Autumn in Connecticut

Miniature Worlds

Have you heard of tilt-shift photography?  It's a type of photography where the camera is manipulated so that life-sized scenes or subjects look like miniature scale models.

These are some of my favorite examples:

Anywhere but here

Looks like Mother Nature decided to play a trick on me today. Snow in April? Really? Right now, more than ever, I'd give anything to be back near the Mediterranean.

(Preferably Italy, of course...)

(Photos 1,2,3 - mine; photo 4 - Venice Daily Photo; photo 5 - unknown)

Eliott et Cerise

These are some of my favorite photos from a very sweet blog, Eliott et Cerise.

I hope my children will be as beautiful as these two!

I love they way their mother dresses them!

Adorable.

You can feel it in the air...

I wish I had someone special to take a stroll with where this photo was taken...

Nevertheless, happy first day of Autumn, my friends!

(photo via Le Love)

These are a few of my favorite things...

This week, these have been a few of my favorite things...

• Homemade chocolate chip cookies, fresh and warm from the oven
• The smell of new leather
• Laughing so hard with friends that you all cry
• Black and white photos of Paris
• Fresh guacamole
• That clean feeling after the dentist (and no cavities!)
• On-site painting
• Tickling little sister (well, not so little at 17) like we are both children again
• Unexpected hand-written letters
• Returning to a favorite clothing store only to find out that the item you've had your eye on for weeks is now on sale
  

Have a beautiful weekend!

(photos are mine)

Anthro

My jaw dropped to the floor when I got Anthropologie's catalogue in the mail the other day. In this particular one, they tooks photos of real people, rather than models, from around the globe. The photos are stunning and I love the backdrops of all the different places. (Not to mention the beautiful clothes!)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Engagement Photos

Ok, so how cute are these engagement photos?! They almost look like stills from a movie or a very chic magazine ad. I love the vintage clothing and hat box. What a cute couple!

(found via Emily Johnston Anderson via Cup of Jo)

Profess Courage and Act Accordingly

A friend recently sent me this fun tag to create your own "album cover." This is how mine turned out. Looks legitimate, no? I loved the photo I just happened to get.

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Now I'm tagging all of you who read this. Here's how make your own:

1 - Go to "wikipedia.com" Select “random article”or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations"or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover art.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together. I used Picnik (http://www.picnik.com/)

5- Tag some friends to join in

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PS - Check out yesterday's post! It's definately the most charming short film I've ever seen. It's worth taking the 7 minutes, promise!

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(photo by chachahavana via flickr)

Picnik

One of my friends just introduced me to Picnik, a free photo editing site that has some fun features.

I love the rounded edge setting, the poloroid frame, and the featurethat makes your regular photos look like holgas (how I wish for one of these little plastic cameras...)

P.S. - Does anyone know how to get rid of the borders around the photos? I'm stumped!

*Credits: the first, middle, and last are mine; the second is an old Anthropologie catologue, and I don't know where I got the fourth. If it is yours, let me know and I will give you credit :)