For Halloween this year I dressed up as one of my absolute favorite creatures, a faerie. There's something about their shy, magical nature that has always appealed to me. The few pictures I managed to take were in a decidedly un-magical place: the bathroom. So I decided to play around in photoshop and have fun. I'm still learning so much about the software, so while it's not perfect, I'm pretty darn proud of it!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day everyone! I hope all the mothers out there enjoy their day. It's 75 degrees and absolutely gorgeous outside in my neck of the woods today; perfect for sitting out on the deck, basking in the sunshine, and being brought lemonade by wonderful children. I myself am not a mother, but it still sounds good to me. My husband and I met his parents and a friend for brunch to celebrate the day. Now, my mother-in-law is not big on the whole gift thing; that is she loves to give them but so much receive. And I'm the same kind of person, so she got a gift anyway! It wasn't much, I printed an 8"x10" photo of one of the pictures from my last post (the one of the little girl who just happens to be my niece and her granddaughter), framed it, and made her a card. 

 
The background and page elements are from an amazing Etsy seller named Bella Style Designs.I purchased these a long time ago and unfortunately it looks like she's been on vacation for awhile. The quote seemed a rather perfect way to describe my mother-in-law. She loved everything!

More fun with my photos

Just me messing around some more with photos. I experimented a bit with layers and transparencies to create this. This is all a learn as I go process.

I'll be going to school soon for graphic design to learn more about how all this works. I'm super excited!

Having fun with the camera

I've been carrying my camera around with me more often lately and have been taking photos of whatever catches my eye. This time around, it happened to be my mother-in-law's beautiful bicycle. It has the most adorable little basket attached to the front. And although I didn't get any pictures of it, the paint job on the bike is a decorative, folk art theme. Think traditional German folk painting. Believe me when I say this bicycle is a one of a kind, unique way to get around town!

Wonderful day

Today was a very good day. My husband and I went for a walk down the river trail next to our apartment and it was so much fun. The weather was absolutely beautiful! We couldn't have asked for a better day. I took a lot of photos of plants and flowers and got a few nice shots. In the photo above, I used a digital frame from cottagearts.net and aged the entire thing a little. The real highlight of our little adventure, however, was seeing all the goslings running around! There had to have been five families with about 3 dozen goslings. It was an amazing sight.

Owl Earrings

I was pretty darn tired when I got home from work tonight...but I promised myself that I would create something, no matter how exhausted I was. So I present to you an adorable pair of owl earrings! While I didn't actually create the owls (I bought them from the Beadniks store at the Mall of America), I did hang them on the ear loops. That counts, right? Right?!? Lol. I'll wear them to work tomorrow and think of something more elaborate for tomorrow night.