design inspiration

This is the lime I mentioned yesterday. I felt the need to photograph it, since it was a bit intriguing, visually, to be looking at a black colored lime. It's paired along side some discarded cuttings from a handful of gladiolas I bought at the farmer's market two weekends ago. The urge to document them meant I was hovering over the kitchen sink with a tripod, turning on and off various lights, splashing water on the stems, manually combining droplets all in the name of getting just the right composition.

There are times that I think if one were to watch me set up a shot,
he or she would deem me quite silly in all my efforts.

card designs

With the addition of my wonderful new rotary paper trimmer (it's awesome), I was inspired to work on some card designs over the weekend. It took me a bit to get my stamping impressions just right. I used a lime, painted black, as my stamp. But the first few tries were a bit too "juicy." The more I used it, the more it dried out, and subsequently, the better the image was that it left on the paper. Here's a little glimpse of how they turned out.






The inside of each envelope is lined with coordinating paper, thanks to these lovely templates at PaperSource!

peaches

I have found some wonderful peaches at our local farmer's market. My luck with peaches at the grocery store has never been great, always hit or miss. But these peaches have been a delight every time! You know a peach is good and ripe when the skin peels off in one piece and you have juice running down your hands while you cut it into delectable slices.

lancaster city : three

I just really enjoyed the typeface of this "30" as well as the lettering to the lower left corner. Cities can have some great typeface when you take the time to look around. One of these weekends I'm going to take a day and photograph favorites in Chicago.

lancaster city : two

lancaster city : one

coffee

Even though I don't drink it, I could use some of this today. I awoke with a headache for which my husband kindly offered me ibuprofen and some water, before I drifted off to sleep again. My next waking was brought on by sawing or drilling or pounding or something of the construction persuasion. I tried in vain to cover my head with a pillow, but it did nothing to muffle the noise. Defeated, I got out of bed and started my day.

My only consolation is that the construction happening behind our apartment is for a new building that will house a Trader Joe's. I cannot wait. Trader Joe's is a natural/organic food store with very reasonable prices and a great wine selection! And in a few months (let's hope it doesn't take much longer) I will have one at my backdoor! So, I forgive them for rousting me out of bed, I needed to start work anyways.