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tisdag 27 december 2011
fredag 23 december 2011
torsdag 22 december 2011
right now
♥ right now we are franticly packing our car to go holidaying in gothenburg with family.
♥ right now we said merry christmas to our daughter who is not going to be with us for Christmas this year (she is with her biological father)
♥ right now i am wrapping last minute gifts
♥ right now we have fixed so that the cat-sitter has everything :)
♥ right now we are really looking forward to see family.
♥ right now i am busy with new years projects.
♥ right now i am planning some favorite posts for the days between Chrismas and New years here on the blog.
♥ right now i am wrapping some of the 2011 projects up and will give you an update soon.
♥ right now this is on repeat
♥ right now i am also planning to do some twixtmas fun next week!
♥ right now i am loving my christmas board on pinterest!
♥ right now i have to dash! i will be back tomorrow!
tisdag 20 december 2011
lucia and gingerbread
i knew i wanted to create something simple for this photo of my daughter acting the role of st lucy. just a few words and that photo is ok with me. but then i grabbed the round patterned paper and it made everything pop!
i love to attend att least one lucia celebration every year and ofcourse this year was extra special!
we baked gingerbread cookies with a friend and her kids for the second year this week, and we are calling it a tradition now :)
i added a 2010/2011 photo to the top and attached it with a clip.
have a great day all!
måndag 19 december 2011
52 photos in 52 weeks ~ recap
I know that i say this alot, but i´ll say it again; how can time fly like this?! it seems a year can go by just like that *snapping fingers*. on january 1st this year, me and monika set out on a journey that seemed forever long: one photo every week for 52 weeks! we chose themes for the first couple of weeks and blogged about the project, to see if anyone else would like to join us. there sure were! we have a whopping 121 members in our flickr group!
as with many longterm projects (at least this applies to me!) the glow has been superbright and some weeks i have been slacking. but that is ok! even if i have been late posting my photos to he flickr group, i have still taken them all and soon i´ll have 52 awesome photos sitting in my 52 in 2011 photo folder. i say awesome maybe not because they are technically great, but awesome in the sense that there is a thought and story behind them all.
the active members in our flickr group have gone down, but that is also all ok. also, i know that both monika and i have a few "lurkers" :) welcome! we are very glad to have you!
what have i learned through this project?
well, that inspiration come and go, that some weeks i knew exactly what i would photograph, other weeks were though. i learned that life gets in the way of creative projects and it has to do, naturally. but i have also learned to work my theme into my daily life somehow.
what i would change?
hm...what would i have liked to be different? maybe i could have worked better with blogposts to go with the theme each thursday as we added our photos to the group...it would also be cool to have more discussion around the themes etc.
i asked patti, (one of our members that have made it through the whole year!) to share her experience with you all.
What have you learned through this project?
I have learned that a picture is not always as it seems. That one word can spark creativity in places where you never thought of before.
As each week's prompt became available, I would immediately do a mental check of my next week's activities to see where or how I could capture the "word". Some were obvious, but I tried as often as possible to think outside the normal or obvious. My hubby fell victim, I mean became a willing participant, for a lot of my shots.
I am exploring the world of photography more & more and this adventure helped me step outside of my normal boundaries on more than one occasion.
would you change anything?
Wow - I'm not sure that I would change anything. If changes were to be made it would be in my own personal processes of capturing the weekly prompt. I think having the prompt on Thursday's was great as it gave you time through the weekend to work on it, a time when you would be more likely to have your camera around, although I rarely go anywhere without mine.
what have you loved?
I love the shots from others.........and comments made on my own photos! I mean really, who doesn't love a little something-something type of praise? LOL!
Sometimes the perspective of others on a prompt made me stop & think, "why didn't I think of that?"
I love having a weekly assignment. It keeps my mind moving in all directions and gives me a goal to achieve, while learning more about my camera and the type of shots I like taking.
This has been such a fun experience and I really hope that it continues in the same format or even with some new twists in 2012. I've tried the 365 Challenge before - but I get overwhelmed and then just plain bored because I feel pressured to capture something amazing everyday.
I have learned that a picture is not always as it seems. That one word can spark creativity in places where you never thought of before.
As each week's prompt became available, I would immediately do a mental check of my next week's activities to see where or how I could capture the "word". Some were obvious, but I tried as often as possible to think outside the normal or obvious. My hubby fell victim, I mean became a willing participant, for a lot of my shots.
I am exploring the world of photography more & more and this adventure helped me step outside of my normal boundaries on more than one occasion.
would you change anything?
Wow - I'm not sure that I would change anything. If changes were to be made it would be in my own personal processes of capturing the weekly prompt. I think having the prompt on Thursday's was great as it gave you time through the weekend to work on it, a time when you would be more likely to have your camera around, although I rarely go anywhere without mine.
what have you loved?
I love the shots from others.........and comments made on my own photos! I mean really, who doesn't love a little something-something type of praise? LOL!
Sometimes the perspective of others on a prompt made me stop & think, "why didn't I think of that?"
I love having a weekly assignment. It keeps my mind moving in all directions and gives me a goal to achieve, while learning more about my camera and the type of shots I like taking.
This has been such a fun experience and I really hope that it continues in the same format or even with some new twists in 2012. I've tried the 365 Challenge before - but I get overwhelmed and then just plain bored because I feel pressured to capture something amazing everyday.
thank you, patti! be sure to visit her photography website and her blog to read all the cool thoughts behind all her 52 photos!
what i ♥´d:
to meet new people! i have learned that through a mutual project, may it be a class, blog or a photoproject, people open up and embrace diversity and i love that we have had such a positive wibe!
and i love that i could suprise monika with an album with (almost) all both of our 52 photos!
(photo by monika!)
ok, so what is next?
both me and monika have had blogreaders and other friends ask if we could continue the 52 photos project. and we quickly decided that indeed there will be a 52 photos in 52 weeks 2.0 version starting on January 5th 2012! yay!
ofcourse the themes will be updated and monika has made a new blog button that you can grab and put on your blog!
new for 2012:
every thursday we will announce a new theme in the flickr group discussion area. on the last thursday of each month i´ll have a recap blog post where i´ll share both my and some of your photos. (note: if you don´t want me to show your images on my public blog, please let me know asap!) and some fun things from time to time. we had a fun little giveaway furing 2011 and i am sure we´ll make something happen in 2012 too :)
i´ll leave you with the downloadable theme list from 2011!
just so you can see them and perhaps use them for something else or what ever :)
thank you for this year!
söndag 18 december 2011
End of the year favorites ~ blog posts
fredag 16 december 2011
december moments mini - a video
i found myself missing the good old december daily format, so i thought; crap, i have to do another one :)
it is not daily though and i am still doing my december mini :)
its a work in progress!
ps. apperently you might need to click through to the actual post to view the video, sorry!
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