Yellow...

It's no secret that I loooove yellow. I really do.

Over the past couple of days as part of the Shutter Sisters One Word Color Month, the colour in focus has been yellow and I've loved looking through the Flickr group at all the photos.

So I decided to gather together all my favourite yellow photos that I've taken here too, hurray!

This post is also inspired by Emily W Photography who did a gorgeous post on white photos, I think I should gather photos together like this more often!

Spring = colour!

Although I haven't been taking many photos lately... I have tried to capture as much of Spring as I can on my phone. I just love the yellow trees that are dotted around at the moment. 

 This weekend I intend to take some photos and finish the two rolls in my cameras since February. Yup.

Have a great weekend!!

p.s. Thank you so much to everyone who left a comment yesterday, it meant a lot to me, I'll reply when I can read them all without tearing up and feeling incredibly grateful that you all didn't think I was crazy/attention seeking/crazy...

Experimenting with F Stops...

I actually don't remember the last time I was this excited about my photos... squeeeeeeee!!

Although Photo Meditations isn't a technical photography course, I did learn something new about F stops and I realised that I had actually taken some photos with my Ricoh camera where I had changed this setting and not realised the effect it would have (here and here, being good examples) At the time of developing them I realised that they were the kind of photos that I wanted to be taking... but I didn't know how I'd even done it.

So armed with knowledge, my new to me Olympus Trip and more enthusiasm than I've ever had on a foggy day, Thomas and I went for a walk around Kirkstall Abbey (and also a delicious roast dinner...) last Sunday and here are some of my favourite results.



I was drawn to that yellow tree like a magpie to shiny things, it was a beacon in the mist and so pretty. I had to have a photo taken with it... I'm a bit sad that it's a little blurry but a lot of the photos were as I still have lots to learn.

I'm so glad that I learnt this though, most of my plastic cameras don't have this setting but two of my other film others do and it feels great to know now that I can take the type of photos that I want with a different camera and not feel limited by my equipment or knowledge.

In this one film of photos, I feel like I've pushed myself, my photos and what I can do. I've applied everything I'd already learnt combined it with new tricks and techniques and captured photos that I have been truly happy with. Although this does mean I'll be carrying even more cameras around with me now...

Location: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Camera: Olympus Trip 35
Film: Expired Agfa Vista 200

We made a camera!

Introducing my YELLOW gakkenflex camera, made by myself and my friends over the weekend. (And I have photos taken with it too for tomorrow's post, which means it worked and I am excited!)

I'd seen photos taken with this camera by my fellow camera enthusiast friends Unai and Cesar and they both used it for their photoswap photos too (see here and here.) I was totally captivated by the idea that it was a camera that you built yourself from a kit and I knew that I had to have one and luckily I got one for my birthday from these lovely ladies (they spoil me).

So here are some photos of us putting it together for your amusement.


{the shutter, just 4 bits of plastic and 3 springs, so clever!}



Ta da!! And to finish off, some fun (kind of) TTV photos...



This camera was so fun to put together, especially as some of the instructions weren't translated correctly (right was left, left was right etc) so we had to guess a lot from the photos but I highly recommend it if you want to try it.

Also the yellow is amazing... I love it so much!

p.s. I'm totally rocking the sock bun and also I have new red boots which I love.

p.p.s. the shutter sounds amazing, especially as I know how it works now.

Daffodils in the sunshine

Location: Kirstall Abbey, Leeds
Camera: Holga 135bc
Film: Kodak ISO 200 (I think...)

Some lovely yellow to brighten your day...

Camera: Diana mini
Film: Lomography colour negative ISO 400

Oh my...

I need this print by Gemma Milly
(Seen on Decor8)

Gemma Milly
Portfolio :Blog : Flickr : Twitter

Where to start...

Yesterday I got 148 photos developed, some from the past week and a couple from York with Adele and I have no idea where to start sharing them, I haven't even put all of the last black and white diana mini film on Flickr yet...

I'm not complaining though, I am delighted!

I can't believe I've taken so many photos already this year... YEAY!

Anyway, the lovely Elizabeth suggesting closing my eyes and picking one at random, so today's post is going to be about doors and doorways... they seem to be my new fascination.

{The perfect yellow door, Henley in Arden. Diana mini with Lomography Colour Negative ISO 400 film This is totally going in my shop btw, eventually...}

{Church Door, Stratford Upon Avon. Yashica Samurai with Lomography Colour Negative ISO 400 film}

{Doorway in Stratford. Yashica Samurai with Lomography Colour Negative ISO 400 film}

{The prettiest door in Bourton-on-the-Water surrounded by my favourite - Costwolds Brick. Happy sigh. Yashica Samurai with Lomography Colour Negative ISO 400 film}

I think I'm going to have to start using my yashica samurai more, its the perfect companion to a lomography camera as it has a great zoom feature (which I do miss sometimes) and you can take double the amount of photos per roll which is fun, especially as I love the square diana mini's too much to use it as a half frame camera anymore...

p.s. Colour photos I still adore you, that yellow is unbelievably perfect!

Oh my...

It's not very often that I reblog something on here but I am completely in love with everything in this home - the cameras, the dog, the gallery wall, the coat hangers... everything!!

If you haven't seen this post on sfgirlbybay featuring the home of Dabito from Old Brand New (my new favourite blog!) then you have to look, now! I insist. And if you've already seen it, look again... you may have missed something!

Wow. My house will look like that some day!

{all photos from sfgirlbybay}

Something a bit different for valentines...

I'll admit, Thomas and I have never really been into Valentines day...

We're too forgetful and we'd rather stay in and make pizza than go out anywhere or buy presents... pizza's a present right?

So I decided to put together a treasury a bit different along the valentines theme, something fun and refreshing... no surprises that its yellow :)

I'm kind of obsessed with the 'I love you like a fat pug likes cake' poster. hehe!

p.s. thank you everyone for your wonderful comments this week, I feel much much better today - my ankle is less sore and my heart is a lot happier realising I made so many new friends in two years, yeay!

Oh my...

I am completely in love with the gorgeous colours at Much Love Illy at the moment!

Only 4 days until Poland!!

I love Tumblr... and sometimes I see things on there that need to be shared on every platform.

Happy happy happy!!

{via Tiny White Daisies}

Forever Autumn...

I think the problem I've had this year is thats its felt so rushed and busy - I've constantly been catching up with everything, so this morning I took a little break from life and did something I've been planning on doing for a while...

My first etsy treasury!!

It was so much fun, I love yellow, I love Autumn and I love etsy... its almost a perfect combination!

I can see this being very addictive....

p.s. Does any one else love that song from Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds? I love it!

Too much fun with clipart...

A few weeks ago I mentioned that Katrina had some free wasabi tape clipart on her blog and now not only does she have that but she also has some cute tags, more fun tape and this amazing paper buffet selection of clipart. Katrina is officially amazing!!

As soon as I saw the new additions I knew I had to play with them and I can honestly say that I had far too much fun putting this together (it's my first digital scrapbook page!) It also provided the perfect opportunity for me to pull together some random fujis and photos that I've been dying to post but I wasn't really to sure how...

For all of Katrina's freebie, click here and if you haven't had enough of lovely tags, bags and doilies, check out her amazing shop on etsy as well...

p.s. the bike photo is for Amy!

p.p.s. I used a program called Paint Net instead of photoshop to put this together, its a bit simpler but its free!

It's Friday and I'm blogging...

...this makes me incredibly happy!

(Inspired by the lovely Lauren at The Little Things We Do!)

It feels like ages since I blogged on a Friday, so here is a bumber edition of Lauren's fill in the blanks Friday from both this week and last week, hurray!

1. The first thing I do in the morning is hug Thomas and then go back to sleep whilst he gets up and potters around – I’m rubbish at getting up in the morning, I stay in bed as long as I can get away with.

2. Every night before bed I have to check the front door is locked at least 3 times…

3. My favorite thing to do when I'm having a bad day is cook. I’ve really started to enjoy cooking all of our food from scratch and its so therapeutic as well.

4. Something that makes me cringe is embarrassing humour. I can’t watch the office or meet the parents or anything like that… its just too embarrassing for me. I’ve only just started to appreciate Curb your Enthusiasm…

5. Social situations are my favourite, I’ve never been shy and I love to meet new people and chat.

6. I like to collect cameras… hurray!

7. Weekends are for relaxing – at least this weekend will be, I’m determined!

and...

1. The strangest thing I've ever eaten was um, I don’t know to be honest... 2011 edit: Snail! Snail is strange.

2. My best friend is friends are my favourite people in the world – I’d be totally lost without them.

3. If I could live in a different era it would be the future because I’m excited about the possibilities, I obviously watched far too much star trek when I was little!

