Adventures in DIY – Page 12

Explore New Places

March 24, 2013 by Jessica@SheekGeek

Yesterday was a great Saturday for exploring new places. Adam and I watched our first roller derby game. We sat in “suicide seating” which was on the ground right on the rink. Even better, our home team – the Charlotte Roller Girls – won their bout. Next Adam took me to a great burger joint called the Kickstand. It was great food and I surprisingly (or maybe not too surprisingly) loved having avocado on my burger.

In honor of exploring new places, I felt inspired to tackle the skill of changing signs in photos to say what you want. Here is the original photo I took at a North Carolina beach.

Here is version 1.

Version 2.

Version 3.

Version 4.

Version 5.

This time around I don’t have a very strong favorite and I like them all. Take all of them as a “sign”

∞Jessica

Reflect

March 17, 2013March 17, 2013 by Jessica@SheekGeek

After yesterday’s photo word art centered around the quote “You can’t plow a field by turning it over in your mind“, I still had remnants of inspiration. Last summer my father came to visit, and I was thinking about our adventures because he is going to be returning again. Last visit, he discovered an amazing privately owned lake that is open to public visitors. I took the following photo at that lake.

I wanted simplicity with my creations. Here are my afters.

And…

Last, my favorite.

I am in love with the above. I really see my self taught Photoshop skills growing in the above transformation. Yay for progress!

∞ Jessica

Don’t Just Sit There…Do Something!

March 16, 2013 by Jessica@SheekGeek

I was listless last night when I stumbled across this quote: You can’t plow a field by turning it over in your mind. It inspired me to use a tree picture I had taken and turn it into inspirational word art.

Here is the before.

Here are the afters.

This is my second favorite of the group.

A friend commented that the text was hard to read, so at the last moment I created the version that became my favorite of the bunch.

Inspiration to get things done is always needed!

∞ Jessica

If you want to be happy, then be…

February 23, 2013 by Jessica@SheekGeek

In honor of my word of the year “Be”, I played around in photoshop using a dandelion picture I took on my summer road trip to Wisconsin and the quote, “If you want to be happy, then be”. These are my results:

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4

Image 5

Image 4 is my favorite. What about you?

∞Jessica

Resource for Arrows

January 25, 2013 by Jessica@SheekGeek

When creating before and after pictures, snazzy arrows add the perfect touch. My new favorite source for arrows is the LaGirouette font from FontSpace.

Here is an example of these arrows in action.

I guarantee you’ll be seeing more of these pointers!

∞Jessica