Amanda Rose blog

DIY Photoshoot Backdrop

If you've spied my pinterest, then maybe you would have seen my pin board photoshoot*ideas. 
I have loaded my brain with those pinned images aiming to conduct my own photoshoot when the right opportunity arose.

Well, we know how that turned out.

This is the post to show you how we made the DIY backdrop...

(FIRST) we duck taped 9 posterboards together and made a square 3x3 posterboard 'wall'.

(SECOND) we layed the posterboard 'wall' down outside, lining the edges and corners with newspaper.

(THiRD) we got the materials to paper-mache light pink and magenta bands of streamers on the 3x3 posterboard 'wall': wallpaper paste, water, paintbrushes.  By doing paper mache, the posterboard  'wall' would be reinforced.

(FOURTH) Claudia and I sat on our butts and painted the 'wall' with glue, then layed 5 rows of magenta streamer across, and then 5 rows of light pink streamer across.  *We needed to be careful because the streamer paper was very delicate.  It kept ripping, but when it did, we'd just place another piece of the same color over it. 

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(FiFTH) we kept repeating (FOURTH) until the 'wall' is done, and fully glued & papered.

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Then, you're (DONE) and you need to let it dry.  On the hot NY summer day, it dried in a little over an hour.  Keep in mind we only did one layer of glue/paper.

Once it dried, we hung it on our fence outside, got pretty and (SNAPPED PICS).

*CONFETTi SOLD SEPARATElY. ;)

Enjoy!

xOxO,

pink&green&gold&sequins: Sweet16 photoshoot

Like I said in yesterday's post, Claudia's Sweet 16 Photoshoot took place Monday afternoon, and was a great success!  It was successful in terms of how much fun we had and how excited she was to be doing it.

I've been wanting to 'conduct' a photoshoot for some time, and the occassion of her 16th birthday was the perfect excuse, but really it was all about making her feel special.  She is the sweetest, sweetest, absolute sweetest, and she deserved a day ALL ABOUT HER. 

She picked the backdrop's color scheme, and the DIY post explaining how we did it will come next week at some point. (It was super easy.) This is the first of many photoshoots to come because I just love 'em.

I'm thrilled that with these photos, she will have the memories of her 16th forever.

That's what it's all about, isn't it?

Have a sweet Wednesday!

See ya tomorrow!

xOxO,

my Summer Manifesto STATUS UPDATE #2

Har har hardy har har!

Major progress on the Summer Manifesto front!

I've been sellin' the stamps that I designed and made and WHAT A FEELIN'! BEIN'S BELIEVIN'!

The wine-tasting happened and was a day for the books!

Craftroom. (Finally!) Organized. See HERE.

...and as you read this morning, I'm on that Road. Trip. :) Yeah...that road trip that I thought I'd have more WiFi access on.  Haa haa!

Well, anyway...I'll see you when I see you!

xOxO,

I'm outta here!

'Tis true, readers and peepers! Today the boyf and I are leaving our Queens, New York (Yawk) home and headin' south to see the Grams in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  However, the stops and adventures we make and shake on the way...well...we'll see what they are. <--THAT'S THE CRAZY PART!  This is a trip we are sorta wingin'!  No set plans...like camping on wheels. Gah!

The only thing I do plan to do: POST FROM THE ROAD.
So...in semi-realtime, you will be on our adventure along with us! Yay!

I will write soon! Adios!

xOxO,

P-to-the-S:::

    We plan to be gone a week, so if you order any STAMPS from THE SHOP in that time, I will
    wrap 'em, pack 'em, and ship 'em the second I get back!...'cause that's kinda been my favorite     part! Bwah! Thanks! All love! ♥ ♥ ♥

vino, friends, & sunflowers

Three vineyards, a bunch of cool people, gorgeous weather, tons of picture-taking opportunities, wine (oh so much wine), red cheeks, laughs, smiles, sunflowers...I mean, my first ever wine tasting experience was so much more than I ever expected it to be.
Don't you just love when that happens? 

Happy Tuesday...

xOxO,

Information about vineyards: Duck Walk | Vineyard 48 | Pindar

{ { some |EXCITING| news } }

In the style of Pauly D:

This is fun.
My stamps will be up for sale this Friday, July 20th.
Spy most of them here and here.

Tee hee! :)

Thanks for stopping in &
letting me share! 

xOxO,
 

|week 28| my *Project Life* album

It's |week 28| and I finally figured out how to do a 12x12 whole-page photo.

