Sunday, March 31, 2013

Happy Easter Peeps!

Happy Easter! Enjoy the day, whether as a religious celebration or a day that bunny's bring you chocolate or even as a beautiful sign of spring and summer to come. As so often happens with holiday cards and photo images... I took this yesterday of an egg we made for the Easter Bunny to hide. Of course, now it is Easter and tomorrow it is over for yet another year. So... maybe next year this will be a card in the shop. I suppose it could also just be an image for Spring without the Happy Easter parts or it could be both. Regardless, I enjoyed making the egg and the image and so I am sharing it with you! I hope you have a wonderful day today, no matter what you choose to do. 

Friday, March 29, 2013

Shiny irony


Usually, I'm looking for the beauty in every day.

Today I found some beauty in this antique car. 

Beautiful and shiny too. 

And in that shine, there was a  bit of irony. 

Do you see what I see? 


Monday, March 25, 2013

Finding the hidden beauty in every day

Spring Break has sprung. Doing this by seat of our pants. At least I have 2 days to be at work to think about some ideas before it is my turn to be in charge of the kids. I'm thinking a movie, maybe a trip for a hike or to the trampoline place for some jumping and maybe even a short jaunt to the gorgeous Oregon Coast in honor of my boy turning into a TEEN-ager! 

And in the midst of spending some time with my girl this weekend, we came across this beauty tucked in and easily missed by most. Wishing I'd had my better camera (not just my phone) but alas this is what we got. Still beautiful and simple. Here's hoping you find some beauty tucked in to your day and your week and the end of March 2013! 


Thursday, March 21, 2013

New Work

I have been taking a bit of a break from Mama Picture This, both the Etsy Shop and the blog. Winter finds me usually more into knitting and just dealing with the kids and school and this year doing some contract work in communications and marketing. 

However, as the spring flowers begin their blooming and the trees start to come back to life, we took a short family trip to the Oregon desert for our boy's birthday and I took along my camera. 

There are a couple of shots I'm considering framing for at home or for posting in the Etsy shop... as prints or maybe as card collections.  A few shots of Shaniko, a well-know (slightly inhabited - 25 residents) ghost town not far from Antelope, Oregon are the ones that have first struck my fancy. 

What do you think? Do you know anyone who might enjoy these types of pics?