Project 365

100/365: A photo of a sculpture along the boardwalk.

101/365: Dandelions, in the back yard

105/365: Some pretty blossoms in the woods.

107/365: An oddly placed azalea in the back yard. Its in a corner around the side of the house, where its pretty pink flowers go unnoticed.

108/365: A tree in the backyard. The young leaves look pretty in the evening light.

109/365: One of the notebooks I've been making.

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*** I actually wrote this post and another before going away for a few days, so I could publish them while I was gone. But I was so busy I completely forgot until I got home.

87/365: My peeps
88/365: Some crocheted, then felted baskets/bowls

89/365: The notebooks I've been experimenting with making. I was going to try and sew the binding, but decided the stapled binding was just as good, and less time consuming.

90/365: I had to do some boring photo work for my boyfriend, and just wasn't motivated to take any other photos
91/365: Another shot of the sunrise reflected in the wet sand

92-93/365: Took the holiday weekend off
94/365: Some newly planted ground cover at Red Wing Park. The "spots" made me smile.

Back to Project 365

After slacking on my photo a day since I got back from Florida, I'm back to posting for Project 365.
80/365 Pinecones at Kiptopeke State Park

81/365 Another shot of Chewie and Panzer being unbelievably cute

82/365 Product shot of my Lunar Moth pendant. I know that product shots aren't super exciting, but I'm slowly working on retaking all my photos, as well as working on new items constantly. I do think my product photos are improving though.

83/365 A bald eagle at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Not my best shot of the day (this is extreemly cropped) but I was excited to see them.

84/365 Panzer fighting with a stick, and apparently loosing.

86/365 Back Bay NWR. Probably our last time here, at least with the dogs. Dogs aren't allowed from April-October, and we're moving in September. I think I'll be back alone though, I'd love to see it in the summer when everything is green.

What happened to February?

Seriously, how is it already a week into March?
I did pretty good at taking photos everyday, just not at remembering which photo I took on which day. It would probably be clearer to me if I had blogged them a week and a half ago, but I didn't. So, in no particular order, here are a few more February photos:

A bottle I covered with crochet, I've been wanting to try this for awhile and I'm pretty happy with it. Especially I was happy with how much quicker no. 3 thread works up compared to no. 10. I'm planning on adding this to Scarlett Made to be used a vase.

Another photo from the beach, experimenting with macro.

Panzer fighting with a stick, and apparently losing.

More Project 365

I couldn't post all my photos for project 365 yesterday, because blogger only allows 5 photos per post. So here are the rest of my photos to get caught up.
44/365: Today I have an illustration to share, not a photo. This is my "Lunar Moth" illustration, which I started on Friday and finished Saturday

45/365: Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. One of the trails leading to the beach.

46/365: I should have posted this on Valentines' Day, but I'll post it today instead. I love the red color, so bright and cheerful. I asked my boyfriend not to get me roses, and he didn't. He got my this potted tulip instead. I think its much nicer, it won't die in a week.

47/365: Its an Apple Cozy! I'm not the type to cove everything I own in crocheted cozys, but these are seriously cute.

Project 365

I didn't manage to get my photos for last week posted, so here is the first of a 2 part post to get caught up with project 365. I also plan to photo and blog some knitted items I finished recently, and a new illustration of a lunar moth, so check back often this week!
39/365: This week I've been working on adding new items to my shop, including this pendant.

40/365: My boyfriend and dogs heolped with this photo, by chasing the seagullls so the flock took off for my picture. He pretends to think I'm silly to take a photo everyday, but I can tell he really enjoys helping me.

41/365: Some marsh grasses. I'm happier with this photo than I thought I would be. I wasn't very happy with my pictures for the day, and this one definitely got some help from the black and white.

42/365: More new stuff for my shop. My "Chickadee" illustration as a note card.

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I'm always jealous of those crafters who are so organized they not only finish projects, but photograph them and post mosaics of everything they've made all year, so I made my own mosaic of my January photos.

I didn't do very well taking a photo everyday this week. I wasn't feeling well and spend most of my time on the couch in a cold medicine haze. I did get out and take some good pics a few times though.
These were taken down near the touristy area of the beach while I was killing some time before my part time job. I love the seagul with the snowman and sandman, I think its funny. Especially that the seagull is almost as tall as the snowman.


We got a few inches of snow yesterday, and today were able to get to a nearby park and photograph the camellias before it all melted.

The japanese garden is particularly pretty in the snow.

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25/365: Another attempt at latte art, an improvement from my first attempt

26/365: Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies, the recipe is here.

27/365: A beautiful sky we saw while walking on the beach

28/365: Red winterberies against a blue sky in the Norfolk Botanical Garden

29/365: I can't show you my photos from this day quite yet, but I have a great project to share soon.
30/365: No photo for today. We got a real snow storm (the first since I've lived here) and I spent the day hibernating)
31/365: Snow on the dunes. I was all excited to take pictures of the snowy beach, but it had all melted by the time we went for our walk.

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18/365: I don't have a photo for today, which is unfortunate because it was the nicest day of the week. But I worked early and was just too tired.
19/365: Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. This is only about 30 minutes from us, and is one of our favorite places to walk the dogs on the weekend.

20/365: Fungus. I love the pattern it creates.

21/365: My fingerless gloves, which I already posted.
22/365: What do baristas do when they are bored? They try to think of something interesting for their photo of the day. This is my unsuccessful attempt at coffee art. But you can see some amazing coffee art here.

23/365: A flock of sandpipers on my beach, that is the one down the street from me.

24/365: There was a noisy murder in the street. And by murder I mean a flock of crows. Isn't it cool how they are all sitting in that one tree?

Project 365 (or 353?)

Earlier this week I decided to do Project 365 this year. Only because I started late I don't have photos for the first 12 days of the year. Every Sunday I'll post my photos for the week here and on my flickr.

13/365: My mom's birthday socks. I wanted to blog these as soon as I finished them, but I had to wait until she opened them. I used the Chouwa pattern from "Knitted Socks: East and West" and the yarn is Paton's Kroy Socks in Bronzed Berry.

14/365: One of the Pendant necklaces I made this week by altering store bought pendants to include miniature versions of my illustrations and photos.

15/365: Photographing into the sun is generally considered a "don't" but sometimes it can get great results when its done deliberately. I took this in a stand of bamboo in a park near my house, then desaturated it and upped the contrast.

16/365: I don't have a photo for yesterday; instead I have an illustration. I drew this Chickadee sitting in Winterberries yesterday afternoon, and it went surprisingly quick. Its rare for me to do an entire illustration in one sitting, but this one only took 3 hours. And I love it!!

17/365: Some seagluss at the boat launch in First landing State Park. Today was foggy and rainy, but sometimes bad weather presents great photo opps. no harsh shadows and interesting depth of field.