String, Tulips and Texture Tuesday

Yesterday I was showing you my new string project.  As you can see it's progressed a little. It's also Texture Tuesday at Kim Klassen's and this weeks challenge is the color pink.  I love pink in photograph's so it was an easy choice to add pink tulips to "the project". All photos have had a layer of Kim Klassen's embrace with the blend mode of multiply reduced to 50% - 75%. The texture was slightly removed from the flowers. .

My string project has been winding and gluing string around a jar to create new vases. With the theme of "Modern Cariboo" decorating for the house, these little vases will fit right in. It also brings new life to pickle and other little jars that would have been destined for recycling. 

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Once I finished a few more jars, I'll post new pics to show you the completed project.

Texture Tuesday

While on vacation last September, my daughter and I took in an American Civil War Reenactment in Luray, Virginia.  Part of the day was a trip to the old school that would have been turned into a hospital.  With medical supplies being cut off to the south, alternatives needed to be found to treat emergencies as well as common illnesses such as headaches.  As I listened to the young lady give her presentation I was looking at the jars of herbs on the table and thinking this would be a perfect photo for a texture.  I'm not sure what each of these herbs would have been used for as I was concentrating to much on getting the photo.  I've been waiting to use this photo and Kim Klassen's challenge of using her texture Felicity seemed perfect for this one.

This was the scene looking out the window. The same texture Felicity has been applied to this as well.

White Mums

The little bundle of white mums is still going strong. At Micheal's I found a little heart shaped vase that is perfect for February.



Also at Micheal's I picked up some white clay to make little hearts. Easy to work with, just roll, shape and bake.



A little bit of red food coloring can make dramatic changes.

Texture Tuesday

This weeks challenge at Kim Klassen's is to use her new texture Simplicity. I think I picked the wrong photo for the texture and settled on using it in the background only using the brush to erase it off the flower petals.  After the texture was applied I did some lighting of the flower centers with curves in photoshop.   It really has reinforced for me the that not all photos go with all textures, they should be carefully matched.  If you hover the mouse over the photo you'll see the before and after.

Texture Tuesday

This weeks' Texture Tuesday challenge word with Kim Klassen is "story".  Well, this is the story of my "new" little green jar.  It's a half pint size and the most beautiful shade of green.  We found it on a basement shelf in my Mother-In-Law house.  Perhaps it was placed on this shelf because she knew it was so special.  It would have been many, many years since she filled this little jar, perhaps with Chokecherry or Pincherry Jelly, Saskatoon Jam or maybe even Mustard Pickles.  It's sat empty and alone for quite a few years and now it sits in the entrance on an old table that will be refinished this summer.  Not filled with jam or pickles right now, the best I could do this weekend was Dogwood and grass.

The textures used on both photos were Kim's Providence as well as a texture by LenabemAnna. I hope you enjoy my little jar as much as I do as I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more of it.