Friday, February 25, 2011

take a piece of rice...

We took the girls to Chinatown the other day, ostensibly with a view to seeing the new year decorations, of which there weren't many, although we did see a Lion Dance.  Anyway, whilst we were mooching around, Pickle spied a man who could engrave a name on a grain of rice.  And my little montage above pretty much sums up the story (I think I need to work on the font size, but other than that I'm quite pleased).

Wishing you all a lovely weekend xx

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

making progress...


As you can see, I'm starting to make progress, although it's very slow, and requires a lot of googling!  It's taken me ages to do this, partly because I'm new to Photoshop, partly because blogger was having a funny turn which meant that it wouldn't let me upload any pictures - I was beginning to think that the Gods were against me, thinking it must be something to do with my new kit.  But right now, who cares, I've done it!  I'm hoping to produce a little montage in time for Friday - do you think 2 days is enough??  

See you then x

Friday, February 18, 2011

right now...


I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.  I am the proud owner of both a macro lens and photoshop and am struggling!  Like you wouldn't believe.  My lens seems to require a completely different method of photographing, which the girls seemingly mastered in a flash - I most definitely haven't.  And as for photoshop, well, I don't even know where to begin with it.

You see, the thing is, I've been admiring the collages on blogs like a creative mint and thought yep, I can do that, can't be THAT hard.  Well, let me tell you, I was completely wrong!  It's a complete mystery to me.  I can't even find where I've saved the 2 test photos I've tweaked by way of practice!  At the very least, I think I'm going to have to buy a book - if anyone has any suggestions, assuming of course that there is anyone out there, I'd love to hear them.

Looks like I'm probably heading for a frustrating weekend - wishing you and yours a less fraught one xx

Monday, February 14, 2011

happy valentines's day...


Wishing you a lovely day x

Friday, February 11, 2011

well that went fast!


I had many plans to post this week, but somehow time got the better of me, oh well.

So, back home LOTS of our friends have been celebrating their birthdays.  My best friend on Monday, her daughter on Tuesday, Mr W's little sister on Wednesday, my Aunt and Pickle's godfather on Thursday.  We decided to join the party by making fairy cakes, because we know for sure that if we were back home, that's what we'd be eating (my best friend likes any excuse to bake, and makes particularly delicious red velvet cupcakes using this book).

In amongst the goodies we sent to everyone, Pickle decided to make her best friend's big sister (who happens to be my best friend's daughter - are you following this?) something special.  Using this book for assistance, she made...

 this...

Wishing you all a lovely weekend x

Monday, February 7, 2011

been, and gone...


My beautiful daffodils have, quite literally, been and gone, as have my hyacinths...


But I wouldn't have missed a minute of it! Their scent was intoxicating, very reminiscent of springtime, longtime best friends, our house in England, crisp fresh mornings, Richmond Park... the list is endless, but happy.

xo

Thursday, February 3, 2011

it's the year of...



The Rabbit, which means we have a very long weekend to look forward to, so I'll see you next week.

Happy Lunar New Year everyone xx