July Favourites

How did it get to be the third of August already? This month's header is a lucky snap of a bulfinch I saw one morning on the way to work last August.

And some cards, mostly reflecting summer outdoors.

I was really pleased with this one because the fairy is actually the mask left over from a card I had made previously, but which I though I could upcycle in her own right. 

Chibitronics cards

I said that I'd been having fun with my Chibitronics lights, and would save a few cards to post together.
Since I just uploaded the last one I've made the other day on SCS, I can put them all in a post here now. At this stage I have started using two layers of fun foam and just cutting little holes in it for the battery and LED stickers. Next thing is to figure out how to make an opening in the battery housing, so that I could send cards overseas and just tell the recipient to put their own battery in.  I've also seen some done with a pull tab to break/complete the circuit, and I want to try one of those soon.

Botanic Gardens - colour

And the last set of photos features colour...(mostly)

Botanic Gardens - texture and form

This set of photos focusses on texture and shape...

Botanic Gardens - down by the lily pond

I'm still very slowly working my way through the photos from Zakynthos - I probably won't get very far till the weather cools down a little. But last Sunday we went to the Botanic Gardens in the morning, and editing some of those photos was a more manageable task. They have changed the parking fee from a flat rate to an hourly one, so we were determined to make it out under the 2 hour mark.

This set of photos is all from around the lily ponds - in full bloom and full of dragonflies, hawkers and darters.

June Favourites...

Not so many, as we were away in Zakynthos for two weeks. Once this heatwave passes, I'll be better able to get on with culling and editing some photos from our holiday. I'll add two at the bottom for now - a basket of pelargoniums in a little alcove in an old monastery wall, and a flight of stairs I spotted in Zakynthos town on our last day.

This month's blog header is a little baby bluetit in the garden last summer. I'm still seeing and hearing plenty of young fledglings in the hedge this week, and am trying to keep the water dish topped up for them.

The wedding card was a commission from a work colleague, with a request for those words, a butterfly, hearts and flowers theme and vintage if possible. The hearts were what I found hardest to work in, and they're pretty so small, so I did add in a pair of intertwined gold hearts on the box envelope as well as a larger butterfly.