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Jun 11 2009
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (Adding Texture to Flowers)
By Jodi Friedman of MCP Actions
Now that summer's close, it is macro time. So get your macro lenses (or your point and shoots in macro mode), and start shooting away! Flowers are such cooperative subjects compared to kids, aren't they?
Flower shots often speak for themselves, but one fun thing you can do to turn them into pieces of art is to play with textures. So while you are outside taking photos, photograph a brick wall, the pavement, rust, etc.
I'll show you what I mean.
Here is my original "wishing flower" photo "" as my twins call it.
Here are the two textures I will be applying:
The 1st one is rust on my air conditioner. This can not be great for the air conditioning "" but sure is perfect for a texture.
The next texture is a cracking, imperfect brick wall. Imperfect for brick = perfect for me!
Using the MOVE Tool "" drag the texture onto the wishing flower photo. Make sure to use high res textures. If you need to stretch the texture a tad, hit CTRL (or Command) and the letter "T" and drag the handles so that the whole photo is covered. Once done, click the check mark to accept the transformation.
In the layers palette, change where it says "normal" to the words "soft light" "" and change the opacity to taste:
Repeat with any other textures. You can see in the layers palette how I changed the mode to softlight "" and the opacity is lowered as well.
Here is the result so far:
Now for fun "" let's change the colors a bit. Open up a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer. Play with the hue, saturation and lightness. Hue changes the color, saturation has to do with how much color you have, and lightness has to do with darkening and lightening the color.
Here you can see what happens with -56 for hue, -68 for saturation, and +10 for lightness.
Ok, let's do one more, starting with this pretty flower. Love the shape of this one:
Here is the layers palette with the texture moved onto the photo using the move tool. I am only using the "rust" photo this time.
You can see I changed the blending mode to "softlight" with an opacity of 51%. Here is the result:
Now I want to change the color. This time instead of hue/saturation, let's try a different way. In your layers palette, get a "Solid Color" layer:
Once you click that, the following dialog box will come up "" just pick a color "" you can change it layer. I went with a warm orange for this shot.
This layer will be called "color fill." Change the blending mode to softlight. And decrease the opacity to taste. Here you can see I selected 75%.
And here is the final result:
I would love to hear which you like "" no hurt feelings if you prefer the original!
It is fun making art! I hope you enjoyed learning to add textures to flowers. I think these flowers choose "he loves me."
For more fun tutorials, tips, contests & even some free actions, visit my blog at:
Download these textures I photographed and used in this tutorial (just remember they are not for resale "" and my normal TOU apply):
102 Comments
Kath On Thursday, June 11 at 9:34 am
I'm working in Lightroom and Photoshop Elements. My sister uses Photoshop – I love the creative element that these textures add to photos ….
thanks for the tutorial
Kath @ http://www.soeursdujour.com
Jonna Nixon On Thursday, June 11 at 9:36 am
I love the textures! Nicely done!
Jonna Nixon On Thursday, June 11 at 9:37 am
I love the textures! Nicely done!
Red House Photography
Ashley On Thursday, June 11 at 9:37 am
Wow! I can not wait to do this with my Knock Out Rose pictures! http://www.dumbyoungins.com
Ashley On Thursday, June 11 at 9:38 am
Wow! I can't wait to do this with my Knock Out rose pictures!
Sara On Thursday, June 11 at 9:39 am
Awesome! I've been sruggling to finish an assignment for my photography class- but this really inspired me!! I can't wait to get going on my last few photos!
Thank you!
Tabitha On Thursday, June 11 at 9:40 am
I finally started using your actions and they are aweseome! Can't wait to try this one!
Tabitha @ http://www.fromsingletomarried.com
April On Thursday, June 11 at 9:41 am
This is so cool, I never thought of making my own textures! Great tutorial!!
Lisa On Thursday, June 11 at 9:41 am
Fun to play isn't it? Not that I know anything, but point, focus, shoot. That's why I read your stuff….anybody's stuff…..to learn & grow!
Daddy Scratches On Thursday, June 11 at 9:42 am
You are so right about flowers being the most cooperative subjects; the easiest thing I've found to shoot that almost always ends up in being a spectacular picture.
j in ia On Thursday, June 11 at 9:47 am
Ok. I'm convinced now that I not only need a nikon camera(which my hubby promised me soon) but a new laptop with photoshop. I love using picasa (its free!) But all these tutorials focus on photoshop & I love the effects. Now to convince the hubby for a new macbook… :). Pw, can you do a macbook giveaway??!?
Angela On Thursday, June 11 at 9:47 am
WOW! That is amazing Ree! Thank you so much for sharing
Brandi On Thursday, June 11 at 9:49 am
I have just sat down and worked with a picture of a hydrangea I took in my garden. What fun and wonderful effects. Thanks for sharing the great ideas.
Emily On Thursday, June 11 at 9:50 am
Wow!! Those look awesome!
Lisa W. On Thursday, June 11 at 9:54 am
Very cool! Adding texture takes it way up a notch!
helen On Thursday, June 11 at 9:57 am
My Canon Digital Rebel is under the weather . All I have is a "grey screen when I go to view a pic I took. Any ideas on that one?) My son's college education wins out over getting a new one right now. Just wish I even knew where to take it to see about a repair. Everyone wants to rip you off it seems these days. Sigh…………..
Thanks, Ree, for all the time you take to post tutorials, recipes, pics, etc. You do such an amazing job. I always wonder how many hours of sleep you get a night, girl!
Ellen Dye On Thursday, June 11 at 9:57 am
Awesome! I'm just beginning to learn how to take a decent picture and I've loved reading through the photography posts. And just think, only six months ago I was the owner of dozens of shots of my thumb
Michele On Thursday, June 11 at 10:01 am
I know i must have missed this but what program are you using? photoshop? what version?
Mrs Soup On Thursday, June 11 at 10:01 am
Ohhh, that looks amazing! Great tip!
Mrs Soup On Thursday, June 11 at 10:02 am
@ Michele It looks like she is using Photoshop CS4. :o)
Tara On Thursday, June 11 at 10:06 am
I'm going to have to try that. That's looks awesome.
Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com On Thursday, June 11 at 10:11 am
Ooh, I never even thought about using textures on flowers…
I guess we all know what I'll be doing later tonight!
tammy On Thursday, June 11 at 10:13 am
Thank you 1000 times for this! I couldn't put it altogether until now I love this look! Thank you, Jodi!
Meg On Thursday, June 11 at 10:15 am
Ooo… I never really venture into adding textures, but I can see how it turns out good in certain cases!
Lisa On Thursday, June 11 at 10:16 am
I love using textures on things I create in photoshop but honestly I hadn't thought of adding it to my flower photos. Thanks for the great tutorial.
Twila On Thursday, June 11 at 10:21 am
Wow…I wish I had seen this about a week ago. I just ordered a huge canvas of a picture that I took for my bedroom. I just wonder how much cooler I could have made it knowing this.
Guess I will have to take more pictures for my living room now. 8)
Laura On Thursday, June 11 at 10:21 am
I actually really prefer both of those photos before the textures were added. But to each his own. I can see how some photos might benefit from having texture added.
darla78ny On Thursday, June 11 at 10:22 am
WOW ,what great pics .
StephanieSays On Thursday, June 11 at 10:25 am
Oh wow. Thank you THANK You THANK YOU for this post!
Textures is not something that comes up in my collection of 'straight' photoshop books – so I've been meaning to find out about how to do this for a long time and never got around to it.
This is just what I need to get started.
Hugs and Kisses & THANK YOU!
Katie On Thursday, June 11 at 10:25 am
Hey Helen (#14)—a faulty CCD may be the problem. It sounds like the issue I had with my Powershot last year. Canon's customer service is wonderful! It was a known default in my camera model and they fixed it for free. I mailed in on a Friday and had it back and as good as new on Wednesday. They have a great customer loyalty program. You can get a # or email address from Canon's website. Look into it!
Jillian On Thursday, June 11 at 10:33 am
Jennifer from Indiana On Thursday, June 11 at 10:38 am
Wow!…I keep learning and learning. Thanks for the great turtorial!
