Just Experimenting...

Well, I'm visiting my family in Canada for a couple of weeks, so I will be taking advantage of the beautiful scenery and countryside while I'm here, and focusing on my "Focus". So, hopefully I will be posting more often, as now, everything I look at lately, I seem to think in the way of how that such and such would look in a frame, or has great textures, or great composition, etc,. I will try and categorize so that there will be some kind of order to it.

The first pictures I will post are taken from thousands of feet in the sky from the airplane window. I turned off my flash so that it would not reflect in the window. Here's what I got. It actually got me thinking of clouds in a whole new way. They are really beautiful to look at but especially when you notice things about them like texture, density, shape, and especially the many shades of colour they can be other than white.

Precious In His Sight...

Sigh!!!! Our baby's not a baby anymore! Happy 3rd birthday to our little sweetie pie! We love you so much!!

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My First "Frugal Fridays" Participation!

I enjoy visiting Biblical Womanhood every day. It is often that I leave there feeling encouraged, edified, and even sometimes get my toes stepped on in areas where I could improve.

Well, every week they have "Frugal Fridays" where you can post a money saving tip that you think would be of interest to others. Well the "tip" I am posting today, has saved me lots of money and is enjoyable to boot! So without further adieu...


Here is my first "Frugal Fridays" submission. I just had to share the website I found not too long ago that has free instructions to make beautiful boutique-quality custom-made hair bows. Bows that elsewhere go from $10-$15 online, you can make yourself to coordinate with outfits for a buck or two.

I'd also encourage you to use the opportunity to get to know other mothers better. I have met with other mothers several times now to make the bows and exchange ribbons and barrettes, and really enjoy the time with them(and my daughter enjoys playing with their children too). Be careful though, bow making can be addictive!

Please visit Girly Things for the free instructions on multiple bow styles, bow holders, beaded bobby pins, and even a free tutu pattern(Yay! Guess what I'm making our daughter for her upcoming birthday) that you can construct yourself for under $5.00!

Here are some examples of bows I've made so far...

Here's some more...I told you it was addictive!!! Tee Hee!!

Don't forget to visit Biblical Womanhood for more Frugal Friday tips!

Thanks for looking!

Leaning On His Everlasting Arms,

Denise

Butterflies ~ Part 2

Thanks for the CC Cindy. Here's how I tried to correct it. I ran a noiseware to try and remove debris and cleaned up the rest by cloning and also got rid of the dead butterfly.
Before...
...and After














I don't know...I find it took away a lot of the detail and made it a little too soft. Any other suggestions of what I could have done to avoid losing the detail in the butterflies and the oranges?

Here's the edit with nothing but the dead butterfly removed.










Ugh! That doesn't look so great either. Sigh! Wish my computer was compatible for the Photoshop Elements 5.0 I bought off of ebay. Oh well, until then, at least I can know what to work on in the meantime, eh?

Butterflies

Just looking through some pictures I took last summer at a butterfly sanctuary and was hoping I might get some feedback on them.

















(The pictures in this post were taken with my 2.0MP Fujifilm FinePix A205)

Just Foolin' Around...

Our baby is about to turn "Fwee" years old. All I can do is just shake my head in disbelief. Where has the time gone? Sigh... Here is just something I'm toying with. Please excuse the mess and the lighting wasn't that great. Not exactly portfolio worthy for sure and not exactly professional, but fun to play around. She is very much into Ballerinas(she says "ballerlinas") and dancing like one. She even shuts her eyes when she's twirling, like she's right into it. What a ham of a daughter we have.
(These are the before and after)

















Here is a little montage I did for our family and friends. Enjoy!! Before viewing, you'll need to mute my website music by clicking on the pause symbol on the blue music icon on the bottom left of this website.

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Our Little Visitor...

Look and see what I discovered crawling up my back door. Our daughter was delighted and mesmerized to say the least.

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Before viewing, you'll need to mute my website music by clicking on the pause symbol on the blue music icon on the bottom left of this website. Again, the film part is a little blurry but our daughter and I enjoyed observing our little friend come out.