Rehearsal Fun

Yesterday we had an early rehearsal and there was a potluck and I brought cheesy potatoes {my favorite potluck dish!} and tried to take as many pictures as I thought I should. I still don't have very many good ones :(  But I still have 2 weeks. But have a look!

                                                   They got the marquee up! :)

                                                   
                                                        Bridget and I in front of the marquee

                                                  Damien {"Mr. Martini" and "Harry"} and I {man, it's grainy....}

Bridget and I...again :P

Racks of costumes downstairs

                                                                 Me! {In my RED lipstick}

Mr. Potter and George

Marquee letters

Me in Bridget's stage glasses

                                                    Mike aka "Clarence", Bridget and I

I hope you all enjoyed these pictures, hopefully more to come...

On a sad note, my sister lost one of her angora goats yesterday. We think she died because she ate a plastic tie that she had found somewhere. It's Gabbi's first "big" animal to die {no, goldfish don't count}, so if you could keep her in your prayers, that'd be very appreciated. :)

I've decided I'm going to wait to launch my photography blog, "Still Memories". And then I'll launch it on January 1st, 2011. I just wanted to let you all know about that....

Love,

Josie

"Violet" Make-Up

I don't normally wear make-up...Now, I'll be wearing it every night for the next 2 weeks. It's definitely going to take some getting used to it though! The reason I don't normally wear make-up is that I never really wanted to, but my director said that for me to be more "Violet" I need to wear make-up: BRIGHT red lipstick, eyeliner, eyeshadow, mascara, the works. So after rehearsals on Monday, Mommy, Bridget and I went to Walgreens on the way home... Ad they were all so pretty and new, especially the lipstick...

The smoothness of it was amazing, the texture as well......

I REALLY need to take ore pictures at rehearsals, but I'm going to get very busy... I'm going to start wearing my costumes on Thursday, so I don't have as much free time during rehearsals....But I will try for all of you! :) Oh! And there will be pictres of me w/ my make-up on soon! :)

Love,

Josie

aka

"Violet"

Frosted Beauty

Yesterday morning, right after breakfast, I peered out the window and saw frost {normally all the frost is gone by the time I'm up, so this was really neat}...It looked more like snow because there was so much of it all over! I quickly grabbed the camera and dashed outside {not bothering to put on shoes}and here's what I got...

My multi-colored socks :P

                                                                 This one is my fav!

Love,

Josie

Goofy Me

I've been searching for some recent pictures of myself and have found none. So today I took my camera and stood against the side of our house and snapped away.....Be warned! I can get pretty goofy! :P But I think they look good. :)

This is my new profile picture :D

I love this one :P

Tough girl.....

This is my absolute favorite!

I normally don't like black and white pictures of me, but this one is great!

Rehearsals are going good, tomorrow we are running through the whole show....AAH! I also need to start REALLY need to work on projection {talking louder} I think  I got the hang of it but we'll see tomorrow night. :P

Paul {who plays "George"} at the base of the ladders onstage while adjusting the backdrop on Wednesday.

 Chuck {who plays "Mr. Gower" and is the stage manager} onstage from a reflection in a mirror. As seen from backstage}

Do any of you guys watch "The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"? If you do, wasn't tonight's episode awesome!? Though it was a little scary for my little sisters {M and T}.... But it was sweet! :)

Good-night all!

Love,

Josie



Cookies....

 So, I entered a cookie picture for On Cloud Nine, and I'm hoping I do well! But, there's more to the batch... and here they are!

Love,

Josie

On Cloud Nine



Here's my entry for On Cloud Nine

Doesn't this make you drool? :)

Rehearsals

I'm so glad I did it...I asked Mr. Director{Dennis} if I could take pictures during rehearsals {I've been meaning to ask him for a long time!} and I asked him last night and he said yes! :) So here are some pictures from Act II of "It's A Wonderful Life"... *Note* the pictures are really grainy because they were taken inside and the light was funky, but w/ a black and white effect it doesn't really show and adds to the feel of the 1940's ...Enjoy!

George and Violet-{Me!)

 
                                                                 George and I

                                                    Bridget as Mary, Zuzu and George

                                                      Bridget as Mary and George

                                                         Clarence and George

                                       Bridget and George receiving instruction from Dennis



Love,

Josie

aka Violet

<3

Faded Ink

I was trying to get tired last night {I felt wide awake, even after rehearsals} and I was figuring out one of my photo editing soft ware and I found the actions section of Adobe 8.0 and I clicked on "Actions" and one of the actions was titled "Faded Ink Vignette" and I played it and this is what I got:

Before:

After:

What do you think?

And does anyone know how to use different actions like this? I really like it but I have no idea how to play it in Adobe Elements 8.0... If anyone could help me that'd be so great! :)

Love,

Josie

Brilliance

How's this for color brilliance?

I love the almost- bokeh effect on this picture!

 My iPod...named "Elphaba"

{or that's what I'd like to think. She mostly responds by the name: where are you?"

 This picture almost makes my eyes green, I actually have like a gray-blue eye color

Love,

Josie

Color Photo Challenge

Here's my entry for Carlotta's photo challenge tittle: "color"