Stunning Italian Floral Window Boxes and Planters

While traveling through Italy in the Spring, I took dozens of photos of the vibrant window boxes and pot plants everywhere. I was so envious as I always struggle to keep mine healthy throughout the entire summer. Here's a sampling of the beautiful displays.

Playing Around With My Iphone Hipstamatic App

Yesterday afternoon, on the drive back from the ski hill, suffering from extreme boredom (everyone is always tired at the end of the day, so there's no much chatter), I decided to play around with my Iphone camera and the Hipstamatic application I downloaded. You can "change" lens and film and just have a ton of fun with it. The photos have a real vintage feel to them. Sitting in the passenger seat of the car, I started clicking away. There was snow falling and it was starting to get darker but I managed to capture a few photos of Southern Ontario farm country. Here's a couple I especially like.

Around Britain

Mauve Painted Man in York

South African Garden Outside British Museum, London

Agapanthus, South African Garden Outside British Museum, London

British Museum, London

Fun Artwork in Camden, London

Get Inspired at Craftgawker.com

Last week I mentioned the site foodgawker.com . This week I'm featuring a few items from one of their other websites, craftgawker.com. It's not an e-commerce site, but rather a showcase of arts, crafts and photography. Many link to BLOGs where instructions are included.

Take a look at craftgawker.com and get inspired! Here's a few fun links. Just select each image to be directed to the original website.

















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Making Your Own Photographic Lightbox

When I first started selling my jewelry on Etsy, my photos were terrible. I was very proud of them until I started seeing other peoples' pics! I figured I was in bad need of a effective lightbox. Not wanting to spend a lot of money though, I decided to search the internet for instructions on how to make one. It ended up costing me about $50, including the lights, to make.

I bought some white soft board from a craft store, cut out "windows" in the side and top and then covered the windows with think white fabric. I bought clip on lights which I aim into these windows.

It isn't pretty but hey, it works and it was really cheap to make. If you make something similar remember to keep the bulbs at a safe distance from the fabric so it doesn't become a fire hazard!