Stop and listen to the music…

Posted on February 24, 2012

Did you actually look up into the sky today, out of a window, and notice natures beauty. Did you hear the birds outside or see the smile on a beautiful face today. If you had the choice to listen to beautiful sweet violin strings for a few seconds would you do it? How would you respond..would you have or make the time to stop? Would your heart smile and your eyes look up and feel the the sweetness of strings playing a melody? Time is precious, yes, but we should all find time to see and feel beauty each and every day…

A flowers petals, a changing colour in a leaf, the perfume of freshly ground coffee…or did we just grab that coffee, follow the same route to work, raced because a green light turned red, or flipped because the cue was to long ….

I found this article and wanted to share it with you, would you notice something out of place in your early morning routine of getting to work…would you hear the sweet sound and melody of a violin…would you even notice the violinist from the corner of your eye as you sped to the escalator….the experiment had been set by The Washington Post, why not reach for a coffee, or something a little more soothing and take the time to read this article….come back and tell me what you think…

Read the article ‘Pearls Before Breakfast’ by Gene Weingarten

Have a wonderful weekend friends,

Yvette…x

Mulberry Joy- Felicity eDition

Posted on February 21, 2012

Helllo friends,

Another Texture Tuesday Challenge with Kim Klassen…

…and another whirling couple of weeks for me. Do you have those days when you think you have something in the palm of your hand, but really its only in fingertips reach…I know in my mind that lifes little triggers of wisdom come from lifes lessons, we grow stronger, we find our inner selves and voices, and striving for that new job, that new creative thread…these lessons make us grow and become a stronger person. The road is never ever straight, its winding with crossroads, and if we take the wrong turn, we need the courage and strength from the lesson learnt to turn around and start again. Pick up the pieces…and start again.

This challenge with Kim was to use one of her fabulous textures: ‘felicity’. It came to mind the Italian word felicità which means joy, happiness and picking these mulberries fresh from the tree was just that. A happy time, full of giggles and laughter, climbing ladders and eating these little morsels of sweet joy.

Mulberry Joy

Original photo – twistedvines + kkfelicty texture + adjustments of light and focus points. (Picasa3)

See all the other wonderful participants here in todays challenge

Have a wonderful week

Yvette…x

The Simplicity eDition

Posted on January 31, 2012

Blue Simplicity

Original photo Twistedvines + kksimplicity texture + light and shadow adjustments (Picasa3)

Blue II

This weeks Texture Tuesday with Kim Klassen is the Simplicity eDition, simple as using one of our original photo’s and tweaking it with Kim’s fabulous texture Simplicity.

Hydrangea’s have always been a favourite of mine, but have never had them in my garden..these were snipped from the neighbours garden. Just Beautiful, they remind me of my grandmother.

Have a wonderful day , friends

Yvette…x

Express it…

Posted on January 26, 2012

This challenge from Beyond Layers with Kim Klassen, has thrown a spanner in the works so to speak. Once you start creating and the imagination flows freely, six little memoirs are a delight to write. Stemming from a flow of inspirational articles (Oprah magazine): 26 ways to tell your story and sites(Smith Magazine): 6 word memoirs , our challenge was to write our own 6 word memoirs…our life in six words…you can write, rewrite and express yourself as many times as you like…just in six little words.

Believe me, when you start this exercise you can capture every aspect of your life in six little memoirs from love, happiness, breakup, food, being a mum, a dad, dreaming…

It’s hard to stop at one….I wrote a few and capture one in this photo

Balance everything. Weigh only the love.

And a couple more….

Creative hands and my heart open.

Coloured pens drawing black and white

Can’t start my day without coffee.

Ok, enough….I think you get the gist of what the challenge was about…

You might like to take on the challenge yourself and see what creative lines flow…be sure to check out the original site where the 6 word memoirs started,you might like to write your own and add yours here

“Each of us is a book waiting to be written, and that book, if written, results in a person explained” – Thomas M.Cirignano

Have a great day everyone, Yvette…x

Just enough

Posted on January 22, 2012

Starting the Beyond Layers with Kim Klassen this week. It’s been an amazing start to a new creative journey. Introducing ourselves to everyone from all parts of the world, and sharing our ‘creative’ stories, our journey of how and why we’ve arrived at this point and continue to travel and weave on life’s experiences. With no boundaries and limits we were to write our own individual creative story, honest and from within, listening to our deeper voice, however this little bird has still a few ruffled feathers, and even though my voice is small and quiet for now, in time will sing a beautiful song.

This week… our first photographic challenge was with an image…say more…with less.

Less is more.
~Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Less colour enhancing in our photo’s, more natural tones, more light and creativity showing the viewer a more simplistic image, and captivate them in a moment of wonder.

original photo twistedvines + kk awaken texture

original photo twistedvines + kk zuzu texture

original photo twistedvines + kk lola

These cotton pods have an interesting adventure story on their own. Travelling along a rural road along the fence line I could see these wonderful pods, full of natural textures screaming at me to photograph them. Enhancing a dry, harsh and hot rural backdrop, my eye still discovered natural beauty to capture behind the lens.

Have a great day…Yvette x

TT – Open eDition

Posted on January 18, 2012

This week has been a little rushed…to say the least. Gathering ideas for patterns I’ve been taken photo’s of some wonderful Australian flora….or found on Australian soil.

Open Pods

Joining in and linking to Kim Klassens Texture Tuesday.

Original Twistedvines + kk lola + light and shadow adjustments.(Picasa3)

original photo.

Have a great week, Yvette…x

The Garden Lilies

Posted on January 11, 2012

The colours of these liliums are just so vibrant, and exhibit light and fragrance to a corner of the garden. The hot sultry sun rays shine on their transparent petals, with hues of white, yellow, purple and oranges.

With the music of the whispering wind, they’re like playful bells with outspread ruffled skirts, beautifully stylized and coloured, with grace as they waltz and sway in the breeze.

It’s amazing how each flower has a unique pattern and colour and such an intricate flower center.

I sometimes feel like Alice, in a magic garden wonderland and find myself within the enchantment of the frame of a picture perfect flower and its perfume. Lost…and whispering!

Have an enchanting day, friends

Yvette…x

Source:

Etchings – The Pink and White Botanical Print (Circa 1855 Book) The Graphics Fairy and Wikipedia.