Holly C On Thursday, June 11 at 10:41 am
I love the final version of the "pretty flower"! It looks like an older painting! I love it! I use photoshop often, but I don't always have the chance to use it on my own photos. I love it! Thanks for the tutorial!
Lana On Thursday, June 11 at 10:44 am
I love textures, but I always forget to use them once in a while!! I dunno, I have always liked just bright clean photos… like cartoons. Stay with me.. it's hard to understand. LOL
o-girl On Thursday, June 11 at 10:58 am
These effects are so beautiful. I wish I had PS!!!!
Stephanie On Thursday, June 11 at 11:27 am
Now that's cool! I can't wait to try it.
Michelle On Thursday, June 11 at 11:28 am
well said.
KittyG On Thursday, June 11 at 11:28 am
These are sweet, Jodi!
I can't wait to get photoshop…
Hey, can you recommend a macro lens for a Nikon D80? Guess maybe I should email you about this…
My Two Seasons On Thursday, June 11 at 11:34 am
Thanks for the great tips! I learned a couple new tricks!! I love using textures on flowers! It's so much fun! I have a few that I've done posted on my blog:
leigh On Thursday, June 11 at 11:36 am
I am always so indecisive as to whether I like the original photo or added textures. The textures give it a really soft touch and make the photo very interesting…but your original shot is beautiful, too (especially the flower — your bokeh is great!). What I often do (which I'm sure is bad!) is use textures to mask a photo that might be noisier than I'd like or not quite as sharp. Now that I see a really beautiful, sharp image with an overlayed texture I realize that the quality of the photo really does matter even when you use textures.
Thanks for all of the tips — I have learned quite a bit from you!
Best wishes.
cjwsbg On Thursday, June 11 at 11:45 am
They both look great!
Elizabeth On Thursday, June 11 at 11:46 am
I love the way it makes look the photo like a painting. I will try it, thank you.
Bobosaur Wrangler On Thursday, June 11 at 12:22 pm
Interesting, I don't really think to use textures with 'everyday' photos… good idea, thanks for the tip!
Chelsea On Thursday, June 11 at 12:46 pm
Love those flower pictures. I would frame one and hang it on my wall. Do you sell your photographs anywhere? Thanks for the tutorial!
Jean Bainger On Thursday, June 11 at 12:59 pm
love, love, love, the lessona
never knew how really dumb I was
Jessica On Thursday, June 11 at 1:21 pm
I have seen a lot people using textures lately and have been really intruqued. Thanks so much for this post. It was a little more in depth than I was thinking it was so I am excited to follow these steps and see what happens.
Judy On Thursday, June 11 at 1:29 pm
love the blue rust texture. Judy
Simply Vintagegirl On Thursday, June 11 at 1:34 pm
These look great (I especially like the purple/red flower – simply gorgeous!).
Just a couple weeks ago I added textures to a couple of my flower photographs. The textures were actually scans from an old cooking book. You can see what I did here:
Joyfully in Christ,
Miss Emily Rose
j On Thursday, June 11 at 1:49 pm
very georgia okeefe-cool!
Crystal On Thursday, June 11 at 1:52 pm
I loooove them both but the "wish flower" is my fav! I have a ton of photos from a recent day trip tp Catalina. I was wondering if there is a way to add texture using PS Elements 7?
NonnieM On Thursday, June 11 at 2:42 pm
So once you get a really cool textured photo, what do you print it on? What kind of paper do you use? Any recommendations? (Brand name and source would be great. )
SteveG On Thursday, June 11 at 3:08 pm
Susan On Thursday, June 11 at 3:12 pm
Beautiful flower Jodi!!
Susan On Thursday, June 11 at 4:05 pm
Now that is really cool. Your photographs look like works of art. I'm definitely going to try that.
Over at "RaisinToast"
Jean On Thursday, June 11 at 4:17 pm
Great tutorial! Thanks!
Jennifer L On Thursday, June 11 at 4:21 pm
I love this and think your example is beautiful. Thought it would make a great gift for my husband since I happened to take some photos of his favorite rare flowers lately. But it's not working the same for me. Oh well.
Patty Reiser On Thursday, June 11 at 4:42 pm
Flowers are generally have more patience while you try to get the picture just right. Here in the desert our cacti have already given me some wonderful blooms to photograph to which I think I will try out some of these techniques.
Thank you for the inspiration.
Wishing you a scent-sational day!
Autumn Smith On Thursday, June 11 at 4:42 pm
I LOVE your tutorials Jodi!
delaneysk On Thursday, June 11 at 5:02 pm
Please tell me the name of that flower. Beautiful shot.
Becky On Thursday, June 11 at 5:31 pm
awesome! I can't wait to try this out.
Jodi On Thursday, June 11 at 5:37 pm
So glad you all enjoyed this – grab the high res textures and play!!! Next week on my blog at http://www.mcpactions.com/blog (on the 16th) I will be giving away 20 HUGE sets of textures from an incredible texture designer. So make sure to stop by.
Chelsea – I saw you asked about buying my prints. Nope I do not sell them, but I would be happy to get you one of these in high res that you can print – just let me know what one you are wanting and texture or no texture.
Texture is an interesting thing – lately it almost seems overused and so I often myself shy away, but sometimes it can really change a photo into a more artistic piece. Other times it can look like you are trying to hide something.
Anyway – challenge yourself to go find textures outside or even inside. Photography them – overlay them and just have fun playing and being creative.
Melissa On Thursday, June 11 at 5:39 pm
I like them both ways. The textures make them look painted even more than Photoshop's artistic filters would. Great idea!
MandiCrocker On Thursday, June 11 at 5:59 pm
I think I like the before shots better. The texture ones are beautiful, though… they look like paintings now!
But I think I'm just more privy to the simple beauty of your world. There's not to much of the "real deal" out here in LA, ya know?
Stephanie On Thursday, June 11 at 6:39 pm
Thank you!!! I recently downloaded some texture actions and am loving them. So glad to know how to re-create. What a great tutorial.
Ok, off to go photograph some textures…
Sharla On Thursday, June 11 at 6:54 pm
i love these photos..funny i just posted some flowers with texture photos on my blog:) I love textures especially with still photography
gretchen On Thursday, June 11 at 7:49 pm
love the photos … i only have elements in ps. your photos make it very tempting to splurge on the whole package.
gina On Thursday, June 11 at 11:31 pm
I like the dandelion with the first texture before you started messing with the hues. The tulip didn't grab me in any of the photos…:(
roma On Friday, June 12 at 12:08 am
I just tried this out with my lilies and it looks gorgeous! Thanks so much , PW!
Erica Lea On Friday, June 12 at 12:09 am
Hmmm…I think I like the original wishing flower, but I love the texture on the second flower. The original was very nice as well. Thanks for sharing – now I want to find some texture of my own!
sadie On Friday, June 12 at 1:30 am
So pretty!! I have tulip pics on my blog too! as well as a TON of other new ones! I'm getting better with the d80, i think, come look!
Crystal Zacharias On Friday, June 12 at 8:25 am
I like both, but I like to keep my photos as original as possible. Very unique idea though to change things up
MariaV On Friday, June 12 at 8:33 am
Great tut, Jodi. Thank you.
Mamadallama On Friday, June 12 at 8:34 am
I like the 'wishing' flower (so cute!) in the last picture best but I believe I like the original of the other flower best. Very interesting!
Rebecca On Friday, June 12 at 9:21 am
Thanks for the textures! =)
mom2boys_123 On Friday, June 12 at 9:31 am
That flower is AMAZING!!!
Suzanne On Friday, June 12 at 9:40 am
I love the last photo, its beautiful and I cant wait to experiment.
Nicky Hurt On Friday, June 12 at 10:22 am
Thanks for the textures! I have done this and posted on my blog a while back. It's fun to see that you can change a perfectly good photo into art!
sheryl On Friday, June 12 at 10:56 am
This is fantastic. I think I will have to try this out over the weekend!!
Kate On Friday, June 12 at 12:12 pm
I just discovered textures for my photography over the winter and have been hooked ever since. I don't do them the same way, but I get the job done.
