Thursday, January 04, 2007

happy new year



so i'm a few days late with my new years greeting! hope everyone had a nice/safe holiday!
not much new here....although, i can report i've stuck to my new years resolution now for 4 days! you know, the traditional lose weight, eat better and exercise resolution....the one that usually lasts 2 weeks....hopefully this will be the year i stick to it and change my habits for good....
so i've been tinkering around a bit....just have a few projects to share... the layout scanned terrible, it isn't crooked in real life. then there is the valentines day card....i used a lunch bag and sewed around the 3 sides creating a pocket. then there is the large "fancy pants" flower in the oversized soup can. i used a foam ball at the bottom, hot glued in place and stuck the flower right into the ball. and finally i had to share the black and white photo i took of lauren. i still have so much to learn about my camer and using photoshop...i have the limited edition of photoshop so i'm not sure if i have all of the options that photoshop offers....but i did putz with the lighting etc...of the photo. not sure if it looks good or not....it's certainly not a "tara whitney" photo by any means....anyone have any tips or tricks they want to share feel free....

6 comments:

chanel said...

good luck with your resolutions. I love your work, its gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

oooh, i love the flower in the soup can! i purchase brenda's action from http://bloggingwithbrenda.blogspot.com/. her actions are fantastic,especially her b&w ones and good value for money too.

Anonymous said...

Very cute stuff! Love the pictures of Lauren very nice! I tried not to really make any resolutions, but its always to the same old thing, so we'll see how I do, ha ha.

Amber Ulmer said...

So presh! Must try the flower thing... I have all of those ginormous fancy pants chipboard flowers... have to use them!!! Well love the layout... Is that JB's paper? December?!

Anonymous said...

love the flower in the "pot"! such a cute idea. love the black and white picture of your daughter too. i'll vouch that photoshop can be overwhelming to figure out ... but with a little practice it gets easier (did i just say that?!?!).

Anonymous said...

love the flower in the "pot"! such a cute idea. i think the b&w picture of your daughter is adorable. i know how overwhelming learning photoshop can be ... i have elements and still don't even know half of what it's capable of. but with a little practice it gets easier ... did i just say that?!?!? lol!