4. I like cats but I love puppies… I’m working on it…

5. If you only know one thing about me it should be I’m overly emotional when it comes to people and things I love.

6. My favorite book of all time is The Pawn of Propehercy by David Eddings – it opened my eyes to a science fiction and fantasy world and I haven’t looked back since.

7. The one beauty product I couldn't live without is concealer.

8. Blogging is my favourite pastime, its my little haven where I have the greatest blog friends, so much creative inspiration and I love it. Especially now my reader is organised and I can keep up with all your amazing blogs – I’m comment happy, hurray!

9. If I could star in a movie with any actor/actress I would want to work with Elizabeth Taylor when she was younger… she was absolutely stunning and had such presense.

10. One of the best feelings in the world is being happy with yourself… its such a tough place to reach and I don’t feel it everyday but when I do, it’s the best.

and just to complete my Friday here are some fabulous links that I've been saving up!

I love blogging :)

1. After yesterday's tape excitement I am loving all tape inspiration!

2. After yesterday's polaroid excitement, I am loving all polaroid's too!

3. Especially this polaroid engagement story, happy sigh

(via the drifter and the gypsy)

4. The only 'Keep Calm and...' poster I have ever really really wanted... I love it.

5. Some amazing 'things I love about spring' lists from Miss James and Janel.

and

6. Some amazing yellow love sent to me by Cassie.

Thanks Cassie, you made my day!!

Happy Friday! Have a wonderful weekend!

p.s. if anyone else sees any yellow links that I may have missed send them my way, I love them!

Blanks, links and yellooooow!

This morning I woke up thinking it was Saturday and I'll be honest - I sulked all the way to work that it wasn't - but now I'm so glad its Friday - I love filling out the blanks, sharing some amazing links and encouraging my own obsession with yellow (its bordering on a problem surely..?)

I'm also emailing my favourite girly's, looking forward to my yummy lunch, planning my outfit for tomorrow (which is rare for me lol) and trying not to reblog the amazing cuteness that are puppy photos on Tumblr (eep, too cute!)

( Fill in the Blanks Friday - Inspired, as ever, by the lovely Lauren)

1. Today I am wearing my usual: jeans, little black vest, dark grey cardigan and pointy flat pumps (it tends to be the colours that vary...)
2. My favorite childhood food was my Mum and my Nan's roast dinners and my favorite food now is roast vegetable risotto - I love roast veg and any risotto really - but together... yum!
3. A day that I am too busy to do a blog post is a day that I (really) am too busy.
4. The last movie I saw was Zombieland - we're still quoting from it, haha and the next movie I want to see is Kick Ass (totally agree with Lauren there) and Ponyo - why haven't I seen that yet?!
5. My favorite smell is roast vegetables because it means I'm about to eat some...
6. A weird little quirk I have is I like to do everything in round numbers - if I have to decide on a number it usually ends in an 0 or 5...
7. When I take personality quizzes they always say I'm exactly how I am - how do they do that??

And here are some amazing links for you from my browsing this week - I've really fell in love with blogging again today - I found some great new blogs and I've been slowly sorting my blogroll out and reminding myself of blogs that I still love - hurray for blogging!

1. Make your own mozerella cheese?! I need to do this!
2. An amazing collage with a pug! I love.
3. I love gorgeous illustrations.
4. This is one of those ideas that I wish I had thought of: blogging around the world. Enjoy.
5. My all time favourite outfit is in this perfect yellow post - can you guess which one it is?

I am super excited about this weekend - so far our plans are: a beer festival, yummy curry round our friends, baking, sleeping and making a serious dent in Mass Effect 2!

Have a great (and hopefully sunny) weekend!

p.s. I completely forgot to mention this before but I wrote a guest post for the lovely Chrystal at Geez Louise about my ideal home - if you're interested then click here .

The best weekends...

{This one is for Summer!}

Consist of:

...a plastic mustache...
...some of your very best friends*...

...a fuji instax mini...

...amazing homemade curry, chapattis and pakoras...

...a mushroom that looks like a snowman...

...a mushroom that looks like a snowman wearing a plastic mustache...

...a box bottle of wine...

...trivial pursuit (I won!)...

...a yellow cardi...

...lots of fun...

Hurray!

*they both read my blog but I would have written that anyway...

especially as I didn't take any of these photos, they did :D