Some Aussie Counrty Photos for You to Enjoy!

We have just spent a wonderful weekend away in the country, in a gorgeous little timber cottage right near the river.

Here is a pic of the kookaburra that insisted on making it's presence known to everyone! If you know what I mean!

The kangaroos came out each evening around dinner time. I managed to snap a few photos of them whilst they were concerned about a noise somewhere else. One of the roos here has a joey safely tucked inside her pouch. It must be a fairly large joey seeing how low her pouch is sitting!

A pair of blue wrens kept gracing us with their presence too! The male (the bright blue one) was very difficult to photograph as he was constantly moving, but the female wren was more than happy to pose for the camera it seemed! In the last photo she was less than a meter away from me.

I hope you have enjoyed the break from my usual posts and your mini Australian tour!

Adding a Watermark to Your Photos.

I thought I would share with you the information I used to learn how to make a watermark for my photos.
It is here and actually uses photodraw, but the instructions are very easy to follow so you can adapt them to suit what ever program you have.

I usually make the watermark using fancy fonts and I save it separately to just copy and paste each time I want to add a watermark to a photo. It saves having to create a watermark each time. My current watermark is made using a free fonts downloaded from the web. One of them is a floral font. I just add text boxes with the individual images/font letter and arrange them until I am happy. I then group them as one image and adjust how transparent it is before saving as my watermark. Make sure the colour will show up on your photos. You don't want it too light or too dark.

Here is a site that explains how to add a watermark to your photos using word or photoshop,

and here is how to do one in a flikr account,

Lastly here is a video for visual learners.

Adding a watermark will not stop someone from copying your photos and claiming them as their own, (as has happened to me) but it will show who they belong to and hopefully prevent it. If you add your blog name too this will help.

I hope the links above help you add a watermark to your photos. If you find a really easy tutorial you would like to share I will add the link here. Just leave a comment below for me to check it out.

Have fun creating!

SewDelish
xx

Happy Valentine's Day 2008

Today is a day to celebrate Love and Life. Whether you have a significant other or not at this time, enjoy living the life you have and loving yourself for who you truly are.

These gorgeous flowers are from my husband (Thank you honey if you read this!). We are apart this Valentine's Day due to work circumstances, so we will celebrate in a few days time.

Have a look over at Make and Takes, she has some great ideas for Valentine's Day. I particularly like these craft paper animals, and these fabulous activities to do for your loved ones too.

Beautiful Island View

This is nothing to do with sewing or craft, just a little inspiration for you to enjoy.

This photo is of one of the islands near where we live. It looks different almost everyday, depending on the cloud cover and time of day. Isn't it just glorious!

Sometimes it is just wonderful to stop and smell the fresh ocean air. Life is so busy that it is easy to forget how lucky we are.

The little black dots you can see on the beach are not people, they are actually seals! Really!!!