tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12066031233402728312024-02-19T07:45:44.529-08:00By Vicki - Beads, Jewellery, Designs and waffle...Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-59861134584301678032010-10-03T20:31:00.000-07:002010-10-03T20:31:50.786-07:00Crave PhotographyDon't miss out on the chance to win a online session with Ande from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CRAVE-PHOTOGRAPHY/132825876747487?ref=tsand&v=wall">Crave Photography</a> head on over to <a href="http://thematernallens.blogspot.com/">The Material Lense</a> to enter!!!!Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-42042767245250974572010-06-15T21:43:00.000-07:002011-03-24T13:43:29.663-07:00We made to Japan!Yeh, so we are living in Tokyo now. verrrry surreal!!! I'm going to try keep writing on this blog about my photography and everything. But I'm so behind with telling you what going on, I don't know where to start. Everything that we are up to in Japan will be posted on <a href="http://franandvickisblog.blogspot.com/">our travel blog</a> linked <a href="http://franandvickisblog.blogspot.com/">here</a><br />
You can also keep up to date with ALL my photos on our new <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/franandvicki">flickr page</a>. I am using Flickr as a way to back up all my photos so feel free to have mooch...<br />
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But quickly, me and fran had our leaving do last night, it was AMAZING... honestly!!! it was more than I could have ever asked or wished for. Jodi, Sara and Leah helped me make sure everything ran well and we just had an amazing time. I have only sorted a few photos out for now.... so I will be updaeing this post (hopefully tonight, but no promises ok?) so check back please... here are so awesome pictures of a truley awesome night!!! LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hm... well, I'm sat on my matress at the moment, which is a in on the floor. We have to be out of this house next week so got some serious packing to do... I'm trying to chill out to it cuz I'm not coping very well with stress at moment. I am officially jobless, left the restaurant last night, didn't realise how upseting it would actually be! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So over the next few weeks there are going to be a lot of "this is the last time that ..." which I am finding myself saying ALL the time . Anyway, enough of that. I went on a photography coures the other day with Jodi and learnt so much :-D we really enjoyed it! though now I want to save my money up to by a flash gun for my camera - lol! Above is one of the photos I took and have edited. It was taken in Bolton and oh my god I love it in Black and White!!!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Right, better get back on with my packing, pretty sure you will be hearing from me alot over the next 3 weeks what with me not working... so :-D will see you soon xxx</span>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-6371671220695648462010-05-22T18:08:00.000-07:002010-05-22T18:09:54.496-07:00What a Great Day with Jenny and Ryan!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other day, I went round to take pictures of my friend's like boy Ryan. He's 1 year old this week!!! We had such a great time just chilling out and not being in work, I took soooooo many photos!!! Ryan was a complete little poser... at first he wanted to know what my camera was and press the buttons but after about half an hour he was quite happy showing me his toys and playing and wasn't even bothered by it anymore! We took him to the park which was soooooo nice for us cuz it was super sunny!!Ow... and I took some bubbles along... he never seen them before - which was soooooooooo fun!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here are some of my favourites!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">FYI: I want to apologise to everyone who has followed my blog for my jewellery and lampwork beads ... when I get to Japan I am hoping to go on some master classes to do with Lampworking so there will be posts about that as and when... but I have taken an extreme liking to photography (which I only originally got into to take better photos of my jewellery and beads) I just want you guys to know... I will still be doing the jewellery and lampworking... but not as much as before - so this will be a blog about EVERYthing I do. Sorry to the people who arn't bothered about my photography, and thank you to everyone who has been supportive, postive and left lovely comments on my blog!!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;">LOTS OF LOVE</div><div style="text-align: left;">Vicki xxx</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy 1st Birthday Ryan!!!</div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-57481801906004376862010-05-17T00:46:00.000-07:002010-05-17T00:46:30.256-07:00I Heart Faces Photo Challenge - Faces & FlowersHere is my entry for the Faces & Flowers challenge over at <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/">I <b>♥ </b>Faces</a> today<br />
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Happy Monday!Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-15422561327445985552010-05-15T17:54:00.000-07:002010-05-16T00:46:46.872-07:00Meet Jodi Swanton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRUWYI9c3b4kJp0W24Zkm-E5A7nhntZiE0Yw_KxFQxClnUCWrxMkt_pkI4Y39sL5qsfHiVoHzC53wzLX-mJ9VAk9U17KUkKDf48hPcqOK46aoJ2vhsbapQrFSrDbQ0tVuB0QsHjDfDOE/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRUWYI9c3b4kJp0W24Zkm-E5A7nhntZiE0Yw_KxFQxClnUCWrxMkt_pkI4Y39sL5qsfHiVoHzC53wzLX-mJ9VAk9U17KUkKDf48hPcqOK46aoJ2vhsbapQrFSrDbQ0tVuB0QsHjDfDOE/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/4605291832_cabc34761e_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This is Jodi, one of my best friends in the whole world - i love her to bits!!! we had such a good day takin these photos - hope to do it again soon :-D Hope you like, comments are very welcome xxxVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-76696861558220243042010-05-06T16:38:00.001-07:002010-05-11T16:59:20.370-07:00If you don't like reptiles... look away now, If you like babies keep reading!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/4584794201_e7887b43e5_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/4584794201_e7887b43e5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just about to go to bed, and thought I would post one of my photos from today, to cut a very long story short. We didn't go to get our visa on wednesday because we didn't feel 100% confident in what we had written, having now given a couple of extra days, we are both feeling very confident about it now... so we will be doing that a week on tuesday. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry to put these in the same post... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I took photos of my friends baby today, she was so gorgeous and by the end I felt totally comfortable holding her... (at first I was very wary having not really had<b> any</b> experience with babies!) I loved it, its was great! She is called Macy Olivia and she is 9 weeks old, We only got one smile out of her but I caught it... Yippee, will be going round to do more next week hopefully and do some family shots too!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, so all my lampworking glass stuff has been put into storage - sniff sniff :-(! so you won't be seeing any more beads for a bit now. I haven't quite finished packing my jewellery making stuff yet so you might see some jewellery soon! I can't believe it, we will be in Japan this time in 6 weeks. Time is flying by now... so excited.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Right I'm off, you will hear from me soon, I'll leave you with a photo I took of Fran. Hope you like :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-86601719277469350902010-04-26T17:44:00.000-07:002010-04-27T06:15:58.724-07:00Random Day of Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots and Lots of photos... First, flowers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/4555609121_5946e3e25d_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/4555609121_5946e3e25d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And then the cutest cat ever!!!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This beautiful cat came running over to me, meowing away, i came down to her level, and took a photo... bless her... she bolted back to hiding around the fence...! Still meowing... isn't this the cutest thing!!! </div><div class="photoDescription" id="description_div4556299264" style="text-align: center;" title="Click to edit"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4555671579_7f6b02ff82_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4555671579_7f6b02ff82_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="photoDescription" id="description_div4556299264" style="text-align: center;" title="Click to edit"></div><div class="photoDescription" id="description_div4556299264" style="text-align: center;" title="Click to edit">And then... I got my remote for my camera... so i thought I would try out a few self-portraits </div><div class="photoDescription" id="description_div4556299264" style="text-align: center;" title="Click to edit"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/4555980108_2b935b05a9_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/4555980108_2b935b05a9_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4555353743_4d343d6725_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4555353743_4d343d6725_b.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have got so much planned for the next two days... I've got lots of packing to do tomorrow as we are putting all our stuff in storage on Wednesday... and I've rounded up 3 girl friends and we are having a shoot... I have some great friend, letting me practice on them!!! :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="photoDescription" id="description_div4556299264" style="text-align: center;" title="Click to edit"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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<h3><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1206603123340272831&postID=8660171927746935090" name="reply"></a></h3>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-16044875904062613232010-04-26T03:55:00.000-07:002010-04-27T02:17:50.344-07:00I Heart Faces Photo Challenge - Smiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/">http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUCOnDZedorfglfwLP1TgBO9rDGyoSQ-EjojLRh30cFbPBDsacMFs7BYSMyOQYGLEAo9U17LqcO4EmfD_CykzzbQWbdGY8IMDhyU5kjmYmt1a2YibKJdfkuhLpzAUo52l5yI-_bQM7wQ/s1600/Picnik+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUCOnDZedorfglfwLP1TgBO9rDGyoSQ-EjojLRh30cFbPBDsacMFs7BYSMyOQYGLEAo9U17LqcO4EmfD_CykzzbQWbdGY8IMDhyU5kjmYmt1a2YibKJdfkuhLpzAUo52l5yI-_bQM7wQ/s640/Picnik+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGfI3-FXCzzIHnXoG8KnqXNL0YoIFzT5gpSLN_yrvAv28HGRZs_Y3RhoVZXl7-WD-vNBqZXJLSYgvdOA7AwguPiyW-qkq3g5fu0tQLWkRHAiqPiPBdlKfCgUiKFsCyqIo2iPg8OKC7t0/s1600/I_Heart_Faces_Photography_125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGfI3-FXCzzIHnXoG8KnqXNL0YoIFzT5gpSLN_yrvAv28HGRZs_Y3RhoVZXl7-WD-vNBqZXJLSYgvdOA7AwguPiyW-qkq3g5fu0tQLWkRHAiqPiPBdlKfCgUiKFsCyqIo2iPg8OKC7t0/s200/I_Heart_Faces_Photography_125.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my first ever entry at <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/">I Heart Faces</a>, it looks like so much fun, so I thought I'd join in... here is my entry for the "smile" challenge! This was my friend Hayley, we always have a laugh!! She's Great!<br />
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Check out more Smiles at <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/">I Heart Faces</a>! </div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-33027074983683953032010-04-23T01:42:00.000-07:002010-04-25T16:55:48.861-07:00Yet Another Beautiful Day...<div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">It was really nice yesterday, the weather was gorgeous. Me a couple of friends did a bit of walking, some picture taking... I can honestly say I have never appreciated nature quite this much until I started looking at the world through this camera lens, its strange and quite surreal - But I love it!</div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">These pictures are of a very good friend called Hayley, she has been off work for the past 2 weeks as she has quite badly hurt her hip... she is on crutches. Which made being in the fresh air so much better!! Another day of really progressing using my camera! I'm very happy! </div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I get back from Japan... portraiture is something I want to pursue! :-D</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I got a little bit of jewellery making done yesterday, I really enjoyed it!!! Don't you just love it when you are using top quality materials... it always makes the finished product look that much better!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I'm going to let you into a few little secrets</div><ol style="text-align: center;"><li> In every piece of jewellery I make, I always use swarovski 4mm bicones crystals. Doesn't matter what I'm making, I either use the crystal clear ones, or choose a colour that will accent the piece. </li>
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<blockquote>"Jodi! There is something infront of the sun" </blockquote>but from this distance neither of us could make out what It was. So I just held down my shutter button taking as many photos as I could until the sun was gone - hehe. After, we zoomed into the photos it was very apparent that it was an oil rig right infront of the sun! Amazing! Not fantastic quality... but what do you expect from over 25 miles away!!!! I was well pleased!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4521095597_c2bf0ca8a0_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4521095597_c2bf0ca8a0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-92214222660089525432010-04-17T01:21:00.000-07:002010-04-17T01:21:37.458-07:00Oh My God so excited!!!So 2 days ago my amazingly exciting new camera came (which was equally as exciting for my friend Jodi, because she has bought my other camera off me!!!)!!! We went out yesterday, to Rivington Pike to watch the sun go down both looking like {self-proclaimed} camera geeks!!! Will have some more to post later but I will leave you with this picture which I absolutely LOVE of Jodi. Be back soon!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4526567135_0891ae82c1_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4526567135_0891ae82c1_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-66829350890315653782010-04-14T15:29:00.000-07:002010-04-19T12:10:17.482-07:00Spring hus Sprung<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4521342671_61d92c84e6_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4521342671_61d92c84e6_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I've had a great day today, got lots of stuff done... emailed people, made beads, took photos, packed a little, blog-ed, flickr-ed, and done alot more random stuff and most of all I have been enjoying the sun!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is my first proper edit of a flower I literally took a photo of this flower in my friends back garden!!!! lol</div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-42078123349609621072010-04-13T10:40:00.000-07:002010-04-19T12:10:36.967-07:00I'm taking back my life {and taking back my blog}<div style="text-align: center;">Right well... since xmas I would say I have been working <strike>my arse off</strike> very hard!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve.... we now have under 8 six weeks until we move to Japan... and the only thing that we have sorted is our plane tickets and a place to keep our stuff while we are away. We have ALOT more to sort!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I am very pleased to say that we both now have enough money to go out there and live - and anything we make between now and leaving will be extra/spending money!!!! So I have cut down (again... I know!) to 4 days a week at the restaurant... meaning I have enough time to make money/get everything sorted/enough time to go round spending some quality time seeing everyone before we go! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been off today and I have been round my friends have a birthday dinner party for one of my other friends. Now i'm back home gunna sit down with Fran and write a "To Do" list, and hopefully work our way down it til all is ticked off!!!! You know what else I'm going to do tonight.... I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME BEADS!!!!! hhhhhh'oh yes, that's right!!! I'm feeling inspired and I really haven't been feeling it lately so I will let you know how that all goes!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm gunna leave you now with a photo I took the other day, I'd had a really great day with the lovely Sara - she had let me take photos of her which you can look at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickiwhite/">here</a>. and then we went for a walk to somewhere where I could take a few photos of the sunset.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The only editing I did on this photo was straightening up the alignment of the horizon.... so this shot is practically "Straight Out Of the Camera"<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2718/4518048079_067339aceb_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2718/4518048079_067339aceb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-88172780705019196902010-04-04T13:22:00.000-07:002010-04-19T12:10:56.594-07:00I have neglected you!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so sorry Blog world that I haven't written to you in over a month now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have finally booked our tickets to Japan, we fly on June 13th!!! I am so excited about it, but oh my god I am scared! I know I'm definitely excited about actually<i><b> being</b></i> there but there is the whole leaving family and friends behind, and then the actually <i><b>getting</b></i> on the plane!!! Yup yup yup, I think that is going to be the hardest thing... waiting for the plane... waiting to get on the plane... waiting to get to our seats... waiting for the plane doors to shut... waiting for the plane to take off... blah blah blah. If any of you know me, you will know that I get extremely anxious! And I'm not so great at dealing with anxiety...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway I'm trying not to think about the negative... infact I am trying to have a whole new take on life... no negativity only positivity... finger crossed, we will see how that one goes! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been making a few beads here and there and a few bits of jewellery but really nothing to write about... I am doing so many hours at work waiting on and I am training to be a manager which is another thing to challenge me - I like it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the moment, any spare minutes I get outside of work I am searching the internet trying to find videos/tutorials/anything that can teach me the next thing I want to know about photography... I also have been a sucker for Flickr these past couple of weeks! I really want to be able to take good photos more than anything when we go to Japan... and maybe if that goes well, when I get back I could go on a few photography courses... I guess we will have to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway I will leave you here with a few of my favorite photos from the thousands I have searched through on Flickr in the past couple off weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWfSSyKipQO1r-9-JhKMt1lOLR2ljopTFLghsc6wObGEYj8waUkiAtqqYbVA6TlWZH-t5JpRtgrF-NG_7BVx5RyxSsts4V0d59ak1yXX62pM20jV1tDsdBKtN7lNkYJkqMQWc1imjQhKu/s1600-h/121.