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Sweet Shot Tuesday

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Last Thursday I went in for some needed surgery. I knew that there would be a few difficult days afterwards, but I really expected to be back on my feet and moving around by now. The truth is that I am relatively pain-free as long as I stay put, but as soon as I try to get up and move around, it’s still pretty painful. Fortunately, I have a super caregiver so there’s been little need to do much. I am truly thankful for a laptop and a huge pile of magazines and books. We don’t have a television in our bedroom, and it’s been six days now since I’ve seen any TV. Except for the news, I don’t really miss it. I am a huge fan of college basketball, however, so I’m hoping to make it to the living room for the beginning of March Madness.

I’ve spent a lot of time perusing blogs and getting lots of inspiration for cards and scrapbook pages. I hope it doesn’t leave me by the time I get back to my studio. I’m also hoping that tomorrow I’ll be able to take photos for last week’s Project 64 (plum).  Here’s my shot for Sweet Shot Tuesday this week. It’s one I took when I was at the George Eastman House to take photos for Picture Inspiration. As I was leaving I noticed all the winter anconites blooming through the snow.

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They were the first sign of spring. Since then our daffodils have pushed up through the soil, and most of the snow has finally melted. Today it was sunny and 50°. I’m so ready for spring!

Three Things

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First off, my shot for Sweet Shot Tuesday (and P52). It’s the same shot I used for Team-up Thursday, but it was my favorite of the week.

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I also like this one, taken the same evening.

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Second, a layout I completed for Shimelle’s 4X6 class on 2Peas, that I also posted on the Scrap-Mart blog. I usually wait until they’ve posted there before I post here.

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I followed the sketch pretty closely and used a lot more product than I usually do on this layout. I made the pocket from two of the dies in the Spellbinder’s Creative Book dies. I used a new Quickutz die for make the rose from Vintage Cream felt that I sprayed with a Perfect Pearls mist. I cut “Cures” from the Calendar cartridge with my Slice, and used embellishments from October Afternoon, Jillibean, Pink Paislee, and a Scrapbook Circle kit. I’m hoping to get the next sketch completed in the next day or two.

And finally, an update on my One Little Word: FINISH. Here’s the February page in the tag book.

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And the record page:

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I’m very pleased with this month’s progress. I finished two big projects (Sarah’s Birthday album which I never listed on this record page, and Matt’s Rossie Album–which I’ll post soon.) I finished all the lessons for Kim Klassens’ Essentials Photoshop class where I finally grasped the concept of layer masks. I’ve been quite successful in using them as well. I’m taking a Silhouette 101 class at My Creative Classroom which has been terrific, and I’m current on all the lessons there. I read one book from my 2010 list and finished our Book Group book as well. Now I’m into Cleopatra:  A Life, which is the Book Group pick for March. I fill out a project card for almost everything I make, and there were 27 of them in the February envelope.

Sweet Shot Tuesday and P52

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It’s the day to choose the best shot from the last week. My favorite shots are, again, of flowers. Tracy gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers for Valentine’s Day. It was filled with gorgeous flowers and each side of the bouquet was different. Nonetheless I feel like that’s all I post (with the exception of the Project 64 photos) so I chose this one for Sweet Shot Tuesday and P52 this week.

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I made apple and walnut pancakes from this mix on Sunday.

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It’s time for another trip to Ithaca as there’s not enough left for another batch. We had it with our favorite Boar’s Head bacon cooked in my beautiful red cast iron skillet that Tracy gave me for Mother’s Day last year.

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Fortunately for our waistlines this is a pretty rare treat, but the perfect breakfast for another cold, snowy Sunday morning.

And because I can’t resist, a few photos of the Valentine’s Day flowers.

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Sweet Shot Tuesday and P52

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I’m using the same shot again for Sweet Shot Tuesday and P52, and yes, once again, it’s a photo of a flower. I can’t help it, they’re the only thing around here that has any appeal by mid-February. This rose was part of a larger bouquet I bought at Wegmans, the local grocery store. Tracy surprised me with a beautiful arrangement of many different kinds of flowers yesterday, so I’m sure there’ll be another one next week!

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Here’s a shot of the whole bouquet. These are such a bargain and last for days!

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Project 64 and Sweet Shot Tuesday

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It’s time to post photos for last week’s Project 64 color and Sweet Shot Tuesday. Brooke made a comment about the purpose of Project 64 this week that sums up why I enjoy these challenges. “After all,” she said, ” . . . this project is all about having fun, learning and improving though practice!” I took 106 photos one day this week. I probably looked closely at about 30 of them, and edited many fifteen for a variety of projects, but I’m learning more and more about my macro lens and having a good time thinking about composition and struggling (as always) with lighting in my very dark house. In winter, especially, photographic projects are essential or I would only have my camera out to take photos of papercrafting projects.

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Gray Sweater (the photo I chose to submit)

And Sweet Shot Tuesday (as well as Project 52):

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I think this is turning out to be the Year of the Flowers. They’re my favorite thing to shoot this time of year. I bought my first paperwhite kit from Target just after Christmas, and they’ve started to bloom this week. Here’s my favorite shot of the week:

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And a different view:

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