Thanks for the different way to incorporate them and change the colors around, Jodi. These are beautiful.
Flickr groups also have some free ones to use, as do some artists on Deviant Art.
Thanks again, Jodi!!
Ronda On Friday, June 12 at 1:39 pm
I love both, I didn't know you could use other photos for layering like that. Thanks for the tips.
Niteowl Nancy On Friday, June 12 at 1:43 pm
Beautiful, just beautiful, Jodi! What a creative way to make your lovely photos even more breathtaking and almost touchable! And I'm particularly tickled that my kids also refer to those as "wishing flowers." If I was forced to pick a favorite, it would be the red flower with the gold background, only because I am just drawn to those colors, always.
Shannon On Friday, June 12 at 1:51 pm
Slick, very slick. Just used these textures on a shot of a humming bird. Very cool. Thanks so much!
Laura On Friday, June 12 at 2:05 pm
This is great, but how do you open another picture are an additional layer? I tried the other day and was having no luck!
www.taracooks.com On Friday, June 12 at 2:19 pm
I don't speak this language sadly….
Shannon(MainePunkinhead) On Friday, June 12 at 2:54 pm
I love these pointers… especially the last one about choice of lens and light. {sigh}
when are you going to hold a contest for a new camera? (nudge nudge)
susan On Friday, June 12 at 2:54 pm
just beautiful!
Sandy On Friday, June 12 at 3:30 pm
Oh, what a wonderful world I have got myself into! I'm having such fun taking pictures with my Nikon (hubby's really) and starting my blog. This is the place to go to see how it is REALLY done! You rock!
shasha On Friday, June 12 at 3:57 pm
What a great tutorial! Thanks!
Amanda On Friday, June 12 at 4:05 pm
I love what you have done here and love the tips on changing textures…being new to photoshop, any little bit helps!
God bless-
Stacey On Friday, June 12 at 4:24 pm
THANK YOU for this. I will go forth and DO!
Jan C. On Saturday, June 13 at 10:26 am
I don't care for the textures on the dandelion that much, but I LOVE the rust texture over the other flower. That turned out so gorgeous. It would look amazing printed on canvas!
Thanks for the texture downloads.
Laura On Saturday, June 13 at 10:28 am
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this, Jodi!!!! Thank you!!! Both of these pics are just gorgeous with those textures added. Thanks for sharing the beauty!
kerry On Saturday, June 13 at 9:12 pm
That is something I've always wanted to try! I have a whack of texture photos waiting to be combined with other photos. Thanks for sharing! I posted a great Father's Day craft for kiddos if you need ideas. http://www.snickerdoodles.typepad.com
Julie Kirby On Sunday, June 14 at 8:46 pm
You have just opened a whole new world for me. Thanks for the tutorial.
lauri On Monday, June 15 at 1:00 pm
I like the effect of the textures on the flowers. They make a great soft look!
becky On Monday, June 15 at 1:46 pm
how do you incorporate these action pkgs. into the photoshop program?
tearese On Tuesday, June 16 at 11:48 am
thanks! I've been wondering how to add textures for a long time. I'll be trying this soon!
Brooke Ringdahl On Wednesday, June 17 at 9:09 pm
You are amazing! You are so sweet and kind that you offer this to people for free. I hope Karma treats you well you certainly deserve it!
Amy On Tuesday, June 23 at 11:18 pm
I had so much fun and posted one of the flower photos that I tried to my blog. Thanks!
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While it may be too late to challenge her biggest rival for the overall World Cup title, Vonn is looking like Mazes biggest challenger at next months world championships.
The American proved that she has fully recovered from a recent illness by winning a World Cup giant slalom, her second win in two weeks.
Vonn was third behind Maze after the first run but overcame several errors in the second to put down the fastest time and create a margin that Maze couldnt overcome. Vonn won in 2 minutes, 22.2 seconds for her first GS victory since last March.
In the second run I decided, OK, its all or nothing; I had to go for it, Vonn said. Its been a rough year for me in GS, so its just perfect.
Maze still clinched her third giant slalom discipline title by placing second. Maze had a near-perfect first run, but a poor start to the second cost her valuable time and she finished 0.08 seconds behind Vonn.
With her 59th World Cup win overall, Vonns just three away from equaling Annemarie Moser Proells record on the womens side. She earned her first GS victory since last March and back-to-back wins after taking the downhill last week at Cortina DAmpezzo.
Vonn took nearly a month off over the holidays to recover from an intestinal illness that landed her in the hospital in November. While her break allowed Maze to build an even bigger lead in the overall standings, Vonn said its clear she made the right decision.
A couple of weeks ago, everyone was thinking I was crazy taking this time off, Vonn said. But I felt my body wasnt ready. Now I am ready.
Austrias Anna Fenninger was third, 0.57 seconds behind Vonn.
Mazes closest rival in the GS, Kathrin Zettel, only managed sixth. Maze is 238 points ahead of Zettel with just two GS races remaining this season.
Maze also extended her lead in the overall standing to 748 points against her closest challenger, Germanys Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who finished fourth. Vonn stands another 66 points back in third, having missed several races while sidelined.
The 29-year-old Maze performed in front of a passionate home crowd and was 0.48 seconds ahead of Vonn after dominating the first run.
However, she ran wide at the start of the second, leaving her 0.13 seconds behind her rival at the first checkpoint. Despite the cheers of the fans urging her on, Maze couldnt make up the time and finished with tears in her eyes.
I had a mistake in the flat part, Maze said. In my final run, I just had too many mistakes but I am very satisfied with second.
Maze has won four of the seven giant slaloms this season, making the podium in the other three.
I have been working so hard this year for this GS crystal globe, she said. Now Ive won it, I feel freed and can look forward.
While the overall World Cup title may be Mazes to win or lose, Vonn will be a favorite to dominate next months world championships in Schladming, Austria.
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria Dominik Paris of Italy won the classic World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel on Saturday, while American Ted Ligety missed a gate and failed to finish.
Paris came down the 2-mile Streif course in 1 minute, 57.56 seconds, followed by world downhill champion Erik Guay of Canada 0.13 behind and Hannes Reichelt of Austria in third.
Paris, who also won in Bormio in December, and teammate Christof Innerhofer share four downhill victories this season, a record for the Italian team.
Winning Kitzbuehel is even a bigger achievement (than Bormio), Paris said. Its the dream of every downhill racer to win here. When that dream comes true, its beautiful.
Ligety failed to finish, meaning hes out of the combined event that includes the slalom on Sunday.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who won Fridays super-G, finished 10th and failed to overtake Marcel Hirscher atop the overall standings. The Austrian skipped the race.
The crowd of about 50,000 included Austria-born Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took a break from a promotional tour to watch the race in sunny conditions.
Ligety was disappointed with his run.
Its a bummer as I was only 0.9 out on the last split, so it was a really good position for the combined, said Ligety, who also missed out on scoring points after his ski came off in a combined event last week in Wengen, Switzerland.
The American is third in the overall standings, 199 points behind Hirscher.
Thats two weekends in a row where I could have been first or second, Ligety said. Its really disappointing to have such opportunities missed. You cant expect to win the overall if you let opportunities like that go. Its really frustrating.
Paris is the second Italian to win the event, following Kristian Ghedina in 1998.
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A violent teenager who attacked a man and bit off part of his ear has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years' detention.
Harry James Matthews (18), who has a history of violent offending, was on bail at the time for two other street incidents, in the city centre.
Leicester Crown Court was told the attack on the man, who lost part of his left ear, happened on November 2 last year.
The victim was repeatedly punched by Matthews and accomplice Alex Woodward (18), who was given an eight-month detention sentence, suspended for two years, with 120 hours of unpaid work.
Matthews, of Henton Road, off Hinckley Road, Leicester, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and Woodward, of Uplands Drive, Markfield, admitted causing actual bodily harm.
James Varley, prosecuting, said Matthews got into an altercation with the victim on the forecourt of a petrol station on Humberstone Road and Woodward threw punches.
The victim was knocked to the ground and the pair continued the attack, with Matthews kicking and punching him, before biting off part of an ear lobe.