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWfSSyKipQO1r-9-JhKMt1lOLR2ljopTFLghsc6wObGEYj8waUkiAtqqYbVA6TlWZH-t5JpRtgrF-NG_7BVx5RyxSsts4V0d59ak1yXX62pM20jV1tDsdBKtN7lNkYJkqMQWc1imjQhKu/s640/121.png" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKp3O_jJx0-izaCpO2_lh2jDsMTXcbHETTF7C0kTxkB_L42UUIb3ZkmRJIuIhT8UK-FgxGNK8-HSyj5NrcRpMAflvwMbVnf9h5aQ2E555Ry5cFXtU23GFx6maqEjrodiqUm97Jgjr5Sk/s1600/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKp3O_jJx0-izaCpO2_lh2jDsMTXcbHETTF7C0kTxkB_L42UUIb3ZkmRJIuIhT8UK-FgxGNK8-HSyj5NrcRpMAflvwMbVnf9h5aQ2E555Ry5cFXtU23GFx6maqEjrodiqUm97Jgjr5Sk/s640/1.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/36504055@N05/4499140233/">I miei silenzi fanno rumore</a>, 2. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21549678@N08/4427564010/">{ easy like sunday morning } - explored</a>, 3. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/35452412@N07/4494732226/">桜 Avenue</a>, 4. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/31284535@N05/3936358486/">Wallflower</a>, 5. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/32188483@N05/4443419948/">♥ T I L T ♥</a>, 6. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/32541135@N05/4416747623/">Bright days ahead.....</a>, 7. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21727739@N08/4501868074/">.</a>, 8. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/7182168@N02/4499636153/">ttd</a>, 9. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/41563871@N02/4490813807/">Infanta</a>, 10. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/39474827@N02/4497025469/">Spring Breeze</a>, 11. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/11162836@N08/4495199968/">Untitled</a>, 12. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/64402996@N00/4495044985/">.a little family.</a>, 13. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/36641044@N00/4486482870/">Upside Down</a>, 14. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21549678@N08/4377197911/">{ spring baby } +2 in comments</a>, 15. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/37215271@N08/3824552482/">Anemone</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGj4VEmnKV2PyDENkTiAM6y2926iGnmP6kymYk46P9TZ_bIarWDJf79TITWu11JzB2Btu-kUXXkhAhv7Wde5fusOfdSIkx8y0jV6yICBskq5DKSnvsnPTg-CMuQZHQ07i4_H8LaOglyA/s1600/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGj4VEmnKV2PyDENkTiAM6y2926iGnmP6kymYk46P9TZ_bIarWDJf79TITWu11JzB2Btu-kUXXkhAhv7Wde5fusOfdSIkx8y0jV6yICBskq5DKSnvsnPTg-CMuQZHQ07i4_H8LaOglyA/s640/2.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21419400@N02/4472688142/">Forget me Not</a>, 2. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/67443396@N00/4420884108/">baby blues</a>, 3. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/32928900@N05/4113088873/">day three hundred and sixty five</a>, 4. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/46293974@N02/4482637296/">little harry potter fan</a>, 5. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/73955226@N00/4486079127/">The Easter Bunny</a>, 6. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21549678@N08/4483959697/">{ spring is in the air } + 3 in comments</a>, 7. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00/4484342127/">Carpe Lux</a>, 8. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/16207313@N00/1339593894/">Sea n' Double</a>, 9. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/16207313@N00/1446072006/">My daddy...my friend.</a>, 10. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/30432125@N07/4483129862/">we'll all come together, no, it's never too soon.</a>, 11. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/73955226@N00/4483477793/">A Green and Pink Nature Moment</a>, 12. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/39474827@N02/4485252142/">The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. ~ Dolly Parton</a>, 13. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/26359680@N07/4482957644/">Untitled</a>, 14. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/39414731@N05/4481203062/">looking for my pot-of-gold!</a>, 15. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/10948723@N02/3607239430/">Double Rainbow</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEh5wb3RxJuBmOrATG8VYAV5dAzwW0Z6uBdQ2_EbmSiHFDmryjn8o57ygk26WkmgSazmBJqWt6RAgG59CE2hLuFbcK-UC3RRWBJx8rYXeVE7HLLeGgUqdcrf3oWfx49DVYLfloKDmi1E/s1600/3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEh5wb3RxJuBmOrATG8VYAV5dAzwW0Z6uBdQ2_EbmSiHFDmryjn8o57ygk26WkmgSazmBJqWt6RAgG59CE2hLuFbcK-UC3RRWBJx8rYXeVE7HLLeGgUqdcrf3oWfx49DVYLfloKDmi1E/s640/3.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/34836039@N04/4476995905/">~</a>, 2. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/27204212@N06/4148110426/">mantooth002</a>, 3. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/27204212@N06/4274627714/">Hudson - 3 months</a>, 4. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/9771986@N03/4474707827/">marissa</a>, 5. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/33673378@N03/4474360441/">Untitled</a>, 6. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/28739209@N06/4374213069/">Play Ball!</a>, 7. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/43044644@N03/4425492871/">Untitled</a>, 8. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/24105697@N08/4471746642/">Almond Blossom - London 2010b</a>, 9. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/38745062@N02/4453828549/">Sunburst over Grand Tetons</a>, 10. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/10084268@N06/4461745915/">Happy Birthday PD!</a>, 11. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/36823011@N05/4469646414/">Display</a>, 12. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/68259253@N00/4458935689/">Bamburgh Sunrise</a>, 13. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/14381049@N08/4450075470/">Week 12: Backlighting</a>, 14. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/85824446@N00/4443438514/">Untitled</a>, 15. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22513760@N04/4017308160/">Sihouette kiss</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Lc_HCQPSFfpoiBVg277vpxfNEUOo1qPD3sn5WzgxiGyo5wbFEujeqRnOU6d_njaFvTNxWZxwr1pDBJ6NTd5vyCo_Je8QjIJonavcMTSEU_T4y2Tmj_487_enhRspNQKy_8ap0Fazsbw/s1600/4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Lc_HCQPSFfpoiBVg277vpxfNEUOo1qPD3sn5WzgxiGyo5wbFEujeqRnOU6d_njaFvTNxWZxwr1pDBJ6NTd5vyCo_Je8QjIJonavcMTSEU_T4y2Tmj_487_enhRspNQKy_8ap0Fazsbw/s640/4.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/46676096@N08/4446370947/">My Bria</a>, 2. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/41920126@N04/4447218024/">untitled-8070</a>, 3. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/36437844@N02/4432911381/">Untitled</a>, 4. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/7182168@N02/3875794182/">Turquoise Towmater</a>, 5. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/7182168@N02/3821293870/">by the sea</a>, 6. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22533227@N03/4370201947/">Hello beautiful, where have you been?</a>, 7. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/66299698@N00/3561568425/">benj and maddie</a>, 8. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/10656850@N00/4282030984/">A Promise...</a>, 9. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/34262118@N06/4410503555/">If it feels so real why can't I see it?</a>, 10. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/87381678@N00/2360021716/">Snow Monkey - Jigokudani Yaenkoen Park - Nagano - Japan</a>, 11. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/23169726@N06/4447493544/">smile was all sunshine</a>, 12. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/32337055@N03/4254193954/">Untitled</a>, 13. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/32337055@N03/4161054089/">Untitled</a>, 14. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/30575852@N00/4434437193/">DSC_7224_s</a>, 15. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/36823011@N05/4445664323/">Waiting</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s8Kd35IVOabaPM9A21MegFW35iSHXiNBviAvxdiV_b2aZxlljBs_fRHylxArRDEw-8mOoP1q7brIXvFWMIWx8Sh85Nu9IPFmOwlGTB9fa0uykau-kt4zLgCWsgc-FqcI5KMqsNPjfag/s1600/5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s8Kd35IVOabaPM9A21MegFW35iSHXiNBviAvxdiV_b2aZxlljBs_fRHylxArRDEw-8mOoP1q7brIXvFWMIWx8Sh85Nu9IPFmOwlGTB9fa0uykau-kt4zLgCWsgc-FqcI5KMqsNPjfag/s640/5.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/44567320@N06/4446161840/">Dolphin</a>, 2. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/10084268@N06/4446080607/">Spring blooms from last year!</a>, 3. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/37945264@N06/4263439356/">Untitled</a>, 4. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/33673378@N03/4446608374/">Untitled</a>, 5. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22513760@N04/4312869626/">Pink</a>, 6. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/10111079@N02/4436979346/">Heavens Light</a>, 7. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/22513760@N04/4418486888/">Goddess on a mountain top</a>, 8. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/20127130@N02/4440032197/">Purple</a>, 9. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/91056380@N00/4441346070/">Sunset Giraffe</a>, 10. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/30939075@N06/4440680648/">[17-31]</a>, 11. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/64402996@N00/2163242840/">.67.</a>, 12. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/47407941@N06/4442333999/">♥♥</a>, 13. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/9923396@N06/4435022176/">This is It!</a>, 14. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/9923396@N06/4440904984/">everyday life in Venice</a>, 15. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/33673378@N03/4338185290/">Untitled</a></div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-47280767650754055482010-03-04T20:41:00.000-08:002010-04-19T12:09:26.687-07:00Happy Birthday to me...Well I went out with my friends for my 21st last night - best night ever! And today I have been playing with my photos and textures and here is what I have come up with!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Princess of Portland Street, Manchester</span></span></div>... <b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Photography</span></b>.... <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: x-large;">DSLR</span>... <b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lenses</span></b>... <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shutter Speed</span>... <b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aperture</b>... <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Depth of Field</span>... <b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ISO</span></b>... <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">White Balance</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">. . . does this mean ANYTHING to you?!? </span></b></div><br />
