Who would have thought that taking a few pictures for a friend would have turned into this. Here I am, trying to start a business. I hope you all like what you see here.
I had a great time taking these pictures, so I guess I’ll post what you guys came to see. Here are my faves from the time spent with Tiff and Aaron. And here are the links to the full session, on Flickr, Facebook and Myspace.
I’m hoping to set up a booth at Septemberfest to sell some of the jewelry I’ve made. I’ve been pricing, inventorying, and working on displays recently. I’m still taking tons of pics of Austin and we’ve made two more trips to the park.
I’ve also digi scrapped a little bit recently. Scrapbook Flair has some fun challenges that gives me ideas for what to scrap. This one was for the rule of thirds challenge. I didn’t take the picture thinking of the rule of thirds, but had zoomed out enough that I could crop it to fit that rule of composition.
I also did a page of one of our engagement pictures for a word challenge. I really liked how it turned out. 
Another recent photo I’ve taken is that of the FHS marching band. It took a while to get the new uniforms so we missed picture day. So on the day that uniforms were distributed, I climbed a ladder and took the picture. The band room was a mess so I removed it and put up a black background. We also had a few students missing, so I got their pictures from the same angle at a later day and photoshopped them into the group image. I just have one more person to get, but we have to get her a uniform, and the only ones left need mending. I can’t post the pic here because of the whole no parent permission thing, but I’m really proud of my work on it.
Been a while since I’ve been around. Band camp started July 28th, so I’ve been a bit busy with that. I’ve got a few days before school starts, so I thought I’d get caught up on my blog.
Since I’ve gotten a new camera, I’ve been all about playing with the settings and getting better at manual. We went to Armco Park here in town and found some playground equipment that was fun, as well as a grassy area with a grassy hill behind it. That meant to traffic in the background, YAY! Austin doesn’t like grass. He had fun in the swing, but got irritated as soon as we put him in the grass. Here are a few of the better shots from that day.
The first picture actually had Ashley in it, trying to get him to laugh. It didn’t work, but I loved his expression, so I did a little cloning over top of him.
Dress is still in pieces, but I finally got some interfacing, so I might start working on it soon. I also bought a “little black dress” that was only $10 but 2 sizes too big in the bust and 4 sizes too big in the waist/hips, so I’m gonna have to some minor surgery on it. I liked it and it was a good price, so I thought I’d attempt it. If I were going to make it, I’d pay $10 for the pattern alone, so I thought it was worth a shot.
As for the digi scrapping, I’ve been slacking a bit. I did buy an 8×8 baby album that I hope to use as a Baby Book, documenting Austin’s first year. It’s got 20 pages, so I need to get crackin’! I’ve got some ideas for it that I just need to get down in photoshop.
I pulled out the black sheet for another photo shoot. I’m gonna try to do some more later, with the blue sheet and the off white one too. Ashley is getting sick of me always putting him on the black background, but I really like the contrast. I also pulled out the full length mirror. He’s been playing with it a lot lately, so I thought it would be a good photo prop. Here are the best two shots I got from then.
In crafty things, I’ve been making itty bitty paper stars. Tons of them. I have a vase that I want to fill. Here they are in a pile, then in the vase. I’ve actually made more. The vase is filled up to the narrow part now, not much further to go.
I’ve also been trying to find ways to store or display earrings. I came up with this. It is plastic canvas, about half a sheet lengthwise, rolled and overlapped a couple squares, then secured with 3 brads. It’s not the prettiest thing, but it’s cheap and does the job.
I’ve done a couple digital scrapbook pages, but I’m not too good at it yet. I’ll start sharing those when I’m more confident about them. I bought some polymer clay a couple days ago, in hopes of making my own pendants for my jewelry. I’ve also gotten on a marble magnet kick. I even bought a 5/8″ paper punch, to make it a lot easier. It is slightly smaller than the marbles, so it fits almost perfectly on the back and I don’t have to trim it. I’ll get a bunch of those made up, then take some pics.
Ok, so even though I have tons and tons of pics of Austin, very few have me in them. There are bunches with Ashley, but I’m usually the one with the camera, so yeah, I’m not in them. I decided this needed to change and all 3 of us needed to be in a picture. I think Austin was a week old the last time we got one with all three of us. Anyways, so, we all dress up in our blue/black/white stripes, I set up the camera on the tripod, set the timer and jump in the pic. I’m amazed that we were able to get a decent shot. We were hungry, so I only took 4 shots before we took off, and 2 of them turned out pretty good. Here’s the best one we got, with a little photoshop tweaking!
