Picniking in Pinks

After adjusting for color and exposure

l

I've just discovered picnik. It's a great editing tool for  us "photoshop-challenged" people. You can use it to edit photos by exporting photos from your computer.  Or you can download photos to flickr which offers picnik as the editing software.  I took this photograph this afternoon in natural light which was not sufficient... so I uploaded it to flickr, then used picnik to correct the exposure and played around with the some of the effects.   I love how this turned out using the "gritty" effect.





 I bought this little tutu for my daughter, and like many other things I've bought  for her, I realize I should  just admit is for me   Beautifully made, simple and romantic.  Not the Barbie chemical pink kids adore for some reason... She's worn it once (at my urging )and I love how it looks hanging on my wall in my work room!!

In case you'd like to get something similar for your kid or just want to hang it on a wall the tutu is by Wovenplay. They design beautiful vintage-inspired costumes for children. Something to aspire to.... Eventually, I will definitely put this safely away for my daughter to give to her children. Guess that means I should buy another one for my youngest as well. It's only fair...

At Home with Turquoise

So I am finally finishing the follow up to my turquoise finds on the web with those that I have found at home. It took me long enough!!  Not so surprisingly I tend to choose that color a lot. I set up a couple still- life's using the new skills I learned on BYW @ Decor8.  This is the first time so it's not exactly as I envisioned it.  I used http://picnik.com to adjust color, exposure and saturation on the photos and to create the collage as well.  And here is what I got:

Over the years I've collected this beautiful blue milk-glass I've found on ebay and in flea markets and also some art pottery which I laid on its side and filled with goose feathers found in the fashion district.  On the top left photo are some button cards I found in the Paris flea market years ago... finally came in handy!!  To the right of the buttons is a "lenticular" by the artist (and good pal)  Maryann Strandell.  She is an amazing artist and these photos don't do her justice. Check out her website!!  I realize she too tends to favor the same blues I do.   I also added some of my collection of Gustavsberg Argenta.  Argenta is an art pottery in this unique blue and inlaid with sterling silver.  Very findable on ebay.  The little funny house were made with my Color-Aid paper from my years at Art School... Finally a way to use them. Found the pattern for the house on the web and made them during a play date here.

In addition to the above here are some magazine tears that remind me of the turquoise blue:

Ice Sculpture: set design, Rhea Thierstein, Boat, Shona Heath via Vogue

Dress by Phoebe Couture


 Well that's all the turquoise for now.... if you still haven't had enough go to House of Turquoise and look at all variations leading to and from turquoise!      Or stop by decor8blog for today's post on creating still- life's and choosing images.                                                                                                                                      


 

The Turquoise Blues

I have always loved the combination of turquoise, gold and diamonds and lately I've been noticing a lot of  Turquoise  in the shelter magazines and blogs I've been perusing....

In fact, turquoise was deemed the color of the year  for 2010 by Pantone

Here is a collage of  images I have pinned from the web along the way:

 

 Starting from the top left photo going clockwise:

1. Cupcakes by Faircake photographed by Shikita Singh
2. Door  photographed by Manda via House of Turquoise
3. Globes photographed by rauter25
4. Polka dot vase via http://www.boligliv.dk
5. Spools of Thread photographed by lupin of the blog  bugs and fishes
6. Interior by Emma Lee via House of Turquoise
7. Interior by Emma Lee
8. Flowers by Eva Vae via Flickr

Thanks to all the photographers for approving the use of their photos on my blog!

Next post... finding some turquoise in my life.....  Have you been noticing any in your  daily travels?

And another thing....  What color will Pantone deem as the color of the year for 2011?  We have to wait another month to find out!