CountDown to Competition!

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Bargain shopping

I took a trip to Albertsons today. Armed with my trusty folder, grocery smarts list and coupons I managed to save $164.93. I spent a total of $198.33, so that means I bought $363.26 worth of groceries for only 198.33. I saved nearly 50% It is just unreal. I am loving it!!! I have picked up some awesome tips from my sister in law, Jamie. So these are her ideas that I have found to be helpful.

Three Weeks and counting!

Hot boys Dance is posted on Emily's blog, I will try to post the slow version of the dance on my blog this afternoon. Here is a link to Em's blog--Good Luck!!!!!
http://emily-lifeisfabulous.blogspot.com/

Photoshop tool of the day

I have been working on skin smoothing, so my photoshop tool of the day is the Guassian Blur. I love it. These are more photos of Brynn and Steele, my niece and nephew. I used the blur and a mask. I also adjusted the contrast for a little more dramatic effect, and brightened the eyes.

Line

Hope this helps Amanda--its the only way I could get it to you. The file is too large for an email file. Thanks to Stacy for the video.

It's hard to tell by the picture, but this is a picture Trever folding clothes.
Notice the fifty piles.


I always give Trever a hard time about his sorting--or lack of. He usually starts with a pair of one of the kids pants and then adds on a shirt from one of the other kids'. By the time he is done it looks like this. Bryce's pants mixed with kira's shirt and a few washclothes. I just can't figure out the pattern to it. I usually like to separate pants from shirts and towels and so on, but Trever I guess walks on the wild side and just mixes things up a bit. And yes we have brown shag carpet, and that is a folding table in front of our TV--we are just embracing the white trashness of it all.

Tea Time!!

Kira helping Kambree.


The Girls having a tea party with their teddy bears.

Kambree's Photoshoot

I made Tutus and hair bows for the girls for my sister's wedding. Kira and Kambree just love them. They are always running around in tutus. I also made some matching hair bows and decided to make a little photoshoot for Kambree. She wouldn't give up the ragged teddy bear, so I just put a bow on him too. It is one of her favorites.


I photoshopped these close up pictures. If any of you are wondering, I just look up techniques on youtube to learn how to do things. Then I create an action of what I have learned.



I love this picture because it seems to capture all her sweetness.

Photoshop tool of the day

Steele--he looks like he stepped out of a gap kids commercial.


This is Brynn's pic with acid wash, but I have to figure out how to lighten up her eye.

This is Brynn, she is such a cutie with her blue eyes and blonde hair.

I am loving my new camera, but needed some new models. So I enlisted my niece and nephew to help me out. We were able to get some amazing pictures by the old truck next to my house. (yes I pretty much live in a junk yard). I photoshopped these pictures using some eye brightening techniques I learned at my photoshop class and an acid wash. I am still learing but thought I would post the preliminary pics. I chose the perfect kids they had so much fun getting their picture taken.
P.S.. These were all taken with my new camera, for those who have asked me it is a D90 by Nikon.

Photoshop Fun.

I attended a photoshop class with Wendy and I learned some great ways to touch up and brighten eyes. I had this picture of Kambree and decided to try it out. Not too bad for my first time. I am really loving photoshop and still learing new things all the time.