touch ups

I saw the sun shining the other day and tried to take advantage of the reflective light off of the snow... well I guess I did something wrong because the photos turned out all gray and colorless. I really wanted the photos to be intense and bright and I was greatly disappointed. You see the LCD screen on my camera is busted and I can't see how the images are turning out till they're already downloaded. So I decided to play around with them on Photoshop and see what I could do to rescue them. Here is the result.

WOW! I would have never thought I could turn as dingy a picture as this into something so good. I try not to rely too heavily on Photoshop in my photography but I have to say it has it's moments! Actually i love playing around on photoshop but none of them have turned out nearly as good as this! what fun! I am super obsessed with photography right now. Over the last month I have created and filled a file completely devoted to lovely photographers that I have found after browsing the web. Every time I look at their work it makes me hungry to get back behind the camera again and again! I may have to post my favorite work from some really inspiring photographers that I have discovered!!

P.S. I am so obsessed that I even started a photography blog to document my photos! Check it out!

felt flower craft

I had a lot of fun playing around with this new felt flower clip I made. It is adorable in my daughters hair but look how sweet it is on her beret.

The secrets out!

We're putting our house up for sale!



My husband and I wanted real pressure to get our home finished a ready to sell so we listed it this morning, even though we have a few things to finish up. We listed it on craigslist see it here. I even made a home tour blog check it out here.
So if you know anyone moving in the Logan Utah area looking for a 3 bdrm 2 bath home with lots of character send them our way!

Have a great day!

I made chocolates

I had lots of fun making valentine chocolates! But I have to confess something, I am super addicted to making home made treats and sweets, yet I am a little bit of a selfish cook. I need to figure out a way to make them and not eat them all. I need to let some of them go to other homes, like neighbors or family. I am super obsessed with cute packaging, like here , here , and here, so I am determined and excited to give away at least some these candies to our neighbors! I'll take photos of the packaging when I get them made. If anyone knows where I can find a free download template for making little boxes let me know!

Sneak peek at my newest artwork

Here are my two latest paintings that are still not finished. They only have a few tiny things to add before they are truly finished. I am super excited! For some reason I haven't painted in a really long time. Working on these was really refreshing. I'm not going to put these into the shop just yet, I'm going to work on more art while this artsy muse is still around.

celery rose stamp

Isn't this the greatest thing ever? My sis did this to wrap a belated christmas package. Way to go Carianne!!

frozen

We are having a red air day (they advise us not to be outdoors excessively) here in Logan and it is super foggy. Being in a small valley when a large blanket of clouds stays around too long the air quality goes down. In spite of the bad air the frost is quite pretty so I took some photos.