Saturday 21 February 2009

A Posy for You!

Today is my 100th post! So, I took some photos of the crocuses in the glorious sunshine we are having to day. And although I have plenty of other things to do :-P I taught myself how to do layers in paintshops pro and made a collage of images.

Or in other words, a posy to celebrate Spring and 100 posts.

GIVE AWAY:
If you leave your name, I will select one next week and send a little something.! I am not sure I can do handmade at this point, but you might get a fancy thread or something!

Notice: I am doing the draw on 25th Feb. So, if anyone is still wanting to leave a message, now's your chance. I am thinking you might get a bit of my rust dyed fabric from which I made the award winning skirt design! You can see it in the first part of this page.

23 comments:

Mai-Britt Axelsen said...

Congratulations, Sandy, 100 posts! I halfway there, I just checked.... mine is 50.

The posy is lovely, learning Photoshop can be real fun [and time consuming] ;O)

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Sandy! Your posy is gorgeous. I'll link to your blog post on mine and send you some of my traffic!

Amy in Austin who's still trying to get Dragon forelegs started!

Tally said...

Your collage is great.
Funny, just recently I finally worked (simple.simple) with layers in Photoshop.
Next to learn are masks.

Febr. 25 is my birthday, so a fine day for everything :-)

Hello from Hamburg
:-tally-:

Judy H said...

love what you did with the photos. I haven't played that much with my pictures yet and I don't have Photoshop...pout...

Congrats on 100 posts also

Sandy said...

Hi Judy, I don't have photoshop either. this is Paintshop Pro, which I understand isn't as expensive. However, what do I know? I get what my husband decides to put on my computer!

Loving all the comments! Don't be strangers the rest of the time!!
Thanks,
Sandy

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the 100th post Sandy!

ann said...

crocuses! Here is Maine we have snow up to the first floor windows. Congrats on your 100 post.
I don't post on any regular basis, just when I have a quote I like or finished a quilt or painting.

Ann Morrell said...

Congrats on 100 posts...I have been doing my blog for about 4 years now...and have really enjoyed it and the friends I have met.

Anonymous said...

the springtime posy is just lovely - and as I live on the cold shadow side of our street, our crocuses are no where near flowering - si lovely to see yours

Jan in Codicote

Ferret said...

the gimp is free software you can use to play with your images. You can get it from http://thegimp.org/ it is what I use.

Well done on 100 posts.

Ferret said...

Whups, I go the URL wrong, it should be

http://www.gimp.org/

Sorry folks. At least the other one doesn't go anywhere bad.

marsha said...

Hi Sandy,
Congratulations on your 100th post. Loved the collage especially since it is of crocuses- I live in Manitoba whose official provincial flower is the Prairie Crocus, but no blooms yet since we are still under many feet of snow...

Debbie said...

Nice work on the photo, Sandy! Congratulations on your 100th post. I've got a long way to go, I just started my blog in January. It's been a lot of fun! http://debbiesfiberwork.blogspot.com

Linda Teddlie Minton said...

Sandy, if this is your first photo collage, I'm impressed! Beautiful.
Congrats on your 100th post. :^)

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the 100th post Sandy!

Gisha Wogier, Kefar Yona, Israel
gisha_wogier@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Impressive! Love the crocuses! I've used only Microsoft Picture It until now. Have Photoshop on new computer, but no time to learn to use it. We're having spring one day followed by winter in
Virginia.

Karen Newman Fridy said...

Love what you did with the photos...you've created a whole new flower! Congrats on 100

Beth M said...

Congratulations on 100 posts!!

It is so easy to get caught up with the photo programs. I've been teaching myself Photoshop Elements this year.

MRose said...

Love your posy pic. No crocuses around here, but our azaleas will be popping soon.

Unknown said...

The crocuses are beauiful, as is your collage. Makes me anxious for ours to pop out...althought that won't be for MONTHS! Well, a month, anyway...
And congratulations or your 100th post! Well done!

Anonymous said...

Dear Sandy,
The crocuses are lovely! We're about to get daffodils and bearded iris here in San Diego. Congrats on your 100th post.

Anonymous said...

Sandy,
I am Amy's mom. Thought I would give you a comment! Amy is having fun with her giveaways! Good luck!
I make and sell cards!

Louise in SW Saskatchewan said...

congratulations on your 100th post. Ihave no idea how long it will take me to get to that number