The Bride Wore Blue & Giveaway Update

Here's Hoping The Bride Wears Blue

As luck would have it my television finally gave up the ghost.. Well colour that is.. I have a lovely black & white screen with a hint of blue.. So here's hoping black blue and white are the colours of the day. If not I'm sure I'll see plenty of posts tomorrow to fill me in on the real deal.

Giveaway Update

In the spirit of the day.. or at least my telly's day.. I've included another print choice in my giveaway options.. Rainy Day in Sydney.. Conveniently in black, blues and a touch of beige.. [OK breaking the rules.. my telly doesn't have beige] If you haven't already entered.. My giveaway post can be found [here]

Have fun all you Royal Wedding Watchers

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

Bride in Blue: www.weddingsimple.net

Rainy Day In Sydney: [beingRuby©]

Come Rain or Shine

Sunshine

Hi Everyone.. Just popping in to say hello .. Well it's been raining kats & kittens here in Sydney. Rain for days on end with just an occasional burst of sunshine.. so I thought I'd share a little Sydney sunshine with you.. Shots from last summer and walks around the bay..  Would you believe all these gorgeous colours are the real deal.. no photoshop editing here.. just nature at it's best. 

Hope you are having a lovely week

Come Rain or Shine

Giveaway Reminder
Closes May 6 [Sydney Time] [click here to enter]

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

All Photography, Text & Artwork [beingRuby©]

I Want To Be In Pictures

Shirley

For today's Texture Tuesday Challenge, I thought I'd play around with this photo of my mum,  as today would have been her 80th birthday..  Impossible to fathom really as for me she will be forever young. This is one of my favourites of her..  lovingly restored by my brother.. and spruced up a little more by me using various photoshop techniques and subtle layers of Kim Klassen's beautiful textures.. 'Luminous' [top shot] and today's texture challenge 'Serendipity' [2nd shot]..  Textures effects need not always be dramatic to make a difference.. In both these cases.. the subtle application of texture add light and sparkle to an already glamorised image..  and give it that 'lift' I was looking for. 

Perhaps taken in the 50's, the original photo has a hand painted finish as they were apt to use back then.. [the 'vintage' version of photo textures and layering]  resulting in that glamorous feel evocative of film star portraits of that time.. Of course as a child I just thought my mother had been a movie star in her youth.. and I guess.. for me she was.. [the Claudette Colbert hairstyle helped too!!]

My mum's birthday and ANZAC Day fell side by side in the calendar and were jointly celebrated in our family. Perhaps ironic now, my memories of both entwined, the ANZAC Ode seems to speak of both.

So before I go..

Please pop over and visit  Kim's Texture Tuesday Challenge and see what others have been up to..



I'm also joining in on Touch Up Tuesdays over at Paper Camera..
More photoshop fun to be had there

Giveaway Reminder

If you missed it.. I'm having a Giveaway of one of my prints. So far there are two to choose from but I have in mind a third which will go up in the next few days.. To enter.. visit and comment on my Easter Giveaway Post

[here]

Have a lovely Tuesday everyone

Especially my fellow Aussies who are celebrating a day off!!

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

Vintage Photo from the family library of [beingRuby©]

Easter Giveaway: Give Me Candy

A Candy Coloured Giveaway

Hi Everyone.  Hope you are having a lovely Easter..  Just to sweeten the celebrations, I thought I'd give out the candy a day early ...   Yes the long awaited blog birthday giveaway is here... and as I had such lovely feedback on the candy colours in my Easter Show post [here] I decided candy colours would be the flavour of the day. The winner gets to choose from any of the three prints below.  

Changing My View

As you can see in the top images,  I've been playing around with my favourite Palm Tree.  It's been a rainy day here in Sydney and set to last the week.. so if I can't change the view out my window, then I'll just create some new ones via photoshop.. I think they have a sort of Missoni Beach Towel Stripe thing going.. In an odd candy coloured Limony Snicket kind of way. All variations of my Palm Tree you see above.. That's the great thing about photoshop... it allows me to unleash my mind onto the unsuspecting public. haha [cue wicked laugh].. NOW. onto the giveaway... 

Giveaway Rules

Don't you hate rules!!! Well they'll be simple

For 1 Entry:     You only need to leave a comment on this post to enter the draw

But if you would like more chances:

For 2 Entries:   If you are a follower .. Leave a  2nd comment letting me know

For 3 Entries:   Mention my giveaway on your blog or sidebar & leave a 3rd comment to let me know

Entries Close: midnight May 6 [Sydney Time]

        

Meanwhile

Thanks a bunch to all of you ... commenters ... followers & lurkers alike!!


Hope these palm trees have brought a smile to your face
For more smiles head over to  Sarah @ A Beach Cottage  for Feel Good Wednesday

Also
I've added an additional print to the giveaway choices..
Rain Rain Go Away.
Couldn't help myself!!

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

All Photography, Text & Artwork [beingRuby©]

To The Moon Alice: Wishing Moon

My love of Bella Luna began as a small child. Awoken by her brilliant light.. I would tiptoe to the window, draw back the curtain and gaze upon her face. This was my quiet time.. my time to dream and travel on imaginary journeys..  My time to wish upon the moon.

I'd wonder where she had been this night, what places had she seen & if I sent her my wishes, would she take me on her travels, off into the night sky, across the the aquas and blues of the endless oceans, to arrive in lands where rooftops held mystery and chimney pots magic. In my dream world, streets were paved with glistening seas and floating carriages to transport me on my journey.. Buildings were adorned with jewelled tiaras and soft swirling gowns dipping their hems in the water's edge. I'd wonder if such places could exist. Were they only products of my luna vigil? Perhaps one day I would travel. With my moon to guide me, would I meet others too, who looked upon her beauty and dreamt of wonderous lands?

As I left childhood behind Bella Luna did not forget me. She kept my wishes in her pocket and carried them with her throughout the years and across the dark night skies. Each full moon, she would visit my dreams and sprinkle some of those childhood hopes into my nightly slumber. Just a little each time.. just enough to spark a memory of that child, looking out the window, dreaming of worlds to discover. 

As fairy Tales Go..  

I did travel out into the world to find ...

Welcome

To The Moon Alice

April 2011

This month begins my third year of posting 'To The Moon Alice' so I thought I'd provide a linky tool  and would love for you to join in and share the moon from your corner of the world.  If photography's not your thing, maybe there is something else you wish to share; art, poems, facts.. fables..  [if not your own work please credit the original artist].. That's it.. I think!! Let's just give it a go and see if there is any interest. 

But most importantly, get out there and see the full moon and

Make A Wish

PS: Giveway WILL be coming soon [promise!!]

& THANKS for the lovely comments on my last post

As you can see I'm still mad about the stripes!!

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS

All photography, text and artwork [beingRuby©]

Rooftops: Paris, Venice and Sans Souci Beach, Sydney

:I hope you'll join us: Please link to your post in question and provide a link back to this post .. and.. have fun!