Fifty in 365

Skinned Knees

Now 2010 is almost gone and I decided to let me inspire by Christy from Skinned Knees in doing a Fifty in 365-list. 50 things I would like to accomplish in the next 365 days.

In 2011 I will,

1. remember to appreciate the things in life that matter

2. drink water with fresh lime or lemon every day

3. have lots of fun with my children

4. try to get outside everyday (not just the 3 steps to the car and back)

5. learn a lot more about photography

6. make new paintings

7. make a plan for my small digital Art buisness

8. kick myself in the butt and get the accounting for 2010 done

9. make some new digital Art for my shop

10. start and finish the house extension that we are planning

11. make my daughter a nice girly room - after the house extension.

12. keep doing my best to avoid being stressful

13. remember that it is okay to be sad sometimes

14. spend some more time in the kitchen with my son

15. delete everything on my computer, and then start over

16. take many many photos

17. smile

18. attend Divas and dreams photography workshop

19. learn how to make roses of fondant

20. spending time with friends and family

21. spending time with husbond without friends and family

22. spending time with myself

23. learn something new

24. make beautifull cupcakes

25. surprise myself

26. surprise others

27. be inspired

28. hope to inspire others

29. keep working on my blog

30. dance silly to loud music

31. being better at saying NO to things i dont want to do

32. find a new charity project that needs my help

33. make more sushi

34. learn to use "Final Cut" program for film editing

34. go on romantic weekend with husbond - without children

36. see Bon Jovi live in june

37. find out how to be better at organizing my things - so I can actually find them again

38. and then learing to be realistic...

39. sell baby stuff and other things I/we dont use

40. start taking pilates lesson again

41. enjoy the luxury of a massage

42. go on vacation with my family

43. visit parents in france

44. remember that I can only do my best

45. trust in, that I am the most qualified person to make my decisions

46. love my family to the moon and back

47. dance barefooted in summerrain (again...)

48. hopefully keep having a job where I can use my creative resources

49. listen to music that makes me sing very loud (promise to do it in the car - when im alone...)

50. remember to live in the moment, while creating the future, that I wish for me and my family

The last selfie 2010 - a shutter diva prompt.

I love the prompts from Shutter divas / divas and dreams.

This weeks prompt was MY LAST SELFIE 2010 + 15 questions to answer
I promise to write down my answers this week - i may share them later.

15 good question you can ask yourself at the end of the year to make sure you learn from your past and get the most out of your future.

1. What's the most important decision you need to make this year?

2. What area of your life most needs simplifying, and what's one way you could simplify in that area?

3. What's the most important need you feel burdened to meet this year?

4. What habit would you most like to establish this year?

5. Who do you most want to encourage this year?

6. What is your most important financial goal this year, and what is the most important step you can take toward achieving it?

7. What's the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your work life this year?

8. What one thing do you most regret about last year, and what will you do about it this year?

9. In what area of your life do you most need growth, and what will you do about it this year?

10. What's the most important trip you want to take this year?

11. What skill do you most want to learn or improve this year?

12. What's the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?

13. What is the single biggest time-waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?

14. What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in ten years?

15. What's one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of life?

I wish you all a happy newyear...

Here in Denmark I am enjoyingthe holiday at home with my children, my husband have to work.

Here are my Scavenger Hunt Sunday items for this week:

Family:
No suprises in this photo, this is my son and daughter.

Motion Blur
Well not really motion blur... just blur!

Pretty Package
A pretty package with handmade soap in it.

Glow 
Fantastic glow from the sun outside my window - with all the snow it is a really pretty sight.

Sparkle
Dont know what these are called in english? But they have lots of sparkles in. My favorite shot for this hunt.
  

Christmas greetings from Denmark

I wish you all a merry christmas :-)

Free cards for your presents.

From me to you...
Get these free cards for your presents. Download in english or danish her.

Winter photofun for this weeks photohunt...

Welcome to this weeks scavenger hunt.

1.    Winter 
Winter in Denmark - photo taken on my way home from work - had to stop the car to get some photos.

2.    BW with Selective Coloring 
Selective Coloring is not my fave, but I am actually satisfied with how this photo turned out - so I am glad I tried.

3.    The Wind
Not much wind to find, instead I found me a windmill to photograph.

4.    Framed
My son Isac playing photofun with me... This time with a frame.

 5.    Remember When...
 ...it was summer? Found this summer photo from our vacation in France, when I was looking for photos to use for christmas presents. (my husbond and daughter)

Before and after – does it have to be perfect?

Even though I do not think everything has to be perfect, I LOVE to process my photos in photoshop.

I would say I am a photoshop addict!

I just got a new lense from my husbond as a wedding present, and I practicing in using it. I is a 90 mm with macro. Today I shot some of my photos for the scavenger hunt, and some of my kids too. Here is a before and after of Alba - my daughter.

Before

And of course after... 

dobble up...

Since the last few weeks have been busy getting ready for the surprice wedding, this sunday is a dobble up on my Scavenger Hunt. 
I just got back from London, so most of the pictures from there.

