Quick post

One of the beautiful roses that "my husband" wanted me to have ;)

Okay-quick post tonight. Why? Because I can't seem to sit down at the computer anymore without 2 hours going by. And because my poor old laptop is getting a little wonky tonight. So-after the look on my husband's face last night when I showed him the "after" sun tea photo, "i know this is important, but I don't know why she is showing me this....", I decided I should include a before and an after photo with my grungey photos. So here it is. Above is the before photo of one of the roses I bought over the weekend.

(grungepaper2 by fudgegraphics and font karabine)

And here is the after "grunged up" photo.

This is the "before" sun tea photo from yesterday's post.

And this, of course, is the Christmas card photoesque picture that you will be receiving in December...don't laugh, I still love it that much! Happy Wednesday!

(grungepaper5 by fudgegraphics and font karabine)

I love this look so much that I just might use it for my Christmas card. So if you get a Christmas card this year that just shows sun tea on a table....yea...that would be from us...but anyway..

(grungepaper4 by fudgegraphics and font karabine.)

This is SOOO easy. Loving this free class by Jessica Sprague. This last 2 weeks marks the first time that I have used textures in my photos. Now I want to use textures on all of my photographs! I may have to join textures anonymous-I am just that addicted to textures....

Anyway...Last year I created a Summer mini-book {insert photo here-I lost one of my cameras and don't feel like going upstairs right now to snap a photo anyway} showcasing our "everyday" activities throughout the summer. I have been trying to decide what I want to do this year. In a way-my blog is my showcase of everyday life-whether it is summer, school year, or holidays. So I might just post to the blog and be done with it. Or I might use the photos that I post on my blog to print out in 4x6 and put them in a photo album. It just might be that simple. Anyway-I'm getting excited about our trip to Colorado! Off for more planning and figuring out how I'm going to pay for gas! Yay! Happy Tuesday! Hope it's a great one!

Through the Viewfinder

Still playing with new techniques that I'm learning on Jessica Sprague's class. This technique simulates the practice of taking a photo with your digital camera through an apparatus that connects to the viewfinder of an old camera in order to get the "square shape", black frames, and other assorted vintage goodness. It turned out way cooler than I would have hoped!

How it works:

First, I desaturated the photo and gave it a sepia tone. Then I used FakeTTV_8 (free on Flikr) and the multiply mode and a brush from HOF3 Sampler Brushes. It was WAYYYY too easy.

I plan to upload some photos and post something new later tonight or tomorrow.

Happy Sunday!

Grunge Look

{Products: Daguerrotype 2 and Subtle Grunge 5 from Lost and Taken, and Brown paper texture from jessicasprague.com}

Still playing in Photoshop Elements 6.0 with new info from jessicasprague.com from her free class this week. I am totally loving this look!