Rambling Out Loud

I've been working on learning photography the past couple of years.  Lately, I've been wondering what original art I could create with Photoshop.  Somewhere along the way, Alyssa (my daughter), was also bitten by the photography bug.  She took the picture, and the editing is mine.  I wanted to make sure and give her credit for an amazing shot to work with!  I had some too, but this was just the right "feel"...if that makes sense... Yes, it is rather dark.  No, I am not going to start sacrificing puppies to the gods of chaos.  I just happen to like fantasy and think this is incredibly cool. Oh and by the way, isn't Brittany beautiful?! (One of my stepdaughters)

I haven't been on much lately.  I've been too busy off in crafting world!   Pinterest  has totally inspired me.  My family thinks I've gone completely insane...well, more so than usual anyway. I will spare you the multitude of projects I have been dabbling in...we would be here all day.... However, after spending part of the night and most of the day on this latest one, I'm sharing! I've been saving cans, boxes, jars, bottles and any other containers I can think of.  In my search for recycling projects, I ran across the idea to turn a cereal box into an artist's canvas.  I have tons of cereal boxes...most of which are currently 1/3 full of stale, old cereal.  I was intrigued. But wait!  There's more!  The artist not only used a cereal box for the canvas, he used hot glue to trace flowers and create the beginnings of a painting!!!  Cool!!!   Tim Coffey Art  has SO many neat ideas.  (I tried to link the direct video,...