New Year, New Look

I thought I'd start the New year with a little change in the
look of my blog. (Thanks to Aqua Poppy Designs)

I'm taking down the tree tonight and putting away the

Christmas stuff. For some reason I am holidayed out

and feeling ready to face the New Year.

I had lots of fun with my family over the holidays and

now everyone has gone home and its time to get back to

everyday living. Although the thought of going to work

tomorrow makes me want to scream...lol.

I didn't make any major kind of resolutions for the New Year,

I've found that over the years its just been a waste of time

and usually made me feel like a failure. Who needs that?

But I do have a calender and I set some goals for myself.

I'm marking time frames on the months, so I know when I

need to start something and when it needs to be finished.

Of course there will be the lists, I am good at following

things that I write down...most of the time.

I am getting my Etsy shop up and running this month.

Heather spent an afternoon with me, showing me how to

take pictures and how to fix them with PhotoShop. Since

we had that one day though, there hasn't been another

one with sunshine so I can have some natural light.

But...I did take notes and I have been looking them over.

My original picture above. Artificial light and bad background.

Even fixed it looks bad.

Original picture with better background and natural light.

Same picture, this one has been through PhotoShop, and is ready.

Looks so much better than the one I did. Thanks Heather,

now, can you make the clouds go away so I can take more?