...the power of the unexpected

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Saint Augustine

This week for Texture Tuesday I used a photo {last photo below} of downtown Bend, OR and of the historic Tower Theater sign...
The vantage point I shot from was awesome and I can't remember the original reason for snapping the pix other than I probably thought the 'birds-eye-view' might be kind of cool...

I cropped and re-worked the original photo to my liking,
then finished it by layering Kim Klassen's 'celebrate'  texture over the top...

I think it turned out very antique-y looking...kind of retro-cool! What do you think?

[above]

I remembered that I had the Tower sign from the back entrance in my photo file from last year and used Kim's texture 'dustyrose' over the photo below and LOVE it!
I didn't expect it to turn out so cute!
I love it when that happens!

[below]

Our challenge this week was called the WORD edition...we had to use a word in the photo somewhere...Thanks Kim for the challenge, it was a lot of fun...

Here's hoping you can do something unexpected and fun 

with something that's least expected!...

See you next time 8)

Graffiti is not one dimensional...

My hubby works for the Railroad and I will admit that I have always been somewhat fascinated by graffiti...some of the profane or the hateful remarks stir sadness or empathy but mostly I enjoy watching for the the artistic quality of scrawled letters and images that are on the train cars...

So you can imagine my delightful surprise when I found this talented graffiti artist via the web...She goes by  becca and you can see more of her work here

and you can read and interview on her here

Enjoy!

found via reformschoolrules.com

April Challenge...memories of summer past

 Last week, I wanted to see if I could keep up with posting a little more frequently and just found that although my intentions were good, life keeps stepping in my way...none-the-less, I won't give up on the idea of the "5 things" posts...I'll just have to rethink how I might want to do them in the future...maybe all at the end of the week? or just whenever something comes up to insert in one of the themes?...I don't know yet... I guess, I'll have to get back with you later on that :0)

So for today I decided to jump in on the 

April Collage Challenge at

Mary Green's Green Paper Press...

I did a digital collage using using parts of each of her ephemera

I felt that the piece could be interpreted that the memories could be by the birds or by the girls...you choose :)

Happy days to you!!!

5 things...Sight Monday

sight: bokja design

via
Bokja is the Beirut-based duo of Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri, whom along with their talented team of craftspeople create these amazing chairs and lounges. Using beautiful vintage textiles from Central Asia and the Silk Road, each peice is unique with an amazing story behind it.



...These are so beautiful and so creative to me...you never can tell where inspiration like this will pop up in my art at a later date :)

Things to share later in the week...

touch:

hear:

taste:

smell: