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1. Running to Stand Still


2. My Art Journal


3. Evolve


4. Hope


5. Elizabeth's Art Journal


6. Tangled


7. London


8. Stop


9. Exhausted


10. Don't Want To Cry No More


Year Past:
2009

And some more Hipstamatic shots....
To see the first two volumes:
Volume One
Volume Two

Flickr Page


Some shots using the Limited Edition Salvador Dali 84 Lens:













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Other lenses and Films:

Wooden Angel:



North Georgia Mountains:


Rose in the Moonlight:


A Macro Shot of a Mixed-Media Installation at High Museum of Art in Atlanta:


It snowed on Xmas in Atlanta for the first time in like 150 years. Here's a remembrance:

Last month African Well Fund held an auction to raise money for water projects and I offered up one of my handmade art journals and THANK GOD one person bid on it and even nicer was she's a good friend!

Here are some photos of what she is now the owner of:



I tried a new technique i've been stalking for months and months that i see the brilliant Ingrid Dijkers use - using the edges of pages for embellishments like buttons, beads, wires, ribbon etc. I hate sewing and this truly was a labor of love as i had to keep convincing myself to finish the edge i had started, but i think it does look pretty cool! I'll do it again...

A favorite quote of my friend with some punchinella, acrylic paint and spray paint:



Inside I used envelopes and "found" paper throughout - the whole journal can be considered "upcycled" I guess. Also a very generous amount of supplies from the Gauche Alchemy store like the punchinella, color kit bits, paper ephemera etc



I also finally learned how to strengthen the old pattern envelopes to make them reusable with the help of Soft Gel.

A couple more inside envelopes:





Hope she loves it and uses it! I'm finally starting to think i might have something i can sell...??????

More Hipstamatic Photos :)
Direct from my iPhone with no post-processing.

Flickr Page

This may just about be my favorite photo yet! Its from lunchtime at the Atlanta Olympic Centennial Park water fountain!




Also from Atlanta Olympic Centennial Park - the giant Xmas tree:






Sunrise Photos:






Autumn Leaves:





From the High Museum of Art:








Another "driving to work" view of the city:

new art journal page for "Dream" prompt from http://oneyearartjournal.blogspot.com.

Since i've been so devoid of any sort of creative mojo for months i just decided to layer on paint to see if anything would come back to me ... it didnt really, but here's the result anyway.

you have been warned...

I got Hipstamtic for my iPhone a couple of months ago and am OBSESSED with it.
I love the unpredictability of it. There are so many way to control image output these days and, like mixed media, its refreshing to use something that i need to surrender control to and then be extra dazzled by the results!

Here are some photos i really like from the last couple of months. For original size photo or information on what kind of Hipstamtic settings I used go to my Flickr Page:

These two were taken at The Tabernacle during the Interpol show I saw there recently. It's a statue they have in the upstairs bar lounge:






These are all various shots around Downtown Atlanta:








Pumpkin season... :






My parents cat, Fred:





and a couple of self portraits for my 365 Photo a Day Project: