I'm catching up on the ABC-Along again.
J is for jewelry and jeweled flip flops.
K is for knitting needles (my vintage collection) and knitting.
L is for lemon and lens.
Here is the photostream of all my ABC-Along photos so far :: ABC-Along.
Happy Monday - enjoy your day!
I got a little behind in the ABC-along over the past month so I'm catching up with two letters today - H & I. For all of the letters so far I've tried to use photos from recent outings, but I haven't had much play time lately. I really wanted to catch up anyways so I decided to take some photos around the house. It was a lot of fun to do it this way. Gives you a chance to see your "stuff" in a different way. It challenged me to be a little more creative interpreting the letters. Especially the letter I - that was a toughie!
I also like to use my ABC-along photos for playing around in Photoshop (I use CS3). Running different actions, finding new ways of adjusting everything and using different frames. Since these photos are just for fun this is the perfect opportunity to brush up on my Photoshop skills.
H is for Hottie Husband ;) - Playing some Xbox
H is for Home Defense System :)
H is for Handspun Yarn - made by me!
H is for High Heels - my favorite thing ever!
H is for Heart Rate Monitor - keeps me on track at the gym
I is for Inches
I is for Ink - my favorite paper crafting item
I is for Inspiration and Ideas - I started a Home Decor Inspiration book the other day. I'm using a pretty photo album and adhering magazine rip-outs with staples or glue. I'm also writing notes, drawing, etc.
G is for Green Fuselage:
How often do you see a fuselage rolling through your city on the train tracks? I was so glad I had my camera. I've been trying to catch a photo of this for a couple of years.
Just one photo for "G" because I haven't had much time to take photos lately. Hope to have more for H coming up. :)
Going to see Ani DiFranco tomorrow night - more on that later!
F is for Flare - as in Sun Flare:
F is for Flight or Flying:
F is for Flowers - at the Market:
F is for Fountain:
F is for Fish - Finding Nemo at the Seattle Aquarium:
G photos coming next week!
E is for Elizabeth - Me:
E is for Edible - Sunday morning pancakes:
E is for Enormous E - this is going on the wall in my art room:
E is for Eager - I can't wait for my brother's visit. I've had the futon ready for days:
E is for Easy going night - I'm relaxing with some treats from the last Special Swap tonight (Thanks Vicki!!):
And now onto the letter F...
D is for Dinner - this is what we had tonight: cedar plank salmon & asparagus on the grill with a little tomato salad:
I didn't take any D photos over the past couple of weeks so I decided to snap this dinner photo tonight. I'm sure I'll have more photos for the next letter...E...it's one of my favorites! :)
We took an impromptu trip to the Market yesterday with a friend. We were out running errands when he called, but I never give up a chance to go the market. The sun was shining in Seattle for the first time in about a year...and of course went behind the clouds the minute we got there. :)
Anyways, I had my little point & shoot with me in my purse thankfully because we weren't near our house to get my DSLR. So, all my C photos are from the Market.
C is for Corner Market - on Pike & Pike:
C is for Camera man - the Discovery Channel was there taping the fish throwing when we passed by:
C is for Chocolate - I never can resist going to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory when I'm at the market:
C is for Coconut Macaroons - thanks to our friend Emile for introducing me to the little store in the market that sells these heavenly treats. :)
B is for Breakfast this morning:
B is for Bowl full goodies:
B is for Broccoli - to go with my pasta earlier this week:
B is for Bird - that hangs in my art room with my embellishments:
B is for Bobbin - on my spinning wheel:
B is for Boeing - this sign is inside the original Red Barn where the company started:
That's what I came up with for the letter B. I ended up with a lot of food photos this time around. I do love food though, so that's probably why :)
On to C...
A is for Adam - who is commonly referred to as "A"
A is for Alive - or still alive is more like it. My Mom's going to be so surprised
A is for Agenda - I love a good planner and I hadn't found the perfect one until tonight. I'm glad I held out too because I picked this up for 85% off.
A is for Abstract - the pattern on my favorite chair
And A is for Ashford - the maker of my new used spinning wheel
Next up...letter B. :)
Right after the first of the year I signed up for the ABC Along. Ravelry group is here.
I've been working on my A photos the last few weeks and will post them this weekend. They are due by 01/19 and then we move on to B.
If you haven't joined already, then you should! (I'm talking to you Denise and your new camera!) You still have time to work on A and be right on schedule. Some people are taking only one photo per letter, but I am going to be taking as many as I can think of. If any scrapbookers are reading - this isn't just for knitters. The photos can be of anything so you can join too!
I'm glad I signed up because it's reminding me to take more photos. Every New Year's Eve I make it a point to sit down on my computer and look through photos from the previous year. I never get around to printing photos any more and barely have time for scrapbooking so I think of it as a digital photo album. Well, this past New Year's Eve I was really disappointed. I had gone months without taking a single photo. That's so not like me, but life took over in 2007. I was so busy with work and school that we just didn't seem to get out as much as we usually do. Another disappointment was that I literally found 2 photos of Adam and I together - yes, TWO photos in all of 2007.
So, this year I'm recommitted to taking more photos. The ABC Along is great and I will definitely take advantage of the creative aspect of the challenge. I also have been trying to take (almost) daily photos with my little camera and even took a few this morning. Just random stuff that nobody else cares about, but documentation of my days nonetheless. Less attempts at the "perfect photo" and more attempts at just getting something written to my memory cards.
Other photography plans for this year are to be more diligent about printing for photo albums and frames. I probably won't get to scrapbook much this year again, but I'd really like to have more photo albums floating around.
And my question to you is - are you documenting your days with photos?
