holga // winter

I walked outside my front door yesterday only to have my face, ears, and fingers eaten off by the chilling wind. Its been pretty cold the past couple of days. And it is reminding me why I hate January, February and March. Can it just be Spring already?

holga // autumn

I've been waiting for weeks for my holga film...and it finally came! I had made a goal last year to use my holga more and now I finally have something to show for it.
Unfortunately the photos are making me miss autumn.

Just got some film back. Thought I'd share a few pictures!





Loved these sunflowers! Yes.

This is where my dog is buried. :(

I love my little holga a little bit more each time I get a roll of film back.

so i'm a little obsessed

with toy cameras. and film.

Here are the results from my actionsampler.





Not the greatest but I'm pretty proud since it was my first roll of film. I learned a lot. Like hold the camera still. Very still. And you need light. Lots and lots of light. My next roll will be better.
I got a roll from my holga back today. These results were better than last time. Color film worked a lot better for me.




As I mentioned in my last post, I want a supersampler way bad. I keep looking for one on ebay or amazon...and I keep getting beat in the auctions. Just last night I found another camera I want. Its the lomo fisheye camera. It would be super fun to have. Also, I have my eye on the fuji instax. Of course, I'm not planning on buying that until polaroid film has completely vanished. Actually I just heard that polaroid film might not vanish. It might be back in 2010. And I'm hoping it will be a little bit cheaper.
And then I have my eye on a Canon Rebel...which, of course, is NOT a toy camera. I am thinking that it can be a gift to myself when I completely finish school. :]

very busy week.

This week has been busy busy busy. Monday was just nuts and I was super tired by the time I got home from work that night. On Tuesday Sarah and I went shopping at the Gateway and then went to Matt (Matt as in Andy's brother) and Ashley's wedding dinner. Matt looked so very handsome and Ashley was gorgeous. They both looked so happy and cute! It kind of made me want to get married. Just a little bit. :] And it made me miss Andy. A whole lot. Wednesday was Kelbel's graduation. On Thursday I observed some more ultrasounds. I actually got to do the first part of a couple of the exams. So fun! I'm going to love it! That night me and Kelli were going to go to the Owl City/Classic Crime concert but we didn't because I'm too scared to drive in Salt Lake. So is she. Today I worked and then went to Matt and Ashley's reception. It was beautiful! It was almost EXACTLY what I have imagined mine looking like! It was an outside reception, Nate's (another one of Andy's brothers) band, Lokalgrown, was playing, there were cute litte white chairs and tables, cute flowery centerpieces, a yummy lemon-lime drink, delicious cake aaaaand her wedding video rocked.

Oh! I got my holga pictures back. Um, only about 5 of the 12 pictures turned out. The rest were either double exposed, too bright, too dark, or didn't work because I left the lens cap on. :] This one was my favorite.


I wish I would have known that I put black and white film in there! I have a lot of practicing to do obviously. I've already started on my next roll so everyone, please cross your fingers!
This also reminds me...I need to get a negative scanner....

I've had some time to squeeze in a little scrapbooking this week. This is a page I made celebrating our 5 year anniversary. And the next picture is of a card I made. Felt and buttons are my favorite. :]



I'll be finishing up my busy week tomorrow by running 13.1 miles, hitting a couple estate sales, going out to eat for Kelbel's graduation celebration, and working.

Now I'm off to move and organize my crafting supplies. Wish me luck!

i tumble.

I'm officially into tumbling. Is that what you'd call it? No, not the crazy break-your-neck tumbling. I'm talking about tumblr And I love it.

Seriously, just what I need. Another internet addiction.

Its a place where I can keep everything that I find that I think rocks. Poems, quotes, videos, pictures, songs, anything that I find pretty, lovely and inspiring. It keeps me a little organized. I always find things that I just love, be it a quote, a picture, lyrics, or whatever and I've totally cluttered up my computer with random word documents filled with the above mentioned. So this will be nice. It will help me keep things tidy.

You can visit me here if you feel like it.

Okay, I just have to tell everyone how excited I am that I'm finally getting my first roll from my holga developed. I can't wait!! I dropped my film off today!! I think I've made every mistake possible on this roll of film, from accidental double exposures to leaving the lens cover on, so we'll see how it turns out...uh...if it turns out. I've forgotten how fun it is to use film...its been too long! I've forgotten how anxious and excited I get waiting for the pictures to come back. Its always a surprise! I just loaded my next roll of film...and I can't wait to get started taking more pictures!

I ran across some beautiful holga pictures today and just thought I'd share one of my favorites!

originally uploaded by Chet4.

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