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New! Six-Word Caption Contest from SMITH & Shutterfly

A New Caption Contest with Shutterfly
We’re teaming up with Shutterfly, a company as obsessed with personal expression as we are, for a new weekly Six-Word challenge. Each Monday morning we’ll post a photo from Shutterfly on the Six-Word Memoir project and you’ll have until Friday at 5pm EST to submit a six-word caption. One savvy caption writer will receive a gift certificate for $50 on Shutterfly. Leave your six words to describe the photo you see here in the comments area below. You can submit up to 10 entries (or as many as you like but only the first 10 will be considered for the contest); read the official rules for more detail then you probably want.

Comments

  • TawnyPort
    September 17, 2012

    Shadow’s missing out on these shoes.

  • NumbrOneAunt
    September 17, 2012

    I’m shadow of my current self.

  • canadafreeze
    September 17, 2012

    The shoes match. Does the bag?

  • SonnetArtist
    September 17, 2012

    No mirrors, only shadows. Truth hurts.

  • treehugger
    September 17, 2012

    I look taller in the mirror.

  • Ms. Q
    September 17, 2012

    Shadows encapsulate a being’s whole mind.

  • bevvie
    September 17, 2012

    Hello, let’s get this day started!

  • bevvie
    September 17, 2012

    New shoes? Check. Old friend? Check.

  • bevvie
    September 17, 2012

    Looking shady, but I’m with you.

  • islandmom
    September 17, 2012

    Why don’t feet have shadows, too?

  • bevvie
    September 17, 2012

    Smile! It’s a sunny shoe day!

  • Wench
    September 17, 2012

    Hey, shadow, move outta my way!

  • Wench
    September 17, 2012

    Always stepping on the damn cracks.

  • Wench
    September 17, 2012

    Can I reuse one I’ve already written?

    “City streets made a concrete girl.”

  • Wench
    September 17, 2012

    Looking down, I missed the view.

  • carol
    September 17, 2012

    Deja Vu. Chasing shadow. Not again!

  • bevvie
    September 17, 2012

    One sexy shade of grey

  • TeaTopper
    September 17, 2012

    I should have worn a skirt.

  • John Roedel
    September 17, 2012

    93-million miles later sunbeam realizes dream!

  • Redx3
    September 17, 2012

    Concrete silhouette swiped my new shoes.

  • ctgoods
    September 17, 2012

    One step forward; two on back.

  • Believe
    September 17, 2012

    Sun on my shoulders. Headed forward.

  • mauraborealice
    September 17, 2012

    My Shadow and Me go places.

  • mauraborealice
    September 17, 2012

    One cloud and you are gone!

  • NumbrOneAunt
    September 17, 2012

    Truly, it’s all about the shoes!

  • TeaTopper
    September 17, 2012

    His mother stared at my feet.

  • rabbithole
    September 17, 2012

    Don’t remember having this many freckles.

  • JAD
    September 17, 2012

    Me and shadow in this together.

  • JAD
    September 17, 2012

    You will never duplicate my shoes.

  • bevvie
    September 17, 2012

    I thought my waistline was smaller!

  • bevvie
    September 17, 2012

    Oops! Overdid the smoky eyes today!

  • kathi wright
    September 17, 2012

    life’s full of sunshine and shadows….

  • rabbithole
    September 17, 2012

    That girl’s two-dimensional purse kicks ass!

  • kathi wright
    September 17, 2012

    walk a mile in my shoes!

  • kathi wright
    September 17, 2012

    it’s a concrete jungle out there….

  • kathi wright
    September 17, 2012

    yin, yang; dark, light; left, right

  • kathi wright
    September 17, 2012

    woman, strong back – fear no crack….

  • kathi wright
    September 17, 2012

    i’m walking on sunshine…kinda, sorta….

  • kathi wright
    September 17, 2012

    aggravated by aggregate, she took steps…

  • Believe
    September 17, 2012

    Not as weathered as the pavement.

  • rabbithole
    September 17, 2012

    The shadow thinks it’s an eclipse.

  • JAD
    September 17, 2012

    Would you get off my tail!

  • TeaTopper
    September 17, 2012

    She’s a new girl in town.

  • Wench
    September 17, 2012

    There goes my mother’s back bone.

  • Wench
    September 17, 2012

    Having a one-dimensional kinda day.

  • treehugger
    September 17, 2012

    A shadow never sees the sun.

  • JAD
    September 17, 2012

    You can’t claim my shoes, sorry.

  • scribblingscribe
    September 17, 2012

    I’m too sexy for my shadow.

  • scribblingscribe
    September 17, 2012

    Look short. Shoulda bought the heels.

  • scribblingscribe
    September 17, 2012

    Oversized purse. Comfortable flats. Sidewalk sales!!!

  • PV Harrington
    September 18, 2012

    Love these shadow-conquering knee patches

  • PV Harrington
    September 18, 2012

    Love these shadow-resistant knee patches

  • canadafreeze
    September 18, 2012

    Nice shoes. Get off my shadow.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Does shadow make me look fat?

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Summer’s silhouette. Bright shoes. Grey shades.

  • LadyMac
    September 18, 2012

    Cannot stop admiring shoes. Collision inevitable.

  • LadyMac
    September 18, 2012

    Photograph of my shadow on vacation.

  • LadyMac
    September 18, 2012

    Feet on ground. Heart on sleeve.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Five-o’clock shadow, frozen in fresh concrete.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    These shoes, going the extra mile.

  • LadyMac
    September 18, 2012

    Shadows don’t have a good side.

  • LadyMac
    September 18, 2012

    Alone time: rewarding my #1 fan.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Meet me where the sidewalk ends.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    My feet are set in concrete.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Always afraid of her own shadow.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Pounded the pavement, blistered feet aching.

  • mourningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Transfixed she stared at her shadow.

  • NumbrOneAunt
    September 18, 2012

    Bring it on! Got the shoes!

  • Contemplative
    September 18, 2012

    Stepped on the crack. Foreshadowing doom.

  • Jean
    September 18, 2012

    My shadow’s always changing, like me.

  • JAD
    September 18, 2012

    Shadows: Don’t tell the whole story.

  • Raised_by_wolves
    September 18, 2012

    One small step for a woman…

  • Raised_by_wolves
    September 18, 2012

    Taking Jimmy Choo’s for test drive.

  • Raised_by_wolves
    September 18, 2012

    Emelda hit the concrete seeking slingbacks

  • Raised_by_wolves
    September 18, 2012

    Walk a mile in these moccasins!

  • Raised_by_wolves
    September 18, 2012

    Are you looking for a date?

  • Raised_by_wolves
    September 18, 2012

    You’re not a Policeman, are you?

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    Choo? Chanel? Only her shadow knows.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    Jesus, Water. Me, cracks and shadows.

  • Raised_by_wolves
    September 18, 2012

    It’s really a jungle out here.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    Shadows. Cracks. And cute girlie shoes.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    Call me the silhoutte of style.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    Cute puppies on hard hot pavement.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    In pursuit of all things totally sexy.

  • TeaTopper
    September 18, 2012

    No one will know they’re knock-offs.

  • TeaTopper
    September 18, 2012

    Single again. I can do this!

  • mzejay
    September 18, 2012

    Clicking my heels and heading home.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    My shadows have never defined me.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 18, 2012

    Cracks. These shoes. Mom’s back understands.

  • mzejay
    September 18, 2012

    I’ve checked, good things around corner.

  • zsuzsa
    September 18, 2012

    Peter Pan has nothing on me.

  • Pseudonym_Girl
    September 18, 2012

    Step on crack. Shadow stares back.

  • Morningdove
    September 18, 2012

    Walked on wild side, feet cried.

  • Ms. Killie
    September 18, 2012

    Got new shoes. Overshadowed entire outfit.

  • Ms. Killie
    September 18, 2012

    Followed shadow to whole new me.

  • Ms. Killie
    September 18, 2012

    Tired soles, shadowy past. Bright future!

  • PV Harrington
    September 18, 2012

    Oh no! I’ve been Jackson Pollocked!

  • LadyMac
    September 18, 2012

    Why won’t this bloody camera work?

  • DynamicDbytheC
    September 18, 2012

    Dark side looms large in summer.

  • orangeblossom
    September 18, 2012

    No longer a shadow of myself.

  • scribblingscribe
    September 18, 2012

    Hmmmm. Great place for some hopscotch!

  • favepeep
    September 18, 2012

    Where do you think you’re going?

  • favepeep
    September 18, 2012

    “You put your left foot in…”

  • JAD
    September 18, 2012

    Let’s stop meeting like this, ok?

  • mourningdove
    September 19, 2012

    Mom, how is your back feeling?

  • rabbithole
    September 19, 2012

    Yes, my future chalk outline. Funny.

  • rabbithole
    September 19, 2012

    Knew we should have coordinated outfits.

  • rabbithole
    September 19, 2012

    You’re tired? Try being three dimensional.

  • rabbithole
    September 19, 2012

    Get up immediately, you’re embarrassing me!

  • oopsalittle
    September 19, 2012

    Wearing wrong shade of grey again.

  • MsKillie
    September 19, 2012

    Decided to follow shadow’s lead today.

  • MsKillie
    September 19, 2012

    Should have worn boots, concretes unforgiving.

  • MsKillie
    September 19, 2012

    Started day shopping, ended up shadowboxing.

  • Bobbee
    September 19, 2012

    Finally peaceful, just shadow and I.

  • ksusa
    September 19, 2012

    Not even I sabotage these shoes.

  • ksusa
    September 19, 2012

    Living in shadows redefines peep toes.

  • ksusa
    September 19, 2012

    It’s not all black and white.

  • songwriter
    September 19, 2012

    My shadow stands taller than me.
    I look better in my shadow.
    My shadow doesn’t display my smile.

  • songwriter
    September 19, 2012

    Outfit not comfortable. Shadow doesn’t mind.

  • Amapola
    September 19, 2012

    Shadow walks while my shoes watch.

  • Amapola
    September 19, 2012

    Ghostly shadows floats on pavement’s mirror.

  • Amapola
    September 19, 2012

    That should have read: Ghostly shadow floats on pavement’s mirror.

  • Steelpony
    September 19, 2012

    Jimmy Hoffa had shoes like this.

  • Steelpony
    September 19, 2012

    Walked a mile, where’s my Camel?

  • Amapola
    September 19, 2012

    Handbag thief also stole my shadow.

  • Amapola
    September 19, 2012

    Ceci c’est n’est pas une ombre.

  • Amapola
    September 19, 2012

    Expensive handbag is just an illusion.

  • Amapola
    September 19, 2012

    More chic shadow than real chick.

  • Amapola
    September 20, 2012

    Cigarette bud burned my flimsy ego.

  • Bobbee
    September 20, 2012

    Shadow Crossing: Please stand behind me.

  • Bobbee
    September 20, 2012

    Miles walked, shadow appears, together again.

  • Dean6805
    September 20, 2012

    Shadow can’t measure up to me.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 20, 2012

    Now how does this camera work?

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 20, 2012

    Stepping on cracks. Matter of style.

  • Steve__Anthony
    September 20, 2012

    I’m too sexy for these cracks.

  • Angel Zapata
    September 20, 2012

    Eddie’s cross-dressing illusion is temporary.

  • Angel Zapata
    September 20, 2012

    Marie receives her prosthetic arm today.

  • Angel Zapata
    September 20, 2012

    Stuck between shoe and shadow: bubblegum.

  • Angel Zapata
    September 20, 2012

    New purse: another successful shoplifting experience.

  • bevvie
    September 20, 2012

    I walk. You carry the purse

  • kathi wright
    September 20, 2012

    me, my shadow, and jimmy choo’s…

  • sisterpoet
    September 21, 2012

    Project 50 shades, only one concrete

  • sisterpoet
    September 21, 2012

    Casting shaded reminders of concrete truth

  • sisterpoet
    September 21, 2012

    Stopped running long enough to hide

  • sisterpoet
    September 21, 2012

    Soft shadows, hard truth, I’m lost

  • Erin Cole
    September 21, 2012

    But she didn’t have a purse.

  • Erin Cole
    September 21, 2012

    I turned off the stove, right?

  • Erin Cole
    September 21, 2012

    She couldn’t watch the approaching asteroid.

  • Erin Cole
    September 21, 2012

    They didn’t take me to Kansas.

  • mzejay
    September 21, 2012

    I know what the shadow knows.

  • mzejay
    September 21, 2012

    My future’s so bright, it’s shaded.

  • Harry B. Sanderford
    September 21, 2012

    Chewbacca’s one weakness was pretty shoes.

  • favepeep
    September 21, 2012

    Subtle you are not, my shadow.

  • favepeep
    September 21, 2012

    Studies show: shadows are shady characters.

  • favepeep
    September 21, 2012

    Sunny days and shadows; working hand-in-hand.

  • favepeep
    September 21, 2012

    Shadow getting more compliments than me.

  • favepeep
    September 21, 2012

    My shadow needs much better lighting.

  • favepeep
    September 21, 2012

    Research shows: shadows aren’t shady characters.

  • favepeep
    September 21, 2012

    Shadow has more curves than me.

  • Savita
    September 21, 2012

    My shadow looks more like me.

  • GKC
    September 22, 2012

    Don’t tread on me!

  • -K-
    September 22, 2012

    MY shadow is on the moon!

  • -K-
    September 22, 2012

    Real time, street view, google maps…

  • -K-
    September 22, 2012

    It will be a long winter.

  • -K-
    September 22, 2012

    Shadows are playing tricks on me…

  • -K-
    September 22, 2012

    I didn’t make this we(a)k shadow…

  • -K-
    September 22, 2012

    Maybe I’ll be back next week.

  • DynamicDbytheC
    September 22, 2012

    I’m haunted daily by my shadow.

  • Ann
    September 22, 2012

    Follow me, I’ll take you places!

  • Ann
    September 22, 2012

    Follow me, I’ll take you places.

  • trish
    September 22, 2012

    Me,myself,my shadow and I

  • Addie
    September 22, 2012

    Do I really look like that?

  • Sandra
    September 22, 2012

    Foot hits pavement. New day dawns.

  • Mckenna
    September 22, 2012

    Shadowed twin forgot my eccentric shoes

  • Amber C
    September 22, 2012

    Stepping in the shadow of truth

  • oopsalittle
    September 22, 2012

    Shadow more attention seeking than me.

  • sayakacen
    September 22, 2012

    walking in the shadow of life

  • Michelle O
    September 23, 2012

    Wow, my shadow looks really good!!

  • JUDITH NWACHUKWU
    September 23, 2012

    Even shadows reflect sense of style;-)

  • habitater
    September 23, 2012

    Shadowed landshape of dreams to come

  • Fiberlily
    September 23, 2012

    Some things we can never escape

  • Elaine
    September 23, 2012

    Shades of light, remember me tonight

  • Elaine
    September 23, 2012

    Dressed with expectations, filled with misgivings

  • Elaine
    September 23, 2012

    Outline in gray walking my way

  • Danielle
    September 23, 2012

    Well, my shoes look fantastic, butt…

  • jermball30
    September 24, 2012

    With this uzi, who’ll notice shoes?

  • jermball30
    September 24, 2012

    Excuse me, you’re in my light.

  • Tina
    September 24, 2012

    Crap……my camera went off again!!!

  • Tina
    September 24, 2012

    These shoes have seen better light

  • Tina
    September 24, 2012

    I’m walking on sunshine…..oooooh yeah!!!!

  • Tina
    September 24, 2012

    This shadow capture’s my good side!!

  • suzanne
    September 24, 2012

    Come on, don’t be scared!

  • suzanne
    September 24, 2012

    Hurry, there’s a sale!

  • rach
    September 24, 2012

    Here I am. I love myself.

  • ritajophoto
    September 24, 2012

    The world passed beneath her feet

  • faith
    September 24, 2012

    Stepping forward into the unknown.

  • faith
    September 24, 2012

    Standing on strong legs!

  • faith
    September 24, 2012

    I am stepping out, standing firm!

  • AdventurerEva
    September 24, 2012

    Ageless Beauty Captured in my Shadow

  • Nicole
    September 24, 2012

    Shoes seeking shadow to share walks

  • Nicole
    September 24, 2012

    Caught a shutterfly in my shadow

  • mark
    September 24, 2012

    The shadow of a lonely figure.
    Beauty is always on the inside.
    The beauty of the morning shadow.
    Shadows can be just as beautiful.
    Don’t despair for I am here.
    We walk this dark world together.
    Shadows do delight the morning light.
    Shoes,check:Purse,check:shadow,check.

  • Shawna
    September 25, 2012

    You are your own best friend

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    A shadow of my former self.

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    The groundhog says winter will continue

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    This shadow is a fashion reflection

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    Make haste, I’m gone at sundown

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    The shadow didn’t really know anything.

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    Shadows and laps share common traits

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    My shadow is a sneaky bastard!

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    Prove to prove that’s my shadow.

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    Don’t box me in I’m your shadow

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    Capture your shadow in a box.

  • Steve Schohan
    September 25, 2012

    Shadow dancing into the next millennium

  • Redx3
    September 25, 2012

    Me, myself and I: a family portrait

  • Mobbeta
    September 25, 2012

    Give me my purse back, thief!

  • Scarletnight
    October 18, 2012

    Look Inside Where the Flavor Hides

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