Spring is finally here and my yard is growing lots of blooms for the future. Soon there will be open blooms of tons of peony in many colors and much more. Tulips have been blooming the past week or so. My lilacs are either blooming or starting to bloom. We have 19 Lilac shrubs in the yard, most of them in different varieties. Last year we missed the blooms as frost came and killed them off before they could bloom. So this year is special. We are expecting a frost tonight and are praying that we will not have our fruit trees and shrubs effected.
We have been very busy outside with getting our vegetable garden ready, the herb wheel, prepping our flower gardens, and mowing grass. The past several days I have been planting lots of flower seeds to fill in empty spots left in the flower gardens from last years terrible drought we experienced. We lost some flowers, trees and shrubs. I hope Mother Nature is kinder to us this year. I started wintersowing my seeds in baggies and have already got tomato, pepper and flower seedlings started up. We have got a lot of heirloom varieties I have traded for and I am excited to try new ones out. Tomatoes are my favorite summer veggie! We home can and freeze our vegetables and this year will be no exception, especially with the economy the way it is.
Looking back, its been since February that I last posted. Indeed it has been a while. But behind the scenes, I am still creating as much as ever and have gotten quite a few good lessons in on digital creation. I've been having lots of fun doing it. I have not forgotten my blog, as I visit here often. I love to come here and just listen to the music list.
We have a new granddaughter born in October and she finally got to meet us about a month ago, when they all moved back here at home, from Washington State. She is a joy and such a good baby! We have already gotten to babysit for her twice. I am so glad to have her here!
Anyway, to celebrate Spring in 'Royal' style, I have created a Be Jeweled quickpage to share with you. It is available in several different formats.
Be jeweled is the perfect foil for some special moments you might have. As you'll notice in the sampler pic, I took two photos of my Mother, who died when I was just five years old, which were in black and white, and re colorized them. Most of the photos I have of my Mom are in b&w and so I really wanted to see how my Mom looked 'in living color'. I think the Be Jeweled quickpage was perfect for her photos. I hope you'll enjoy the quickpage and add some of your own special moments.
Be Jeweled incorporates some of the new lessons I have taken to be creative, including my hand drawn scrolls, gems, the journal papers, velvet ribbon, as well as the frame used. The background paper was one I created quite a while ago but put it through some processes to achieve a more time worn look. I really love the colors and hope you do too!
If you download, please leave a comment.
For Preview: Be Jeweled, a quickpage
To download Be Jeweled in JPEG format:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nywlzhn1dgn
To download Be Jeweled in PNG format:
http://www.mediafire.com/?wgedhmwyjoc
To download Be Jeweled in PSP XI format
http://www.mediafire.com/?jfdj2eq1wjy
To download Be Jeweled in PSD format
http://www.mediafire.com/?pmkzw0d1zj2
N Joy~
Vicci aka Redhead Pixels~
