The theme for this Tuesday is vintage – the picture was taken in Jerome, Arizona, a former ghost town that still has a few ghosts. If the door opened it would go under the highway now, but a grand building once stood here. I used the textures “Believe” multiply 80% and “Pour vous” multiply 60% over the central portion of the image – so there’s a little bit of handwriting on this old wall.
Happy Tuesday!
Yes, there’s a mouse in my teacup. When I was setting up for the photo Miss Mousey had to jump in the teacup and with her vintage handbag. There are two textures – “Life is Good” multiply 49% and “Warm Sun” multiply 72%.
Here’s the Parisian version of the photo, Miss Mousey likes things a la francais. The flourish is Rhonna Farrer’s Swirled Corners from Two Peas in a Bucket
Finally, the mid-century modern version with vintage plastic, the texture is “Love” multiply 60%.
Happy Tuesday!
This is my first post for Kim Klassen’s “Texture Tuesdays” more info is available on her blog Kim Klassen Café She creates and shares Photoshop textures and tutorials – like turning a watermark into a brush. I’ve never turned anything into a brush before, what fun! The texture used above is “Silence”, the effect on this photo is subtle – it added depth and I really like it.
I haven’t been here in a while but this time I didn't disappear into my studio, I vanished into my day job – bookkeeping – preparing for an annual audit and going through the field work. Schedules for this and that, ledger reports and more reports. My focus turns from the creative to putting numbers in little boxes and when all is said and done and it all balances, I breath a sigh of relief and my attention can again turn to creating. On March 27 this blog turned two and I’m still visiting blogs from OWOH. So let’s celebrate the blog birthday in hobbit style – eat two breakfasts and here’s a gift of old postcards for you, if you’d like.
Now off to the studio…
Ok – the first winner is me! THANK YOU all for the lovely, kind comments! What fun!
I have consulted the magic random number generator at Random.org and the winner is: # 33.
Congratulations to Shama-Lama Mama!
Because I’m such a pokey blogger I’ll still be visiting OWOH blogs for some time. And again thank you all so much for making this such a positive experience.
Applause for Lisa of a A Whimsical Bohemian!
It’s time to visit blogs from the far corners of the globe! If you would like to join the fun, click HERE.
To introduce myself I’ll start with a fairy tale because everybody needs a story.
And yes, I am an artist though I also have a day job, and yes, I do live under trees. I love to make vintage style jewelry and stitch needlework – I have a thing for pincushions. I also do shabby scrapping and collage.
The trees and the tiny house are in the Verde Valley of northern Arizona -
Let’s step out the gate and visit -
The Verde Valley
The historic mining town of Jerome on the slope of Cleopatra Hill
The open pit above Jerome where they had to take off the side of the mountain because of the mine fires that burned for years
The surrounding countryside
The ever-changing sky
Across the valley, up to Sedona and Coffee Pot rock
Land of the red rocks
Over Midgley bridge
Up the narrow, winding road through Oak Creek canyon
Down the path to…
Oak Creek, then up the canyon to…
Flagstaff and the San Francisco peaks.
Thank you for visiting my part of the world and before you leave, please enter the drawing for a door prize -
A special, handmade something – Magic Gypsy’s Altar-in-a-Box. A tiny devotional to take with you to help keep those thoughts positive.
The inside, with the golden lotus and the pearl of wisdom
With devotional figure in place
The devotional figure – Quan Yin, goddess of compassion and mercy
Top of the lid
Inside the lid
The bottom of the box
Barbie’s helping to give an idea of the size.
If you would like to enter the drawing, please leave a comment and a way to reach you. I will draw the winner on February 17th, at 9:00pm Arizona time, and will announce it in a new post. Then I will email you or leave a comment on your blog.
Titania and…
Brownie say good-bye for now.
Enjoy the adventure!
