Oh dear....

Hello my sweet friends,

SO sorry for the delay on friday photo tips... been super busy the last few days and just haven't had the chance, I am so hoping you all forgive me!! Bad LOLO(Lolo is what my paternal side calls me) 

Had a lovely party tonight however, lost of friends, silliness and you guessed it vodka, however, I did manage to NOT break into my big huge kirkland... It is a legend around here, think I may keep it unopened for a while!!

Ok, I am too busy to keep typing, I will do my very best to get on here tomorrow and give you a new fab tip for you to try... and perhaps even two since I am late!!!

sleep well my cyber friends I know I will. 

Laura

Ps this is a pic of two of my favorite people, my nephew and my grandma!!! LOVE YOU GUYS

Oh, what a gift!!

My girlfriend Valena came to get her nails done today

(for those of you who don't know, that is what i do to pay the bills around here, I have a salon in my house)

When I walked into my salon I was shocked by a rather LARGE Xmas gift she had brought for me.

She had told me about the fact that "kirkland" aka Costco was now selling Vodka, she had found out that one of the top vodka producers had created it and it was significantly cheaper than its top brand brother, I tried to find it, but thinking for some reason she was talking about Superstore I was never able to find it... then today....

it arrived!

the biggest bottle of vodka I have seen in a long time, 1.75L of kirkland vodka...

I was thrilled, not because I intend on drinking it all

(no i am not a lush!!!) but because I am having an xmas party this weekend... and haven't bought the booze for it yet!! Valena always knows what a girl needs...

Thank you Beena, oh and thank you for posing with it for me as well... You are looking hot hot hot!! Hope to see you for a cocktail this weekend, do you like Vodka?? I seem to have an abundance!!!

looking for a blue speedo!!

I really did try to find a pic with a blue speedo in it, however, thankfully not that easy to find!!!

So in loo of that I thought it only made sense to use Allison to teach Allisons lesson!!

Now the people in the background of this first photo aren't wearing blue speedos but certainly could have been as we were on a cruise ship

(crop and cruise)

Also put on by Allison Orthner the goddess of most things creative!! (wow I should get paid for all this advertising!! tee hee)

Ok enough shameless plugs for allison!!

The people in the background are not in blue speedos but they also weren't invited to be in this picture so in this case they are the "blue speedos"

Does that make sense???

Ok hopefully my explainatoin made some sense, and will make Allison proud(see I was listening)

well that is all for now... if I find more pics I am sure to keep up loading, need to make up for my absense this week!

Smiles

Laura

It's friday ladies...

First I wanted to point out that I learned how to add music to my blog today, go me!!!

Ok, Friday photography tip of the day time!!

When taking pictures don't forget the curtains, Curtains you ask??

YES, just like we put curtains on our windows to center a window, and draw your eye in, photography can be the very same way!!

When looking into or on your view finder be mindful of what is framing your picture. In a perfect world it is always nice to have your picture framed, so it draws your eyes into the subject...

weither it be trees, with branches that gentlly fall to the side, or literal frames, like door ways and things like that. When trying to add framing to your pics be mindful of two things, that you get the whole "frame" into the pic and as 'Allison Orthner' would say

"watch out for blue speedos!"

What is a blue speedo you ask??? Well that is best answered by her, however the short version would be...

A blue speedo is anything in the background or foreground of your photo that you don't want in it or just wasn't invited!! Like the man walking along the beach in his blue speedo while you are trying to take a great sunset photo!!

Notice how I have "framed" these two pics...

oh, bad blogger!!!

Hello my sweet lovely readers,

so sorry for my MIA status, not sure what my excuse is other than a lack of things to post!

I have a date night with my bf tomorrow and am totally looking forward to it, we sort of met, and that was that, we never really dated, he moved in almost right away, and we sort of just fit. ANyway, he went and booked time off for me, and informed me we are going on a date, how romantic, I asked him if he was going to pick me up/drop me off, kiss me goodnight and open all doors for me, and he giggled and said... "ya ok!!"

then I have a very easy weekend, no side jobs, no stress, may even get my house cleaned, ok who am I kicking there is far to much crafting to me done for that!!!

Ok HELP...

need some gift ideas for a distant friend of mine who has been so supportive in my photography, helping me with words of advice when ever asked and supporting me all the way.

the problem is she lives out of town so it is something I would be snail mailing to her....

any thoughts???

she is a scrapbooker as well...

a wife

a mom

and an awesome Photographer, she is the person who inspired me to get into this craft!!

and the crazy thing is we have only ever met once... would you do all that for someone you didn't know, not many would, but she did!!!

what do you give someone like that, some one who gives so selflessly???

well if she lived closer she would get a HUG for sure...

and more thank you' than I can hold!!

ideas???

please??

Laura

for those keeping track...

I thought I would send a quick update for those keeping track of my weight loss highs and lows...

I have been doing my best to eat ask many fruits and veggies as possible, however, since learning about the great "timmy" disappontment I have had two tim Hortons coffees... I know, bad Laura!!

I seem to do great in the day, then at night after Mark goes to bed, it all goes downhill... Fast!!

I think I have now eaten all of the crap food out of my kitchen so I hope this week will go smoother!

I haven't weighted myself yet tho, why.... well I think if I weigh my self and I have lost weight I will think I can cheat and if I weigh myself and I haven't lost any, then I will be disappointed and binge... does this make sense???

ANYway, I may "weigh In" tomorrow as that will be my two week mark since starting this dreading idea of dieting!!!

Now on a positive note I did walk on the tredmill three times this week, and took the pups for a few mini walks as well... well to be honest Maggie takes me for a walk by escaping, and making me chase her around the block, cute puppy, good think or I could kill her sometimes!!! but how could you be mad at that face!!!

what a cookie!!!

TGIF time for some tips!!

Hello my Sweet "friends"Here is your fridays photography tip of the day....

This is a simple one, but something we forget to do....

When taking pictures of small things, kids, pets ect... get down to there level and see life through their eyes...

We know what life looks like from were we see it, so why not go on your knees or even lie down and see how they see it... (remember tip number one and get close to your subject!)

This will add all sorts of new interest to subjects we take pictures of everyday...

here is an example of this....

first pic is from my from an adults view....

The next one is from "Maggie's" eyes so we see into them and look at her from her height...

hope this helps!!!

See, I didn't forget!!

Hello My dear sweet awesome readers,

as promised here are some pics of my LO's I did Saturday at the Jingle Bell Crop!!!

Would love to stay and chat, but allowed myself a Tim Hortons coffee today, only if I get my Butt on the tredmill, so here I go, begrudgingly....

will post again perhaps before bed!!!

Hope everyone had a great Tuesday....

What a night!!!!!!!!l

Had an awesome night at school, learned some new tricks, how to "paint with Light" so cool!! 

here are a few pics... just so you know we only had two models....

One girl and one guy!!!

FUNKY

JIngle all the way!!!!!!

Here a just a few pics from the awesome event I went to yesterday put on my Monday Night Class  These girls, there husbands and families worked there BUTTS off  to make it a fabulous success!!!

There were three stores you could shop at, "Monday Night Class", "Paper pasttimes" and "Scrapbook Pantry", classes to take, make and takes, and all sorts of products

demos... It was fun!

We got all our meals for the day, TONS of free giveaways, tons of room to scrapbook, even homemade Carrot cake... they were even kind enough to realize food allergies and restrictions. Pour Carol of paper pasttimes, broke her arm and still managed to show up and keep us all in line!! she is so funny!!

 For those of you who have not heard of MNC, they have an awesome business for scrapbookers of all levels... Classes in a bag, you take home, and create, learn new things, all in the comport of your own home. Cindy also happens to be the face behind, the Bloomin Inn's awesome Alberta scrapbooking retreats!!! I highly recommend you check all of these great companies out....

Ok will post pics of my "creations" 

when I get home from shopping... arg!!!s