I've been seeing a few posts for Eileen's Winter Photography Scavenger Hunt, and knew it was time to get the few I had posted. I'm going to start with #14 Repetition. I needed a birthday card for my brother in December and one for my nephew in early January, and did a riff on the first card for the second. Both employ repetition. Here's the card for my brother.
I thought it would be easiest to use my MISTI to line up all these sentiments, but it turned out I did a better job eyeballing them. The sentiment comes from Papertrey Ink's "Colorful Words." Once I stamped the white panel I used a piece of white fun foam to create a bit of dimension.
For my nephew, I used a slightly different approach.
This time I colored in one of the words with Copic markers, added an accompanying sentiment from the same set, and a small enamel arrow.
Next up on the hunt is #8, a seasonal treat. First off, one of the gingerbread houses from the Eastman Museum.
And gingerbread teddy bears. Skylar was "icing" their pants with chocolate frosting.
Next up, winter weather, not a hard thing to find in Rochester. We had 12 inches in just one day in mid-December.
Number 11 was a photo taken outside at night. Driving home from dinner on Christmas Eve, we passed this house. It was the perfect subject for the hunt.
The next two are my favorites, #15--Hands.
Caleb's hands with his beloved Legos.
And Baby Hannah's hand in Grandpa's.
Number 20 is cold. When Baby Hannah left the hospital it was 9° with a wind chill of -3°. We had her all bundled up laying on the hospital bed, and Caleb wanted his photo taken all bundled up next to her.
And finally, hygge, a cozy sense of well-being, and one we get in our living room in front of the fireplace. Last year, we splurged on converting our fireplace to gas, and it was one of the best decisions ever. We turn it on every morning when we sit down to read, and again in the evening while we're watching the news.
That's a third of the items on the list, and I'll have to be diligent to find the rest. Thanks to Eileen for providing the list and the link-up. I need all the motivation I can get to have my camera out during the winter. (Although I must admit, finding subjects to photograph while we're visiting Sarah has not been an effort!)