Judge Simon Hammond held up a photograph of the injury in court, saying: "It's disgusting, it's appalling, let Matthews see what he's done." He said CCTV footage of the attack was "ugly viewing".
Mr Varley said the victim, who was in court, had lost his confidence and was self-conscious about his disfigured ear. Judge Hammond said: "It must be deeply upsetting to have part of an ear bitten off and the photograph of the injury is horrible."
Matthews and co-accused Luke Nigel Taylor (20), both admitted causing actual bodily harm on August 3. The victim was chased by them from Horsefair Street into St Martins.
He was repeatedly punched and kicked on the ground – and left unconscious in a pool of blood, at 5am.
A woman passer-by, who gave first aid when he began having a seizure, noticed the defendants appeared to be "celebrating" what they had done.
Taylor, of Saffron Lane, Leicester, who also admitted affray during the same incident, was sentenced to 12 months' detention. Matthews also admitted possessing a knife in a public place, outside the High Street entrance to Highcross shopping centre – which he produced to scare a charity shop worker who was chatting to a friend – on August 10, at 3.40pm.
He and another co-defendant, Jordan Edward Ingram (19), were with six other males who surrounded the victim.
Ingram made remarks to the man and accused him of being "cheeky", before telling the victim's friend: "Shut up or I'll do you."
Mr Varley said someone said: "I'll shank you," meaning a threat to stab the victim, while Matthews produced a knife and pressed it against the man's hand.
Two women working in a nearby shop rescued the victim by taking him indoors and called the police.
Ingram, of Canal Street, Wigston, admitted threatening behaviour and was given a one- year community order with 20 hours of unpaid work.
Judge Hammond said: "Most of what happened was disgraceful gratuitous violence, the type of behaviour that makes cities and towns no-go areas.
"Matthews has a worrying antecedent history with previous convictions for violence and the pre-sentence reports says he likes to maintain a macho image."
In mitigation, Matthews was said to suffer from an attention deficit disorder since schooldays, but new medication had moderated his behaviour.
Taylor became involved in his offence after being provoked by racial abuse from the victim in Horsefair Street, the court was told. Woodward, who works as a DJ, and Ingram, had no previous convictions.
Ingram approached the victim outside Highcross, because he recognised him as someone who made disrespectful remarks, on Facebook, about his late grandfather.


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I need candles- nice tapers, not found at walmart, for my altar. I am thinking nice lemony yellow to spruce things up, bring warmth and sun into the house.
The sickly kids are mending, so I think we shall get outside for a bit today.
Sunshine- what an outrageous bill. Hope it gets straightened out!
Valerie- You know, all this negativity, for me, seems to be outside of my family- in the state, in the county, in the country- just out in the universe. In some ways, I feel insulated by it because I can retreat inward but then, I want to stay involved in my community, so all the crap comes flinging back. Rescue rememdy and herbs have helped a lot the last two days but man, for awhile I was ready to run away. Nothing was changing the feeling of being beaten down. *hugs* to you my dear! Our local herb store now has an infa-red bed- I am mega curious about it. Maybe, some healing work or a massage could help.
Dh, Me , DD 10 , DD 7 , DD 4
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"The device, known as the tricolon, is among a number of rhetorical secrets first identified by the speakers of the ancient world, classical orators such as Cicero, Demosthenes, and Socrates.... Its magic lies in its efficiency: a third word gives confirmation and completes a point..."
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I am enjoying nibbles of sweet, juicy, slightly prickly borage leaves. I bet they would make an awesome green smoothie!
Thanks for the link, aweyn
Picked up a beautiful windchime with a lovely gem hanging from the bottom. Picked up some spring faeries figurines and now they sit on the altar!
The kids worked on hard mathematic with colored gems, bowls, and the dry erase board. Just a beautiful day, despite the gray, cold rain
My youngest LOVES gems and pretty stones of all kinds. His treasures aren't toys, but a blue agate on a keychain and a bit of sparkly pyrite....
Glad you had a great day with the kids. I love watching kids learn.
So, how many of us are ordinarily vegetarians, now?
I aspire to eat fewer animal products, and ethically/organically raised ones.
TF makes a lot of sense to me. So does eating lots of fish, but that doesn't seem natural where I live, thousands of km away from any ocean.
I serve a lot of beans/nuts/seeds to the children in my life. Ime, not many tots are meat eaters.
I've tried a vegan diet, but in the long run, didn't feel healthy on it.
Funny about the meat cravings during pg. When I was pg, I mostly went off meat, if I remember correctly. With my dd, I craved hummus and cheese quesadillas with lots of salsa. Also beets and salmon, neither of which I really ate when not pg. With my second, a boy, I ate orange things -- oranges, of course, carrots, squash, yams, sweet potatoes, orange cheese, and (ugh) cheese doodles and creamsikles . My youngest -- I don' t remember. I was actually depressed for the first half of that (unplanned) pregnancy and don't remember a lot of it
Have a great party, Sunshine. An asymptomatic red tent time -- I wish! Lucky you! I'm tapering off of mine. I think I'll be approaching ovulation on the next new moon -- a good point in the cycle for treasure mapping, I think!
Hugs, Valérie! Fire to burn the hard feelings, shelter from the drama, and joy in the spring....
The power of 3's showed up in an early childhood newsletter this morning (cool)
Up late waiting for my dd's phone call. She's having a great time
I got a little moon time this morning DP knew I'd been on the look out, so he woke me up at 5:30 to show that she was setting outside my bedroom window. I love that he knew to wake me for this. It's my first moon viewing in our new place. Seeing her and where she sets in relation to the house was wonderfully grounding. I can be here now.
Hmmm... pregnant cravings. Meat was mostly unappealing to me. I'd been eating meat for about a year, and before that hadn't had meat for about 10 years. Then for some reason pg=no appetite for meat. FWIW, I have 1 DS and 1 DD. I eat meat now. With the first pregnancy, I didn't have an appetite. By the 3rd month, I was down 15 lbs. Then one day a co-worker put a bag of Lay's potato chips in a pull and shook Tapatio sauce all over them. I think I stole the whole bowl. lol Silly pregnant lady. Then later I realised I would gladly eat anything smothered in enchilada sauce. What a funny time.
mamaofthree- I want to hear that link, but have to wait for DS to get up.
Sunshine- Holy Moly! So, the bill's a mistake? I have a hard time with cakes too but for me, I always have.. I need to consult my cake master sister.
unschoolin-Love those scores from the $ store. Think I may be heading there today. It just occurred to me, I haven't set up an altar in the house yet!? Well, now that I think about it, the first thing I did was set up one really. There's a corner shelf, and the first thing put into the house was a special painting, a statue of a woman and man kissing, a pottery ritual rattle and a ceramic hand labyrinth. Funny that I didn't even think about as an "altar" but it is. Think I'll set intention into it today for springtime and add a few bits to round it out.
Clay- Love your etsy site. Your work and the descriptions are beautiful.
Aweyn-Root bound. What a great analogy. Hope you sink those roots into the soil very very soon. ((hugs)) So excited that you may be coming this way! We'll have to chat more about that.
Aubergine-Thanks for the smiles about my cute little guy. I enjoy him so much! Just to clarify, I'm not necessarily happier here. It's just temporary while our house is having some major work done. We'll be here 2-3 months probably. To be honest it's been stressfull and I'm not too happy about it but I'm really trying my best to be as positive as possible because really...it just IS and there's nothing I can do about it. It's especially hard because it's garden time for me and I'm 20 minutes away from by raised beds. That won't stop me though. Next week is spring break, and the family's going to spend a lot of time there to plant some seeds for our return. BTW, I just love reading about your dreams and your thoughts on them.
Well mamas, once again I'm out of time and need to get these kiddos on the road. Sending thoughts of grounding during this spinny, twirly, whirly time.
I told him we'd maybe go bike riding today. It's sunny and supposed to get to 70, but is probably in the 50s. I don't know if it's going to get that warm. I don't really feel like bike riding at all How in the world will I get out of it? I can't, if he remembers...sigh.
Was a good day today other than opening up the utility bill to the tune of $1500!! Called them and that's getting straightened out, but wow!
