Framed Photo - Joy to the World

I created this art with my Alphabet Photography. 

I did "JOY to the World" where Joy is created with my alphabet photos. I  mounted it onto a barn wood background which is another photo I took along the way. It was printed in black and white to a size 5x7 inches.

It was mounted to a piece of white card stock.  I added a deep navy mat into the 8x10 inch silver matte frame.

It will be in the Miniatures Show on the weekend.

2016 Digital Christmas Cards

 I've designed my digital Christmas card offering for this year.

It features a star glitter ornament from my photo shoot the other day,  my Bethlehem in an blue oval, Madonna and Child, and Peace on Earth with my own Alphabet Photography.

Share Your Cup #211

This is one of the books I read recently.  A couple who are separated in their teens but make a pact to meet in 11 years.  He has always tried to find her but she made choice she was not proud of so, took steps to make it hard to find her.  It was a very good book from this great author and it was hard to put down.

 
I added some letters to my Alphabet Photography collection.  A wonderful S and an I.

 Some colorful flowers and nature shots I took during my walks this week.

My latest offering in photo calendars.  It meant many trips to get the shots I wanted and then vetting them to get the 12 best ones.

I've been working on digital watermarks for my photos as well.  I have started participating in Flickr challenges and see some nice ones on the site.  I thought I could design one for myself from my own art.  I'm not sure it's the final ones because it's a bit on the big side.  It is my first effort and I will have to sit with them for a while then decide if any changes will be made.

You can check out my Flickr page.

Sharing with Carol at Art & Sand for Share Your Cup.

Share Your Cup #207

I headed out to the Wetlands after a visit to a gallery for my aunt's show.  It was at sunset which gives all things a wonderful glow.  There were very few birds in the water because it was way passed feeding time.  No pelicans, but everything is green and lush.

I worked on art work for an art calendar which will be for sale later this year.  I designed the owl myself using a couple patterns from the internet.  I then printed the pieces onto the back of designer paper and/or card stock and cut the pieces by hand.  The eyes are .75 inch and .5 inch circles. Small triangles for the beak and the feet. I designed the branch then printed it on a 6x6 of background paper which only had texture and no pattern.  I paper pieced the owl then adhered him to the background ensuring he sat on the branch.  I added googly eyes.
I made 12 of these for my art calendar.

I received the bouquet of flowers from a friend at church.  She prepares one every week for the sanctuary and I was the lucky girl to take it home this week.  Thanks Cheryl.





 


 

This is a shot from the tea photo shoot I did at my sister's house a few weeks ago.  The calendar is nearly ready to go and this one did not make the calendar so I am sharing it here.  This is a married bone china tea set.  I brought my tea cup and my sister the tea pot. The tea cup pattern is Serendipity by Royal Worcester.  The teapot is Mantles Knightsbridge. I will have to get the pattern.

I found a frame recently to show how my Alphabet Photography works while I am at craft sales this fall.  Very happy with this and it will provide a visual for the buying public.  

You can check here for the details for purchasing letters.

Share Your Cup #207 hosted by Carol at Art & Sand.

Graduation Gift - Art Feeds the Soul

I created this framed piece of art for my niece who is graduating from high school this year.  She is a very good artist and photographer.  I used 3 of my Alphabet Photography pics to spell ART in 4x6 photos. I matted them with black leaving a small border.  I then printed the white background which adds the words 'feeds the soul' onto a piece 8.5 x 16 inch piece of card stock.  I then adhered the matted letters above the words.  I added a black mat and selected a black metal frame.  It turned out really well and I hope she likes.  She is taking art in college so it will give her something to hang on her wall when she has a place of her own.  

Vintage Bazaar - Today

Drop by and say hi today!  For my handmade items, I will have 2016-17 photo calendars - Retro & Beauty, Greeting Card Gift Sets, Nifty Notes, Alphabet Photography, Birthday Invitations which can be personalized.

There will be vintage items at some of the vendors.  I have a few items myself.

Looking forward to see you there if you are in the area.

Update:
Below is a list of the vendors I spent the day with who had very good variety of vintage product to sell. Some of the items available were: vintage brooches, linens, chairs, toys, vinyl, photos, pottery, glass, a bingo ball machine from the 20s, cast iron lamp, wagon wheels, wood drawers, furniture and much more.

Alberta Vintage  - Jenna

Aunty Olive's Basement

Blueberry Pie Vintage - Sherry

Corey & Tim

Dottie's Vintage - Jenn

Grandma's Vintage Everything

Kim Frost

Lemon Bar Vintage

Polargirl Vintage -

Relic's Relics

Terrariums by Janice

Trinden's Treasures

Friday's Hunt 11

I'm submitting these to Friday's Hunt hosted by Teresa at Eden Hills.
The prompts are Starts with K, Favorite and Flower.

This is one of the Ks I have in my Alphabet Photography collection.

This another of the umbrellas at the Conservatory.  I think it's a daisy but it must be the lighting that makes it look purple to me.  They were hung from the ceiling and really made the space look great.

There were several others more brightly colored which will show up in other posts.   You can see the sunflower in this post.



This is my favorite shot for this post.

This is a flower I took on my trip to the Conservatory.  I thought the open centre with the flowerlets all the way around was very graphic.  As you can see in the centre the flowers are coming to eventually create a nice full bunch.  As it's early in the season we have the in between stage which I captured.

SMD Greetings Promo - Vintage Bazaar

I will be in a Vintage Bazaar on March 19 2016.

I will have my photo calendars with metal frames or pocket frames.  The sheets go from April 2016 to March 2017.

