Project Life: week 2

And here is week 2:

Project Life! (week 1)

2013 heeft iets nieuws in mijn leven gebracht.


Via Mandy, heb ik kennis gemaakt met Project Life. Je maakt elke week een pagina of spread van wat je allemaal meemaakt. Met foto's natuurlijk!
Vanaf 1 januari 2013 ben ik daarmee gestart, tijd om eens wat op mijn blog te zetten.
Deze week: week 1


2013 brought something new into my life.


Throught Mandy, I got to know Project Life. Every week you make a page or spread about your life. With pictures of course!
I started januari 1st, it is time to share it with you on my blog.
This week: week 1

Cupcozy

Blogging hasn't really been on the top of my list lately...
I'll try to post more stuff in the future. I promiss :) (you can blame Instagram, it's my new addiction if you want to follow, my name is: Ann_81)
I've made a cupcozy, a small crochet project. It's really easy.

I started a chain that almost fits the cup (measure your chain on the cup you're making the cozy for and release 2, because the yarn strechtes, it will fit perfect). Then make a circle with a slipstitch. Chain 2 and make a row with single crochets and slipstitch together. Repeat this till you're satisfied with the hight. Don't forget to try it on the cup after your first row, then you'll know for sure if it fits.

After that you can make the tealabel. I chained 10, turned, skipped 2 chains and make rows. I think about 8 or 9. Then I made the text on it and sewed it on the cozy.

week 42: Patterns

A while back I got CS 6 on my computer, it stands for Creative Suit 6 and has the programs Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. They're the programs most used by graphic designers (like me). Illustrator is my alltime favourite!

In Illustrator they added a lot of extra's to make patterns. So I had to dive in! It's always been my secret wish to design wallpaper and fabrics! Let me show you what I've made so far:

I started with the one above. I tryed to make a retro style. It's a little static (don't know if it's the right word). But nice to begin with :) (I thought of a teatowel)

Then I tryed to make a design, where you wouldn't see the repeat of the design so clearly. That's very difficult, I didn't succeed, but it's a beginning. (my next challenge!!)

Then I tryed to design a few patterns, that would make a good combination together. (Just in case they become fabrics one day, and I want to make a quilt of it ;) )

Another one

and another one.

And this is what my future quilt would look like :)

Please, tell what you think!

Illustrator tutorial

Lately I've been doing a lot of tutorials in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Just to keep me sharp and updated.

I found a tutorial on the internet that was a combination of Illustrator and Photoshop, but after step 3 I couldn't figure it out anymore. (they skipped so many steps). So I thought: I think I can make this, just in Illustrator (my favourite anyway :))

Well, here's the result:

Tell me what you think :)

My best friends wedding: part IV

And the last part...

The flowers and the rings.

There was a great party at the beach at night. Nancy, Frank and I agreed that is was time to party for me too. So I've put camera away and partied like it was my best friends wedding :)

Looking back on this day:

First of all it brings a big smile on my face! It was the best day!

Second: I was sooooo nervous, and usually that blocks me. It did in the beginning, but then I saw some pictures on my screen an I thought: I NEED to make better pictures!! And this is the only day you can do that! So I did a checklist in my head: What kind of light is this and how do you set up your camera for that? What kind of filter do you put on your camera? Because I was so busy with this I 'forgot' that I was nervous and then suddenly I was having fun!

I'm very pleased with the result and so are newly weds.

But, of course, there still is a lot to learn :)

My best friends wedding: Part III

... and part III (one to go) The actual wedding! It was in a lovely little church in Heiloo. Nancy is from Castricum and Frank is from Alkmaar, Heiloo is in the middle of that. Great choice!

It was a beautyful ceremony, with lots of music (their both in a musical-perform-group, that's where they met) and time to congratulate them and have piece of delicious cake or a cupcake (made by Taarten op Texel)