Little treasures

I've been treasure hunting.  Here are a couple of things I found.

Big chunky bowl

Ceramic?  Hand painted?  I don't know.  I just liked it.



Huge metal tray, green on the inside, turquoise on the outside



I rather like them together.

 

There are lots more treasures to share. 

Some will involve 'before & after" so it may be a bit before I get them posted.

Fences make good neighbors and good photos!

Here is another photo editing project that could be called a tutorial this time!

SOOC:

Background layer, enhanced:

Layer 2: Background copy: sepia tint photo effects filter at 75%

Layer 3: Pixel Dust Vintage Blue texture:  Hard light filter at 85% opacity

Layer 4: Pixel Dust French Toast texture, Soft Light filter at 75% opacity

Layer 5: Pixel Dust Notes to Myself texture, reversed,

Hard light filter at 85% opacity, partially erased at 80% opacity

Final photo:

Version 2: without sepia tint:

If you edit a photo using my 'recipe', I would love to see it!

The key is color

I consider myself a practical efficient type person. I don't like fumbling for a key, having to visually inspect it to know which one to grab.  (Or would that just be impatient?)  Anyway, my big ring of keys to my whole kingdom has the priority ones marked with some blobs of nail polish.  How tacky is that?  Efficient, yes. Artistic, no.

So when I recently downsized to an everyday key ring, I was still fumbling for the right key even though there were only 2.  But rather than resort to the old nail polish method, I did a little cutting and pasting.  And of course, some blinging.  I've been carrying these for over a week now and they are holding up well so far.

I am also a color-coding fool.  

Just a glance is all it takes

I cut bits of scrapbook paper for both sides of each key, glued the paper on with Mod-Podge then covered it with a thick protective coat and attached the jewels. 

Yes, I know they sell little gadgets for this purpose, but what fun is that?

Digital goodness

Continuing in my endeavor to capture beauty in the ordinary through the lens of  my camera, 

I used my own photographs to create this digital art.

Original  background photo taken by me

Photo taken by me

 I combined my own images with these from The Graphics Fairy.

Graphics Fairy

Graphics Fairy

 Textures are wonderful applications that
 I am still learning about.
There are so many variables with filtering
styles and opacity settings.
In hindsight, I realize I should have made note
of the styles and values I used to make this
into more of a tutorial than a show & tell.
I use PSE5 to do my creating--a dinosaur, I know,
but I like it and it fits my comfort level.
Why fix it if it's not broken, right?


All the textures I used in this creation were free downloads from a site I just found, but will be visiting often:  Pixel Dust Photo Art.

Textures source: Pixel Dust Photo Art

The last layer I added to my art was this grunge border,
 but I erased a good portion of the middle,
 using just the detail around the edges.

Source

Can you see all the elements in the finished product? 

The effect of some of the textures is so subtle it is obvious
only when subtracted from the picture and added back,
 but lends just the right touch to the overall scheme.
It is the sum of the parts that is a magical thing.