Making a visionboard

I am at the moment during a photo workshop at Divas and dreams, first exiting homework was to make a visionboard with photos that inspire me, I had never tried that before so very fun to try. Here is the result – a 120x100 cm photocollage!

Amazing graphic design by Promise Tangeman

I recently came across the graphic designer with the special name Promise, and was instantly in love with her creative design solutions. Go visit her at her blog or website and be inspired.

Art inspiration – Christel Maria Nolle

Love finding new artist that inspire me. This is the artist Christel Maria Nolle who is born and raised in Germany, now living in Denmark. Fell in love with her moodboards immediately.
See more of  Christel Maria Nolles work on her website/blog.

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

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

Adding colors – without spending a fortune

A while ago I decided that our home needed some color adjustment, or more correctly said I wanted to add colour, preferably without spending a fortune. My husband does not interfere in my "silly" projects – as long as I do not tear down walls ;-)
So I started looking through magazines and online to get some inspiration. My home decor is an ongoing process, but for now I am happy with the result, can you guess my favorite color? 

Big pillow from Bilka, Pixels Wall storage with an attitude from Umlaute Design

Letteres from ALPHAart, DigitalART by me

I will do my best to always have fresh flowers...

I bought these very cheap bathmat at IKEA, they make a great hint of color. 

Have you guessed my favorite color?

Fantastic free stuff...

I LOVE when people are so kind to share their great work. Here are two people whos work I really admire and love to use:

First is Jerry Jones from ShadowHouse Creations, he has the most amazing free textures, if you don´t already know him this is going to make you happy -  if you love textures. He also has great brushes and tutorials.
You can also visit him at Flickr.

Next is Rita from the CoffeeShop.

She is amazing too. Great free actions and tutorials.Go visit, I promise you will love it

Thank you both for being so kind!

A paper addicted graphic designer

Today I want to show you some of Sara´s work. Sara is a paper addicted graphic designer from Denmark and let me tell you – she makes wonderfull things with paper. Sara owns minimega where she works with graphic design and she also produces a serie of eco-friendly paper products. On her blog you can see much more and you can download these amazing DIY projects for free.

Go and have a look and tell me what you think – I love these Favor boxes.

3 x inspiration

Today I would like to share 3 lovely ladies with you. They have that in common that they are all danish and they inspire me a lot.

The first one is Christina Greve, you might already know her. She is a very talented photographer. We first met online and then in real life when she took my Diva-photos. If you get the chance to come by Christina and get your own Diva photos I can highly recommend it. Not only do I love my photos, the experience itself was also fantastic - a real boost for your self-confidence. If you live far away from Denmark I recommend to find another skilled photographer and give yourself that experience.

Here are a few of my Diva photos taken by Christina:

Next one is artist Carin Faaborg. I love her mixed media paintings. She sees paper as a mediator between textile and picture surface. And the result is fantastic. On her website you can see some of her work.

Last one for today is Line Juhl Hansen. I have been following her work a long time, and I still love it! Recently I went to take her course and I can highly recommend it. She has a very graphic expression, the paintings are build from many layers giving lots of structure. Go see her blog, if you are into mixed media im sure you will find it inspirational.