Spring is here....

Sorry I'm a little late. :} Happy Valentines day everyone! :D

They're here!!! =D

Yesterday Patches gave birth to two beautiful baby girls!! One is black and one is white and......well, I'll just let you see for yourself! :)

OK people, start helping me find some names!!
=D

Pregnant goats have the strangest cravings! :)

I love my mommy!!

So this is what dads do when they are babysitting. :)

I love this movie!!! :D

I want to go to Disneyland now! :)

This has to be the cutest video ever!! :)

Rainy days...

Mom was singing this song yesterday as it was raining. When we were little she would always sing this song to us on rainy days. :)

Diy!

Here is something that I found on another blog: rebekagough.blogspot.com

This is how to get some really cool effects with your camera, and you basically just need paper and

scissors! I haven't tried it yet, but I thought that you would like to see it any way! :)

make something monday :: bokeh filter

For months I have been trying to figure out the secret to the heart shaped bokeh that artist like Irene Suchocki are so famous for. I love the look of it and figured it was some fancy photoshop trick or something hard. And then one evening recently I happened upon this little bokeh filter kit and was shocked and thrilled to learn that it is actually a filter you can put onto the front of your lens to create the beautiful, buttery heart shapes. I wasn't sure I wanted to purchase the full kit though and of course was left wondering if I could make one myself out of black card stock. The answer is YES! I whipped this one up this morning and was literally giddy with excitement that it actually works!!! Do you want to make one too? So easy this is what I did:

 

Basically all you need is black card stock, tape and some scissors. I have a few large circle punches and a heart shaped punch that I thought would make it easier. You really just need to trace your lens cap onto the black paper to get the right size for your camera and then right in the center of the black circle cut out your shape. In this case a heart but you could totally put a bird on it too :).

Then you're going to want to cut a long strip of black paper about 3/4" wide and long enough to go around the circumference of your lens. Mine was about 8" long.

I wrapped the long strip around my lens and secured it with scotch tape. I then layered my flat black circle with more tape and secured that to the ring.

I got it all good and tight..when I make another one I think I will try to scrounge up some black electrical tape from Mr. Goughs supplies but the scotch tape worked fine!

Now set your camera on a low aperture in manual focus and go outside in search of some lens flare. Play around with it - seriously I am so addicted.

Hey Sarah, I found this and thought of you (I can't imagine why). I hope you like him. :)

I found this song and I just had to put it on here! One of my favorites for sure! (I hope you like it) :)

The art show!!

Friday night, our home school group had an art show where kids could display their art, and have it judged! It was a lot of fun! I entered a gourd that I made as well as a necklace(that I also made). My brother Jesse made a basket to enter in the show. As I was the only high-schooler to enter anything in those two divisions(jewelry, and woodwork), I had to be bumped down to the middle school group. (even then there was only like three or four entries) So, I had to compete against Jesse's basket, and I have to tell you that I was sure that he would beat me. His basket was one of the coolest I have ever seen him make! But, much to my surprise, when we walked over to the table with our entries, I had the blue ribbon! I was stunned! Jesse said that he wasn't surprised, but we all were so glad that he got second. In the jewelry division, I made second, and the earrings that beat my necklace were beautiful! They definitely earned their right to have first.

Well that was our very first art show, and I would have to say that it was one of the funnest things I have done! We all have ideas of what we are going to enter next year, and I think that Joe is going to make something too. :)



We had a kinda mix up with the ribbons; one of the girls there thought that it was hers.





But the problem was solved!





This is the sketch that won the 'Best over all' ribbon and prize.
It was drawn by a fifteen year old boy that we know, and who is
going to teach a drawing class this summer.



"May I steal your wife?"

Mosquitoes and knife throwing

Earlier this evening, me and my brothers were playing with knives(throwing them at a board and trying to get them to stab in).The mosquitoes decided to play too; and lots of funny lines were floating through the nigh air around us.

Jesse: *singing* Amazing graaaaaace! hooooow sweet theeeee.....um.....chocolate bar!
Me: Chocolate bar?
Jesse: Ya! *still singing* ....that saved aaaaaaaa retch like.....Joe-joe!
Joe: Hey!!!
Jesse: Oops! :)

Joe: OK Sarah, you have to throw the knife this way.
Me: Like this?
Joe: Yes.

The knife flies through the air, and lands about three feet away from the board.

Me: Oops!! :}
Jesse: My turn! Hey Sarah, if you want to make it dead on every time, try this: *yelling* Knife sector 5.380 31/2!!!  You see, if you call it by a cool name, it will want to go in the wood for you.
Me: Really?
Jesse: Yes! Watch...

He leans back, grips his knife and throws. The blade glances off the wood and the knife lands in a hole about four feet away.

Me: Right...
Jesse: Well almost every time. :}

 :)

I found this song and I thought that it was cute. I can kinda relate too... :)