See America First

The spring semester is wrapping up.  Here's what I've been working on for the past week or so:

 Yosemite

 Yellowstone

The assignment was to create a single poster, but I conceived my project as a series.  Each poster focuses on a specific National Park within the system, but advertises all parks through the slogan "See America First."  Yosemite is what I've turned in, and Yellowstone is just for fun.

Unfortunately I had to use images found online, due to a lack of personal source material.  However, my boyfriend and I are planning a cross-country road trip next summer, and I hope to visit a few parks on the way.  Once I have my own images to work with, I plan to create a couple more posters as portfolio pieces.

I'm also finishing up a small Flash portfolio for my ActionScript class.  I plan on posting that as well, provided I can get all the coding to work correctly!

Baby Talk, Part 2

Here's a look at one of my more ambitious sewing projects to date:

 

Mom-to-be with Romper (features a hippo applique, with hand-stitched embroidery details)

 

Blanket

This set was made using Simplicity pattern #2428.  The pattern also has instructions for making booties to match the romper.  I may make a pair and send to my friend for Christmas.  :)

For Sale

Peace on EARTH

NOEL and JOY

Baby Talk

As I've mentioned before, two baby showers are on my schedule for the month of November.  My cousin's was last weekend, so I can now safely show off the gifts I made for her!

 

Hat

Sleeping gown

 Receiving blanket (inside and outside)

Sewing is a relatively new hobby of mine, so I started with a fairly simple project.  The blanket was a breeze, and the hat was pretty straight forward.  The sleeping gown was a bit more complicated, but I think I did a good job.


All were made using McCalls Infants Layette pattern (M4280).

For Sale

In time for the holidays, Christmas cards in my Etsy shop:

 JOY and NOEL

 PEACE

Just a touch of vanity

 

Self-Portrait.  Created in Photoshop incorporating an online photo mosaic tutorial.

This is my most recent class assignment.  I've never really enjoyed creating self-portraits.  (I guess I must be missing that artist gene.)  This one was fairly enjoyable to create, though I never realized how few photos I actually have of myself.

It's a small world after all

 

Hyde Park.  Sydney, Australia.

Tilt-Shift "miniature" created in Photoshop.

Mother of the Missions

"Postcard" of Mission San Diego de Alcala, created using Photoshop.

For Sale

Now available through my Etsy shop:

Home, Sweet Home

 

White Mountains, NH

 

Birthday Posy

 

Williamsburg, VA

A brain is a terrible thing to waste

Class assignment, creating a magazine masthead and cover using Photoshop.  

The image is a sculpture I photographed in Sydney, Australia this past June.  Just playing around with adjustment layers and filters created a dynamic image, suitable for a cutting-edge science periodical.

Photoshop Fun Continued...

This is the next incarnation of a previously posted class assignment:

This cute little guy was photographed at the Koala Park Sanctuary in West Pennant Hills, Australia.

For Sale

As promised, here are my newest Etsy listings:

Nantucket, MA

Paradise Falls, NH

Lawrence, MA

Birthday Greetings

Come Sail Away

I came across some old postcards a few weeks ago, and now that the craft room is (sort of) set up, I've been working on transforming them into blank note cards.

I started with this postcard of ships in a harbor.  The postmark and message identifies it as Nantucket, Massachusetts.  The postmark is dated August 23, 1927.  

I wanted to add a decorative border to the image, but because of it's age I didn't want to make any permanent changes.  A simple border was cut from scrapbook paper, and glued to cardstock to create a sleeve.

Just slip in the postcard, score the middle, fold, and viola!  A blank card from a vintage postcard.

Once I make a few more of these I'll be listing them on my Etsy.  I'll be sure to post a link once they're officially for sale.  :)

Class Complete!

Now to wait for the grade...

I'll go ahead and post the URL, here, but don't expect it to be active for long.  The campus server is emptied within a week of the official semester ending.  Once I make a few changes, I'll probably post it to another server.

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Finished & More In Progress

Paper with sewn detail.



The "pocket" created by the origami folds are a great place to stash a small piece of candy!


Here's the next card I've been working on:

This one will feature some more stitched detailing besides just that on the background paper.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Final photos, as promised:


"LDR" (Pen & Prismacolor on watercolor paper)



"Swans" (Paper)

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Since the first photo was taken late at night (and minus the flash), here's a close up showing the true color:

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Tear, Fold, Glue

This week I spent a few hours turning this...


... into this...



It's like hot glue magic!