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Faceted Texture

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I photographed some textured glass and decided to use it as the background for a few montage photographs. It seemed like a good idea, but I didn’t quite get the results I intended. The other photographs are from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

Textured glass
Faceted Texture

American Beauty Berry. The texture hardly shows up at all.
00s American Beauty Berry (1a)

Pineapple flower (probably not its real name). In real life it’s purple but I played around with the color a bit. I wish it had been more in focus.
00s Pineapple Flower

I managed to capture the windmill in motion, using a slow shutter speed. That took several tries to adjust my camera settings.
00s Windmill with Texture

Purple Poodle Postcard

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Lately I’ve been in the mood to create fabric postcards. I forgot to photograph the first one I recently mailed. Here’s is the second: a purple poodle postcard I mailed to Judy.

Here I’ve painted the muslin with fabric paints.

00s Purple Poodle to Judy King (1)

Now it is stitched out.

00s Purple Poodle to Judy King (2)

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This last photo is the reverse side. I cover this up with an index card used for the mailing address and my message. The muslin and Peltex start out as 4.5 x 6.5 inches. After I finish sewing, I cut them down to 4 x 6 inches to match the index card. I zig-zag around the edges, securing some cording and the index card.

00s Purple Poodle to Judy King (3)

I attach a First Class postage stamp to it (it’s thicker than the one-layer postcards so it needs more postage), take it to the USPS, stand in line, and have them hand-cancel it. I put it in a clear plastic mailing envelope (not required, but it keeps the postcard from getting anything on it in transit), hand it over, and they mail it.