From this....to that!

Photoshop is another of my loves lol. I took this photo of my friend's little boy whilst we were out one day, and turned it into this! And she now has it and some others I've done for her on her dining room wall!

Mum's 60th!

We decided to all go away to a hotel overnight for Mum's 60th. And as usual as I can't do anything by halves, I decided to do a cake, table decorations, place settings, balloons, flowers and chocs in the room etc!

Anyway, all turned out well and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, didn't take a lot of photos but here's a few!

Tantrums and ...

Tiaras :O) One of my favourite subjects!! I don't even really remember how I got into it, but I made the tiaras for my bridesmaids ten years ago now. Thinking back, they were pretty crap, but obviously since then with some practice I think I'm getting a little better! Here's a selection, stupidly I haven't remembered to take a photo of every one I've done, but I can pretty much do whatever people want these days.







This one is one of my favourites, although it is rather tall and not to everyone's taste. It took ages to make and was incredibly fiddly, but I still loved doing it!

Nick & Simon's Wedding Photos

Ok, so this one is way out-of-date, but I still love it! My best friend Nick, and her husband-to-be, Simon, asked me to take the photos at their wedding and I jumped at the chance!


However, I didn't have a decent camera at the time, so I borrowed a friend's - which was a big mistake! I didn't know what I was doing with it and the photos came out really badly. I was mortified, and vowed to fix it. But how???


Well, my wonderful husband showed me the lifesaver that is Photoshop, and off I went to work!! I had great fun, and decided to make an album for them that was a little different! Nick is very crafty and definitely one for an eye for details, so I picked bits out of a lot of the photos, and changed stuff around, removed backgrounds and all sorts!


Then I cut out a mass of different mounts, bought an album, covered it in purple velvet (to match her dress), and ta-dah!!


I'm sure Nick's probably very bored of me borrowing it to show people too!!

My Five Minute Dino Picture!

This is affectionately called my Dinosaur picture! Why? Because the boys (my 3 and 4 year old sons) had been painting plaster dinosaur "fossils" and there was some paint left over - well, I couldn't waste it, so literally just experimented and knocked this up in less that five minutes! It's no masterpiece, but I find it quite pleasing to the eye! Tried taking a closer photo buy my camera didn't seem to like that idea!

Old work!

Unfortunately this blog is going to be rather messy me thinks! I want to put on stuff that I've done years ago, but really can't be fagged to try and do it in any order!

So, today's ditty can be about the painting I've just done for a friend. It was her birthday and she had been bemoaning the fact she had very little on her walls, so I thought I'd buy her a picture for her birthday. The only problem with that was that everything I liked was WAY out of my price range. And then I remembered the canvasses and paint I had stored away upstairs from years ago when I thought I might have a go, so I decided to paint her a picture myself! And this is the result:

Considering it was my first ever attempt I'm quite pleased! And my friend seemed to be, especially as she's asked me to make a bigger, similar one, as she thinks this one doesn't make a big enough statement!

Oooh, I love friends that do your ego good!!

I've done one other since, will try and upload a photo, and I've two more on the go. One's very experimental lol, and the other is similar to the one above, for a friend who's having a real hard time of things at the moment. I hope it turns out ok and she likes that too.

Watercressline Outing yesterday

Went to the Watercressline (steam railway near us) today with the kids and my Mum and Dad. Weather wasn't really up to much for decent photos, but I thought I'd post a couple anyway, was quite a nice day out despite the bitter weather and horrible food (that's a different post entirely!!!).

Hello!

Setting this up feels very egotistical! As if anyone wants to read what I have to say!!?? Anyway, it's been set up to show off my work really. Although "work" is perhaps a grand title - various hobbies really. I talk to friends about what I'm doing but don't always get the chance to show them, so I thought here at least I could tell people what I was up to and post a few photos.

That's about it really!!

Karen
xxx

PS...I've called it "Jill of all Trades" as I'm forever moaning that I'm ok at lots of creative things, but definitely not a Mistress of any (so don't expect any masterpieces!)