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Remember This?
Remember this….the wicker trunk I picked up at an estate sale this past summer? No? Well…..it did get pushed to the bottom of my things to do list and has sat in the corner of my living room, waiting patiently for me to do something with it. The trunk was in great shape but the colors were pretty drab….and I wasn’t so fond of the orange flowers on the front. Nothing against orange flowers mind you ~ just not what I was looking for. On top of that….the lining was less than desirable….. It was a weird plastic type stuff…….and kind of grungy…..so I pulled all of that out. I had…
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Playing with Actions…
I ran across an amazing blog……Rita creates free actions and textures for Photoshop/Photoshop Elements/Lightroom at CoffeeShop….and she has giveaways too. If you have any interest in editing/adding effects to your photos, you definitely need to give her space a look. This is a photo I took at my mothers Thursday evening as the sun was setting on that side of the house. I used CoffeeShop Golden Vintage and CoffeeShop Burn plus old paper effect on PSE. There are tutorials available for installing the actions and beautiful photo examples. Rita is a talented artist and editor……take at look at some of her work at CoffeeShop.
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The Thin Place
I had mentioned that I was working on some digital art recently and that I would post one of my “creations” but wanted to look at it some more. I thought I would give you a peek at what I have thus far…..I don’t think I will add any more layers to this, but that could change too. It is called “The Thin Place”. Depending on your beliefs, it means different things. To the Christian world, thin places are those spots you visit where the veil between heaven and earth are so thin you feel much closer to the spiritual realm. Pagans or Celtic spiritualists believe it is a gateway of sorts to other…
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Whew…..success!
You may be confused by the title, but I was very relieved last night when it came time to take the Lavender Dreams soap I made on Sunday from the mold. You see, I changed up the soap a bit this time…….previously Lavender Dreams was scented solely with lavender essential oils. This time, I scented the soap with the same essential oil combination as I do the cream and lotion of the same name. I’m keeping my earlier version, changing the name to Simply Lavender. But I decided to keep the goat’s milk in this new version because I love the creaminess the milk gives to the lather. The trick when making…