Hoverfly on a Paris Daisy

Today I have been outside in the bright sunshine taking photos. I still have a few Paris Daisies in the garden and the bees were very busy collecting pollen. It is a real challenge being fast enough to get good photos and this was one of the best I took. I am pleased with how it turned out. I love the contrast with the bright yellow flower and the subdued dark background. Forever a taste of a late summer in New Zealand.
Happy Snapping
Patricia

I have been informed on Flickr that the insect is a Hoverfly not a bee.

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Today I took lots of photos of flowers and my cat and this photo was the best of the bunch. I have done no editing or cropping with this photo. He is hard to capture at times as he senses when I have a camera in my hand and keeps moving around. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

 

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I am very pleased with how this photo turned out despite my lovely cat trying to walk in front of the dandelion and brushing all the seeds away. This photograph seems to have an otherworldly feel to it. I love macro photography and am constantly looking to get more out of my camera. My aim this year is to go manual with the camera so I can get more results that I am happy with.
Happy snapping
Patricia

Nick Kelsh Facebook Chat – Tips + Q&A

Nick Kelsh Facebook Chat – Tips + Q&A.

This article has some great tips on getting more out of your cameras to take great photograpns.

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I love this photograph of Solitarie Rose. This photo was taken at the Lady Norwood Rose Gardens in Wellington. It was a very warm and sunny day and the light was great for taking photos.

Organising photographs with the help of the Power Sort Boxes

Welcome back

I have been very busy organising all my son’s photos from when he was first born to the present day (23 + years to be precise – but better late than never).  It has been a very long process as you can imagine, but so important to do this prior to placing them in his album.  It makes it a lot easier to then sort out the photos to put on layouts in a chronological order that makes sense, as then we can see him growing up before our eyes in his photo record.  This is what scrapbooking or memory keeping is all about – recording our memories in a meaningful way that makes sense. The embellishments and decorations are a creative way of recording our memories so that it enhances what the photos are telling us.

The power sort boxes are great, especially with the little compartments taking 250 photos each.  I had another cheap box from the Warehouse, but found as I went through photos it was harder to keep the remaining photos neat and tidy in the box.  Plus when you drop the box the photos become disorganised again so you have to reorganise your photos again.  Not a job I like to do twice!  I like the elastic hoops on the sides to keep the lid on the box securely so you don’t have to start again if you drop the box.  Also, I can take the small compartments out with me when I go to Scrapbook Corner and other workshops.  I find using the dividers great as well to divide up the different years and events.  And they are reusable.

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If you would like further information about the Power Sort Boxes please feel free to contact me.

Happy Scrapping

Patricia

Flower power photo cards

Welcome

I have now got my handcrafted cards for sale at The Wool Shop NZ in Avalon, Lower Hutt, so I have been playing around with using my StoryBook Creator 4.0 to make use some of my flower photos and the Enchanted Digital Kit.  I have had these printed out and then using my tape runner I then mounted them on plain card stock to make the cards.  They have come out well I think. These are so easy to do and very economical to make individualised cards.  I have used flower photos as they are going to be sold, but any photo or image could be used.

I will put the instructions on my Digital Creations Page for your information.Flower card 2 Flower card 3 Flower card 4 Flower card 5 - Copy Flower card 6 - Copy Flower card 7 Flower card 8 - Copy Flower card 9 Flower card 10 Flower card

I hope this inspires you to think outside the box and use your StoryBook Creator 4.0 in different and inventive ways.  Feel free to leave comments about what you have created on this post.  I would love to see what other people are doing.

Happy Scrapping

Patricia

My calendar

Hello again.

Today I was thrilled to receive my calendar in the post and it has turned out beautiful.  It did not take long from order to delivery either, especially at this time of the year as well.  This month Creative Memories has a sale on calendars with 20% off so it is a great time to get them completed.

It is really important to not only organise, protect and save your photos, but actually bring your photos out into your life and share them with family and friends.  There are so many different options now from printing them off to put into quick albums, traditional scrapbook albums or in Everyday Displays to doing photo books, page prints, posters and calendars.  So make it your New Years resolution to get your photos sorted and start bringing them to life!

Here is a couple of examples of my pages:

My calendar My calendarHappy Scrapping.

Patricia

More Enchanted flowers

Welcome back

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to achieving great things this year.

I am still working on my Enchanted Flowers album.  I love the Enchanted range as it highlights the flowers so well.  It is going to keep me going for quite some time.  There is a wide range of papers and embellishments to choose from.  I don’t have a great range of flowers in my garden so I am going to have to be quite creative with lots of rose photos so they don’t look the same!  I do love roses though so I am happy to have them there.  I will gradually build up the range of flowers in my garden as time, finances and health allow.

Anyway here is another two layouts and as usual I have included detailed instructions on how I have done these pages on my Digital Creations page.

All the best for 2013

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Flowers in my Garden

Welcome.

I have been really inspired on using the Enchanted Digital Kit for my flower photos that I have decided that I will do some page prints to put in the Enchanted Coverset.  Here are some my first pages to start of this album.

Busy Bees Flowers in my garden Pohutakawa magic Roses Queen of the FlowersThe Flowers in My Garden were inspired by a layout that I saw on Pinterest by Two Peas in a Bucket.  Unfortunately, it appears that that link is now unavailable.

As usual the instructions on how I have achieved these layouts are on my Digital Creations page.

I would like to take this opportunity of wishing everyone a happy,  healthy and prosperous New Year.

Happy Scrapping

Patricia