the singing bird will come: June 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

"Vintage Hydrangea" by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: Bombay 29% (overlay), Ginger 11% (linear burn) & 21% (normal), Milk & HOney 14% (screen)...

Saturday, June 27, 2009

"Pink Ginger" by Shana Rae

{Florabella Textures: "Ginger" 28% (normal) & 35% (soft light), "Allure" 25% (overlay), "Milk & Honey" 10% (screen)}

"Gardenias in Milk Glass" by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: Clover 16% (normal) & Bombay 35% (overlay)...

Friday, June 26, 2009

"Purpleness" by Aziza

Here Aziza of Azyalg Photography used Florabella Textures: 20% milk and honey overlay (normal) and 30% Ethereal (cool). Aziza's beautiful work is available here. Thanks, Aziza! :)

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

"Bouquet" by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: Clover 15% (overlay), Dreaminess 10% (normal), Ethereal 40% (overlay) & one from Les Brumes too... :)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

"Peonies for Sarah" by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: Ginger 72% (overlay), Platinum 60% (overlay), and Milk & Honey 15% (normal)

"A Little Sunshine" by Shana Rae

Textures used here are Lustre 35% (overlay) and Milk & Honey 35% (screen)...

This gorgeous landscape is by the talented Eva Ricci. Here, Eva used Nostalgic at 50% (overlay)and Elysium at 30% (overlay). If you are interested in Eva's work, click on the photo and it will take you to her Flick stream where you can contact her. I love this image sooo much! Thanks, Eva!!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

"Florabella" by Azyalg Photography

This beautiful image is by Aziza of Azyalg Photography. Aziza used Milk & Honey 20% (normal), Dreaminess 15% (normal), and Worn Linen 25% (normal)... Aziza's gorgeous work is available here. Thank you Aziza! ♥

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

"Irresistible" by Yvette Inufio Photography

This gorgeous still life is by the very talented Yvette Inufio. Yvette used "Dreaminess", "Little Blue Book", and "Milk & Honey"... Yvette's beautiful images are available here. Thank you so much, Yvette!

135/365 by Andrea McClain

This beautiful masterpiece is by the talented Andrea McClain. Here, Andrea used Ginger Overlay at 16%... Andrea's work is available here. Thanks, Andrea!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Sunday Roses

Florabella Textures: Painterly 95% (overlay), Cappuccino Overlay 80% (overlay), and Milk & Honey 7% (normal)...

Saturday, June 13, 2009

J U B I L E E... by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: Vintage 51% (overlay), Bombaby 49% (overlay, and Milk & Honey 40% (normal)...

Friendship by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: Bombay 40% (overlay), Pure Milk 10% (normal), and Milk & Honey 23% (screen)... :)

Friday, June 12, 2009

"And so it begins.." by Sylvia Cook

This gorgeous image is by Sylvia Cook... Here Sylvia used "Platinum" (overlay), "Patina" (overlay", and "Milk & Honey" (screen). Sylvia's images are available here. Thank you Sylvia! :)

"All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child" by Sylvia Cook

This beautiful image is by Sylvia Cook... Here Sylvia used "Lustre" on overlay combined with one of her own textures. Sylvia's images are available here. Thank you, Sylvia!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Vintage Magnolia be Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: Bombay 47% (overlay) & Milk & Honey 27% (screen)

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

"Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster" by Claire Penn

This gorgeous image is by Claire Penn Photography. Claire used "Patina" and "Tea Stained" here... Claire's beautiful images are available here... Thank you, Claire!

"Streaming In" by Kim (Three Peanuts)

This beautiful image is by Kim (Three Peanuts). Kim used "Champagne" and "Milk & Honey"... Thanks Kim! :)

Monday, June 8, 2009

Magnolia (Dreamy & Nostalgic)

{dreamy}

{nostalgic}

I love this photo of my sweet Sophie Lu holding the magnolia bloom... I processed it in two different ways using my Florabella Textures. I love the way textures can change the entire mood of a photo. The possibilities are endless... ♥

Pink Peonies

Here I used "Platinum" (overlay) at 43%, Patina (overlay) at 23%, and "Milk & Honey" (screen) at 25%. :)

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Roses in Blue Jar by Andrea McClain

This beautiful still life is by Andrea McClain... Andrea used French Canvas at 29% and Milk & Honey (screen)... Thank you Andrea! :)

Sophie Lu's Pre-K Graduation!!!

Sophie Lu's official graduation portrait! I just can't believe my baby is graduating from Pre-K already!

She was so excited! (I got the honor of pinning on her graduation cap!)

And I was so proud (and yes, very emotional!)

Here we are with our soon-t0-be beautiful little graduate!!! (We only got two reserved seats, plus Ollie would have never lasted the almost 2 hour ceremony!)

There's our girl!!! She always finds us in the crowd, waves, and gives us the thumbs up (with a wink too!)... All the kids did such a fantastic job! They recited verses and sang three songs (including "Proud to be an American" which had all the parents in tears- especially me & Michael because it's extra special to hear Sophie Lu sing those words). ♥

Then the kids had to wait oh so patiently during all the speeches... Is this hysterical or what?

And her face got even scrunchier!!! We were all laughing so hard at this!

Finally the big moment!

Happy Graduation, Sophie Lu! I love the way she sticks her tongue out like this when she gets really excited!

And here she is... Graduate Sophie Lu!!!! She's such a big girl now!!!

And of course, Daddy brought her flowers!

And Baby Sasha tried to take them... :) We had such a special day. We love you and are so very proud of you Sophie Lu... many many happy graduations to come, sweetheart!!! ♥