Yikes! Glad you got it straightened out! I'da had a heart attack, too!
i even had a bumper sticker that said something like meat is murder as i pull into burger king so i could eat cow. lol
That is funny.
I think I'm too negative to find comfort in the texts I've read about the Full Moon... I only see the negative and feel worst.
I'm trying to shelter myself from drama but then my retreating become the source of more drama... Snow ball... and it's ugly.
Oh well... lighting a candle to burn those hard feelings, strong emotion, flaring drama...
So, how many of us are ordinarily vegetarians, now?
I aspire to eat fewer animal products, and ethically/organically raised ones.
TF makes a lot of sense to me. So does eating lots of fish, but that doesn't seem natural where I live, thousands of km away from any ocean.
We do eat meat. Plenty of it, really. We were veg a couple years back, but when ds turned 4 he wanted meat and I had been thinking of becoming omni again, so there you have it.
Have a great day, all.
Me Handfasted wife to M as of 3/7/10 , and Mama to R (1/31/01)
we are going to start it tomorrow. it should be fun.
mama to 7 amazing children married to my main man for 24 years and finally home FULL time
We let an employee go yesterday. She is now threatening to contact OSHA, the FDA, and a lawyer (for age discrimination - she's not even the oldest person here). She went to coffee with my mother and told her she was going to do whatever she could to get us all fired... then she said she was going after MY job, too... cuz all I do is play on the computer all day...
Frickin humans... she's gonna get herself in trouble with all the crap she's throwing around, cuz none of it is more that 2% truth...
Okay, I'ma stop "playing on the computer" and go to lunch... maybe I'll make it an extra long lunch hour...
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|i even had a bumper sticker that said something like meat is murder as i pull into burger king so i could eat cow. lol
Tor is crawling! He has been a low down roller derby babe for a while now with a ground covering log roll technique but today he started crawling! It's more of an inchworm approach, but it's a straight line, goal oriented, speedy technique so I guess it counts. He also sat, all on his own, playing with a half dozen toys for about 40-50 minutes so that's another milestone.
I found a stable that will do a "meet the horses and have a pony ride" for dd1's birthday (she turns 5 next week). If she enjoys it we'll sign her up for lessons there (a lot of DH's horse people suggested this stable). June is our last month of preschool tuition before homeschooling and single month of preschool here costs more than most curriculum so we'll have some room in the budget to give her riding lessons if that is something she'd enjoy. I guess we'll see... she is really focused on horses, but she doesn't actually know any up close and personal so I don't know if the obsession will last into reality.
It snowed all day yesterday, today it's in the 50s, and Friday is supposed to be in the 80s! The 80s! It's wild.
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Unfortunately the amount on the utility bill was not an error. They had us on a flat rate plan. I knew it would go up - we were paying $165 when the actual bill was always over $200, around $300 in winter. While I was sick I forgot to pay that bill and it cancelled the payment plan and made it all due plus the next bill as well. But rather than pay it all at once, we can pay an amount of it next week, then tack on $54 a month until it's caught up, so it's not as painful as it could have been!
Little bit of tension between DH and I right now. It's odd because that so rarely happens. It'll get worked out, nothing huge or anything, but I'm still peeved. Right now though it doesn't matter because it was still a wonderful day!
it was on Fresh Air. what i loved most about it was the authors comment about what that sabbath is for..."For one day a week, you let the world be as it is," she says. "And you be in it, and try not to dominate it."
that sounds so good, to take a day and be in this world, with in this moment, with in this day and not try and be in control of it all.
next month (april) No Impact Man is having another no impact week thing, and i was thinking that during the energy thing, that although i won't turn off everything, maybe we would have the computer off and leave the lights out for a few days. i don't know. i feel that "we" just never take a real moment.
someone in the HS group posted a link to an article about how great it is for kids to spend lots of time on the computer. i just feel like that isn't true. that what we need is more time outside, more time also with in the moment, more time being free of this modern life and try and have simpler moments.
anyway... maybe to much deep thinking. lol
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I'm feeling a little bit better.
I've chatted with an astro friend and she pointed some things in my chart that explain a lot about how I feel lately.
I'm also about to leave my extended stay in the Red tent (10 days each months... too long )
I am sooooo sick. I mean, sick sick. Hence posting at whatever ungodly hour this is so that I'm close to the bathroom. Ugh. I am not catching a win here.
See you all in the "healthy thread"!
Be pretty! Be practical! Be Pagan! Visit Pagan Hearth & Home!
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Sun, sun, and warming yellow sun! Spent time with the stars last night. I always call out, "hey there gorgeous, nice to see you."
Not much to report- lots to do today, but honestly, I want to scrap everything and just spend all day outside. Because we didn't get to do eggs on Ostara, we will do them tonight/tomorrow depending on what the kids are doing.
Hope everyone has a happy, sunny day! Health and healing to all!
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Walked the dogs today (did I tell y'all I got a "job" walking someone's dogs 2 days a week?). Off to my usual AA meeting in a few mins, then home to pack for my mom's. We're off to her house for Easter weekend, and to meet her boyfriend, who is also coming down to stay. Man...I really hope she has soundproof walls
Mom's bf is taking us all out to a posh seafood restaurant for Easter dinner. This is AT the beach, so it's all uber-fresh. Slurp!
We're doing an egg hunt for ds at her house, and going to her church (Episcopalian) for Easter Sunday. They're having a hunt there, too, but ds doesn't want to participate.
Then going back to the beach I lived at for 14 years, to say hi to a friend I haven't seen in quite a while. Then coming home Tuesday, while ds has the rest of the week off.
Me Handfasted wife to M as of 3/7/10 , and Mama to R (1/31/01)
i feel that "we" just never take a real moment.
someone in the HS group posted a link to an article about how great it is for kids to spend lots of time on the computer. i just feel like that isn't true. that what we need is more time outside, more time also with in the moment, more time being free of this modern life and try and have simpler moments.
anyway... maybe to much deep thinking. lol
I'm feeling a little bit better.
I've chatted with an astro friend and she pointed some things in my chart that explain a lot about how I feel lately.
I'm also about to leave my extended stay in the Red tent (10 days each months... too long )
awyen - I'm going to print it as it was my second read and I still don't think i'm getting it all .. dense is the right word for it, but like a flourless chocolate cake dense. Great article though, and I'm going to put it up with Tracy's to see if I get more "AHA!" moments.
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UPDATE - 11/13 Normal, 5/13 Heroic
Working on Manneroth normal right now. Managed to drop him to below 30% with a few good looks at phase 4. In heroic, we cleared out Kilrogg and have started work on Gorefiend.
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Rush Limbaugh is railing against Beyoncé. Too bad he's got it all wrong. The radio host took the H-town diva to task over new song "Bow Down" and what he mistakenly refers to as her Bow Down Bitch Tour: Their (Destiny's Child) songs were attempts to inspire young women not to take any grief from […] [Read More]
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The 20-year-old was surprisingly released by Arsenal at the end of the season, despite making his first-team debut last term.
Meade has had a number of offers and trained with Belgian side Club Brugge earlier in the summer.
However, there was always Premier League and Championship interest, and now Swansea have made their move to seal a deal.
After training with the club for a number of days, Meade has been offered terms and will give Michael Laudrup options on the left side as he can also play on the wing as well as at full-back.
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MILLBURY, Mass. — The Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Letters may be emailed to email@example.com.
To the Editor,
When I awoke on Saturday morning I noticed one of the Christmas lights was still lit in the window. I told my husband he forgot to turn all of the lights off and he said he left the light on for the "children."
We will leave this light shining until after Christmas in memory of all of those who lost their lives on that tragic day. It would be nice if other people in town would leave a light shining in their memory. Seeing lights throughout the town will show that they will not be forgotten during the Holidays.
