Photo Friday challenge - Everyday

Carly set a fun challenge this week.... {Everyday}  I've been busy this week and hadn't had a chance to even think about what to do... but this morning I was home before heading off to the Craft and Sewing Fair and was pottering about while eating breakfast.... and thought about the composition of my toast sitting on the bread board.

So that's my Everyday~  Toast and Vegemite.

I had a great day after this breakfast.  Got to the Fair at 9.50am ~ just before the doors opened and I left at 3.00pm.  I took two classes and bought lots and lots of goodies

and how's this for a sentiment....

This is on the shopping bag I had to buy to bring my haul home!

More to come over the next few days as I show you my class cards and make some cards with all that found it's way into that bag.

Cheers

Dawn 

Photo Friday challenge # 7~Night

Carly set a cool challenge this week  {Night} Her photo is stunning... I thought I'd try to get a moon pic.... but it wasn't to be, this week -NO MOON -

So I popped out last night and decided to photograph the Hydrangeas in my backyard.

I'm really not that great a photographer but I'm having a go.  I like the way the flash caught the Hydrangeas and the background ferns look so spooky.

Thanks for coming with me in my photographic journey.

Tonight I'm going to be working on a presentation I have to do for a work place assessment course.  I have to do a 10 minute presentation on any subject.  I've decided to talk about Card-making and my Journey into this craft.  I did some research... did you know that the ancient Chinese and Egyptian gave hand written greetings.  I learnt a lot about it.  I've decided to do a practical demo and have organised some kits for the participants to do.... very very simple as I have only around 5 mins for them to put a card together.  I've folded card for the base and embossed and cut out 3 Hero Arts Heart Winged Butterfly... they will just need to colour it, stick some PP on the base and add the butterflies with some gems.  Hopefully, the presentation will get me a pass on the unit standard I am doing.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great rest of the week.
Dawn

Photo Friday challenge # 5 ~ Animals

 

 

Carly set the challenge this week {Animals}   I was away all weekend and Monday at the beach, so was wondering how I would get a photo done...when the next door neighbour's kitten came over to play.....  Francie is about weeks old... very cute.  I managed to get a few photos of her

 

 

and this one which I cropped and edited

Yvonne dangled some old stalk for her to chase and I got this series of photos.  The kitty was so sweet.  She is very cuddly and was happy for me to pat her.  Sunday night, she decided to pop over for a visit after dinner.... just strolled in through the ranch slider, wandered around sniffing everything and then popped off home again. 

I'm enjoying these challenges and can't wait till Friday to see what will be up next.

Dawn 

Photo Friday challenge # 3 and #4

 

 

Carly set a very challenging challenge for #3.  It was called {Pocket Light} Pocket light is just that, using a small pocket of light in the photo. Maybe it's light from a window, flashlight, computer screen..... I totally struggled with this one and missed the deadline.  Then this past weekend I was mucking around with the camera and saw a stream of light shining in through the ranch slider.  I had a book lying on the floor, so I propped it up on a stool....

I was happy with the result in the end.

One of the other photos  I took was of my son's jandals sitting on the deck.

I was taken with the burst of the green against the neutral background.  So was rather pleased to see, when I got home, that Carly's latest challenge was {shoes}   This photo just said "Summer" to me. 

I'm hoping for continuing nice weather this weekend as we are heading off to the beach again this weekend.  Monday is another Public Holiday so another long weekend.   This weekend we are going with our friends.  We are lucky that they are so generous to allow us to use their holiday house even when they are not there.    But no crafting, no internet and no TV.  More reading, walking and just having a relaxing time.

I'm also hoping the next few days stay fine too as my hubby is off camping for a couple of days.... in his pup tent, with a fishing rod and a book for company.  He has leave to take and I don't :-(  ~ he's going on some fishing trips. 

Off to watch the "Downton Abbey Christmas Special".  It's a two episode series that follows on from Series Two.

Thanks for visiting....

Dawn

Photo Friday challenge #2

Over at Carly's blog her Photo Friday challenge this week is "Sparkle"  For Carly, this was the sparkle in her daughter's eyes.  Quite stunning....

For me, it was seeing some rain drops on a flower in a pot on my deck.  I got done on my knees and used the Macro setting on my camera to get up close.  I then edited the photo in Flickr to crop it a bit closer.  Must learn to use Photoshop Elements 8 better.  I bought it a couple of years ago, but hardly ever use it.

Anyway here is my photo....



I also played around with changing the colour....



This one I changed to Sepia for a different look.

I'm having fun with challenging myself to use the camera and to learn to do better.  You should hop over to Carly's blog and see what the other's have come up with.... you should see Judith's entry... it's stunning!

Today has been a nice one... had a sleep in and then walked down to Mairangi Bay ( a little village area near us) and had brunch... and walked along the pipeline ( a sewerage pipeline that follows the water line between the two bays) before heading home.  It was high tide so we had to take our sandals off and wade through the water, but it was a lovely walk.  Heading up the hill to home, hubby asks me if I had a key to get in.... Oh no... neither of us did...luckily I'd left the kitchen window open, so we were able to use a broom to drag the keys along the bench to get in... Note to self~ take keys when going out for a walk.   Later in the afternoon, we went to the beach.  Hubby to swim, me to watch and read my book.  It was nice to see some sun as it's been a poor summer so far... very wet in the North.

That's me for the time being...

Dawn