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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Trying Something New

30 Friday Sep 2011

Posted by Crystal in Introducing!

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I decided I’d try my hand at a tumblr account. I’ve added the link to the bottom menu, but here it is.

I doubt it will be anything exciting, since I can barely be consistent with this, but I thought I’d give it a go…

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A Crafty (ish) Gift

29 Thursday Sep 2011

Posted by Crystal in Art & Crafts

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Lately I’ve had a hankering. To be crafty (or artsy. depends on the moment.) Mainly due to pinterest.

So I recently made a crafty wedding gift (which I will post in a couple weeks), and a crafy-ish birthday gift.

So, the birthday craft

Decoupaged canvases. Originally with this, I was going to make it monogrammed (the large canvas), but I ended up putting a photo I LOVE in the spot for the “J” stem. So I opted for a quote instead:

birthday gift

Quote reads (in two parts):
“The longing for beauty, along with an ability to recognize and experience it, exists in every human being…experiences of earthly beauty awaken a longing for the beauty of God.”
— The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, ed. Ryken

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This was for Jessica and I used her fabulous photography to decorate the canvases. You can see her photos here. I printed out some of her black and white shots and decoupaged. Pretty simple.

(As usual, I didn’t get great photos of it. Sorry.)

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Zoo in Grayscale

26 Monday Sep 2011

Posted by Crystal in Photography

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fennec, fox, norfolk, Norfolk Zoo, peacock, Photography, silhouette, tiger, virginia, Zoo

Yesterday was another trip to the Norfolk Zoo. As a personal photo challenge, I decided to shoot in black and white. (Originally I was gong to steal my dad’s nice camera to play with, but it was a rainy day so I thought I would be nice and use my own camera.)

Olivia & Kelsie were great umbrella holders and great company for a rainy afternoon at the zoo.

nesting foxes

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