Colorful Five

Week 3 assignment- Emphasis

Ahhh- he's five! I'm the mother of a five year old! ACK!

Ok- panic mode is now OFF. I realized something yesterday. I completely forgot to get a picture of my oldest son on his birthday. DOH! Now, Tuesday (his birthday) would have been the perfect day to take pictures. The light was perfect, not too bright, not too windy, just an all around nice day.

Wednesday, on the other hand... BRIGHT. Very BRIGHT light. Blindingly bright sunlight. Also.... wind. Lots of wind. I was really kicking myself for not taking advantage of the absolutely perfect day that we had on Tuesday. March in Illinois isn't exactly the best month of picture taking- you'd think that a life time of living here would have taught me to get up and move when we have a beautiful day in March. I tried my best on Wednesday, I really did.

I ended up with four pictures. The first one- his eyes are closed. The second and third ones- his eyes are closed, and he's shielding them from the sun. One of them, he looks stoned, and I do not want people to think that I drugged my son (I don't). But... the fourth picture. Oh my gosh, I'm loving the look of this picture. I had placed myself just right, I managed to keep his hands from heading for his eyes again, and his eyes are open! Yay!

I'm loving the angle here- that has to be my favorite part of this picture. I've used it before, but not on a picture so... bright. But, enough on the picture. I created this layout for the P4D Design Class. This week's assignment is Emphasis. I used one of my kits for this layout- the My Ducky Kit, available at Elemental.

We shouldn't be afraid to use color in our layouts. I was so nervous about this kit- I didn't know if it would sell, I thought that I might have limited it too much with the duck images... But- it's selling. Yay! People want color! And not just any color, but bright color! Woohoo!

One last thing before I leave you... If you have ever purchased one of my kits through Elemental, I would love to see what you've done with those kits! Please, feel free to email me at tracey@pagesoftheheart.net so that I can see what you've done.