I imagine this pic would have came out UNBELIEVABLE if it was a Nikon photo, and not an iPhone photo, but still pretty awesome considering. **stamp of mine pictured above...know which one?

That superstar pose from Elisa is my second favorite shot from the day.  That quote is best, too.

^^above^^ A little elise blaha never hurt anybody. ;)

The first spread was all about July 11th, my second beach day of the Summer.  But, yes, readers and peepers, there were TWO spread this week.  Again.

Below is the second spread filled with more events from the week.

So...there you have it, folkers!! |week 28| was great, and I'm soaking up the sun, the time, the warmth, the beach, my friends, my family, my bed, my skirts, my flip flops...just everything that comes with the awesome awesome summer. 

Summer, I loooooove you.  You and me were meant to be. 

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For more of my past Project Life spreads, go HERE.

For more on Project Life itself, go HERE.

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Thanks for paying a visit.
Some very exciting news will be shared tomorrow.

See ya then!

xOxO,
 

P.S. -- Here's another behind the scenes...

...of where this post's images were shot. Fun!  See you tomorrow for the exciting news!

my Summer Manifesto STATUS UPDATE

So whoa...
...what?!?!
Yeah.

So 'bask in the sun...for hours' we know I've already done. Twice.

'Eat cherries'  happened at my second beach outing of the summer.

I taught myself Photoshop Elements 10 with this online course and was able to TA DA! give my blog a new look.

I've been 'going crazy with my BAMBOO tablet' as blogged about here.

'Dance up a storm at a July 7th wedding' was DONE. DONE & DONE.

..the last checked item 'design & make stamps' has been done, and has breathed into life a new item on the Summer Manifesto list: GET 'EM SOLD!  By the way, if you've been visiting wondering about them, they are SOOO in the works. The bundle of them is set to be delivered early next week, the website is ready and waiting to be launched, and the packaging/shipping process has been already figured out.

Pretty much, I'm waiting for them to arrive, and then I will press 'PUBLISH' on the site and let you all know.  Again, thanks for your patience, if you've been waiting and wondering about them. :)

This summer's been a dream...and it just keep getting better.
Hope the same's been true for you.

xOxO,
 

beach is the word.

There's nothing like the beach with friends, and although I mentioned HERE I was going with my girls, we did let Daniel tag along.  He was our heavy-lifter. ♥  ♥  ♥

Come back in a little for a second post later today...one reporting on the status update of my Summer Manifesto.  There will be a mentioning of my STAMP SHOP. {{gasp}}

See ya.

xOxO,

P.S. - For the first image in this post, I blurred the background and kept my homegirl and I sharp in Photoshop Elements.  I found out how HERE. :)

Hi, |week 25|!!

Well, hello, readers and peepers!  I'm happy to say that I'm caught up and ahead of the game a little bit...already thinking about |week 26| and |week 27|'s 'looks'.  

Starting Project Life six months ago has to be one of the best things I could have done for myself this year.  It eases stress, it's doable and managable, it makes me think of my week's events in a different way, it gives me opportunity to use some of my favorite things: paper, stamps, stickers, glue, hole punchers, etc. and it makes me happy & creative.

Right side:

Left side:

I started the right side with a photo of my unmade bed stamped with two kitties, perfectly depicting my two kitty boops almost every morning:

I wrote a type-o, but nothing I can't fix in post. ;)

My green-tipped teacher toes were a theme of |week 25|...and blogged about HERE.

My Summer Manifesto was created in |week 25| and made into a sweet divider.

The left side, top, was about my weird, fiery desire to have a humungo calendar in my life.

The look of my classroom and school the last whole week 'til Summer made up the middle section.
I brought the laptops in for the last time, making the classroom look like a call center.
On the last Friday of the year, we had a yearbook party and ice cream. 

Lots of pinks and light teals in this spread.

I Mister Huey's blasted that corner with Taxi, and sweetly wrapped up the week's spread with this insert, above.

I notice that a lot of what I blog about ends up in my *Project Life* album.  This could get redundant, but I think it translates in a totally different way virtually than it does on paper.  It's a different experience with each memory through each medium.  Do you agree?

Anyway, as expected, Summer Vacay-yay-hey-cation has been wonderful.  Here's hoping how wonderful it's been will be communicated in my future PL spreads.  Tee hee! Yay!

Happy Friday, fellow scrap freaks!

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For more of my past Project Life spreads, go HERE.

For more on Project Life itself, go HERE.

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xOxO,