Sue Bernard
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Former UFC heavyweight champ gets married
The new Mr. and Mrs. Randleman. Combat Lifestyles Photo. Former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman tied the knot this weekend with longtime girlfriend Liz. Noted MMA photographer Tracy Lee of combatlifestyles.com was there to capture it all and you can check out all her pics here. Normally I wouldn't post about something like this, but […] [Read More]
Blame it on the swine flu – really
CONCACAF has decided to halt the U-17 Championship in Tijuana, Mexico, because of growing concerns about the swine flu outbreak in Mexico City. Mexico was to play Honduras and the United States to face Costa Rica in the semifinals Wednesday, with the final and third-place match during the weekend. But with all four teams already […] [Read More]
Owls update: Scouts still have "some" interest in injured Ojala
Rice pitcher Mike Ojala still wants to be drafted during Major League Baseball's June draft. This will be his first year of eligibility since high school, but the slight tear in his Ulnar Collateral Ligament is putting a major damper on his junior season. Ojala has been restricted to just seven starts and 42 2/3 […] [Read More]
All-Greater Houston, TAKS testing and what's on tap this week
A quick update on the highly anticipated All-Greater Houston winter sports sections (which will have players of the year, all-area and all-district selections for basketball, soccer, swimming and wrestling): Those are slated to come out next week. Tentative release date of May 6. They will be unveiled in a four or five day series, by […] [Read More]
Leftovers from Dynamo-Heat friendly are ready for you
You like leftovers, don't you? They cruised to a 4-0 victory over the Laredo Heat over the weekend in what was a tune-up for both teams. Did you expect anything less against a PDL team? I promised you a more expanded look at the game, so here it is. The vitals? You should already know […] [Read More]
Video: Congenital amputee Kyle Maynard's MMA debut
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Softball: Playoffs start this week
There is much to discuss in softball this week. The playoffs start later this week and with the way the district races are going, it is safe to assume that the 4A and 5A Region III title races will be good ones. Plus, there are a handful of really strong contenders in Region II 5A, […] [Read More]
Owls update: Berry on target for return; Ojala sidelined again
The Owls split up their roster into two teams yesterday and scrimmaged. For the first time in more than a month, Ryan Berry took to the mound. He pitched two innings against his teammates, likely putting him on schedule to make a start against UH this weekend. Coach Wayne Graham said Berry looked solid on […] [Read More]
Cosby, Dockery sign NFL contracts
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The Calhoun School
A Leader in Progressive Education
From Mozart to Mars Concert, Oct. 1
Multi-talented composer Lisa Ralia Heffter bridges the worlds of classical, rock and theater composition to create a dazzling universe of musical beauty in
"From Mozart to Mars,"
on Mon., Oct. 1, 7pm. The concert, a highlight of the ninth season of Calhoun's Performing Arts Series, features a distinguished cast of vocalists, musicians--including surprise guests from Broadway.
Included in the evening's program will be two of Lisa's original compositions from her musical,
Mars: 2076,
a futuristic tale based on the American Revolution.
In addition to her work as a composer, Lisa is also a violist with the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) and the Manhattan Philharmonic. She has toured France with the Manfred String Quartet and won first prize at BANFF in Canada and the Premier Grand Prix in France, and was one of the original founders of the Bordeaux String Quartet. She was also the original violist with The Elysium String Quartet, which debuted at Carnegie Hall. Lisa, who also teaches strings at Calhoun, is a graduate of The Juilliard School of Music.
Joining Lisa for the evening's performance:
Daniel Avshalomov,
violist of the American String Quartet, which is enjoying its fourth decade of international acclaim. Before joining the Quartet, Daniel served as principal violist for the Aspen, Tanglewood, and Spoleto festival orchestras, as well as for the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Opera Orchestra of New York, American Composers Orchestra, and as solo violist with the Bolshoi Ballet.
Eugene Moye, called
"one of the foremost cellists of his generation" by the
New York Times,
is principal cellist of American Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Opera Orchestra of New York and Westchester Philharmonic. In addition, Eugene has recorded with, or backed up, nearly every popular music star, including Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles and KISS.
Gail Niwa
(pianist) is celebrated for her New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall and her recitals at Orchestra Hall in Chicago on the Allied Arts Piano Series and at the Ambassador Auditorium's Gold Medal Series in Pasadena. She was the winner of the international Nina Bacchaur competition, received outstanding reviews for her solo appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was the first woman to ever win the Gold Medal at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition.
Laura Goldberg
(violin) is a founding member of the Cassatt String Quartet, which has won prizes at the Fischoff, Coleman, and Banff Competitions. The quartet received the Wardwell Fellowship at Yale, established the postgraduate residency at Juilliard, held a CMA residency grant at Caramoor, Bang On A Can, and performed at venues including Theatre de la Champs Elysee, The Kennedy Center, Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Tanglewood. A Juilliard graduate, Laura is a member of the chamber music faculty at Juilliard pre-college.
Logan Tracey
is an actress and singer based in NYC. She is thrilled to be back with Lisa and John after working on
Permission: the Musical
a few years back. With a background in musical theatre & improv/comedy Logan has shot a number feature films and shorts screened at national festivals and has worked on
All My Children
Guiding Light
. Logan completed her first studio album in 2012 and sang multiple tracks for the feature film,
A Novel Romance
starring Steve Guttenberg. Some other fun projects includes comedy with:
College Humor
andperforming in the NY Underground Comedy Festival. Updates and Info always found at: www.logantracey.com
Annie Kerins:
Off Broadway:
Looking for Billy Haines
(TheatreRow). Regional: Logainne,
Spelling Bee
(Majestic Theatre);
Romancing the Throne
(Goodspeed); Mrs. Cratchit,
Christmas Carol
(Hanover Theatre);
Irish and How They Got...
(Ivoryton Playhouse);
(New Repertory Theatre); Columbia,
Rocky Horror Show
(Foothills); and Mitzi,
Crazy for You
(dir. Rob Ruggiero). Annie spent her summer on the beach while performing at the Cape Repertory Theatre. She is a graduate of the Hartt School and a proud member of AEA.
Tijuana Ricks:
The Women of Brewster Place the Musical
(Arena Stage and The Alliance Theatre),
Stick Fly
The Overwhelming
(The Contemporary American Theatre Festival), TV:
(Rebecca Padget),
666 Park Avenue
(Det. Monica Jarvis),
Law and Order
(Sgt. Royce),
30 Rock
. Film:
The Savages
with Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney,
The Architect
with Viola Davis,
The Girl in the Park
with Keri Russell. Tijuana is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
Claire Moore
's performances include Cinderella (Casa Mañana), Songs for a New World (Watertower Theatre), Ruthless!/Myrna Thorne ( FMPT), The Last Five Years/Cathy (Nouveau Theatre). Claire was a principle in Story Songs directed by Betty Buckley and was also featured in the "Broadway's Rising Stars" series at the Donnell Theatre, NYC. She made her television debut on ABC's "The One, Making a Music Star."
Samantha Joy Pearlman
recently starred as Louise Buckley in her original show,
Devotedly, Sincerely Yours: The Story of the USO
in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Favorite credits include: 2011-2012 Acting Apprentice at Walnut Street Theatre, Cabaret Fellow at the 2011 Cabaret Conference (Eugene O'Neill Theater Center), Belle in
Beauty and the Beast
, Marisol in
and Maria Elena in
The Buddy Holly Story
(Ivoryton Playhouse).
Brittney Bertier
(Chorus) Off-Broadway:
O Night Divine
(The York Theatre Co.) National Tour:
Hello Out There
(Festival of New Works at Goodspeed Musicals). Film:
The God Question
The concert will be held in Calhoun's intimate Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center on 81st Street (wheelchair accessible). Tickets for the star-studded event are $5 for students and senior citizens; $10 for adults.
Purchase tickets online!
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post8558237633071543747..comments2015-07-28T09:49:55.908-07:00Comments on Cluck Cluck Sew: Getting bigger…email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-45699819730606127502010-05-19T01:18:11.027-07:002010-05-19T01:18:11.027-07:00I love the colors and fabrics in this quilt. I am...I love the colors and fabrics in this quilt.

I am living in Denmark and was floored to discover how expensive fabric is here. Low quality fabric is $16/meter and "designer" fabrics like Amy Butler are $30/meter. I don't think there are many quilters here with prices like that!savvy stitchhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-25516037423985488022010-05-13T11:06:09.881-07:002010-05-13T11:06:09.881-07:00I love this photo! I know, I couldn't underst...I love this photo!