Black and White
I just got home from a three day trip to London with my husbond, a sort of honeymoon ;-)
I love the London Underground, so many different people to look at, coming from all over the world and from all classes of sociaty.

I Ate This
I did the wedding cake myself. It was a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, the same with the cupcakes. More wedding photos from our surprise wedding last week her.

Historic
So many historic places to see in London.

Off-Center
I love to look a all the things in the stores, here from Harvey Nichols.

The End
From the end of our trip going back to Denmark.
I was looking for angels up there – but I did not see you...

In My Home
We are now ready for christmas... almost, well the christmas deko it up and so is the childrens stockings – Isac is very exited to see if santa or his helpers has put any presents in the stocking.
Dear santa I have been good - most of the time...

It's beginning to look a lot like...
London was full of chrismas decoration, big and small.

Sweet Treat
We went to an outdoor food market in Covent Garden, so many good looking cakes...

Time
What better to show the time than Big Ben in London?

Everyday
Remember to enjoy every day! Right now in denmark we have lots of snow. The kids love it, I do too, (just a bit annoying when it stops the traffic.) So everyday you see lots of kids playing in the snow, here it is my son Isac and the neighbor kid Gustav.

Surprise – it is a wedding...

I have been looking forward to last saturday for a year! A year ago we decided to have a big party this november to celebrate my husbond 40 years birthday – and at the same time to surprise our friends and family with a wedding! We are already married at city hall, but wanted to do it again, this time in church.

We invited our guest to the party with a pirat theme invitation, asking them to be there early for the treasure hunt. They where picked up by a bus after recieving a treasure map with questions on, and the driver drove to the church... Surprise... :-) Would have loved to see their faces when they found out it was a wedding.

So it is sunday again... Time for a Scavenger Hunt

For more Scavenger Hunt photos go to Ashley Sisk blog

The View Above
My husbond surprised me with these wonderfull flowers a few days ago, don´t they look pretty viewed from above?

Something Cold
Went for a walk  to find my Scavenger Hunt items, it was very cold and rainy.

Something Hot
After taking a walk outside to find my "cold" photo is was nice and warm with Hot Chocolate.

Electronic 
My Electronic I also found outside, this is a piece of electronic fence to keep in horses.

Sparkle
With sparkle I had to cheat! I took this picture outside today, but with no sun - only rain - I added some sparkes in photoshop...  

Signs of happiness

I have joined The Shutter Divas on Flick. It is Christina Greves creative group. This weeks assignment is:

Creative promt: Signs of happiness
Think about what this means to you and create a photo, a collage or a drawing which illustrate this.

Photography promt: Low perspective (this is optional)
Give yourself a challenge this week and shoot from a low perspective.

This is my 6 photos for the assignment. First two shot from low perspective - fun to try.

Free posing guide & a fun Creative Challenge

Christina from Divas and dreams has a new Creative Challenge called
The Shutter Divas

A new assignment each week:
 
Creative promt: Signs of happiness Think about what this means to you and create a photo, a collage or a drawing which illustrate this. I think we can find signs of happiness every where - in everyday life, in nature, in the eyes of a child, in a kiss, in creating something for someone special, in coocking, in laughing, in blissful moments where you feel peaceful and relaxed - maybe your walking or taking a bath? Or maye your reading your favorite book? Come and show us how you see signs of happiness in your life.
Photography promt: Low perspective (this is optional) Give yourself a challenge this week and shoot from a low perspective. Shooting from this angle means shooting from a point between the floor/ground and up to your hips. This way you can add something new and different to your pictures and maybe brake some habits of always shooting from the same point of view. Give it a try - the result may surprise you :-) Next assignemt will be given to you next Sunday on Divas and Dreams.

Sound like a fun Challenge and I hope to join in, maybe in the weekend. Go have a look
The Shutter Divas on Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/divasanddreams/

See also

Divas and Dreams

brand new posing guide:

http://divasanddreams.blogspot.com/2010/11/free-portrait-posing-guide.html

a photochallenge addict...

Come join Ashleys Scavenger Hunt Sunday, it is so much fun!

1. Self-Portrait
Love how you can photoshop yourself! Took this picture with a remote.

2. Handmade
My husbond made this wood Terrasse a few years ago – we love it and spend many hours there in summertime.

 
3. Orange
My neighbors halloween decoration.

4. Candle
Love candles and this song...

5. Traffic Signals or Signs
In Germany we can buy cheaper beers and soda than in Denmark, so today we went to buy a lot - we are going to have a big party soon. Took this picture when we went back over the border to Denmark.

    

May I play with water? This weeks photohunt.

This weeks Scavenger Hunt, if you want to play too, go visit Ashley Sisk blog

1. Boo!
For Boo! I decided to cartoon myself!

I used a PS action, if you want to try you can find it her.



2. Black
For the Black photo I went with Simba – our Black dog...

3. Texture
Yesterday my son made me a monster! I thought it would make a nice texture shot.

4. Wet
For some time I have wanted to play with water and shutterspeed, so todays Wet is my first attempt. So much fun...

5. Language   
I live in Denmark, where we speak danish.