The below is my inept attempt to bring a little beauty into your life right now.  I love you!
( Solar Plexus Green, Pre-Raphaelites, and Romance... )

So some of you know that there's an area of my apartment that has been driving me mad ever since we first moved in.  And this is...the stairwell wall.  Our apartment has a vaulted ceiling in the living room, which means that there is an immense, 2-story tall wall on the stairwell side.  And it is completely blank.  The whole rest of the house is ( Read more... )

Thanks to padawansguide for bringing this to my attention.  So beautiful!!!

I love photo shoots like this because there are such good reference shots for art.

Annie Liebowitz December 2008 Vogue Issue Photo Shoot: Romeo & Juliet


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I actually created this by merging together two of our favorite pictures in this pose...the one of us kissing was too zoomed in, and I loved the way the light fell across my skirt in another picture.  But I think this is the one we'll enlarge to 20x30 for our wall.

I'm going to play with it a bit more first though.

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I'm trying to choose a wedding photo to blow up to 20 x 30 (almost poster size) and frame for our wall.

Anyone have suggestions for one picture they like best for this purpose?

Our wedding photos.

Tonight I went over to my friend, Lee's house.  Lee and his family are about the most awesome family ever (ask Daxy or ask Lindsey or Chris or Cassandra), and every year for Beggar's Night, they do a different theme in their front yard/driveway.  He invites all his friends to come and hang out and add "atmosphere" in costumes.

Past years have ( Read more... )

...play with Paint Shop Pro!


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Work is having a pumpkin carving/decorating contest, and I just submitted my entry.  I'm pretty darn proud of it, if I do say so myself.

Dark without flash

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We leave tomorrow morning for our honeymoon...plane departs at 7am.  It's seriously doubtful that I'll be able to check the internet all week until Saturday or so.

So I'll see you all then!


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...myself, I know that if I was a friend waiting on wedding photos, I'd want them NOW.

So I'm here to give 'em to you.

Here it is, folks.  All 112 of our favorite wedding photos.

We interrupt this post-wedding celebration for me to give a little shout-out to another celebration going on even as I type.  Congratulations, Siddal, and may you have a ( Read more... )