POD January 5

For the prompters the word for the day is SIGN.

I am heading to work now and know the photo I want. I think. I will post a bit later. Have a glorious day!

took my photo at work...will post later today, here and on the blog.... now if i could only get my mojo flowing for scrapping

i have to many pics for today and it's only 2 o'clock! i may be going overboard here.
i posted them on my blog

i think the butt one will be for today. i asked my hubby to take a pic of my butt and he stopped everything he was doing and said sure. i don't think this is what he had in mind. he probably thinks i'm crazy!

mine's up on my blog.

here is mine

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and it's on My Blog

I don't seem to be able to get the picture size right...just live with it.

Here is mine with a little of my usual ranting: http://theamazinglifeandtimesofme.blogspot.com/2009/01/january-5-2009.html

Here it is without the ranting:

All I can say is WOWEEE! You all have fabulous photos for the day. I left ramblings on your blogs. Love everybody's take on sign. This year is so much fun. Thanks for playing along with me!

ok denise, i didn't leave my whole comment on your blog cause i don't want to look like an idiot to to many people. but did you take out the color? how do ya'll do that fancy stuff? do i need a special software?

Day 5 and I am still going strong! Love the pics ladies!!

Here is mine: http://dawnsview-project365-dawn.blogspot.com/

tomorrow is Three Kings Day!

off to check everyone's pictures...

aimeeterry wrote:

ok denise, i didn't leave my whole comment on your blog cause i don't want to look like an idiot to to many people. but did you take out the color? how do ya'll do that fancy stuff? do i need a special software?

Aimee, do you have Photoshop? that's how I do my 'fancy' (well not so much really) stuff...

oh, and I forgot to say that I don't really blog anymore... I only have albums with my scrappy projects and pictures there.. sorry for those who wanted to leave a comment (I appreciate it, though )

OH! and I took some pictures of signs but then I decided to post this one instead... sorry to be a party pooper (and sorry for the million posts LOL) I'll stop now. promise

waleska, is that a pr holiday? not sure, i think i remember my grandmother telling me something about it though

waleska wrote:

oh, and I forgot to say that I don't really blog anymore... I only have albums with my scrappy projects and pictures there.. sorry for those who wanted to leave a comment (I appreciate it, though )

I love this picture... your sons are so prefectly dressed for the compostion! Love it and how cute is that? :-)

Ladies I left you all some love on your blogs... this is such a joy to be doing!

aimeeterry wrote:

waleska, is that a pr holiday? not sure, i think i remember my grandmother telling me something about it though

yes! (Dia de Reyes) it's like Christmas all over again...

A lot of cultures celebrate it... Little Christmas, epiphany (sorry for the spelling)... it is when the three kings came bearing gifts. I love it. More low key and a great dela of fun. So how is it celebrated in PR?

Yes, Anne is correct, a lot of cultures celebrate it. I had a friend a while back from another country (not latin) that celebrated too.

The way we do it is on the night of the 5th the kids go get grass for the camels, put it in a box and place it next to their beds. After they go to sleep (late at night ) the Three kings come with gifts, leave them under their beds and take the grass to the camels (and somehow manage to get the boxes back LOL). We also go to church on this day.

Anyway it's fun (just like Christmas) but it's hard to celebrate when nobody else does... lots of questions from the little smarty ones

Oh, and Anne, I thought this is what you were referring to earlier when you said 'Little Christmas' but I wasn't sure... never heard that term before. Interesting! do you celebrate? if so how? I would love to know!

here's mine! Getting a little tired of this thing let me tell ya!
I had to see it for 8 months at the duplex and we're going four months here! Yikes, that's a year! OY!

waleska wrote:

Yes, Anne is correct, a lot of cultures celebrate it. I had a friend a while back from another country (not latin) that celebrated too.

The way we do it is on the night of the 5th the kids go get grass for the camels, put it in a box and place it next to their beds. After they go to sleep (late at night ) the Three kings come with gifts, leave them under their beds and take the grass to the camels (and somehow manage to get the boxes back LOL). We also go to church on this day.

Anyway it's fun (just like Christmas) but it's hard to celebrate when nobody else does... lots of questions from the little smarty ones

Oh, and Anne, I thought this is what you were referring to earlier when you said 'Little Christmas' but I wasn't sure... never heard that term before. Interesting! do you celebrate? if so how? I would love to know!

We usually have a small gathering for dinner. The children will find small handmade gifts by the creche for them in the morning. I usually try to replicate the scents and herbs given the Christ child and "gold"... on the table. We also sing and go to church. Low key but fun. It is the offical last day of the 12 days of Christmas for us. Love it :-)
Anne

May the sign of the times work and soon ki!

that sounds so nice! what a special tradition

aimeeterry wrote:

ok denise, i didn't leave my whole comment on your blog cause i don't want to look like an idiot to to many people. but did you take out the color? how do ya'll do that fancy stuff? do i need a special software?

You're not an idiot. I use Photoshop Elements. I have an old version. I think it is 2.0. Sad, since the current version is 8.0. You can get a 30 day free trial by downloading it from Adobe.com. If you like it after 30 days, I think it costs around $100-150. I may be wrong about that. I love PS Element. It is a lot of fun to play around with. Yep...I am a nerd.

Here are the summary of steps I did to get the photo to where it is. My goal was to have a black and white photo with just that portion of the population sign in color. When I was in Photoshop I copied the original photo, so I had two of the same photo open. I converted one to black and white. The other one I kept in color. I only wanted the population sign face in color, so I had to highlight the area I wanted. I did this with the magnetic lasso tool. When the area was completely outlined I dragged that portion to the black and white photo. I then dragged it so it was placed directly over the sign portion. Pretty easy, but a lot of little steps.

waleska wrote:

tomorrow is Three Kings Day!

off to check everyone's pictures...

Waleska, that is the cutest photo! Your boys are adorable and I love seeing them collecting grass for the camels. Lucky camels!