TGIF....Throw Back Friday

Is your volume up? What were you doing when THAT song came out!?!? 198????? ROFLOL!!!!

I'm going to play and old school song on Friday's. Maybe not EVERY Friday, but I will see what I can do!  lol...too much fun!

Ok...my girl Lu is like the self portrait Queen. Seriously. She does THE best ones I have seen. She posted some the other day and it inspired me soooo I decided to give it a go....I needed some more anyway :-) (excuse the hair....I was au-natural this day...i.e...no flat iron lol)

Here is Number 1:

Now I do like this, but the light was too harsh...so naahhh. So avoid harsh light if you don't want shadows like the ones I have...tee hee lol

Settings: ISO 200

Shutter Speed: 1/2000

F-stop: 1.8

Lens: 50mm 1.8

SOOC

Number 2:

My settings were all over the place...but they kinda stayed all in the same area if that makes ANY sense...I  used about 5 different actions on this to get this look. "I" like it. Still has the shadows but I STILL like it.

Number 3:

And this one lol....I think I used 2 different actions...

I love this one and it will be on a LO VERY soon.

Number 4:

and another one that is SOOC (no actions used)

Of course I have a folder full of them but I will NOT put them all here! LOL

Speaking of Lu she is also doing an Art Slam Art Journal. I "SO" want to try this....Hmmmmm lol

In other news...I FINALLY sewed!! YAY! I have been doing all this reading and I want to try out some of this stuff. You won't get better without practice right? lol But first...let me show you my newest collection...

And another shot? :-)

You know I love pictures!!

Anyway, I have Sewing Specialty Fabrics, Sewing with Knits,Tailoring, More Sewing for the Home, Quilting by Machine, and Creative Sewing Ideas.

I got a FANTASTIC deal on ebay....$35.00 FOR ALL SIX BOOKS! Talk about a great deal. I looked them up individually and they were well over 40 bucks each! JACKPOT!!!

These books are great. The projects are dated...BUT the pictures and techniques are FANTASTIC!!!!

So what am I sewing??? I am ALMOST finished with Butterick 5038 which is done in the black and white eyelet from Gorgeous Things. Butterick 4812 View A which is done in a light pink/peachy linen. And  Simplicity 3744 which is done in a beautiful blue black and white flower print that I got from Fashionista Fabrics. I posted pics of those fabrics with the patterns on my July 23 entry.

Well, that is it for me guys! Have a great weekend!
Toodles!!!!!

**EU- Da Butt**

Comments

[Holly]

Well, I was dancing at my wedding with my girlfriends to this song!!! I like the last pic of you. You're a busy sewing bee--I've got to get my mojo back for it and get going it before August is done. How's Kayla?

[Erica B.]

Girl, I remember waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, I won a "butt contest" at Tee's Place (formerly Platinum)! ROFLMAO... did I just really age myself? Thanks for the photo tips... these will come in handy!

[Tany]

Love that song!! Hey, you got a very nice collection of Singer Reference books there! I'm lucky to have a Portuguese edition for that series and I love them!

Your pictures look great!!!

[Cassandra]

Nice pics! I like them all! Jaelyn really looks like you!

I can't wait to see the completed outfits. I have yet to do one! LOL!

[Stacey_CrimsonPurl]

Stacey got a big ole butt OOH YAH!!!

ROTFL!! !:oD

Girl you make me want to pull out a camera and "act" like I know what I am doing! LOL

I visited Lu's page and she does some great work!

Girl you got those books at a steal!!! I am sure the sewing with knitting piqued my interest of course :op

I can't wait to see all of your completed sewing garments. Gurl you know you MULTI-talented!! :oD Love that about you!! I am so craft monogamous! Haha!

Have a wonderful weeek!!! OowwwWWW!!

[Jude]

Thanks to my trip to Denver I have some new pics of myself to use!! LOL... Well, I have been taking the belly shots too! :)

[Jeanette]

Your self portraits are wonderful! Ironically, I am attempting to learn about actions in photoshop. Right now, I have no idea what I am doing. And, do you post photos onto your blog directly from iPhoto? I'm curious. When I do so, they do not look so great. So I've been exporting them from iPhoto into a separate photo and it seems to work better.

