{ The Giving Pond }

The Giving Pond~ my favorite place to spend a day. Beautiful, serene. So quiet you can enjoy the birds and butterflies. I'm to grateful for this beautiful place to spent time at. To photograph, to simply enjoy~
Textures by Kim Klassen

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{ Love Edition }

Textured Tuesday's Love - edition

My son Christopher and his wife Sarah on their wedding day. They just celebrated their 1st anniversary this month. A memory of a beautiful day.

Textures by Kim Klassen- Golden and Canvas Magic

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Days of Thunder

Days Of Thunder
Textured Tuesdays- Movie e-dition
One of my favorite things.......... Nascar. Yes, along with the frills, lace and other things I love. Nascar is my addiction. Combine that with photography, scrapbooking and collecting. I have every thing covered. =)

This photo is of my favorite Nascar driver Carl Edwards. He is a sweetheart. Taken at Pocono Raceway.

Textures used: Canvas Magic and Lifes Good by Kim Klassen
Frame: Grunge by Isabella LaFrance
Action: Seventies by Pioneer Woman

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Sweet Shot Tuesday

Miss Fiona~

It's the Little things......... Miss Fiona my new baby. Almost 4 weeks old. My little stray was found in an abandoned building. She was only about two weeks old when I got her. Today was the first time she has been running around and playing. For how tiny she is, she even knows her name. She has stolen our hearts.

Textures by Kim Klassen
Sunshine Action by Pioneer Woman

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My World Tuesday

Dreams.... Playing in CS4

This weeks Textured Tuesday is Dreams...... my favorite place. The Giving Pond, a wonderful quiet place to dream~ The sparkes on the water are real, not added.

Texture... dreams by Kim Klassen. Join her free Texture Lovin list to get a free texture each week. Frame from The Coffe Shop

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Pretty in PINK~

Keepsakes- My mother's jewerly box, gloves and pins. My mother in laws purse,pearls,watch and bracelet. Treasures.

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Pink Saturday at How Sweet The Sound

A Return to Loveliness at A Delightsome Life

Three Teddies

Finally took my photo for Textured Tuesday at Kim Klassen's Cafe. This weeks assignment is "three". I took a photo of three of my little teddies bears.
Thanks goes to my Honey, for helping me with the shot. I think it turned out cute!

Dappled Dawn 1 Texture from Pixel Dust Photo Art Frame from Shadowhouse Creations


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Textured Tuesday- The Lake

My photo for Textured Tuesday by Kim Klassen.

I took this photo recently at Lake Noximixon State Park. It was a beatuiful day spent with my Honey.

I wanted to play with Kim's golden texture. I converted my photo to sepia {I love sepia} Then I added Kim's golden texture and set it to multiply with the opacity 47%. I cleaned up the center of the image leaving more texture around the edges. I added another layer of the golden texture, with a soft light effect setting the opacity to about 35%. I think the photo looks old and aged.

I decided to play more and make the photo look like an old 1940s photo. The frame is from Isabella LaFrance Photography

Now I am hopelessly addicted. Even more reasons to take more photos!

Photoshop....... the beginning

Today I decided to try working with Photoshop CS4. I've had it a while but have been reluctant to try it. I'm so used to working with Paint Shop Pro, for my pixels. I didn't know if I could find the time to learn a new program.

Well, I'm sorry I waited so long~ I recently discovered a new blog by Kim Klassen. She has wonderful photography tips and free textures. I've never worked with textures before. Her video was wonderful and showed how to use them in ten easy steps. I'm so glad I tried it.

This is a photo of my daugher in law Sarah that I took at the wedding. Sarah reminds me of a Princess in a secret garden. It's one of my favorite pictures. I used Kim's Golden texture on it. Converted the photo to sepia. Added a black vingette around the edges. Remember, I'm just learning this program today =)

I decided to participate in my first Textured Tuesday at Kim's blog.
This weeks photo assignment is people.



I can't wait to try more of Kim's textures on my photos. If your interested, please join her free texture lovin list. =)