WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 

Out With the Old, in With the New

The changing of seasons is always a shedding of the skin for me. Mostly with Spring and Fall, those are the two seasons that really make changes in what I see in the world. As most of you know my photography is based on nature as I'm inspired by it daily and seeing all the changes in the seasons is a photographers paradise.

Anticipating Spring is always almost heart wrenching for me. The end of one season to the next especially winter into spring is a religious experience for me. When life comes into bloom and the flowers start popping. The air is getting warmer and the birds start chirping.......just like a rebirth.

Now that Summer is leaving and Autumn is coming I'm starting to feel sad that the warm air is moving out and all the flowers are leaving. The trees speak to us with all their glorious colors reminding us that soon they will be shedding their leaves and await a whole winter season and then come back to life in the spring. The colors of the trees that surround me remind me what a miraculous world we live in. Below are some of the brilliant colors I'm come across......from autumn wildflowers to glorious trees.

Contest~~~~Contest~~~~Contest

Announcing the winner of my Contest

~~~~Suz from Whimseys~~~~

Congrats and a surprise magnet is on your way.

Here is the complete photograph

Thanks all for playing I hope you had fun.

 

 

As promised today is Friday and here's more of my photograph. Thanks to all that have guessed.  Hope your having fun.

One thing you all know about me, is I love contests. So here is another one.   Being a photographer of course my contest is related to photography as always.  I have posted a photograph of part of an item.  I will let you ponder over the object below and leave comments on what you think it is.
After 2 days, if nobody has guessed it, I will post another photo of the same object only a bigger area. Again you can leave comments and ponder over that one.
Then on Sunday,  September 14th I will reveal the complete photograph and hopefully the winner.  In case of a tie, I will use the Rodometer*..........that is my Boyfriend who will pick the winner out of a bucket very fair and square.
Here is the first photo.

So HAVE FUN and keep guessing, I love reading all your funny comments. 

**Rodometer is my boyfriend who will pick the winner out of a bucket very fair and square.

Butterflies Are Free

What is it about a butterfly that captures your vision.....makes you stop in your tracks and just look at them....It is their grace and beauty....I've learned quite a bit about butterflies today. I visited the Museum of Science in Boston and went into the butterfly gardens. When you walk in the butterflies are just everywhere, landing on your head and your hands. What beauty they possess in their wings and on their bodies. The funny part about the butterfly is their life span is so short. Once out of the larva state, its only one week or so. How sad that their beauty isn't around longer than that. Here are my photographs of some of these beautiful butterflies.

So next time you see a butterfly, take in all its spectacular beauty because it will be gone before you know it.

CONTEST #2

Alot of you guessed the correct answer and I had to use the Rodometer. THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST IS DAYNA FROM Scottie Acres She will be receiving a surprise magnet. Congrats Dayna. Here is the full size photo. Hope you all had fun and thanks for entering.



As promised on Tuesday I am posting another photo that will reveal a little bit more of the item. Please leave a comment with your guess. I will leave this up until May 15th and will then post the winner. In case of a tie, I will use the Rodometer*.




One thing you might not know about me, is I love contests. So I decided to do another one. Being a photographer of course my contest is related to photography. I have posted a photograph of part of an item, quite a small part of an object. I will let you ponder over the object below and leave comments on what you think it is.


After 2 days, if nobody has guessed it, I will post another photo of the same object only a bigger area. Again you can leave comments and ponder over that one.


Then on Weds, May 14th I will reveal the complete photograph and hopefully the winner. I will be away but will be checking my blog and if you are having a very hard time, I will leave hints along the way. In case of a tie, I will use the Rodometer*..........that is my Boyfriend who will pick the winner out of a bucket very fair and square.

Here is the first photo.

The WINNER of the contest will win a beautiful 2" square glass magnet with one of my prints. Will be a surprise.!!!!!!! I'm sure you love surprises.......have fun.

**Rodometer is my boyfriend who will pick the winner out of a bucket very fair and square.

Feature Artist Katz's Kreations

It only seemed natural to have a blog feature on a family member. My sister Nancy is Katz's Kreations......that is Katz like in Gates, not Cats. First I'll give you a little history about Nancy. Even as a young child she was very talented in many different fields. Growing up she was a ballet dancer and also excelled in Gymnastics and competed regionally through her high school and also through a private gym. Also in her high school years she was a half time dancer and participated in all the high school musicals. She especially loved her drama classes and started to think about Choreography. By the time of her senior year she was co-choreographer for the high school musical "Mame". During her college years she was a Baystate Bombadier Cheerleader. Baystate Bombadiers were a farm team for the Boston Celtics. Her love for the stage continued through college when she got her first starring role as Sandy in "Grease". After college Nancy took a break from her theatre to raise her beautiful Daughter but never left her heart. She started performing in local community theatres beginning with her role as Grace Farrell in "Annie". She was also in the cast of "A Christmas Carol" for 3 years in the late 90's for the North Shore Music Theatre where she currently works. Today she is actively choreographing and has been for the last 15 years. Below is a photo of Nancy and I.....me being on the right.

Nancy's creativity didn't stop with just the theater. She discovered that she loved making jewelry. She started off making items for herself and enjoying this as a hobby. Little by little family and friends requested items and she decided to make a small business because her inventory was growing. Her workmanship is impeccable and I feel her items are very different and unique. She learned about Etsy in her travels and introduced it to me. We've both been on this journey through Etsy together.

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Nancy is growing in her creativity. She is branching out in her shop by selling Candle Tealight Holders. She is designing her tealight holders with the process of Decoupage and also as a bonus, a matching ACEO. Please visit Nancy at KatzsKreation and discover all the beautiful pieces of handkrafted original OOAK items.

ACEO's

First I need to apologize to my blog for neglecting him or her.
Second, I need to verbalize my new love. ACEO's. Whats an ACEO you ask...ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals". These cards have one main rule - they are 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches - the size of a trading card. Well when I first started seeing these small small items, I thought to myself....hmmmm, WHY.
The reason for this is, of course, that Art Cards are made to be traded! But while artists were happily trading cards, the general public was left out in the cold, having no Art Cards to trade. A group of artists realized this, and quickly made their cards available for sale at remarkably low prices so that everyone could join in the fun!
Cards are also sold either as originals or editions. Make sure you know which you are buying! If it is a print it should say so, and it should be numbered and signed, usually on the back.
Art Cards can be a riot! Artists from all over the world are creating, and now selling these little gems in different mediums and of different subjects. Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Pastels, Pyrography, Pen and Ink, Sketching, Collage - the sky is the limit. Abstract, Surrealism, Outsider Art, Impressionism, Expressionism -every style you can think of - and then some!. Every interest and subject is covered! Extremely collectable Pocket Art, you can't stop at just one! (All information was taken from http://www.art-cards.org/)

Well given all this information I was just dying to join the bandwagon of ACEO's and I have been brought into a new world of art that is just a joy to be apart of. To incorporate my photography into these small works of art is alot of fun and has started all my artistic juices to start flowing and boy are they flowing. Here are a few on my ACEO's.












Another way I've been creating my ACEO's is with my old stamp collection. I've had many of my stamps for over 45 years and have incorporated them into my works of art. To view more of my ACEO's please come visit my Etsy Store.