little BIG pants

tilt shift photography

i've been seeing a few photos like this lately and at first i was like "my gosh, those models must have taken forever to build" but then through some sort of random search i came across a few groups of tilt shift photography. these are real pics manipulated by photoshop or MS paint to look like dioramas! brilliant!
this one can be found in a group called "top 20 fake tilt-shifts" on flickr. a good quick tutorial can be found here.

they grow so fast

i found the wagon picture of little h. my ode to loretta lux and julie blackmon that i previously posted about. looking through these old pics just makes me want to hold on that much tighter to these little chubby, no walk, drool days that go so darn fast. now h. is running, climbing, talking and he is only 27 months! the old saying is so true, "they grow so fast"

on the project beautification (pb) front i have recovered a bench cushion that still needs buttons and have started painting h.'s new room. photos to follow!

on a break...so inspiration calls

terrific photographer, catherine ledner found via design sponge. she has great pics of animals like the squirrel above and the donkey below. one of my favorites is of a raccoon but her site is protected. not to be missed on her site is her pics of children as well. there is a great one of a baby crawling on an old linoleum floor and a dachsund opposite.

i'm at my parents for a week in muggy north dakota. so nice to be back in my childhood home. all the old smells and safe feelings come back. good times.

back to life

this photo by Tom Sandberg via mocoloco is so haunting, it's like i want to look away but can't. it's so vulnerable. folks this is good photography!

photographers i admire

one of my all time favorite photos by lorretta lux "the fish".  when i saw this i said out loud at my cubicle "where can i get my mits on a porcelain tub?" i did my own "lorretta lux " version of h. with a radio flyer red wagon and can't find the darn image, ugh!

julie blackmon is great too. this one is entitled "floatie". seems to be some synergy between these two ladies, eh? also check out barb uil photography via one girl blog. this is my latest blog that i can really relate too.

Tornado inspiration

This is how amazing google is. the above photograph was made by artist Susan Graham in 1998. I saw this I believe it was last year on the website mixed greens and I loved it. This is a silver gelatin print (i don't know what that is- but for any of you photographers out there...) anyway I have recently wanted to find this image again. didn't remember the artist name and mixed greens didn't have her in their archives. so i put in a few key words and BINGO. some article review in NY posted it. amazing...so here it is. The tornado is made of cottonballs- amazing again. Exactly what I want to replicate- is that copying??????? no i believe not just inspiration. So i bought some cotton balls and am dying to get my little mitts on them.

wip-baby blanket

So i'm in the midst of making a baby blanket for a friends baby girl due in feb. i think i'm over the whole stripe sewing thing (i've made about 5 baby blankets like this). i'm not in love with how the fabrics are interacting, is it because I'm not in love with the puppy dog fabric? and does the green look ridiculous???? i'll show the completed quilt when its done.

I'm really into making dioramas lately and have thus far have only done a bit of research. the blog Bloesem featured these cool Pure Nomade boxes, perfect to create adorable dioramas in- but $25

Love this artist Aida Millett's pics of her doll house dioramas 

 

woke up to a fresh blanket of about 6 inches of snow. Finally winter is here