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WINNERS OF THE FOLKSY 'Vote for the News'

 

James at Folksy asked me to pick the winners of the book prizes.

I really liked the theme for the competition, and the entries! I thought all of them were clever and showed lots of creativity. If only all news could have such fun and witty pictures next to the articles!

Ok, the first person I chose was, Amanda's Wedding bouquet. I think this was my favourite, as I didn't initially read what it was about, I was drawn to the picture! When I realised what it was about, I found myself laughing at the screen.

" Amanda created a wedding bouquet of fivers to ‘celebrate’ Madonna suing the Daily Mail for £5 million after it published pictures of her wedding. Brilliant! "

( I liked the way you wore the pearl bracelet too, very bride like!)

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The 2nd person I chose, was Lupin's Cross stitch, I loved everything about it, the simple message, the witty and fun pictures that say it all, and I really liked the fact it was produced in Primary Colours- not too fussy- BRILLIANT!

" Lupin took a modern twist on old fashioned embroidery samplers which were made to commemorate a year or special event. This one of course commemorates Zee Credit Crunch!"

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The third winner is, Daisie, I thought the Breast was best, in the competition, and was glad it won, ( I made these decisions before I saw the results though!)

I couldn't  the news story when I read it- and thought it was a brilliant thing to knit about. 

"Dasie made a provocative and eye catching er, breast or ‘boob’ (or ‘boobie’ for the very young amongst you), which was inspired by news of Facebook taking down images of women breastfeeding"

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I can't wait to see what other things everyone creates in the upcoming competitions, it's so fun to see what's created.

I also loved the Christmas competition, so festive, and got me right in the mood for creating Christmas goodies, so thanks for all that inspiration also!

Ideas: Digital Polaroids

I found a new digital-Polaroid programme a few weeks ago, called PolaDroid  - it is MAGIC .

It's FREE to download, but they ask of you'd like to donate to them, as they are trying to fund more creative projects. I was so impressed, I donated $10- and will probably donate again in a few months, as I am so pleased with the results it gives.  The animation is amazing, ( well i was pleased) - it spits out a Polaroid the way the camera does, and if you shake the image from side to side, it develops quicker!

Here's a few:

See the 'Poladroid' camera at the top? You drag and drop JPeg images to it, and it spits them out, in about 2 mins, it makes them into Polaroids.

The things I was shocked with was:

1: The way it actually changes the colour of the image, to the old-fashioned grain of the Polaroids.

2: The grain on the outer-bit of the Polaroid - it has the exact match to real ones.

3: The noise it makes when it spits them out.

ENJOY, let me see what you develop!