I love ALDI !!!!

I have been wanting 2 Adirondack chairs FOREVER



 

 I love them, don't remember where I first saw them but I am now the proud owner of two of these beauties.  You may be wondering why the title of this post says "I love you Aldi"  - well keep reading..........

I don't quite have the verandah to sit them on, or the old house or porch that they demand. 

And my lawn does not look like this above - but I don't really care !

 

One day I hope to have a verandah like this to put my 2 Adirondacks - but, if not, at least I will still have my Adirondacks.

 

 

They would go just about anywhere, overlooking a mountain...

 

 

 or by the sea....

 

 

Or even in a paddock, if I had one !

 

They will look gorgeous with black and white striped cushions, or some gorgeous floral ones.   I know what I will be making soon.

 

 At the moment my two precious Adirondacks are still in their boxes in the boot of my car.   I have broken the news to my husband.  He took it well.  I think.  I did it by email.  Is that weak ?  His reply was "Merry Christmas, love you too".  So I guess that means I can keep them and that they are my Christmas present.  I had told him I intended to ring him before I purchased them, but my phone was in the car (true) and there was only 4 or 5 left and they were on sale at Aldi for a bargain price.  Are you ready for it - $79 each.   So this is why I love Aldi.   Can you believe it?  Aldi !!   Aaaaah Aldi.   Thank you for bringing my dream to reality - I never ever thought I would get lucky enough to have an Adirondack chair - let alone TWO.   

Don't you just love them.  I know I do.......

Postscript:  My husband came home from work and asked "where are the chairs", I told him still in the boot, he promptly went to the car, retrieved the chairs and proceeded to assemble them without me even asking.  I think he likes them. 

Playing with Photos

 

I LOVE PHOTOS

 

 

  I enjoy adding special effects to them but just recently I found something even better.

 

 

Adding text to photos.  It's wonderful.  I have played around a bit here but haven't quite got it right yet.  But I am almost there.  

 

You need a photo with a fairly plain background.  If possible also one where the subject is not too big  or does not dominate the photo - you need a lot of background preferable off to the left of the photo.

 

 

You can crop a photo to suit.  You can also type straight over the subject in the photo - as long as the Font Colour shows up ok.  The photo of Oliver holding his red cricket set is quite well balanced - enough room for the text and the background is not too busy.  And I was able to get him off centre. 

 

 

I think this one works well with the white text on the green grass. 

 

Here the font is too pale and too small.  Probably black text would be better here.



I love this one with simple one word text

These would work well printed as a canvas from someone like Snapfish or Big W or Harvey Norman etc.  There are so many places to do these, and they would make a great wall hanging - think Christmas gift for grandparent or even your child for their bedroom wall.  So happy texting......