Read Your Book In Bed/Easy Photo Editing

For a while now I've been lusting after a wooden tea tray, and at the start of this week I found one I liked enough to introduce to my tea drinking paraphernalia. It was broken in quite purposefully today, which was an especially cold and reading-a-book-in-bed afternoon. 

One of my goals this year was to make more of an effort/spark my interest with photoshop, so I tried out a super duper easy photo editing tutorial to give your photos a vintage feel. 

1. Open your desired photo in photoshop
2. Set colour palette foreground colour # value to ff0000, and background colour # value to 00ff00
3. Duplicate layer
4. Select new layer, & select Gradient Map in Images>Adjustments
5. Select layer>Layer Style>Blending Options. In pop up box set blend mode to colour and opacity to 50%
6. Flatten image
7. Add noise filter by selecting Filter>Noise>Add Noise, set amount to 2%, select distribution as Gaussian & tick the monochromatic box
8. Done!

I played around and adjusted the tone and contrast levels on my image afterwards. For a more detailed step by step explanation click here. Alternatively, you could just use instagram!

My Little Book Club

I love going to bookstores, buying books, and finding a little nook for them in my lovely bookcase. I love everything about books.

I just never commit to reading them straight away. So, I've made a little pile to start off with on top of my bookcase, and I'm going to read my way through it.

(Don't be fooled by the book mark in 'On The Road', Luke is currently reading that.)

My Sister bought me 'Encyclopedia Of The Exquisite' for my birthday late last year, and I've been itching to read it. It has really delightful illustrations throughout, and its beautifully designed book. I'm a sucker for a good looking book. And Penguin Classics.