My lovely parents gave me an early Christmas present: A Nikon D 3100! Why so early you may ask? Because they were in Oregon earlier this month where there's no sales tax.  With a 15 day return policy, they wanted me to check it out and make sure I liked it.  Well, I've decided to keep it and now I'm so pumped about having a great quality and easy to use DSLR camera.  I'm also looking forward to making a pretty camera strap to tote it around.  Here's some inspiration: