photoshop and vintage photographs

So, I'm not good at photoshop at all. I just don't understand it or have the time to figure it out. I know how to darken or lighten an image, get rid of red eyes, and change the brightness and contrast but that is about it (what a waste, huh?) I came across a fabulous web page with photoshop tutorials. So, while I may not understand photoshop in the least bit, I am able to follow tutorials.

Before:After:

Still in the process of messing around with this tutorial (trying different values, etc.) but I'm having fun! I can't wait to try more! :]

it's friday i'm in love

Okay, so it's not really friday, but I am in love.

And I do love that song!
I found a new love....Well new LOVES actually.
URBAN OUTFITTERS and ANTIQUE SHOPS and JAPANESE FABRICS

Wow, all I can say is that I've been depriving myself.

Andy and I went to Urban Outfitters a few weekends ago. And I want to go back so bad. I loved it!

For someone who loves vintage and antique stuff as much as I do you'd think that I would have been to an antique shop before now. But no. My first experience was a week or so ago. I went crazy! I could have spent HOURS (literally!) in that little shop. I could live in that shop. I can't wait to go back. Wait. I can't wait til I'm through with school and actually have some money to spend there.

Now I don't even know how I got started into the japanese fabric craze but I want to get my hands on some of that right now. So bad. The problem is money. That seems to be my problem with everything for the current moment. Maybe one day when I'm rich....
I want to make a blanket...