Worth a Thousand Words?

 (Vintage Hat as Art, available via my Etsy Shop)

Of course, I've layered my lovely hat on top of a vintage postcard texture, just to show y'all my new and bestest toy.

Yep, somebody just got Photoshop. ;-)

And I'm having a ball with it! I'm afraid that I'm gonna be a Photoshoppin' fool for the next little while, so bear with me.

 

Above is me tinkering with textures on my screen door pic from last Summer.

Below is the original.

Before Image:

My Tree of Life photo from last Summer as well, with a wood texture added.

Below that is the original image.

Here's the shadowbox I made (my first!) from a couple of days ago, with my little buddy Charlie perched cozily inside.

Yep, tweaked with PS Elements a bit, too.

I'm such a novice at Photoshop it's laughable, but I have an intense desire to learn, and to hopefully be able to create art worth sharing at some point.

Right now, it's a back and forth of trial and error with what I want to achieve. It took me a few hours tonight just to teach myself how to layer images and add textures, so I think I might have a steep learning curve ahead of me.

But do you know how wonderful it is to quite literally stumble upon something you:
1. Never thought you were good at
2. Never thought you would enjoy
3. Never had the slightest interest in

And then, out of the blue, you discover that it gives you endless hours of joy and pleasure?

Well, that would describe what photography and photo editing have become to me these past few months.
I could quite honestly sit here hour after hour digitally manipulating every image in my computer. It's THAT much fun for me!

Quick shout-out, I couldn't have done any of this without the generous assistance of Denise at

My Vintage Gardens. She's a whiz at PS, do yourself a favor and head over to her blog. Prepare to "oooh" and "aaah" , her work is stunning.

Watch my Etsy shop in the weeks ahead, I hope to be able to begin creating and selling my own mixed-media original art. Wouldn't that be something?!

Fingers crossed and prayers ascending!

Happy Friday Everyone!