Instagram Fun!

Earlier in the week I Pinned this article and it inspired me to create a couple of pictures in instagram that have two filters. Here is what I came up with:

I first took a picture with my camera and then uploaded it to instagram in airplane mode. I filtered with rise first, saved that pic and then uploaded it again and re-filtered with amaro. I like the way they turned out and am excited to experiment with this a little more!

Playing With Photoshop

I purchased photoshop elements a couple of months ago to  help improve my post processing of my photos. I have only barely scratched the surface, but am loving a couple of new techniques I have recently learned. Digital brushes are my new obsession! Here are two (of the same) pics that blew my mind. I had so much fun deciding what colors/textures I wanted the writing to be. 

We took these at Weeki Wachee as a last semi-big family outing before Sophie, plus the crystal clear 72 degree water was quite possibly heaven on earth for a seriously pregnant woman. I purchased the digital brush from Studio Calico and used color burn on the writing. I had no idea it could do these types of photo alterations and I can't wait to play some more. I just want to print them an see how they turn out!

Anyway, thanks for humoring me!

Wordless Wednesday

I love this when others do it, so I thought I would give it a shot. Without further words:

Some New Etsy Items

This may be the last batch of items that come before our new bundle of joy. I have a couple more in the works, but we will have to see when this little one makes an arrival! Last week I felt great but if you asked me today I would tell you she could come any minute. I feel tired yet I can't sleep, bloated and have an upset stomach. I am 37 weeks and all my "projects" have been completed for Sophie's nursery so I guess you could say we are ready for this little one to make an arrival. Although I don't think you can ever be ready for a newborn. It's kind of like hold on for the ride. If you don't hear from me for a while, you'll know why.

Anyway, here goes:

Each piece is made of resin cast from actual gemstones. I color and resin them like a cabochon into a brass bezel. Some get vintage paper behind them, others get metallic thread and other items. These are so much fun! Hope you like them.

etsy about page

I have been working on updating my about page on esty and I took some pictures of my favorite items. After some trial and error, here is what I came up with:

Vintage thread, brooch, resin gemstone (my work), token & coin slot.

Plastic horses, more resin gemstones & a token.

Druzy & quartz.

Religious medal, tin box & brass case.

These are some of my favorite items! I collect everything from vintage papers, brass boxes, buttons, metallic thread and just about anything with a patina!

New Business Cards

I purchased some items from this seller on etsy and this is the design she came up with. I love it and my cards finally came the other day so I had to snap a couple pics of my snazzy new cards.

The Doll House Before

So, I was inspired on pinterest by this blog post on decorating your own doll house. Since I saw it a while ago I have been scouring antique and thrift stores for a good house. It had to be substantial since both Elise and Sophie will be playing with it, yet not huge because well, who wants a monster dollhouse in their living room? I finally found this at an antique store in Tarpon Springs a couple of weeks ago and I have been working on it furiously ever since. Please forgive the lighting and terrible quality in this picture, I cannot move it by myself and I couldnt wait for my husband to get home to help me. Plus if I told him I needed better lighting for a picture he would have killed me. I made him move it 3 times already...

It was made by a father for his daughter and it is now a bright white with blue trim and roof. It will need a base on wheels (thanks hubby) and lots of colorful wallpaper. I have been working on it furiously because I know that if I wait until Sophie is born I will never finish by Christmas. I have been walking around with white paint in my hair for days- do you have any idea how hard it is to paint the inside of a tiny house when you are almost 9 months pregnant? (for any of you wondering- I was using a non toxic paint)

More pictures to come soon!