So, when my photography hobby both brings me joy as well as my family, then I feel like I've hit the jackpot. For instance, I did portraits of my in-laws for their 35th wedding anniversary. They hadn't had portraits made of just the two of them since their wedding, so they were way overdue and I was happy to offer my mediocre talents to help them. I also used some of my pictures to decorate our master bedroom and a bathroom.
Now I have my decorating focus shifting to the kids' rooms. They really need something on their walls. I wanted whatever it was to be very personal to each child, so we decided to photograph some of their favorite things and hang those pictures on the walls.
Elizabeth loves the Fancy Nancy books by Jane O'Conner and all things fancy. Combine spring wild flowers and her Fancy Nancy doll and we have the perfect subjects for the pictures for Elizabeth's room.
For the boys' room, we focused on Legos and Star Wars. I only have one of those pictures done so far and, believe me, it really tested my photoshopping skills!
I'm no graphic artist, but I think the results are good enough for the bedroom of an 8 year old and a 3 year old boy.
Hopefully I'll get these pictures completed and printed sometime soon. Then the goal will be to get them framed and hung on the wall. It's amazing how difficult it is for me to actually complete a project these days!
But, I wouldn't trade any of my four distractions for the world!
3 comments:
Those are so cool! And what a great idea for the kids' rooms! You could totally sell those if you were so inclined.
You are a talented photographer - love them! Well said about balance and distractions - it is so frustrating to not finish projects, but wouldn't trade those distractions for the world either.
Thank you Christine and Beth!
Post a Comment