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Caterpillar Love

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Caterpillar Love

I just adore this photo! Too cute, isn’t it? :) There are plenty of others from the session and it worked out well. I am thrilled with the prospect of even more adorable photos next weekend if it goes even half as good as this weekend. :) Spent the evening working on them. Not bad, about six hours of time (which is great!) and there were tons of breaks in between. It was nice to be productive, though.

Tonight looks to be cold! They say it’s gonna be around 47. Which isn’t terribly cold but it sure feels like it is! I miss the warmer days. Of course, like I’ve probably said before, remind me when it’s hotter than Hades, that I was whiney when it was cold out. :P

Clinging to Life

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Clinging to Life

Sometimes, things are better left unsaid. And that has become my mantra at work. For the most part, I’m sure they see my unhappiness written all over my face. I’m a bit transparent like that, even though I don’t want to be. I want to be fantastic and enjoyable and hard working. Well, I know I’m all these things (no shame here, lol) but I don’t always feel like I’m getting them across because I really am beginning to dislike my job more and more. Times are definitely shifting and changing. :) So, in that vein, I’m proud to announce that in February, I should be the proud owner of a fancy new domain for my photography business. The time is right, I think. I’m also thinking of putting prints up in Etsy. Anyone use them enough to know if it’s worth it for photo prints? Or anything else for that matter? I’ve got a site there but it’s been pretty dormant. I probably should consider putting some jewelry up there, too. For prettiness. :)

I’m also thinking of creating some custom brush sets for Photoshop (and maybe PSP, if I can figure out the whole tubing process). If anyone has tips in that respect, I’m all ears! :) Anyway, I’m off to bed now. I had meant to call Darren but didn’t remember to do so earlier. He wanted to visit Mexico this weekend and I won’t be able to because J’s company is sorta dumb and accidentally didn’t pay him a whole paycheck. Instead, they only paid him half a paycheck. Yes, it sucks as much as it sounds like. I’m just grinning and bearing it at this point in the game. Anyway, I’m off! Y’all have fun!

Valentine’s Day Cards (Early, I know!)

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

The below images are being used for my pics of the day. :) I spent the evening working on them in prep for Valentine’s Day. It really is just around the corner, isn’t it. Just amazing where the time goes anymore. Anyway, what do you think?

Valentine's 2
(Better Large)

 

Valentine's 1
(Better Large)

 

Valentine's 3
(Better Large)

 

Valentine's 4
(Better Large)

By the way, the above cards were made using brushes from graphics-illustrations.com & I just LOVE them! Oh, and looky, I’ve dropped a couple of pounds! Woot! I definitely dig losing weight without killing myself. :) Okay, off to bed for me, I’m so glad the valentines are done!

Chocolate… MMmmmmm…

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Chocolate

I’m going for a drive up through some beautiful countryside tomorrow and now I’ve got to clean my cards off. The batteries have been charged already. I think I’ll be good to go! I’m going to take the laptop and download photos for the Terrors of their camera, b/c you know they’ll be taking some random photos, too. :) They have Flickr accounts, by the way. So, if you aren’t on their list (and most people aren’t), just pop me a comment here (or via email) and I’ll make sure to get on Flickr and add you. All of their photos are Friends & Family only since they write whatever they want in the descriptions and I don’t want random people seeing that information. Overprotective a bit? Probably. I don’t care. They’re my babies forever and I can be overprotective on the internet if I want. It’s just about the only place they let me protect them anymore. Seems that they’re just growing like weeds!

I’m hoping that tomorrow I might be able to get some photos of them in the countryside, too. We’ll see. If there’s snow, they’ll be out in it for like five minutes and then they’ll be done. Of course. :P And somehow, Mom taking photos isn’t really high on their priority list, lol. :)

Flowers are for hiding

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

This was taken earlier this month (a little less than two weeks ago) and I’m pretty thrilled with it. :) I enjoyed taking photos. It was a great learning experience, let me tell you. I’m spending the evening finishing up the set but I thought I’d post this so you guys could see what I’m working on. :) Oh, and I didn’t lose any weight this week. Silly birthday cakes (two of them, lol) but at least I maintained!