Sundry Sunday

Does anyone else remember taking Sunday afternoon drives with their family? Some of my earliest memories involve aimless drives with my parents and sisters. No destination...no schedule...just riding together and taking in the view.

Today that is exactly what Isabella and I did. Armed with junk food and good music, we meandered our way down the winding road to one of my favorite historic towns. We talked and sang. Isabella makes a great conversationalist...together we discussed life, heartache and broken crayons.

We stopped to eat our lunch at a scenic pull-off overlooking Douglas lake. It was too cold to do much more than get out and stretch our legs...but I managed to shoot a couple of frosty little moments :)

I can't help but touch this face. Who could?!

This nose...

And these cheeks! She's learned to tolerate the squeezing really well...

Inspecting all of the engravings from lovers in the past...I really hope there's nothing nasty carved on there...whoops I forgot to look.

I couldn't help but wonder where GW and MK are today...I made up a daydream that they're old and gray and live in one of the old Victorian houses in the town.

I don't have a sweetheart to engrave on this old table...but when I saw her little hand rest on this heart...I realized that I in fact do have a sweetheart :)

Portraits

Four months: The amount of time it has been since my last post. Uh...yeah.

My first semester of school was a learning experience that goes way beyond textbooks. Never again-and I do mean never- will I consider a career in computers. I changed my major one month into the semester.

I learned a little about life, and a lot about myself. I made some new friends and I was humbled greatly. Perhaps the greatest education is my renewed sense of determination. Reality can do that to you...one quick swoop and your lovely little card castle of denials and delusions is scattered on the floor. I started my new semester last week and I am already feeling ten times happier in the pursuit of my new career choice. There are no words to describe the comfort of finding one's niche in the world.

Life has been a natural ebb and flow of ups and downs. But in the midst of it all my family has carried me through. Lately, Isabella has taken to drawing pictures of everyone in the family. Perhaps I'm biased, but my favorites are the ones she draws of me. My bulletin board I use for homework assignments is dotted with pictures of little potato people sporting googly eyes and crooked smiles. It makes me the happiest mommy of all to know that this is how she views me in her little mind.

My personal survival kit.

Pardon the twitching.

DIY challenge # 1

I have always wanted to try making my own light box for various and sundry photography. I'm not entirely sure what got into me this afternoon, (actually I do know, it was homework procrastination) but I found this amazing tutorial that seemed so doable I simply had to try it out for myself. I had to, ya hear? had to.

Here is the link from the 'tute' I used.

http://www.studiolighting.net/homemade-light-box-for-product-photography/

I basically used all of the same supplies from the tutorial verbatim...but here is a pic of how I made the actual box and what I used.

For the box itself, foam board, scissors, exacto knife, white duct tape or masking tape, and a yard stick should do nicely. The tutorial says not to use duct tape, but I'm a rebel. I'll let ya know how this works out for me.

I cut my notches just like he said to. Sometimes I like to listen.

Please pardon cluttered dining room table and poor picture quality. This is the box before I trimmed down my excess edges and cut out my "trap door"

I picked up a few inexpensive clip lights at Lowe's I really wish I had gotten a fourth one. What was I thinking? But anywhosies...this is the box, trap door and all. Ta-Da!


Here are a couple of pictures I took to demonstrate.

The necklace I was wearing.

The nearest book sitting on my work table. I love this book. Soon I will show you it's bounty.

So, there you have it! My version of the world's most awesome tutorial for a home made lightbox. I would say, from start to finish it took me about one hour, and total cost was roughly around $40 but only because I needed lightbulbs, otherwise I would say about $38 :)

Mary-Catherine

Why, hello there :)

Hi There! Welcome to my new digs! While Peaches And Posh will always hold a special place in my heart, it's time for a change. I made that blog during a different chapter of my life. Things are different now. Real different.

New beginnings mean new adventures, new adventures mean new musings, and new musings require new blogs :)

I can't wait to chronicle this new chapter in my life! I can't promise you it'll always be pretty, I can't promise you it'll always be perky, but I guarantee you this, it'll sure as heck be real.

XOXOX
Mary-Catherine