.
- Dress Up – this might be a picture from Halloween or not…but someone who is all dressed up!
- Macro – share your favorite macro or close-up image.
- Holidays – a picture from the Holiday of your choice.
- My Favorite – share your favorite picture or memory from 2011.
- Don’t Ever Change – something you love about yourself, someone, or something that you never want to change.
- Just Because…So There! – share any picture(s) that you really want to share, but doesn’t fit in any other category.
- Hopes and Dreams - share what you hope to come or dream for 2012. Feel free to share an image of your choice.
The beauty of “Memories, Dreams and Reflections” is that you don’t really have to photograph anything new, but share photos you’ve taken all year long. Want to join us? Here’s how:
- Grab the button above and feel free to share it on your blog.
- Sign up by adding your blog to the linky below – everyone is invited! You can sign up through the end of the year and visit other bloggers who are joining the party.
- Start going through your 2011 archives and select photos that represent each prompt (or take a few new photos).
- Feel free to write as much or as little about each prompt as you’d like.
- Feel free to post more than one picture for each prompt if you think it’s necessary (I will likely only post one picture per prompt). If you don’t have a picture to represent the prompt, skip it…participate as much or as little as you’d like.
- If you use any photos that are not your own, please provide a source.
- On January 1, 2012 I will post a link-up (instead of Scavenger Hunt Sunday). You can post your collection of photos at that time.
- Have fun!


















What a lovely idea and I’m looking forward to participating.
Awesome idea! I’m so excited for this
Yay! Glad this is back.
Woot! Can’t wait to start.
I’m totally going to look up last year’s just for fun.
Excellent idea, Ashley! I’m excited to participate!!
sounds like a lot of fun! better get started on the sorting of pictures now though. Can’t wait to see everyones photos
What a great idea, I’m in! Thank you for hosting.
Totally in!
Kathy
I had so much fun doing this last year and I can’t wait to do it again! Time to start going through the archives!
Oh, how neat! Love this idea!
Great idea, I like it!
Have a great weekend:)
Yeah!!! I’m glad you’re doing this again; it was a lot of fun last year! Can’t wait!
That sounds like FUN!
I can’t believe it’s been a year already! Count me in!!!
sounds like fun!
what a great idea! i’m going to try to post a picture each day throughout december. love it!
I had so much fun with this last year! Unfortunantely, since my camera died in July I don’t have as many photos this year, and won’t be participating, but I’m looking forward to everyone else’s posts!
That sounds like a neat idea! I’ll try to participate!
Yay! I forgot about doing this last year until you mentioned it…I remember having a lot of fun reflecting on the year with these prompts. Looking forward to it!
such a wonderful idea! Looking forward to participating it…
Sounds like fun! Count me in!
Excited to do this again!
What a fun idea! I just might do this!
I remember what a lot of fun that was. I’m in!
Wow! So many people already have their posts ready! This will take me awhile, but fantastic idea. It should be fun!
WOW!!! I just LOVE LOVE this idea Ashley- you are a genius! Thank you for sharing this and coming up with this list
I’m a bit confused about the signing up part! Do we just link our blog in to sign up, or do we wait until we’ve got our memories post together.
I love this! Ok, so how does it work? like one picture a week – all 25 at once? Do we link up that we want to participate or that we have our photos done? I love this!
This is such a lovely idea Ashley! Can’t wait to see what you come up with. x
So excited!!
Great idea!
Ashley I love this! I’m totally going to participate!
I loved this link up last year and I’m very excited to participate again this year!!
loved this last year I can’t wait to see how my photography has grown!
I was so excited when I saw you were doing this! I already have the post up and scheduled to go live on January 1st! I am so excited to share, and I had so much fun looking back on 2011!
Thanks for doing this Ashley!
Kayla Faye
Struttin’ My Stuff Photography
awesome idea and i can’t wait to participate! thanks for sharing!
I haven’t been able to join in scavenger hunt yet, so this will be my first link up with Ashley! Looking forward to it so much!
Will do it again this year, was fun last year!!
This is so cool!
I loved doing this last year! I need to start working on it now. Thanks for doing this again Ash. Can’t wait to see yours.
Yay! So looking forward to this again
Blessings for the holidays Ashley!
Woof Ashley!
I just made mine but it links to the old 2010 thing. I think I’m doggone too old for this drooly thing ;-(
I’m looking forward to this. I’ll start looking through shots soon.
Great idea Ashley! I think this is exactly what I need to get me going on my blog again! I am kind of um-inspired these days!
sounds like fun, count me in!! Happy New Year!
Alright Ashley….I’m IN!!!! “see” you tomorrow!