I’ve been looking for a way to make Christmas cards using my own photos. Here is a picture I’ve edited in picnik to make into a card to send either by post or as an e-card. I edited the photo last week in order to show how to make an angel play tent. This is … Read more
This is the photo I edited to make my blog badge for my linky. I hadn’t realised how different it was until I put them next to each other. I edited this in photoshop. With photoshop you can create layers and so cut out the background. I also adjusted the levels to make it look … Read more
I love digital cameras. Photographing children is hard, they wriggle and get bored, look away, blink, pull stupid faces, do anything except look at the camera. With a digital camera you can take loads of pictures and it doesn’t waste any ink. Out of 50 pictures of the children there is probably one brilliant one … Read more
Just a very quick post about editing photographs, as I’m supposed to be doing the ironing – yawn. The delectable Five Go Blogging has been showing how you can transform a photo using picnic, a free internet program. I have only used this to resize my badge and header through flickr so haven’t had chance to have … Read more
For me T is for twins. It has to be. My life for the past couple of years has been defined by having twins. I am known as the twin mum at the school gates. If I’d only had one baby I’d be back at work, we’d have two cars and more money. But I … Read more
If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time (Edith Wharton) Sometimes you need a bit of hindsight to look back and realise you’re happy. The big important days like birthdays and christmas are wonderful but you’re sometimes so busy trying to be happy you never get time to actually … Read more
Here is my favourite photo from National Photography Day.On the official website for World Photography Day it says, “Today, we take our photographs for granted. But next time you’re flicking though photos from your last holiday, remember that there was once a time when photography didn’t exist. A time when those precious moments couldn’t be captured, … Read more
I have always loved water. There is nothing I like more than a walk by the beach or along the canal. You can go every day and it will look different. If I could change anything about where I live in the midlands I would pick it up and put it slap bang next to … Read more
