News from the garden patch

We have certainly enjoyed our garden patch so far. The radishes are now eaten and gone. Fresh lettuce every day, as well as plentyful strawberries *yummmm* and many more things are on the way.

Here's a little photoupdate, and as you can see, I've been playing with techniques learned in photoediting class. ;)

Tomates are coming along. These are the two biggest. They have been cultivated from seeds in our windowsill in April, and not all made it, but we have three plants of various sizes. Shorty is excited to see them grow.


My little faves *heehee* Allthough I loved the idea when I saw it in Jaimie Olivers cookbook, and I think they look super-cute, they are coming along really slowly. So probably more fun, than effective...


Apples coming alon. I think they disliked the heatwave. Allthough we watered and watered, so many have dried up. But it looks like we'll have four apples. I wonder what color they turn.


Picking strawberries... A daily event every morning and every evening.


Super excited about these!! We may get .....tadaaaa: four blueberries this year. This is mom's favourite berry, but last year we had none.


Finally: some florals. Who kneed vegetables had such pretty flowers? These are Rugola! Really small, but just amazingly beatufyl, I think.


That's all for now :)

Playing with photos and frames

I had fun playing with a series of photos that I took a while back. Shorty was very proud to have written the numbers and drawn the chalk himself. I stood on a chair to get the birdsview-angle. Photos have been edited, added frames, and allthough not perfect, a fun series I think. :)

Playing with Kate's templates :)

I just love templates, and Kates are just so neat :) I feel fortunate to CT for her.

Here are the recent "Journal it - retro" templates


"Journal It - retro" (MyLifeAandScrap) / "Journal It - retro" (ScrapScandiStyle)

I stiched two together and really poured my heart out about the first time Shorty stayed overnight away from us. Since the writing is personal, I blured it out, but you get the idea. Because of all the journaling, I kept the embellishing to a minimum.



close up of the left side

Photoclass: Handtinting photos for a vintage feel

Wow, do I love this class! At first I felt a bit that maybe this was too basic, but even with the basic stuff, it is great to learn shortcuts and tricks to ease the workflow.

Here are two photos I did for lesson three. They are cropped, edited for a vintage feel, and handtinted. Finally added frame and starshine. I think they turned out cute :)

First try:


Second try:


I've used a lot of similar teqhniques previously, that have been self-taught, where I've copied the image and altered it using gradient map, then blending modes. For instance that is what I did for the horse-photo from lesson 1. The end result is somewhat the same, but the method from class is more reliable for same results each time. Which is great.