A Flower from Miss Heather..

My lovely neighbor Heather bought down a Peonie for me the other day, it made a very fun photography subject.

I played with my back button autofocus, and I LIKE IT.

I Heart Faces Fix-It Friday

This is my first I Heart Faces Fix-It Friday entry. I'm nervous....

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I used Photoshop CS5 along with CoffeeShop's Perfect Portrait and then CoffeeShop's Orton Effect.

My first blog award!

Pretty cool! I just got my first blog award, thanks to Brittney at Brittneys Budget Crafts!

Here are the rules of receiving this award:


1. Thank the person who gave you this award

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic! (in no particular order...)

4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.


Let's see, 7 things about myself (blush)

1. I have an obsession with my toenails, they always have to be painted (no chips) and I refuse to let anyone, other then myself, give me a pedicure....I just have a certain way I like things done when it comes to my toesies.

2. I used to fly a Cessna 150...that's right, a 150...not a 152.

3. ...then I had two children.

4. I was knocked out of the Miss Teen Michigan pageant after saying that volunteer work gave me a "high". Come on people, I was NERVOUS!

5. I'm a dog person.

6. My favorite musician is Sarah Mclachlan.

7. My favorite color is orange.


And now on to the blog awards....

I'm would like to present the Versatile Blog Award to the following sites, in no particular order:

fowlsinglefile
imtopsyturvy
lovinmylovebugs
missbblogs
thecraftinme
mamathompson
madebystephie
madebylex
scrapallday
createanddelegate
alittlelovelyblog
frostedgardner
terelauritsen
team-t-adventures
indietutes

Party Wreath

An easy way to let your guests know, "hey, the party's here!". I plan on hanging this one on the front door on party days. Very fun and festive, cheap and easy.

Supplies:
Small foam wreath
push pins
balloons
curling ribbon



The result:

Photoshop "before and after"

A few weeks ago I killed my PC so of course I needed a new computer and why not go big? I chose a MAC but because I had Photoshop on my PC it wouldn't transfer to a MAC, I needed to get a whole new version (darn ;). So I got CS5 for my Mac and have been playing around with my photographs.

Some of my friends have been asking, "what kind of camera do you use? how do you get such good shots?" Well, the answer isn't really in my camera (which is a Canon Rebel) but it's in the tweaking I do in Photoshop.

See for yourself....

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Garage Sale Treasure

I found this darling at a garage sale a few weeks ago, how much you say? It was $3.00!





A little TLC and she's smilin'.

Logo Design Winner!!

I used Random.org (for the first time, it's pretty neat) and the number generated was lucky #7!

Congratulations to Renee at ReneeBeads!

I can't wait to work with you Renee!