Pretty Peony Blog
Yesterday, my sister and her fiance had an engagement party. It was more of a Hmong "traditional" well-wishing-string-tying-ceremony but it would be considered an engagement in the western world. I took over 200 photos, and hope to go through all of them soon, but for now there was this one photo that really stood out. ... Continue Reading →
Daughter and I had a day of water coloring. She was done after one piece but I decided to practice a little more. When it comes to painting, I'm horrible at it. I struggle so much with it but I try anyway because I really want to get the hang of it. I find that... Continue Reading →
[Bamboo tips with hot pepper sauce] [Mini rugs - souvenir from sister's trip to Mexico] [13-year-old jade trunk layers] [Teddy, the family's Keeshond] [3pm on 7.23.2014] [Memory in a jar]
Captured this little guy while photographing flowers.
Original from husband's Galaxy S2. Edited on my iPhone 5s using the VSCO Cam app. Texturized in Photoshop CS6 using a texture from an old digital scrapbooking kit I made.
Returning from Victoria, British Columba, the sunrise was beautiful.
In trying to keep up with the digital scrapbooking side of me, I've been hunting down challenge templates and purchasing kits to keep motivated. Here's what I've created earlier today with a recent purchase. These are the products I used:
I took a ton of photos with my iPhone and I'm still struggling as to how to organize the photos to put into a vacation book. I did some looking for an app that could put my photos into frames to save me from creating my own framed photos and found Insta Booth. My trial... Continue Reading →
Decided to put this photo of my daughter into a digital scrapbook layout. I made the layout very simple because I wanted the photo to stand out. The kit I used for the layout is by Emeto Designs called, Seashell Whisper. I also used additional elements by Scrapbook Graphics and Paislee Press. If you would... Continue Reading →
The family vacationed in Seaside and Astoria, Oregon (for daughter's national dance competition) and Victoria, British Columbia (a mini trip in Canada) last week. More photos to come but for now these take my breath away. I took these with my iPhone then edited in VSCO Cam (also available for android users). In the silhouette... Continue Reading →