Alphabet Photography in Ready2Go words and order forms for custom words.

Individual cards sold or placed in Gift Card Sets and Nifty Notes.

I've been working on digital cards for other occasions similar to the ones I designed for Christmas. These are personalized and sent out by email.

I am putting together Kid Activity Kits which will be good for kids off on Easter break.

Digital Art Christmas Cards

I have designed some Christmas Card with my art.

On the left, I used my Alphabet Photos for the JOY and added the rest in text.  It can be personalized with a family name and individual member names along with the year.   

The background on the ornament one is a photo I took a while back which I adjusted with filters.  The branch is another of my photos and I drew the ornament myself and filled with my own decorative paper.  Again, it can be personalized with a family name and individual names along with the year.

These cards are 4x6 photos so they can be taken to any photo developer to be printed. Envelopes for 4x6 photos are available on-line or at Staples.

I have placed them on my digital tab.

Alphabet Photo Library

I have been working on an Alphabet Photo library.  For my craft sales this season I prepared 3 words which are Ready2Show.

There are several options for displaying these words.

This is how I have chosen to display them at home.  These no profile clear acrylic frames are from IKEA.  Reasonably priced. 

Check out my Alphabet Photo page for details.

Thank You Card - Alphabet Photos

Here's my Thank You card to the girls who have signed up for Card Club.

I've been working on my inventory of letters for several years.  I decided to go ahead and start using them.  I laid out the letters and added 2 frames around the words. One skinny one wider.  Printed them on white card stock.



Here's how I packaging their small gift.  I used treat bags in a warm yellow color.  I used the same paper clips I had used on the Gift Card Holders to keep the bags closed.  I added a small note which I personalized with their names.

Mosaic Monday - ABC

I've been working on my inventory of Alphabet Photos.  It's taken 4 years to get at least one image for each letter.  I have several options for about half the letters.  It's a lot of paying attention to my surroundings and putting on my letter seeing glasses to see them from a different perspective.

I've created a collage of the first 3 letters and the last 3 letters of the alphabet.

Submitting to Mosaic Monday hosted by Judith at Lavender Cottage.

Photo Challenge - Day 9 - 15

This is my posting for Kati's November Photo Challenge.

Check out my photo then follow the link and see what came to mind for others.  It's a great creative challenge to interpret the prompt and take a picture.

Day 9 Song - O Canada

I chose O Canada since Remembrance Day here was this week.  I took the picture a couple of years ago in the summer.  I had lots of blue sky and Canada Flag pictures but I thought based on the occasion the photo should be more somber. I added the words onto of the photo with software. Thank you to all who serve to keep us free.

Day 10  Yellow - Letter N

I took this photo during a Scott Kelby Photo Walk.  It was a letter on the side of a building.  It was yellow which is one of my favorite colors so I snapped a photo.  I am always on the look out for letters for my collection of alphabet photos but I usually try for a more artistic interpretation rather than a literal one but if the shoe fits.

Day 11 Outside my Window - Work

This is the view looking out the window at my work. Yes, I face the river valley with the Muttart Conservatory in plain view.  This was taken at sunrise late in the year. The sky is so gorgeous.  I'm looking forward to retirement when I can go out when the sun is the best and not worry where else I have to be.

Day 12 Small - Snowflake

This is a small snowflake in sea of glass marbles. It has some empty space all the way around. It was created on a sewing/embroidery machine. From what I understand the operator selects the image from the digital selections, places a substrate in the machine and presses go. The operator comes back a while later to see the creation. It stitches onto the material which is later dissolved in water which leaves only the thread.  Pretty cool!

This one is even and measured precisely.  This photo was converted to black and white to provide the contrast I wanted.

Day 13 Large - Snowflake

This is a large snowflake in the same sea of glass marbles. This one takes up all the space.  This one was made by hand. It is crocheted by one who spent time with the thread.   It has it own character with incorporated by the maker during the stiffening process. This photo was converted to black and white to provide the contrast I wanted.

Day 14 Swirl - Glass Beads

When the object does not present itself, I choose to create it myself.  I placed the frosted glass beads in a swirl this morning on a large clear glass plate.   I chose to apply a color variation to it in PSE to make it more appealing.  The blue looks great!

Day 15 Animal - Bison Sculpture

I took this picture in a different Scott Kelby Photo Walk.  This bison metal sculpture is on display at the conference center downtown.  I love the contrast of the black against the clear blue sky.

Alphabet Photo Frame - NOEL

I made this frame for an event I'm attending soon.  It's a donation for the fundraising efforts.
I started with a wooden black frame.  I printed my photos 3" square and it spells NOEL. I mounted them to a piece of black card stock.  As the frame is not exactly square I have a wider border on left and right.  I then mounted it to a piece of scrapbook paper in a neutral taupe with a damask pattern that works with the photos.  I added spaces to the edges so that the photos would not be right against the glass.

Photo - Word Frame

This is a photography project I've been working on. I wanted to make a gift for my boss who is being transferred. I've been developing an Alphabet Photography library and so I chose photos that spelled his name "FRED". I had the photos printed in black and white and mounted them behind the white mat in the 3x3" openings of the 8"x8" frame. I then made an identical mat out of vellum to lay over the mat board. I stamped several words that described him. I used my CTMH small alphabet on a long clear mount. I used Versafine Ink - Black Onyx and embossed with black detail powder. I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Alphabet Photography - These are pictures of every things that represent letters of the alphabet. It's important to keep contrast in mind to ensure the letter stands out. I don't have pictures for all the letters but I'm happy with my progress. Some letters are really hard to find. It requires that I look at my world from another point of view. Always a good exercise.