Lullingstone Castle and Woods

A few photos taken at Lullingstone Country Park on Saturday with my iPhone. Editing also done with various iPhone apps. Tulips, twisted branches, primroses, bluebells, a castle gatehouse and a viaduct were all sighted on the walk. Few things make me happier than walking in the spring, even if it was overcast and cool.

...and isn't Lullingstone one of the most beautiful words? During a discussion with my friend I said I would love to marry a man with the last name Lullingstone. After some debate we decided on Meredith as a nice name to match Lullingstone with for me. Meredith Lullingstone. My friend commented diplomatically that it was certainly the name of 'somebody'.

 

Decided after I'd saved the photo that I preferred myself in focus. Too late to retrieve and edit again though

New Project

A new project which I'm very excited about is in the pipeline...and here is a sneak preview!

I hope it will be completed in about 6 weeks, perhaps even less. It requires lots of flower buying which is wonderful, if expensive-and that's what is slowing things down.

An Etsy page will be linked shortly.

New Jewellery with Snapseed

A few weeks ago I bought the Snapseed app. There are some wonderful effects to play with, as well as standard adjustments, such as altering contrast and increasing sharpness etc..

A couple of photos of a necklace I made

The original effect was created in the I Love Analogue app. Lastly the photo was run through snapseed to decolour parts of the photo, give a lit/overexposed edge, and then saturated again to keep the red of the necklace.

A little of the drama effect was used to increase contrast and bring out the colours. A border was added. My only complaint about Snapseed is that there is not a big variety of borders.

The full blog is here: http://kentishwanderer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/handmade-rose-stitched-necklace.html