Photography Dilemma

A while back we got a gift certificate to CanvasOnDemand.com for a 16x20 canvas print.  Nice! But we then decided to print our New Zealand photos elsewhere.  So now this gift certificate is expiring and we could not think of any photos we wanted to get blown up!  Well sure, there's a few but we thought, our house is already full of New Zealand photos, Wedding photos, Europe photos...so we kind of want a little something else, something different then a photograph, something more unique. This dilemma (granted, it's a nice one to have...) lead me back to the photo manipulation skills I learned in college but rarely have the chance to use! I waded through piles and piles of negatives, did some photoshop work and came out with something I really love!
PHEW, what a long explanation, when all I really wanted to show you is the fruits of my labor.  Enjoy!

This is the one we went with!  Windmills on the island of Mykonos, Greece

Gondolas in Venice

Ponte sant'Angelo across the Tiber river in Rome

And the ominous gargoyle from the top of Notre Dame overlooking Paris. 

New Recipe Card Design

I've come up with a few new recipe card designs and have listed them on Etsy!  Check 'em out!

They come all printed and packaged, make a perfect gift.  :)

Wild Flowers in Bottles & Jars

I feel pretty behind the times on this semi-trend, but since its spring/summer I've been seeing these everywhere again!  Lovely compilations of wild flowers in unique jars and bottles.  They looks so wonderfully haphazard and almost shabby chic?  I love them, these pictures make me wish I had a collection of apothecary jars and a field of wild flowers behind my house! 

From a wedding post on holleeanne

And another from the same post as above, love that the bottles are all different colors and what kind of flower is that yellow ball!!

From a DIY project on Style Me Pretty

From Elizabeth Ann Designs, beautiful colors in these flowers and veggies on the table too! 

Not sure these are wild flowers, but I still love the variety of bottles holding various flowers.  Makes things so much more interesting!  Also from Elizabeth Ann Designs.

Feeling Crafty

With knitting season coming to a close for me, I've been itching to do some crafty things with my hands when I would usually be knitting (since this cold weather won't seem to go away!).  So I've tried my hand at a few things recommended by friends or things I've been wanting to tackle.  Pictures below, enjoy!

Yarn wreathes, made for some great mother's day gifts! Thanks Lindsey for teaching me how to make them!

And one for me since I didn't want to be left out.

Tissue poms, made into a summery bouquet of flowers for the kitchen table.

Necklace made out of fabric, really fun to make! 

Jungle Birthday Invitation!

I got to create another birthday invitation for a jungle themed birthday party!  I think they turned out so cute!