It made no sense to me if anything the words just confused me more.<br />
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One thing about me is... I only do the things that I am naturally good at, take badminton for instence... I suck at badminton therefore <b>I DON'T PLAY</b>! I make glass beads because I get enjoyment out of making them and I sense of pride at the finish product... same applies for my jewellery.<br />
I get frustrated sometimes that I have an eye for design yet I have a poor ability to put that design idea down on paper. <br />
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So when it came to photographing my jewellery/beads I alwayed borrowed my mums camera... I'm not 100% on what it is, It's not a DSLR but its not a compact... somewhere in between I think. So when I decided to invest in a camera for myself, I wanted one that I would be able to get as much detail as possible from my work.<br />
I ended up getting a Nikon D60 about 6 months ago. It drove me insane for the first month (I wanted to take it back but I had missed the refund time!) as I had no idea how to work it... I suddenly had all these options to change and I panicked and flicked the camera on the AUTO mode and unless I was shooting Macro it stayed on that setting! I slowly got used to my new camera and was happy on the Auto mode, But everyday I have been looking a pictures on <b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/">Flickr</a></span> </b>and <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>DeviantArt</b></a></span> looking at the settings the camera was set to to take these shots.<br />
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I had been looking for a begginners course in dslr photography since I got the camera and I was looking on the Nikon Support website and it came up with a Training courses in Manchester. I booked myself on it and oh my goodness it was amazing! Everything I had read suddenly made sense I finally felt I knew how to control my camera and not let my camera control me! Though there is still soooooo much to learn about using my D60 i feel I am on a definate road to taking good photos... so YAY!!!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGLAaz_41uyiPTFjEvci0UuAW7Rze161ymfQAdcTrH_gx9QiVE9R2Ck9gi90If-Nv-fBFBO9RZu8WIf_yTfwMrl2btTsp2Ty7c1skkzwa9HMBr34_fDQrMXj607nqpMVoE7LE5bTk7Sg/s1600-h/DSC_0214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="579" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGLAaz_41uyiPTFjEvci0UuAW7Rze161ymfQAdcTrH_gx9QiVE9R2Ck9gi90If-Nv-fBFBO9RZu8WIf_yTfwMrl2btTsp2Ty7c1skkzwa9HMBr34_fDQrMXj607nqpMVoE7LE5bTk7Sg/s640/DSC_0214.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>How to Photography Absoluterly Everything</b></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> & </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Digital Photography Masterclass</b></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> both written by Tom Ang</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>My brother Matt bought my this Digital Photography Masterclass book for christmas I loved flicking through at the pictures but can't say it made too much sense to be honest! But now I can flick through and actually learn from it before I now understand the <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">LINGO</i><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">. I would defiantly recommend the Nikon Introduction to DSLR photography course and these 2 books I have above here!!! I feel so inspired!!!</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><b><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</i></b></span>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-15282194900327886312010-02-23T03:06:00.000-08:002010-02-23T03:06:14.566-08:00Take time... to Make time... to Blog...<div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">"under the radar"</span></span> would be the best way to describe me for the past couple of weeks! Ever so sorry about that, I have just been <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">EXTRA</span> busy with work and had nothing interesting to tell you </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(no point boring you just for the sake of it hey!)</span></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well now I do have some very interesting things to tell you... I went on a Nikon training course called introduction to DSLR photography - was awesome! Will tell you more about that later but for now...