Too windy...

Taken with my iPhone - Textures by Kim Klassen

Yes, it has definitely been much too windy to get a decent flower shot these days and so I decided to try something new. Buildings have the advantage that they don't move in the wind - at least not normally...

For this image I decreased the saturation a bit and then used Kim's textures Cool Grunge and KK2 - that's it. It amazes me that it looks a bit like a sketch.

Enjoy the last day of July and have a great start into August, where I'm sure we'll all meet for August Break! Now off to see all the beautiful pictures over at Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday.

I fear I lost it...

Taken with my iPhone and processed with Kim's textures Elevate and Trust

I was so looking forward to playing around with textures for Texture Tuesday, and today's rule to simply use 2 of Kim's textures on one's photo gave so much opportunity for play... and here I am - totally frustrated with my photos and my use of textures.

However happy I am when snapping photos with my iPhone, I tend to get more and more frustrated when uploading them on my computer, let alone trying to process them. I always loved to play around with textures, but now I can't decide which textures to use, try around almost endlessly and then I don't like the results.

I still love taking photos with my iPhone, but I also notice that I take different photos with my iPhone than with my DSLR, photos I'm not sooo satisfied with most of the time. Well, maybe it's just my impatience to be able to get going again with my Canon... but I do hope to get back that feeling of satisfaction after playing with textures and loving the photos I take.

Though I'm not really happy with my photo today, I'll still put it up here so as not to lose the routine of posting that I'm trying to get into again.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

A Quick Note And Some Felicity

We are in the 5th week now with half of our team away and I must say I'm ready for a break! I had to cut back my hours online here (my apologies for not visiting!) and I guess it won't get any better for the next two weeks. But I plan to take a day or two off when everyone is back again.

I thought I was in for a little treat and so last Friday I decided to buy some flowers on my way home. I was lucky to grab the last bunch of tulips available at the supermarket - even at a discount as they were a bit damaged - and then indulged in having a go at them with my camera on Saturday  and happily playing around a bit with textures, too.

I will link this up at Lisa's Creative Exchange (one day later than planned, but I wouldn't want to miss it!) and then also at Kim's Texture Tuesday, as I just found out that I fulfill today's rules of using at least one layer of her "Felicity" texture.

Have a wonderful week everyone and sorry again for not visiting so much these days!

Something Warm

Our heating is still down, so I decided to light a few candles - I hope they warm up things a bit here...!

I added a layer of Kim's Stained Linen and two layers of KK2 and will link this up to Texture Tuesday. Do have a look there - not only are there amazing photos, I just discovered there is also a give-away today!

Now I'm off to move around a bit in my apartment - despite hot tea and layers of sweaters and blankets sitting around is not so enjoyable...!

I hope you are all good and warm!

Solitary Rose

It's Mid-November, but I still found a single rose on a walk these days  - unbelievable, isn't it?

As I liked the brown tones in the photo, I added two layers of Kim Klassen's free texture "Phoebe" (multiply at 100 % and soft light at 65 %) to emphasize those. Now I'll hop over to Kim's Café to link this up to today's Texture Tuesday.

Have a wonderful day!

And Then Some...

Texture: Kim Klassen ("And Then Some)

Linking up to Texture Tuesday

As some of you were asking: here they are - the muffins I made yesterday. So, please grab one and enjoy - I hope you'll like them!

Have a great day!

Aurora on Wednesday

This is my contribution for Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday. I know it's Wednesday already, but I still wanted to share this one with you.

This rose is one of the few that survived the cold temperatures, the rain and the storms and I thought I'd honour her with a little processing. I used two layers of Kim's freebie "Aurora" - I really like it on the photo, as it somehow integrates the brown spots on the petals in a beautiful way.

Too Late Again

Originally, I had planned to participate at Lisa's Creative Exchange yesterday and then post another photo for Texture Tuesday today. But sometimes life goes not always as planned, so here today once again a combined entry.

First of all, thank you all so much for your nice and encouraging words on my last post - I really appreciate it and I actually felt better, knowing I'm not alone in this! And I think I should try not to focus too much on flower shots.

That said, here's yet another flower shot. I guess my husband had enough of my complaining about the wind preventing flower shots and surprised me with this wonderful lily on Saturday. He told me that he explicitly chose this flower as he thought it would be wonderful to take pictures of. So I HAD to do another flower shot. :-)

I used one layer of Kim's free texture "Yesteryear" on this photo for Texture Tuesday. And now I'll hurry to link it up before it's Wednesday.

Have a wonderful week!

The First Ones

After a longer than planned treatment at my dentist's yesterday, I wasn't up to anything else than lying down. Which is why my photo today is both my entry for Lisa's Creative Exchange and Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday.

This photo shows one of the first "guests" on our balcony, as we decided to risk planting some flowers this weekend, even if it's still freezing during the nights. It's so great to have flowers again just outside the window and I'm sure you are going to see the whole lot over the next weeks...!

Although I liked the SOOC already, I added Kim Klassen's textures "sweettreat" and "sweettart" (one layer of each with a soft light blending mode, opacity of around 45 %) to link it up to the texture party today.

I hope you had a wonderful start into the week!

Texture Tuesday

This is my entry for Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday processed with Kim's free texture "Serenity" as was the rule for today's texture party.

Go over and have a look - the entries are so amazing.

In A Hurry

Yesterday I planned on writing a little post for Lisa's Creative Exchange but somehow the day was over before I managed to get down to it. As I also wanted to participate in Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday today, I decided to combine these two wonderful challenges.

So, here is a photo of some tulips I bought on Friday. They were white when they were still closed, but they opened up over the weekend, displaying a wonderful pink and petals almost in the shape of a rose. I added Kim's beautiful "warmsun" texture, as was the rule for today's Texture Tuesday.

Unfortunately, I have to get some work done here, but I hope to be visiting your blogs again soon!

Have a wonderful week and take a look at all those beautiful links over at Lisa's and Kim's blogs.