Learning...

I love to learn. I like to try and learn something new everyday. I love to learn something about art or photography and to experiment with what I've learned...So fun!
The photo below is not altered, just taken through a glass dome. I like the colors( instagrams) and just the tiny curved camera details. I left a corner of the kitchen table, on purpose, just to show you where I was... Just for fun.
Enjoy.
Marianne :)

Bald Head Rock

This weekend we took a lovely drive over the mountain into SC. We stopped at Bald Head Rock. Sadly I had never seen it before, but I will be returning. It's stunning. This has a bit of drama added to it to make it pop.
Enjoy
Marianne :)

Shelves 5 and 6

Shelves 3, 4 and 5

Top 2 shelves...

With a very bright vintage camera flash...The art to the left is an Encaustic board with my parents wedding photo and a lot of other details. There are close ups of it in an earlier post if you are interested...

Tah-Dahhhh! After photos

It's finished! Four days worth and many hours... Not in a row. Mostly. Three hours on the last day...Anywho, I love how it turned out! Very artsy. And colorful. Very colorful. Lots and lots of books. You may be asking yourself why I have so many books. Several reasons...A-1) I am admittedly a book nut. I might need to go to Book Lovers Anonymous... I was: 1)A Homeschool mom for many years... 2) Had Six kids 3) We used Sonlight Books and they have awesome books and a lot of them in their program. 4) I love Books 5) I love color. My second hand books are often bought according to color. Did I mention that I love books? A few more close ups coming, hopefully that will be in focus... ;)

At this point...

At this point, I'm like-what in the world have I gotten myself into? You can see that I have started to put the books into color coordinated piles... I believe this is the second day...Not kidding...
Continued...

"Inbetween" Project...

Another before project pic. It's a bit bright I know. Also, the shelves did not start out looking this totally unorganized. There were books going all the way across. I had already been taking things off the shelves. But just to give you an idea...I get into perfectionism at this point. It's some thing I've almost given up in my art work ;) But these clean up projects, OH my! I have to vacuum every inch of every book. Six sides on every book. Vacuum every inch of shelves. Wet wipe every inch. Dry every inch...
Continued...
PS. If you are noticing the 4x4 pics to the left, you'll have to look for a future post. (Very near future)...

Bookcase Project - Before

This is the "before" photo (phone pic) of my huge bookshelf redo. It may not look large to you but, oh was it a job! I don't change things very often. I mean, my friends would probably argue with me about that. I do change window displays and tablescapes quite a bit. But before we painted the living room last year, I'd had the same wall paper up for 23 years. Not kidding. I love the color now. It feels so calm when I walk into the room. So fresh. Well it was really time to refresh the bookcase also. I didn't realize what a a project it would be but I am very happy with its outcome...
Continued...

Gift

Today is a gift, yesterday too, tomorrow is uncertain, it's all up to you. But if I have tomorrow and all that may be, of this I am sure, that this is the key: Everything that I have, everyone that I love, every tiny and large thing is all from above...
Thank you
mvw

Vintage Candy

What can I say about this one? Drool...Vintage Eye Candy...
Enjoy
Marianne :)

Vintage Cameras...

I love, love, LOVE vintage cameras! Here is my current ( kitchen) table display. Sliver tray, cameras, pedestal, more vintage cameras :) ,and a glass dome. A camera pic, some altering magic, and there you have it. Vintage camera deliciousness!