</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Off I go to get my kiln and torch fired up and get down to some serious bead making!!! </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I haven't made any for 2 weeks now and I am getting serious withdrawal symptoms! </span></span></div>Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-57941918882173532652010-02-05T15:48:00.000-08:002010-04-19T12:08:23.342-07:00Look what the Kiln Fairy brought me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYgy-1sUtfrrdFLHtYfWzrDGH_XI1qlFpAcBUTMQ1YtqguvenNG7owapYQTCu4a0UBiKDfp-h5pucnNkvsFyrqh5d4kYKpZem5hwz7Wipz2xgx7GN4MpErHDTkBTP1Iek_hFyc4TOm50/s1600-h/Fire+Implosion+Ring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYgy-1sUtfrrdFLHtYfWzrDGH_XI1qlFpAcBUTMQ1YtqguvenNG7owapYQTCu4a0UBiKDfp-h5pucnNkvsFyrqh5d4kYKpZem5hwz7Wipz2xgx7GN4MpErHDTkBTP1Iek_hFyc4TOm50/s640/Fire+Implosion+Ring.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5HlD9yttM2kYyCLxw68d78Q09URSxRZNN0ca_xcAYC0xy5xec9vqa_VVtJYG8QPV0QuiI2n-UolRTgxk06eb3k6WJPsfMNTucQILeTIuaLrZa480DexEZY5Jk-gp1p3hU3tl8fXQAgk/s1600-h/blue+ad+purple+floating+flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5HlD9yttM2kYyCLxw68d78Q09URSxRZNN0ca_xcAYC0xy5xec9vqa_VVtJYG8QPV0QuiI2n-UolRTgxk06eb3k6WJPsfMNTucQILeTIuaLrZa480DexEZY5Jk-gp1p3hU3tl8fXQAgk/s400/blue+ad+purple+floating+flowers.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuyLYczKblwQyZYH8X2c9DKKUCiE0HBrOLDj-SdTlsJFg3L2ooT3C2WTC2FuZiWWR7UHOtp0iKEnoQ19cMyi02rWh7x1JDuc1s7BidsGbHXVZ8GTno8AliIMs9ZzLFAmB2xjlITwf1gM/s1600-h/Azure+Flurry.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuyLYczKblwQyZYH8X2c9DKKUCiE0HBrOLDj-SdTlsJFg3L2ooT3C2WTC2FuZiWWR7UHOtp0iKEnoQ19cMyi02rWh7x1JDuc1s7BidsGbHXVZ8GTno8AliIMs9ZzLFAmB2xjlITwf1gM/s640/Azure+Flurry.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Well here are the lovely beads I found in my new kiln the next day :-)Vickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206603123340272831.post-75913889507015774992010-02-03T16:15:00.000-08:002010-04-19T12:08:43.459-07:00What a great few days off I've had.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCkaTd-UGw0e1PG0ujl-c8-l-c4mFnyM1ekmaZU2g7wnwKVEFKHusS_i2Q1dIqaaaPQJA2aXzfOQLzwXnMlXAUAbGcW7vGqIs8VmG1vUaPTaZKhud_ZotWQNr_rnhIX25SEJO0mb8vrs/s1600-h/Muse+Flower+Power.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCkaTd-UGw0e1PG0ujl-c8-l-c4mFnyM1ekmaZU2g7wnwKVEFKHusS_i2Q1dIqaaaPQJA2aXzfOQLzwXnMlXAUAbGcW7vGqIs8VmG1vUaPTaZKhud_ZotWQNr_rnhIX25SEJO0mb8vrs/s640/Muse+Flower+Power.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Ok, So monday I made these beads and <span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;"><b>nothing</b></span> else!!! WOOP<br />
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Tuesday... I got up reeeeeeally early to get to Sally's for a lesson at 8am which is 2n a half hours away. We had such a great day bead making, experimenting, chattin! <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>I had such fun!!!</b></span> :-) Thanks Sally!<br />
I also picked up my new kiln!!!! here is a picture of it in its new home!!! I'm so happy with it!<br />
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All my glass all neatly stacked up... <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2vWQkQErdDM1kaLfymaTh1dQUiIK4ttDzObeIJdLZqedbwhG7JDuDmIOmCWa8hhJmOsir8FBKOQT3zwn_DRXpFVFlD50K7yxCux650rGCCOobmAzT8OAaZnvYetJHCH2oItII2-4Vak/s1600-h/Glass+Rods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2vWQkQErdDM1kaLfymaTh1dQUiIK4ttDzObeIJdLZqedbwhG7JDuDmIOmCWa8hhJmOsir8FBKOQT3zwn_DRXpFVFlD50K7yxCux650rGCCOobmAzT8OAaZnvYetJHCH2oItII2-4Vak/s640/Glass+Rods.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where I make my beads.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4XFbF0FMfZ4x9O4E9uVQR5IoYiXZoImFSUmOkD-4m8oEewhvVScEmg53fe3B2wve0MuQIK3m5r8_DvTc3qEg4exHilRh2ydIW4ymE_CI9aSFY9XEaQUIZ0vTQA8xek_UJfWIwbCxpg8/s1600-h/My+work+space.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4XFbF0FMfZ4x9O4E9uVQR5IoYiXZoImFSUmOkD-4m8oEewhvVScEmg53fe3B2wve0MuQIK3m5r8_DvTc3qEg4exHilRh2ydIW4ymE_CI9aSFY9XEaQUIZ0vTQA8xek_UJfWIwbCxpg8/s640/My+work+space.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
and today was <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">BEAD MAKING DAY</span></span>!!!! I have made the most beads I have ever made in one day and I haven't even filled this thing up!!! I have made a load of implosion beads and some other beads that I am practicing after my lesson. The crazy thing is, I learn from watching people and not necessarily doing. So for about 3 hours yesterday I asked Sally just to show me her making beads and I can tell today after I have already improved... I am just that bit more confident with actually handling melted glass... I worry way to much so as of today... <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>I DON'T WORRY</b></span> and <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>IT'S ALL COOL</b></span>, haha. My kiln has got loads of lovely beads in and I will be able to show you tomorrow... but for now Good Night :-) xVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414052695357678197noreply@blogger.com0