MUSE

I go to see Muse once every year, this is a ritual that is in its 3rd year now and Friday was my annual trip :) We went to the O2 in London and I must say I was not impressed with the venue and I think they weren't really feeling it this Friday. It was a shame because I waited a year for it but such is life I still got to see Matt bellamy. His trousers were the shade of blue that you get on the days were the clouds are at their fluffiest and his trainers sparkled like they held a million twinkling stars, he is an angel and my obsession with him i admit is quite tragic. Undisclosed desires was awesome though, I knew when I heard it that the radio could not do it justice, it was made to be played live and did not disappoint. I took my Holga to remember the feelings, to capture the essence of the night and I can not wait until I get my first roll developed but I am aware that it is pretty much trial and error with your first roll on a Holga so I will try to suppress my excitement. Knowing my luck I will ruin the film when I try to take it out of the camera lol. In other news my little man has his first tooth starting to show through, it surprises you the knowledge you gain as a new mother, before I was pregnant I was worrying about all the new things I would have to learn but things seem to come naturally, I had a sneaky suspicion last week he would be teething soon, even though he is only 4 months and had no symptoms, I just got a sense. He gave us his first proper full on belly laugh this morning when we were getting him ready for his bath, I'm lucky my husband gets to see these moments.
I had a sale in my Etsy shop also which I am happy about but I would be lying if I said I don't think I should be getting more sales, i need to sit down and make some tangible business plans. I'm thinking I need to other a larger selection of price points but then I do not want to under sell the photography I work so hard on so maybe I will start making ACEO's, Digital college sheets, or greeting cards. Hmmm tell me what you think? what would you like to see? I'm holding out that my newly found love of film will set the ball rolling in my shop because I am quite excited about the ideas I have in the pipe line but we will see.

4 months (well nearly)

I can't believe Rufus is coming up to 4 months old. It feels a life time ago I was pregnant! Him getting older is scary, this parenting malarkey seems to have a running theme! Now that I'm not constantly worrying about the here and now (IE a time bomb crying baby, cot death, dropping him, I could go on) its time to worry about the future! ekkk is he developing properly? What am I going to do for a career? how will my life progress from here etc and also slightly disappointed I am no where near returning to my pre-pregnany figure *blushes* If anything I'm getting worse! Anyway, amidst this crazy roller coaster of a ride I try to stop and breath....appreciate my little angel. He takes my breath away and when I'm not worrying about the numerous accidents that could happen we have the bestest fun together. My gorgeous little man at 4 months is my world, it was a slow burn but we are bonding more and more each day... and here he is :)

A Fresh Start

I am a fan of Katie Blair's work and so when I read about the chance to win one of her beautiful screen prints I entered, not expecting to win. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I had become the proud owner of her screen print 'start Fresh'. I would like to thank Katie for running this competition and I will hang this piece in the new workspace we are busy creating, I also want to thank her for creating such a wonderful blog filled with inspiration and yummy recipes.

Visit Katie's wonderful Etsy shop here www.katieblairdesigns.Etsy.Com

Rainy day

Rainy day
Originally uploaded by LouisaRosesTreasures

My gorgeous Holga arrived in the post a few days ago. The 35mm film adapter however is no where to be seen (bloody postal strike). I'm not sure i have the energy or creativity to use it to its full potential at the moment anyway. Winter depresses me, and as predicted dark clouds are not just floating in the sky, they are in my head. This picture sums it up.

p.s we are revamping our study/nursery with ikea billy bookcases and a room divider so hopefully very soon i will get the space to make my photographic necklaces, yayyyy. So its not all bad as i am slightly obsessed with Ikea and their clever storage solutions :) Order will clear my mind!

Holga Yumminess

Ekkk I'm so excited! I have found a tangible name for the style of photography that I adore and have been seeing everywhere, I can now research it to my hearts content which suits my curious nature... It is LOMOGRAHPHY! Now I know that most people have actually heard of this but somehow my wasted time on the Internet (facebook grrrr) had left me blind to its wonders up until now.

So as its winter and my creativity goes out the window this time of year I bit the bullet and brought a yummy gold holga! It is perfection and I love it a bit to much already. I have to wait weeks for it to be delivered now boooo! I am so excited, I have brought a 35mm film adaptor for it but this is making my brain hurt as there is so much to learn with film. I don't care though, the rules of lomography state 'don't think, just shoot!' and also 'there are no rules' so even if I do overlap on frames with the adaptor It might just might make for one of those miracle shots :)

Multiple exposure brilliantness, colour flash awesomeness here I come

So here she is,my new baby....




She will be the start of an obsession I can tell. When budget allows I've already got my eye on a pink Polaroid, a 2 lens and 4 lens robot camera,a fish eye, and a golden half...ummmm. Ooo I could go on but you get the message....EXCITEMENT HAS BEEN REVIVED!

FREE SHIPPING

There is now free shipping on all items in my etsy shop

www.louisarose.etsy.com

And as its the end of summer and the 'w' word is just around the corner, what better time to appreciate the short burst of colour that nature provides us:




Kindest regards

A New Look?

I have been playing around with a few ideas for a new banner and also I can not seem to get my head around making this blog look nice so decided to try a word press one.

www.louisarose.wordpress.com

Feedback is definatly needed here! Let me know what you think of the new banner and stuff. It still needs some work and I have another Idea to try out first but would love to know what people think.
I dont really want to leave blog spot but on word press I can basically have my own webpage which looks pretty cool. Plus its a nice place to keepa a professional portfolio, instead of directing people to my flickr which is very informal.