Fix-It Friday ~ #48

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This week’s Fix-It Friday photo was provided by Natalie P from And Then There Were Three.

Here is the original photo. I like the composition and the little girl is adorable; however, the exposure is a bit dull.

For my first edit, I simply boosted the contrast, corrected the color in curves, added some warmth, brightened the eyes, and sharpened the photo. I didn’t like the sharpness on the hat, so I created a layer mask and erased the sharpness in that area.

For my second edit, I gave the photo a more “retro” feel. I added some layers of colors (first orange, then purple, then brown), sharpened the photo a bit more, and finished with a light vignette.

To see many more fun edits of this photo, stop by I ♥ Faces.

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© 2010 by Erica Lea

1 Response to Fix-It Friday ~ #48

1. Stephanie 
   March 26th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
   Thank you very much for visiting my Blog!!
   So I found yours and it’s really beautiful!!
   Love your edits of the photo. Especially how you played with the colours on the last one!!
   Have a great weekend!!

Spring Day

Last Sunday, Dad decided to take out his little Honda motorcycle.

He gave Elinor a little ride around the lawn.

Poor Judah – too young to enjoy motorcycles!

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Elinor also enjoyed our swing set.

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“How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.”

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~ Psalm 36:7

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© 2010 by Erica Lea

1 Response to Spring Day

1. Kevin & Kristen 
   March 26th, 2010 at 10:25 am
   Looks like a beautiful spring day! When we moved in the middle of February there was still several feet of snow on the ground. Eleanor is so beautiful. I just love her smile and her cute blonde hair! Some of my fondest memories were with my grandpa when I was a baby. He would drive us around on his little moped. Cherish these moments!

Thrift-Store Find

Amanda (my sister) and I found four lovely rings at a small thrift store. Here’s one of them.

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I can’t be sure, but I think it’s silver. I don’t know what the sparkly blue gems could be…

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© 2010 by Erica Lea

1 Response to Thrift-Store Find

1. Samantha 
   March 5th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
   WOW! It’s gorgeous Erica!
   My brother says to bite it to find out if its really silver. If it is, there will be bite marks in the ring (if you don’t want big teeth marks, bite lightly!). He said even the slightest mark means it could very well be real silver. You could also take it into a jewelers and see if they will give you their opinion. I think they’ll do it for free, but I’m not sure. As for the blue gems…aren’t sapphires blue? Otherwise, it could be sterling sliver or just sliver paint and paste gems.
   I’d say you two got a good deal anyway!

Fix-It-Friday ~ #44

This week’s photo for Fix-it-Friday was provided by Keli Hoskins. It is a photo of her daughter, Emma. Click here to see the original photo.

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My Edit: For my edit, I used Corel Paint Shop Pro. First, I cropped the photo closer, duplicated the layer, created a layer mask, and brightened the photo. The background was very bright so I erased that part of the photo using a soft black brush and merged the layers. I then turned the photo black & white and duplicated the layer. On the new layer, I ran a preset called Albumen, turned down the opacity and merged the layers. Next, I placed a texture called concrete over the photo, turned down the opacity, created a layer mask, and erased the texture on the girl with a soft black brush. I then merged the layers and placed a slight purple tinge over the photo. Lastly, I sharpened the image and made her pants, hair, and eyes especially sharp.

The End!

To see how others chose to edit this photo, please stop by I ♥ Faces

4 Responses to Fix-It-Friday ~ #44

1. mary 
   February 19th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
   very nice! love the tones!
2. Barbara 
   February 19th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
   Love the texture, looks like I can “feel” the jeans.
3. Elyssa 
   February 19th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
   I love your edit! It’s beautiful!
4. Kelley 
   February 20th, 2010 at 10:39 am
   Erica,
   Love what you did to that! It’s gorgeous. Way to go! I have such good intentions of doing these every friday…. but haven’t done one yet :P

Window Light ~ Katelyn

Lens: 50mm 1.8 ~ 1/160 sec. ~ f/3.2 ~ ISO 200

Grandma’s picture window is wonderful for portraits. My sister Katelyn makes a lovely model.

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Copyright © 2010 by Erica Lea

Haircut

On Saturday, Amanda and I had Mom cut our hair. When Amanda saw the pile of our combined hair she cried “We’re bald!”

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Photo Credit: Amanda Berge

The new style is not much different, just shorter. We both like our new cut very much!

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Copyright © 2010 by Erica Lea

8 Responses to Haircut

1. rachel 
   February 15th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
   You two are beautiful!!
2. Samantha 
   February 15th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
   VERY nice!!!!!! What did you do with all the hair? Donated to locks of love? :D
3. Ruth Ann 
   February 15th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
   those are pretty layers! did y’all use a book to learn how to, or did you just learn on your own?? :)
4. Ruth Ann 
   February 15th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
   oh and Erica, is there any way where you can give the option to ’subscribe to comments’ so I wouldn’t have to come back here for responses? thanks!
5. Jennifer 
   February 15th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
   GORGEOUS :)
6. Erica Lea 
   February 15th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
   Ruth Ann: At the very bottom of the page there is an option to subscribe to comments. If you have any trouble, just let me know and I’ll try to fix it.
7. Melanie 
   February 15th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
   I agree with Rachel…you girls are absolutely gorgeous (both inside and out)!
8. Erica Lea 
   February 16th, 2010 at 9:20 am
   Ruth Ann: I think my mom learned from a book. She just uses something to measure our hair with and cuts it all the same length. For a quick layering, I like to have my sisters hang their head over a counter or table and I just cut it off straight. When the stand up, their hair is layered!

Free Printable: Airmail Envelope

Head over to Ruffled to download the free template for an airmail envelope. I printed mine on brown paper and added a vintage stamp.

You can also download this free font to get many wonderful vintage postage images such as the one below.

Enjoy!

© 2010 by Erica Lea

3 Responses to Free Printable: Airmail Envelope

1. Ruth Ann 
   February 5th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
   oh that’s cute! I love it…and thanks for sharing. :)
2. Simply Vintagegirl 
   February 6th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
   How sweet! I’ve downloaded the fonts and templates, thank you for linking to them. I especially like how you printed the envelope on brown paper, it added extra charm.
3. Jennifer 
   February 8th, 2010 at 11:39 am
   Thanks so much for sharing this, SOOO cute!! I am going to download them when I get home!