2 Fun Sites!

One of the groups I belong to mentioned these sites - what fun! You must try it. Big Huge Labs and Dumpr.

Another Saturday out and about

The spider web was in my backyard, the others were taken at Sickles in Little Silver.

Magic Stamp fun!

Got the magic stamp and have had lots of fun! I have a push pin that I incorporated into the stamp. The detail is amazing!

Several I cut out and backed with pop dots, the others just trimmed to ATC size. FUN!

Inchie Crazy!

Been doing the inchie thing. Really liking this!

Altered American Flag

This flag was on the building next to where I work. I started altering the photo... like the way it turned out.

Cobble Close Farm

Came accross this farm that once was a castle that was taken apart and rebuilt here in NJ. It is gorgeous!

Photo Inchies

Love Swap-bot! Joined another swap for photo inchies. Here are my selections. I hope the recipients like them!

got your tickets?

Joined an Inchie Art Swap on Swap-bot, and this is what I came up with. Just bought vintage tickets and decided I would use them. I think they came out pretty cool. I always make a card to send my swaps - so "got your tickets?" was appropriate. Not sure who I'm swapping with but I hope they enjoy!

Out and About... again!

I decided when I leave the house on Saturdays I will always take my camera. The Fireman's Fair has added more stuff, found another cemetery with neat tombstones, and a dilapidated building was just screaming to have its picture taken... and of coarse they had to be altered.

Farmer's Market

Took the camera to the local farmer's market and of coarse altered a few photos. Just started a new swap on Swap-bot. If your interested in swapping photos - Swap-bot is the place to go!

Fireman's Fair

Not sure if I was too late or too early, but the Fireman's Fair was set up in Fair Haven but not a soul was around. So I took some photos and some just had to be altered. This was fun!

Love my butterfly bush

If you have an opportunity to plant a butterfly bush (buddleia) you must. The butterflies (these, monarchs, little white and brown ones), bees, birds... its like a magnet. Unfortunately, as soon as I walk up with my camera they all disappear. Fabulous plant!

A, B...

I started to notice that some of my photos look like letters of the alphabet... so now I'm in search of completing the list. For now, can you guess which ones are here?

Out and About-again!

Went out snapping photos again! Bought a Finepix S9000 last year but never really had the time to play with it. So boy am I having a great time now!

Out and About

I have been swapping photo ATCs on Swap-bot, and I'm in a few new ones. So needed to shoot some new things. I have a tendency to alter my photos using Microsoft Image Composer. Love the look. Here are some altered (and not).

Three to Grow On is part of a Treasury

Thanks to itsybetsy, I have made etsy's treasury. Please visit the treasury and view all the "grows" that made her list. Thanks itsybetsy for including me!

What a cute boy!

Quiet day at home, and it looked as though Jake was modeling for me, so I obliged him... took lots of cute shots... this was one of my favorites. Did a little digital magic and voila! Adorable boy.

Daisies are popping!

I planted some daisy seeds last year but nothing came up ... low and behold this year they decided to show up! Love love love daisies! Haven't really paid attention to my garden so anything that comes up is a pleasant surprise! Just looked and my gladiolus are starting to pop!

SMART AS PAINT

Ever wonder where a certain word (saying) comes from? Click here for a great site - this is just one of the explanations for SMART AS PAINT:

[Q] From Lewis Rosenbaum: “The phrase smart as paint is said by Long John Silver to Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island. Any ideas as to the source of the expression?”
[A] It appears a couple of times in R L Stevenson’s book, the first time as: “Now, Hawkins, you do me justice with the cap’n. You’re a lad, you are, but you’re as smart as paint. I see that when you first come in.”
It was only one of many versions that have been invented from the 1850s onwards, among them fresh as paint, snug as paint, clever as paint, pretty as paint, and handsome as paint. They’re all similes that draw on some special quality of paint, but smart as paint punningly combines two senses of smart — the idea of new paint being bright and fresh in appearance and that of a person who is quick-witted and intelligent.
It seems to have been Stevenson’s own invention. At least, I can’t find an earlier example. It started to be used by others in the second decade of the twentieth century, presumably based on its appearance in Treasure Island.
But it wasn’t always a pun; sometimes only the first part of the sense was meant. For example, this appears in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Visit to Three Fronts, dated 1916: “His charming blue uniform, his facings, his brown gaiters, boots and belts are always just as smart as paint.”

New Collage listed on Etsy

Wow - does time go by fast. Hard to believe its been almost a month since my last post! Well, here is my latest addition to Etsy. It's 5 x 7 and some of the items I used are from my friend Kimberly. She put together little packages of ephemera - which are great! It certainly made a good jumping off point for my collage!

Like a rock!

If it doesn't move it could be my next art piece - a paperweight!

New backgrounds - digitally enhanced

A new technique (for me) - glue, paint and a heat gun.

I then used my program to alter the photo. This first one is Lumiere. This is acrylic paint (looks better enhanced).
This is Perfect Pearls.
This is Adirondack Acrylic.