Mother at Graduation, 1928

I'm sure this new page is my best yet with this precious photo of my mother at the time of her high school graduation.

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Designer Credits:
Creative Techniques tutorial on clusters
-paper, frame, flowers, star, butterfly: Hope by Merkeley Designs
-stamp: stamped mess {take a chance} by Studio 68
-border: Doily Edge Overlays No. 2 by Anna Aspnes
fonts: Vladimir Script, CasperOpenFace

Weeks 9 and 10 scrapped

I'm still getting my photo each day and now have pages for ten weeks. Where has the time gone?

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Designer Credits:
-background: Autumn Sonnet by Mary Pop Designs
-accent papers: Woodland by The Hidden Heart
-beaded strip: Eternity by Mary Pop Designs
-bird: Breathe by Forever Joy
fonts: Hurry Up, Switzerland Narrow

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Designer Credits:
-middle paper: Nature Notes by Retro Designs
-bird: Nature Notes Freebie by Retro Designs
-orange paper, frame: Oscraps Collab Firefly Nights
-swirl paper: Woodland by The Hidden Heart
-photo mat: 4 X 6 ArtsyKardz Traveler by Anna Aspnes
-sun: ArtPlay Palette Bask by Anna Aspnes
fonts: Hurry Up, Switzerland Narrow

More daily photos

For the O's 7th birthday we can do seven days of photos. I've got lots from today and have one really interesting one of a poor barn.
1. March 9:

2. March 10: We took a brief look at Lake View this afternoon. It had clouded up a bit for a while giving me a moody skyline photo.

3. March 11: Twelve of the 30 plus Common Grackles calling and displaying in the trees around our yard on this rainy day.

4. March 12: I completely forgot about photos until after dark. Here is a shot along a city parking lot of some of the local spots. Taken with a long exposure, the bright lights are over-exposed.

5. March 13: This is during one of the brief snow flurries today. So far the snow has melted between, but more will probably come down tonight.

6. March 14: Enjoying the brilliant sunshine though it was still in the 30s.

7. March 15: Gray day again and I'm home working on a genealogy presentation as tomorrow's scheduled speaker cannot be there. A male House Sparrow isn't a desired critter, but at least he sat still for me.

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Painting My Photo

A wonderful tutorial and beautiful inspiration kicked off last Friday's AnnaLift. The tutorial was even one I could follow in Paint Shop Pro (PSP), often not the case. The result looks like a painting of my photo from a park along a river. It was late November, but we could sit on a bench along the river in the sunlight. I'm still amazed at how still the water was to create such reflections.

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Designer Credits:
Lift based on 'harbor' by Ang
using tutorial by Chris Asbury
kits by Anna Aspnes:
-background: ArtPlay Palette Salty Living
-card: ArtsyKardz H20
-transfer: ArtPlay Palette Vitality
-overlay: GoldPaint Overlays No. 1
-line: ArtPlay Palette Socialize
fonts: Dali, BenguiatGot Bk BT

Another Week Recorded

The eighth week of 2013 was pretty gray here and so were most of my photos. Using a gray background for this page seemed to perk things up a bit.

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Designer Credits:
-background: Oscraps Collab HOmespun
-border: ArtPlay Palette Family by Anna Aspnes
-stitcing: StraightLine Stitched White No. 3 by Anna Aspnes
-silver shape: SilverPaint No. 1 by Anna Aspnes
-frame: ArtPlay Palette Great Outdoors by Anna Aspnes
-duck: Shabby Chic Rooms, Part 1 by Retro Designs
fonts: Hurry Up, Switzerland Narrow

Favorite Page for February

There is still a lot of the month left, but the first page I did this month is very much my favorite. It was for a specific challenge and is a bit different from my usual. It really speaks to the season for me as well. Hope you'll enjoy it too.

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Designer Credits:
old: background from November Rain by TaylorMade Designs (1 of 3 TMD kits in my 1st Oscraps purchase)
new: by Lifescape Designs: wings, paper pieces from Botanica, frame from Poppies Mini
blue: paper square and transfer from ArtPlay Palette Salty Living by Anna Aspnes
borrowed: design of tree silhouette and square behind from kit preview of Miss Jasmine by Maya de Groot
tree (recolored): Zen & the Art of: All Hallows Eve by Maya de Groot
fonts: Kristen ITC, Scriptina

Three More Weeks Done

It looks like I really am committed to taking a photo a day and creating weekly composites. So far each week is just on one day. If you want to read the journaling you'll have to click on the images to see them larger. Even then you may need to squint.

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Designer Credits:
-background, border, paint cluster: My Way by Val C Designs
-pink paper, frame: Oscraps Collab Firefly Nights
fonts: Hurry Up, Switzerland Narrow

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Designer Credits:
-papers: Time Began in a Garden by Retro Designs
-stamps: Stamped Mess {Take a Chance} by Studio 68
-sandpiper is my design
fonts: Vivienne, Hurry Up, Switzerland Narrow

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Designer Credits:
-papers, green frame, swirl, heart: Nature Notes by Retro Designs
-white frame: ArtPlay Palette Vitality by Anna Aspnes
-overlay: 12 X 12 Snowy Overlays No. 1 by Anna Aspnes
-star: ArtPlay Palette Christmas Nostalgia by Anna Aspnes
fonts: Hurry Up, Switzerland Narrow