Friday Finds - Inspire

I didn't go out and actually look for any good finds or props this week.  There were too many busy things happening.   Slowing down definitely wasn't happening too well for me, but I did manage to take a few moments yesterday on the patio for myself and my photography.  So today I am sharing with you my happy little button jar.  Now this photo was a little out of my comfort zone because I normally use white or very light backgrounds and make my photos more soft and dreamy.  For this one I used side lighting, a black foam core board, Kim Klassen's darkmood preset in Lightroom with a bit of tweaking.   Then in PSE12 I duplicated the background layer... soft light blend mode at 52% opacity, levels: 0 120 255, texture: kk_chalkmagic... multiply blend mode at 30% opacity, duplicated that layer... soft light blend mode at 30%.