I know, I couldn't understand what was going on when I tried to buy some Saffron Craig from Australia and it was like $30 a yard. I thought i'd lost something in the translation of money and it was really going to be $10/yard like in the US, but yeah, no.I Love Baby Quilts!http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-60733150106300545322010-05-13T04:27:03.037-07:002010-05-13T04:27:03.037-07:00The little guy is a cutie! As for the fabric price...The little guy is a cutie! As for the fabric prices in independent quilt shops---my local shop is trying very hard not to raise their prices, and the owners are trying new ways to keep their prices down by stimulating business in other quilty business ways. It's a lot of work on their part, but they are doing it. I still give them my business on a regular basis to help keep them alive and well, but I also order online fabric to help me stay near my budget---notice "near" my budget. Oh, the addiction!Dianehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-88230550048088221922010-05-13T04:27:00.020-07:002010-05-13T04:27:00.020-07:00The little guy is a cutie! As for the fabric price...The little guy is a cutie! As for the fabric prices in independent quilt shops---my local shop is trying very hard not to raise their prices, and the owners are trying new ways to keep their prices down by stimulating business in other quilty business ways. It's a lot of work on their part, but they are doing it. I still give them my business on a regular basis to help keep them alive and well, but I also order online fabric to help me stay near my budget---notice "near" my budget. Oh, the addiction!Dianehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-38313179849245562922010-05-12T13:28:52.187-07:002010-05-12T13:28:52.187-07:00Hello Cuteness!! : ) I lovin' his Ta-da pose...Hello Cuteness!! : )

I lovin' his Ta-da pose. heeheeLittle Bluebell (Adrianne)http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-67626435110758783832010-05-12T13:02:58.299-07:002010-05-12T13:02:58.299-07:00What a cutie! My 2nd, and last, "baby" ...What a cutie! My 2nd, and last, "baby" just turned 1, it's sad, but man how time flies..Suzyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-77458512053276597812010-05-12T10:38:55.139-07:002010-05-12T10:38:55.139-07:00Adorable! Isn't it the best feeling when your...Adorable! Isn't it the best feeling when your little ones are laying on or covering up with a quilt you've made? My almost 3 year old HAS to have all 3 quilts that I've made for her in her bed everynight...so sweet. :)Ravenhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-41251309319158943612010-05-12T10:38:54.823-07:002010-05-12T10:38:54.823-07:00Adorable! Isn't it the best feeling when your...Adorable! Isn't it the best feeling when your little ones are laying on or covering up with a quilt you've made? My almost 3 year old HAS to have all 3 quilts that I've made for her in her bed everynight...so sweet. :)Ravenhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-82281742028314047152010-05-12T08:44:47.795-07:002010-05-12T08:44:47.795-07:00That is one stylin' baby!That is one stylin' baby!Michelehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-78795258835389220812010-05-12T07:17:45.287-07:002010-05-12T07:17:45.287-07:00Oh so cute (and the quilt too)!Oh so cute (and the quilt too)!Jennifer Towlerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-63544886800443393532010-05-12T04:09:08.762-07:002010-05-12T04:09:08.762-07:00I'm relatively new to your blog and only just ...I'm relatively new to your blog and only just starting to get to know about the world of quilting and have loved looking through your older posts and seeing all your designs and tutorials! I had no idea about the price of quilting fabric, but know now to make sure I don't get overcharged!

I also had to comment on your gorgeous little boy - how lucky he is to have such a lovely quilt to play on!amanda clairehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-62118554333150189052010-05-11T21:59:27.324-07:002010-05-11T21:59:27.324-07:00Aw...Aw...Cheryl Arkisonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-3504381079207636132010-05-11T21:33:52.810-07:002010-05-11T21:33:52.810-07:00Gorgeous shoes. Gorgeous quilt. Gorgeous kid!!Gorgeous shoes.
Gorgeous quilt.
Gorgeous kid!!Andihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-5960829885698476682010-05-11T21:12:52.275-07:002010-05-11T21:12:52.275-07:00He is precious. (I think your vent was justified...He is precious.

(I think your vent was justified...and it is sad...my quilt shop thankfully is quite competitive, and they give a 10% bag, which pays for the tax... so I buy what I can there)traceyjayhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-19659071040813005272010-05-11T20:49:06.594-07:002010-05-11T20:49:06.594-07:00so cute! I've only bought fabric from a quilt...so cute!

I've only bought fabric from a quilt shop in town once and I never will again, I only bought 1 yard and it cost be $20 after tax! insane! online shopping is the way I will always goCaseyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-86888548277946522892010-05-11T20:32:50.818-07:002010-05-11T20:32:50.818-07:00So sweet! And yes, it IS sad how fast they grow......So sweet! And yes, it IS sad how fast they grow...!!Alisonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-85219056802681034752010-05-11T19:49:50.717-07:002010-05-11T19:49:50.717-07:00OMG, He is so gorgeous! He has grown so fast! He m...OMG, He is so gorgeous! He has grown so fast! He must very hapy and healthy : )Kellihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-39278764104810231012010-05-11T19:44:09.414-07:002010-05-11T19:44:09.414-07:00Love the orange shoes on your little hunny! And y...Love the orange shoes on your little hunny!

And yes, since it's so disgustingly expensive to by fabric shopping here in Canada, my girlfriend and I are heading south of the border tomorrow. Why would I spend all my $$ on a FQ when I know I can get it for less than half down there?!? Crazy...Kimberlyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-75675880976173105092010-05-11T19:25:55.267-07:002010-05-11T19:25:55.267-07:00he is so stinkin' cute!! I'm totally wit...he is so stinkin' cute!!

I'm totally with you about buying online for fabric. I have 2 crappy quilt shops in the little town i live in. One is actually ok, because they carry lots of Moda..BUT I've never seen any fabrics at either store under $10/yard. When I can get the same stuff online for $6-$8...that's where I'll spend my money!Jenhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-54969794949208922452010-05-11T18:31:06.865-07:002010-05-11T18:31:06.865-07:00What a gorgeous little man looking so happy in his...What a gorgeous little man looking so happy in his orange shoes! Yes, one needs to have a nice income to be a passionate quilter in Australia - many fabrics up to almost $30/metre here - we should all be using our scraps, but that is so easy to say and so difficult to do with all the gorgeous new releases about!
Hugs - Lurline♥Lurlinehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-68554667015367770562010-05-11T18:26:28.764-07:002010-05-11T18:26:28.764-07:00$16 in Australia would be cheap. Most shops charg...$16 in Australia would be cheap. Most shops charge between $20-24 per metre for the latest ranges. No wonder most of us buy from USA. Your little guy is so gorgeous.Lyndahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-52119425184812399862010-05-11T17:59:58.283-07:002010-05-11T17:59:58.283-07:00what a lovely baby...those are such cute shoes...i...what a lovely baby...those are such cute shoes...i am going to have to remember to savor every moment of my last one.Lesliehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-46889925928100209482010-05-11T17:46:50.410-07:002010-05-11T17:46:50.410-07:00Love those chubby cheeks! I just added your new b...Love those chubby cheeks! I just added your new button to my "friends" page. All I had before was your bloggy link button. Hope all is well.Chrishttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-91363055679045551712010-05-11T17:07:34.367-07:002010-05-11T17:07:34.367-07:00He is gorgeous and I hear you on the growing up to...He is gorgeous and I hear you on the growing up too fast thing - it is so sad!! Enjoy every moment!

