February gloom

I have been neglectful of the Pixel Chef Blog of late.  Last week we were busy over half term and went away for a few days. Since then I have been struggling with inspiration in these dull and gloomy February days.  Sad news of illness and death have also filled the week making things seem…

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Business as usual

So January is over!  As well as not drinking for the whole month and raising over £200 I managed to Blog every day which was quite an achievement.  I know from looking at my Blog stats that I’ve gained quite a few readers over the month and I’m hoping that some will stay with me! …

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Texture Tuesday

I have had great fun in the last week making some of my own textures splattering virtual paint on  virtual canvasses. These two pictures use my brown grunge texture along with some free Textures I recently downloaded from the lovely Two Lil’ Owls Studio which you can download HERE.

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Comfort food

Strawberry muffins

Well after sticking its head above the parapet yesterday, today the sun has now deserted us.  Once again it has been chilly,  grey and rather miserable – so to cheer us up I’ve taken “time out breaks” from working on the computer to rustle up some comfort food in the kitchen! For elevenses we had…

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Walking pixels: 30 April

After the awful weather of late this morning was sublime.  Warm,  sunny, the sky larks soaring.  I also saw my first swallow of the spring but I’ve yet to hear a cuckoo.  Today’s images are processed with a photoshop  action that I’m refining at the moment which will hopefully be available very soon for download.

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