Morning Sun

Today I wove a pattern in the sun
Embroidered memories with threads of gold
And always where you came into the weave
I tied a knot and prayed that it would hold.

Nancy Richey Ranson

Bricolage :: Pink Blossoms

The flower images used here started out as the following slightly out-of-focus photo of the blooms on another weed on my property . . . I'm not sure if it is tie vine . . . or bindweed . . . or wild morning glory . . . or what! . . . anyway . . . 



I opened the above image in IrfanView . . . and applied the oil painting effect . . . and then the rock effect . . . and that yielded the following image . . . 



The next one is cropped from the above image . . . 



as is this one . . . 



The verse on the collage . . . which was created in Picasa . . . is from a little book of poetry called Texas Evening . . . by Nancy Richey Ranson . . . who was Poet Laureate of Texas from 1941 'til 1943 . . .

Bricolage :: Scherenschnitte Angel

This rusty tin angel stands guard in my living room / computer room . . .

I took this close-up of one of her wings . . . and opened it in IrfanView . . . and flipped it and saved it . . . horizontally and vertically . . . to create four copies that were actually mirror images of each other . . . then back in Picasa, I created a 5x7 grid collage using those four copies . . . and then created a double-exposure collage using one of the textures from playingwithbrushes and the collage I just created . . . then played with the saturation and sharpness . . . and came up with the following scherenschnitte image, suitable for use in a vintage family history collage . . .

I will be loading a 1600x1143 version on my facebook page . . . or send me a note if you would like a larger copy . . .

Bricolage :: Little Yellow Flower

Above is my boring photo for today . . . so I used Picasa to create a double exposure collage using another one of the fantastic textures from playingwithbrushes . . . and that gave me the following image . . .

And then I took the collage made from today's boring photo . . . and used the collage I created from yesterday's boring photo . . . and using the grid feature in Picasa, I came up with the following display of today's boring photo . . .

I know I'm straying more than a little bit off-topic for the typical photo-a-day project . . . but even I'm getting bored with my photos . . . so I'm just trying to get myself inspired again . . .

Bricolage :: Vintage Blouse

The above image is the photo I took for today . . . it shows a section of a vintage blouse purchased years ago in a little shop in Biddeford, Maine . . . boring . . . but look what happened when I created a multiple exposure collage in Picasa using the above photo . . . plus > THIS < texture from playingwithbrushes . . . did a little editing in IrfanView as well as in Picasa . . . and voilà! . . . another background suitable for a vintage family history collage . . .

Bricolage :: Fairy Rose

OK . . . I cheated on this one . . . again . . . the subject was a plate of dried roses . . . and this is cropped from one of several photos I was not happy with . . . then I applied the rock effect in IrfanView . . . and then applied the sharpen effect in Picasa . . . the plan is to use this in one of my heritage collages for displaying my family history . . .

Nighty-Night