A Really "Fun" Weekend

Weekends are so much "fun" when you have a cold. Headaches, sneezes and coughs abundant enough to supply you for the whole year. Such fun! Runny noses, requiring half the tissues in your house. What glee!



Since I haven't (cough, sniff) been out of the house for a while, I have been occupying myself with reading Pride and Prejudice...



And having a little fun with Photoshop Elements. Recently I have been trying some new effects on my photographs, such as emphasizing an object by making it in color and the rest of the image in black and white...



And some artistic effects such as making silhouette-like outlines.

Finally

My blog has never quite lived up to the phrase on my header, "endless creativity." I should really rewrite it to say, "creativity that seems to have ended." But even that phrase wouldn't be accurate. I am writing a creative post right now! But all this is besides the point.

The photograph above is my idea for a "look-alike" scene. There are a series of picture books entitled "Look-Alikes" that are actually quite fascinating. The books are made up of photographs of everyday objects arranged into different scenes. There are parks, shops houses, and even some famous structures like the Eiffel Tower.



My photo is of a little bedroom. If you look closely, you will probably recognize some objects. The mattress is a journal, with little cotton balls for the pillows.



a thimble wastebasket...



a spool of thread for the table, a playing card for the rug, buttons and an acorn cap for the lamp...



Mary Cassatt stamps---uh... I mean "paintings" for the graph "wallpaper"...



a sweet little stamp card (with a little trick inside)...



and lastly a mirror on the wall. Is there anything odd about this photo?