Photo Editing App and Other Musings

I recently read a blog post by Brook, at Nesting with Grace about a really neat app she likes to use to edit her photos.  I even downloaded some Presets she has for sale at ETSY.  Check out these before and after pictures.  The beginning pictures are great in themselves, but the editing...wow.

This one is my favorite.  The snow just pops!

The app is Lightroom CC and works for iPhones and iPads, and it's FREE ya'll!

It has been a lot of fun playing with the app on my pictures.  And...here are some additional things I'd like to document at this near end-of-year post.....

Take a look at these beautiful wooden beads.  My friend made them and gave them to me for Christmas.  She is so crafty and has great farmhouse taste.  I love the simplicity of them.

Below is my work group.  Our manager took us out to eat and then to Breakout games for a team building exercise.  It was pretty fun.  Ours was Island Escape.  You are locked in a room and have various clues to figure out how to break out of the room.

My son and his family living in Cambridge, England - their Christmas photo.

Another photo I received lately, just love this one.

I did a little hand lettering on bags for gifts of bread....

The new house is coming along.  The front craftsman columns are almost finished.

This will be a screened porch and a back deck.

Most of the lights are hung, although these pendants aren't exactly right yet.. :)

We've had so much rain, it is one big mud pit there!  We are still hoping to move in by the end of January, but there still seems to be a lot left to finish up.

I am so looking forward to getting in the new quilting studio.  We are hoping someone buys our current home soon.  We put it on the market about three weeks ago.  We've had four showings but no offers yet.  The realtor is positive it will sell, I guess no one wants to look at/buy at Christmas time.  I can understand that.

I'm formulating an end of the year post but it isn't quite ready yet.  I plan to print my blog for the last couple of years so I like to do a recap of the year.  Hope you have had a good year and are evaluating your year as well, and making plans for 2019.

Thanks for stopping by!

Rachel

December 1st

Wow, December already. It seems everyone and their brother is posting their decorated homes.  No decorations here, except our Christmas quilt.  Hope to move in about a month, and the house is going on the MLS for sale December 10th.  That will be fun, trying to keep everything spotless for potential buyers, not!

Here is a little eye candy for Christmas......love, love, love this simple quilt.

My little darlings are growing up.  I was never sad when my son was growing up, but these....oh my goodness, I just want them to stay little. They are loved so much.  I hope to go visit in Cambridge in March 2019, but that seems so...far...away.  They made a day trip to London recently.  I am so thankful they send me pictures.

The house is coming along nicely.  We are so glad we added the wooden beams, they add so much character.

I made this quilt a few weeks ago for our builder and his wife.  We have been very pleased with them during this process.  They have made it a pleasant and exciting time in our lives and I wanted to do something special for them.  We gifted them the quilt yesterday.

 I found a lot of house quilt patterns online, free.  I settled on one, but changed up the pattern some.  I was very happy with how it turned out.

 I was also very happy that I was able to make it using fabric I had in my stash.  That is always a good thing.

 The hubby loves flannel on the back of his quilts and insisted this one have that too. So it is nice and cuddly.

I was able to put their logo on the label.  That pleased them.  :)