Memories

Memories can evoke a whole gamma of human emotions, and can make us re-live events in our lives… even though they may not always be pleasurable ones.  Photographs, drawings, and writing are a few of the ways in which I like to keep memories, as well as make new ones.  The following is a sampling of the latter.

An Enlightening Moment
Enhanced iPhone Shot
Bella's 52 Photos Project - Gallery 5 {The Light Arrived}

I took the photograph above last Easter weekend when my wife and I took my in-laws to a local wine place.  It's walking distance from our home and has a very neighborly ambiance.  They have a lush and beautiful garden where guests can sit, visit, and listen to local artists play live music.  It's truly an oasis in the middle of the semi-desertic region in which we live in.  When I saw the beautiful cross in their garden standing against the dreamy blues in the sky it was like an enlightening moment regarding the event that my family was about to celebrate the next day… the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Home for Easter
Insert Page
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Art Journal Journey 06/2014 - Houses
Ramona's Inspire Me Monday #126

Just Lovely
Photography, Doodling, & Journaling
Try It On Tuesday: Feminine and Fancy
Karen's Word Art Wednesday #135
Jen's In the Studio

Fears to Conquer?
Photography, Zentangle, & More
Inspiration Avenue - Favorite Month
Julie's Art Journal Everyday - Patterns Are Awesome!
Lorik's Mandarin Orange Monday #96
Maria's Orange You Glad It's Friday #93
Manon' Paper Saturdays

The 3 pages above are from one of my new passions and a marvelous way for me to preserve memorable moments, my Smash book.  The first page is actually an insert I put together with tags, ephemera, and a photograph, all of which are related to our home Easter celebration.  The second page is one I put together commemorating my youngest daughter's Senior Prom, which features a tuxedo tag pocket I designed and a poem I wrote for her.  Finally, I have a page I put together to commemorate my oldest daughter's departure to her study abroad, and features a Zentangle Mandala I did for her.

Congrats!
Micron Pen Cartoon & Hand Colored Cards
Julia's Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday #261
Eva & Kristin's Paint Party Friday - Week 13 Year 4
Alexandra's Sunday Sketches

Congrats - Pop Up
Paper Engineering
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Magic
Craftitude Challenge #66 - Pop It Up
Denise, Rodger & Leslie's ABC Wednesday - U is for pop-UP

To Lisa
Collage Tag & Matching Envelope
Rhedd and Rosie Challenge Blog - #33 No Flowers
Collage Obsession - Nature
Virginia's View Challenge - 4 {Tag and Scrapling}

Finally, I have three photographic montages of projects I worked on in preparation for memories to make.  The first set features a cartoon of a graduate I drew, as well as the cards I made using prints of it for some high school graduates.  The layout for the card was loosely inspired by Freshly Made Sketches' FMS#138.  The second set has different views of a graduation pop-up card I made for my youngest daughter, featuring a card mechanism I learned from Michael Jacobs (See my recommendations), my calligraphy, and my cartoon.  The last set features a tag and matching envelope I made for my wife's upcoming birthday, for which I used a food magazine page and other scraps.

I hope you enjoyed my memory inspired projects.  I want to thank everyone who took the time to leave good wishes for my daughter who's away in Spain, as well as for my humble artistic offerings during my last post.  Blessings!