I really do need a neighbor like you. You could teach me all sorts of things!

[Tiffany]

Well, lets' see, I was in the 7th grade, so not much at all, LOL!!!! Great pics!!!! She inspired me to take some of those pics, too. I guess that I should post them. Have a great weekend!!!!!

[Isolde]

Wonderful pics!! Enjoy your weekend.
Love, Isolde

[Lu]

NO, you did not put up Da BUTT!!! I am dying! For that harsh sun, try putting it to your back over your shoulder and backlight yourself. Try that with harsh sun portraits. I am still trying to master this! Aren't self-portraits fun?!

[robin]

Nice pictures - I like the 2nd and 4th ones best!

[Nik]

I love the singer books. I have one , can't remember the exact title of it, but I love the great detailed pics. I just bought a sewing book by Readers Digest that is absolutely amazing. Maybe I'll post about it soon.

[Julie]

Great pics of yourself! I really like the last one.

Good deal on the sewing books. You got a nice assortment.

Can't wait to see all the sewing you have been doing! Time for a little fashion show.

Have a great weekend!

[dana]

This sooooo reminds me of the School Daze girl! LOL

[Melanie]

I love Lu and Nas they are super talented...and so are you girly!! So what is a Art Slam Art Journal? I guess I could go over to Lu's blog and find out...

[Maria]

I love, love, love your self-portraits! You may want to join the project 365 in Flickr. It's a fun way to force yourself to take a self-portrait every day for an entire year! :)

[Kristi Sauer]

Oh HELL NO!!! Doin da butt! This is my jam from 5th grade!!(1988). Love it! Reminds me of roller skatin'....you should see me dancin right now!!!

[gold]

While I was reading your post,I was trying so hard to remember what I was doing when this song came out!!Anywo I couldn't remember I guess I am getting old!!Haha!!

I am loving that butterick pattern 5038.I can't wait to see it when you finish!!!

Have a great weekend!!

[Deidra]

Girl I remebmber this jam! I was a little girl hanging out with my older sister and her friends. I remember dancing to this al the time. Those were the good old days. I evjoy hearing the music. Keep it up!!! Hope your little girl is doing well.

[sheila]

What!!! I definitely had a big ol' butt...I think it was 1987 the year before my daughter was born....lol. What an awesome sewing collection - a young lady at work gave me some of her Mom's old sewing books and I was so moved by it (her mom died 5 years ago) and like your collection the fashion is dated but great techniques.

[Katie]

You kill me! LOL LOL LMFMAO!

[anna]

love those angles of the pictures you took. photography can get mighty tricky sometimes!!!

ebay is the best for getting great deals. congrats on your score. :-D

[dee]

hey girl,

thanks for stopping by :) and self portraits!! girl, thats my life. LOL. :P

[Christy B]

I love the song ..... I tell my DD all the time that the old music is the best. She just laughs! She does have Rob Base on her iPod!

[amber]

the self portraits are great! The light on the first one is a little harsh but the other 3 are really nice :)

[kimt]

love the music! I was in college when this came out. I even had a Doin'da butt sweat shirt! And I love the movie School Daze!

[Adriann]

I'm dating myself here, but I remember doing da butt at high school dances and loving Spike Lee movies. Those were da days!

I love you self portraits. I did a whole month in June, it was very introspective. I might do them quarterly. My favorite pic is number 4. You look so reflective and the angle is perfect. Great job!

Enjoy the week!

[mimi]

you got me "doing da but" right now, do you remember the video...lol, I think im gonna go find it on you tube, you know it's on there..lol :)

[Vee]

i love that song and i heard EU perform it live a few weeks ago and it was off the hook
they have so much energy :)
so do the art slam girl!! :)

[Jen]

OOh I LOVE the bottom portrait especially :)