And re the price of fabric - I'm in Australia and have been buying all my fabric from the US, it is about half the price. The Aussie $ is very strong at the moment which is what makes it so cheap - it isn't always that way! I feel bad about not supporting my LQS, but sorry guys - it's way too expensive!!Daniellehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623834231718414708.post-79056514661930287932010-05-11T16:36:55.070-07:002010-05-11T16:36:55.070-07:00What a cutie! I don't blame you for being sad...What a cutie! I don't blame you for being sad at how fast it goes. I can just imagine the soft fuzzy head and sweet baby breath this little guy has - I would want to freeze him in time!angelahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Create a child theme based on an existing parent theme in WordPress and change the functionality, presentation, or styling of your website. In this course, author Morten Rand-Hendriksen shows how to use the default WordPress theme, Twenty Twelve, as a basis for a new child theme and add custom menus; new headers, sidebars, and footers; and index pages with widgets and pagination to your site. The course also demonstrates how to add a responsive welcome message to your front page using PHP and jQuery, and how to edit the many templates found in a WordPress theme. Morten explains how to perform these changes using any code editor, the developer tools in the Chrome browser, and WordPress.
One of the first things people want to do when they activate a new WordPress theme is make changes to the look and feel of the theme to make it their own. This usually means making changes to the theme styles. Child themes were introduced to make this process non-destructive, meaning you don't have to mess with the core or parents theme styles to get what you want. That way you won't inadvertently break the parent theme and your changes won't be overwritten in the future when the parent theme updates. Let's take a look at how you go about making changes to the styles on your website using your child theme.
If you look closely at the images in the Twenty Twelve theme, you'll notice that they have a slight drop shadow behind them and that the box that contains them has rounded corners. You see the shadow here behind this white image and if we scroll down, you see that this solid image has rounded corners. If you want to change that, you have to make changes to the style sheet and those styles are in the parent theme. So what we're going to do is to use our child theme styles to override the parent theme styles. This is because of how CSS works.
CSS or cascading style sheets work on the simple principle of a cascade. The first styles that are listed have less importance than the last ones, meaning the ones that are the furthest down in the stylesheet matter the most. In the case of a child theme, the parent theme is called first and then the child theme. So any style that's in the child theme stylesheet has more importance than the ones that are in the parent stylesheet. If I use the developer tools here I can right- click on the image, click Inspect element and here I can see the styles that affect the image. You see the first style is this image align right, but this style only affects alignments.
If I scroll down you see that the second style here, the one that affects entry content image and other images has two variables; border-radius, and box -shadow, and obviously, these are impacting the image. If I want to see if this is a style I want to change, all I have to do is turn one of those styles off, so I'll turn off box- shadow, and now you see the box-shadow disappears. That also makes it harder to see the rounded corners though, because there's a white background and this image has a white background as well, so I'll scroll down and find another image, and here you see it still has a rounded corner, and I can now change that rounded corner radius either by going in and saying, let's say 10 pixels, to get a much more rounded corner, or I can go out and knock it away altogether and get a square corner.
Now that I know that I want to change the style, the next step is a copy to style itself, or copy the whole style and then go to my stylesheet in my child theme. So I'll navigate to my child theme, and open style.css in my text editor, and here I'm simply going to paste in the original style the way it was written. So here we have the style copied straight out of the browser. You see I made a change to it, I made border radius 10 pixels, but since I want to get rid of the border radius, I am going to set it to 0 instead, and then I'm also going to change box-shadow from these values to none, just to clean up a bit of code here so it's looks nice. And now when I save the stylesheet in the child theme, I can go back to my browser, reload the page, and you see that my changes are taking effect, and now I have square corners and no drop shadow.
But this isn't style that I changed in the parent stylesheet. I changed it in the child theme stylesheet, meaning I can now go back to the child theme stylesheet and simply comment out my new style, save it, reload the page and the old styles from the parent stylesheet kick back in. So now you see the power of a child theme style sheets. Instead of having to go and muck around with the actual styles and risk breaking something, you're simply adding on new styles and seeing what they do. And this doesn't just apply to styles you want to change, you can also go into your child theme and just add new styles at will.
So if you have new content then you need to change the way that appears, you can simply add new styles here and they'll be appended to the original styles from the parent theme. That way you're building on top of the parent theme instead of building everything from scratch. By modifying or overriding styles with your child theme, you can make quick and easy changes to your theme without having to touch the theme itself, and if you don't like what you did you just go back in and take out that new style code and you are back where you started.
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Just got one today, a little nervous about cranking it down. Anything I need to be aware of before I start to tackle my Pulse. I know the short BH bows need to protect the string stop to prevent scratching.
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First it's pretty tires, then it's pretty guns and bows....Next thing you know, you're shavin' your beard and wearin' capri pants


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Damonte Dodd shows skills as drummer in talent show (PHOTO)
Midnight Madness returns to Cole Field House
Maryland center Damonte Dodd is continuing to find his footing during his first season in College Park.
As a 6-11 big man, he has the physical gifts to be a big-time rim protector down the line for the Terrapins. So far this season, he's averaging less than a point and 1.4 rebounds per game, but had a solid showing in a win over Morgan State when he was tasked with defending 7-2 center Ian Chiles.
But there's one talent we may not have known Dodd had. The photo below was posted to Maryland Basketball's official Instagram page, showing Dodd on the drum set during the first-ever "Terps Got Talent" talent show at Maryland.
The talent show was sponsored by Maryland's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and partnered with Relay For Life to raise money for the American Cancer Society on Tuesday night at Comcast Center.
No word on whether Dodd plans to go on tour after the season.
[RELATED: How can Nick Faust find consistency for Maryland?]


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How Can I Reduce My 2012 Taxes? Make A Traditional IRA Contribution!
5 Feb 2013 | No Comments | posted by Alan Moore | in Tax Planning
December 31st came and went, so now it is time to file your 2012 tax return. You may have plugged the numbers into TurboTax and not liked what you found. Is there any way to reduce your tax liability for 2012 now that we are in 2013? Yes there is!
IRA contributions can be made for the previous year until tax filing day of the current year
You can contribute $5,000 ($6,000 if 50 or older) to a Traditional IRA or Roth IRA for 2012 until April 15th, 2013. This means that if you forgot to contribute to your IRA, you can still do so.
Should I contribute to a Traditional or Roth IRA?
If you want to reduce your tax liability for 2012, then you will need to contribute to a Traditional IRA. Remember, Traditional IRA contributions are tax deductible, while Roth IRA contributions are not, however money will come out of the Roth IRA tax free in retirement. If you are in a low tax bracket, are getting a refund, or your income is too high for a Traditional IRA, you should consider contributing to a Roth IRA.
Are there income limitations for contributing to a Traditional IRA?
Yes there are, and they are complicated. If you have a retirement plan at work, such as a 401(k), then the Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) limitations are:
Single: $58,000
Married Filing Jointly: $92,000
Married Filing Separately: $10,000 (The IRS really dislikes MFS filers… sorry…)
If you do NOT have a retirement plan at work, and neither does your spouse, there are no income limitations.
If you do not have a retirement plan at work, but your spouse DOES have one, then the AGI limitation is $173,000.
Client Case Study
I have a client that files Married Filing Jointly. They had around $150,000 AGI for 2012, and the husband has a 401(k) through his employer. The wife is a stay at home mom with limited earnings for 2012. The wife can contribute $6,000 (is over age 50) to a Traditional IRA, however the husband can't. They will save about $1,649 in taxes for 2012 by contributing $6,000 to her Traditional IRA.
You must have earned income to contribute to an IRA. However, a spouse without income can use their spouses earnings to make contributions!
Bonus Tax Credit
If you are in a low income tax bracket, you may also be eligible for the Retirement Savers Tax Credit. Depending on your income and filing status, you could get a tax credit of 10% – 50% of your IRA contribution. This means if you contribute $5,000 to a Traditional IRA, you will get the tax deduction, as well as a tax credit worth $500 – $2,500! Click here to learn more about the tax credit.
Are you going to be making an IRA contribution for 2012 before April 15th 2013? Feel free to ask questions in the comment section below!


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Denver Broncos bring roster down to 75 with moves to Quinton Carter and J.D. Walton
DENVER - The Denver Broncos on Tuesday placed center J.D. Walton on reserve/PUP and safety Quinton Carter on injured reserve, bringing the team's active roster to the league-mandated 75-player limit.
Under the NFL's PUP rules, Walton cannot participate in practices during the first six weeks of the regular season. Beginning on Oct. 15, he is eligible to practice for up to a 21-day period between then and Nov. 19. At any point during that practice window, he can return to the active roster.