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Backdrop and Mini Workshops along with gratitude

Country Design Keeping today is a mod podge of ramblings.

Photography backdrops don’t have to be plain.  We’re going to start mini workshops…

and I’m finding gratitude.

Gratitude replacing loss.

Backdrop

Photography is complicated.

I’m not complicated.  {but please don’t ask Mike} 😕

Photos for our DIY projects look better with a backdrop given my photography skills.  If you follow me you know I do my best to share real life DIY.  The messy, the mishaps and many photos of DIY in progress on my paint and stained covered workbench.  When the project is finished we all need to see the “beauty” shot.

That’s where a backdrop comes in handy. 

I don’t mean a boring white sheet backdrop.  I mean an interesting backdrop with slight dimensions.  I found this door from a cabinet at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.  It’s heavy.  It’s about 14 by 30 inches.  I filled in the holes with joint compound and painted it with white chalk paint.

Now look at how the shaggy tree pops against the white backdrop.  Without being a boring white wall…

or sheet!

Mini Workshops

All subscribers can join me each month for a Design Workshop.  If you’re not a subscriber, you can join us by clicking here.

AND…

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I’m adding even more DIY workshops.  Mini workshops on Periscope and Blab.  Make sure you’re following me there too!  The calendar for all workshops is always available on the website by clicking above in the turquoise area “EVENT CALENDAR” or along the left side.  If you see a workshop you’re interesting joining, click on it and a list of supplies, tools {and soon a photo of the project} will pop up.  Check back often because I’ll be added mini workshops often.

This is going to be a blast!

Gratitude

I’m finding gratitude for a love that is still there even through loss.  Gratitude for readers that bestowed support by sharing their love stories of furry family members. <3

Gratitude for a strong willed love in a older dog.  Thank you Homer.

I’ve added this photo of Homer taken yesterday.  He looks so tiny.  He weights slightly over 100 lbs.  He’s extra tall for a German Shepherd.  He has cataracts so his sight is limited.  If the doorbell ring right now he wouldn’t move, he doesn’t hear much at all.  His walking is now limited due to arthritis.  He broke his back in 2009.  You can read more about that and his other adventures here.  I made a sling to help him through recovery.  I had called the sling, “Mama Help.”  I’m back to slinging his back legs to get him up and down the 2 steps of the back porch.   When I got out the sling again 6 months ago, I said, “Mama Help” and Homer knew exactly what to do.

Will you be joining our mini workshops?