Friday Faves - Affordable Felt Letterboard

Felt letter boards used in decor can be seen all over Instagram and Pinterest.

They can be used for fun quotes, for leaving your family fun reminders or messages,

or for a favorite scripture or inspirational saying.

The downside is that they are pretty expensive.

Because of that I didn't pursue getting one, but when I happened upon one at Walmart for $9.97,

I couldn't pass it up!

Since I have copper pans and other copper accents in the dining room,

I decided to spray paint the frame of the letter board with copper colored spray paint.

For $9.97 and the price of a can of spray paint, you could personalize your letter board in your own favorite color!

Well, it's almost Friday, friends!

Have a HAPPY, HAPPY Friday

and a safe and BLESSED weekend!

             

Roses of yesterday...

 (All photos edited with Kim Klassen's 1111 texture)

still following,

songography at "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out"

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Winter beauty....

(quote by Tom Allen)

(quote by Andrew Wyeth)

(quote by Michael Leuing)

One of the gifts that I received from my husband for Christmas was a new Nikkor 40mm 2.8 prime lens.  I've enjoyed playing with it.  Today I took a few moments before I began the busyness of the day to capture the beauty that can be found in my own backyard even in the bleakness of winter.  (All three photos were edited with Kim Klassen's Monday texture.)

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songography at "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out"

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peabea scribbles

Sunflowers and copper...

The last several days have been gray and rainy. 

I only use natural light when I take photographs, which can be challenging on gloomy days.

In the first three photos in this series I overexposed the shots purposefully,

in the last three I left them a bit more dark and moody,

which, in this case,  I think I prefer.

Light and airy or dark and moody, what is your preference?

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songography at "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out"

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life-n-reflection

buckaroomama

the Lighthouse...

The Lighthouse
By Ronnie Hinson
(c) 1971

There's a lighthouse on the hillside
That overlooks life's sea.
When I'm tossed it sends out a light,
Tis a light that I might see.
And the light that shines in darkness now
Will safely lead us o'er.
If it wasn't for the lighthouse,
My ship would be no more.

And I thank God for the lighthouse,
I owe my life to Him.
For Jesus is the lighthouse
And from the rocks of sin;
He has shone a light around me
That I could clearly see,
If it wasn't for the lighthouse
Tell me where would this ship be.

Everybody that lives around us
Says tear that lighthouse down.
The big ships don't sail this way anymore,
There's no use of it standing around.
Then my mind goes back to that stormy night,
When just in time I saw the light;
Yes the light from that old lighthouse
That stands up there on the hill.

And I thank God for the lighthouse,
I owe my life to Him.
For Jesus is the lighthouse
And from the rocks of sin;
He has shone a light around me
That I could clearly see,
If it wasn't for the lighthouse
Tell me where would this ship be.

If it wasn't for the lighthouse,
Tell me, where would this ship be?

still following,

songography at "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out"

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buckaroomama

Barns...

If I've got my camera with me, I rarely pass by a barn that I don't photograph.

On Friday, my husband's day off, we went for a drive and I captured these three beauties.

My favorite is this one that's barely standing.

I'd love to salvage a piece of the old barn wood.

For Sonography, some lyrics from the song

Grandpa's Barn by the Roys

"There's an old rusty tractor 

Sitting there in his barn 

Still covered in dirt from working on his farm 

Theres an old faded calender 

From Johnson's hardware store 

Still says July 1954 

There's a piece of that ladder 

I climbed where he couldn't see 

I smoked my first and last cigarette 

And I turned john deere green 

No he never told momma 

When he caught me he just laughed 

And said son that won't make you a man 

Today the sun was shining as the family gathered round 

Teardrops were falling as we laid him in the ground 

But i knew where i could come to be with things close to his heart 

There's a lifetime of memories 

In grandpa's barn 

I rolled back the cover 

On his long white cadillac 

At ten years old he let me steer 

Sitting there on his lap 

There's a picture of grandma 

That he kept in the dash 

An old 8-track 

His favorite Johnny Cash 

In a corner of his tackroom 

Underneath his cross 

There's a worn out Holy Bible 

The one that saved him when he was lost 

It said remember son 

You've got to get down on your knees 

And thank God for the blessings you receive 

Today the sun was shining as the family gathered round 

Teardrops were falling as we laid him in the ground 

But i knew where i could come to be with things close to his heart 

There's a lifetime of memories 

In grandpa's barn 

I'm reliving a lifetime 

In grandpa's barn"

still following,

 songography at "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out"

image-in-ing:Variations

life-n-reflection

buckaroomama

As welcome as the flowers in May...

After a beautiful wedding on Saturday, the bride told me to take some flowers home.

Today, I did a little photo shoot with one stem of these sweet purple flowers as the main subject.

 (edited with Kim Klassen's waterfront-1 texture, screen mode, 20% opacity)

(edited with Kim Klassen's just a touch texture, lighten, 20% opacity)

(edited with Kim Klassen's dream it texture, hard light, 30% opacity)

(song lyrics by Hank Snow)

(edited with my own preset)

still following,

 songography at "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out"

image-in-ing:Variations

life-n-reflection

buckaroomama