{hmm}

www.kellypurkey.typepad.com

mitäköhän olisi minun listalla? hmm.

arvaatteko miksi tykkään sivun alemmasta puolesta? :)

{once you start...}

...you can't stop.

photo editing that is.

this first one is the original photo. the rest are done with a single photo editing action.
"seventies"
"colorized"
"heartland"

"lovely ethereal"

"old west"

"old west + watercolor pencil"

"soft faded"

"vintage"

fun!

some of these actions are free downloads from:

www.thepioneerwoman.com.

so much fun stuff on her website. check it out.

{i hate it too :)}

enjoyed this book. great character portrayals and a story that captures your heart.
then i have to rave about this book. it is written by our church member, emily watts. it does have some spiritual stuff in it but i think almost any woman would love it, whether lds/christian or not. emily watts has a great sense of humor and i love it how honest and forthright she is. there was a part in this book that made me laugh so hard that jay had to come and check on me to see what was going on. maybe his wife had officially gone nuts, so to speak. :)
one of my favorite chapters in the book is the one about "motherguilt". you know what i'm talking about, right? us mothers tend to blame ourselves for anything that goes wrong with our children. listen to this one quote from the book:
"Now, here's an important question to consider: When it snows in May, do you feel guilty? Frustrated, maybe; tired of snow and ready for winter to be over, maybe; but do you feel guilty? Of course not.
Why not?
Because you don't control the weather. And it would be silly and counterproductive to assume guilt for something you had no control over in the first place."
...consider all the things about your children that you just can't control, and ask yourself if maybe, just maybe, you've been carrying around some unnecessary guilt...
Recognizing that simple fact about life is the first step in learning to let go of Motherguilt. And when you shed the guilt, somehow the frustration and the fatigue become more manageable, and you start to recognize the joy that is intended to be the greatest gift of being a mother."
anyways, what a great book! i heartily recommend this fitness program for your soul. :)

{lisää kiiltokuvia}

on nämä kaikki jotenkin niin ihania että. :)
kiiltokuva arkkejakin mulla on monen monta. olen niitä ostanut aikuisena. aion ostaa edelleenkin kun tulen kesällä suomeen. :)
sienna saa nämä varmaan synttärilahjaksi sitten parin vuoden päästä.

{lapsuuden kiiltokuvia}

siskoni suvi pyysi laittamaan tänne lisää kuvia kiiltokuvistani. nämä kaikki on siis lapsuuteni kiiltokuvia, kiiltsikoita kuten me niitä kutsuttiin. kun suvi oli vielä pieni, annoin nämä hänelle. viime suomen reissulla pyysin ne takaisin itselleni. sanoin että palautan kyllä hänelle takaisin mutta suvi, en taida raskiakaan. sori. mulla on näihin nyt nostalginen side.

muistan että tykkäsin tuosta sinipukuisesta naisesta kaikkein eniten.

as a child, growing up in finland, i collected these "kiiltokuvat". i don't have a clue what they are called in english. all of us girls collected and traded them.
one of my favorite ones was the lady dressed in blue in the first picture.

{kiiltokuvia ja testausta}

i'm just testing how to use larger photos via photobucket. :)

any advice for me? what's the easiest and the best way to do it? the size of the image etc.
kuka muistaa miten taitettiin aku ankan sivut, laitettiin kiiltokuvia väliin ja sitten vaihdeltiin kiiltsikoita?

{me likey}

www.coulsonmacleod.com
i'd like this lamp if it was all white. or dull silver.
love the wall and the modern crib.

i love things in rows, all organized like this. fun idea for a kids' room.

all these pictures are from january 2010 living etc magazine.

meillä on ollut jo toista päivää ihan mieltsin tuulista. jalkakäytävätkin jäätyi pelkäksi jääksi ja oli hauska yrittää pysyä pystyssä autoon kävellessä. niin nopeasti sää muuttuu keväällä. yhtenä päivänä +16 ja seuraavana tällaista.