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......

I'm back - with a little stitchin"

It's been a while.  A long time between posts.  I still read my favourite blogs most days, but working and family life make it hard to find time to blog.  However, I wanted to share some pics of my most recent project.   My neighbours son is having a birthday on Monday.  He will be turning 9.  He is a master creator, an engineer in the making.   He loves to make things from cardboard boxes, you know, cereal boxes, toothpaste boxes and the like.  A few months ago he created a little dog like creature.  He drew it onto some A4 paper and filled it in with little squares of paper (bottom photo).  I thought it was so cute.  So I secretly got his Dad to photocopy it for me and I stashed it away in my sewing room with a plan to one day create something for him using his own design.  So that has now come to fruition.  I have turned his paper creation into an embroidery and mounted it on a canvas to give him as a wall hanging for his bedroom.  I am excited.  I love giving handmade gifts.  I love that he makes stuff.  And he is always interested in the things I make and shows a lot of appreciation for hand made stuff. So I hope he loves it as much as I do. 

Little Japanese girl

Sometime back I decided I wanted a special piece of artwork for my daughters new bedroom. I was sick of seeing handpainted canvases with butterflies all over the place and wanted something a bit different. Something not too babyish or girly - something that would last her for years that she would not outgrow. So I purchased a piece of fabric online from Duckloth and my artist friend Ange stretched it onto a canvas frame for me. It's a piece of fabric from a Japanese designer and I have to say when Lucy is sick of it I will have it for my room. It really is quite special.