Calendars are IN!!

I have been working on my 2011 Calendars for my shop.  This year, I am going about them differently.  They are 5x7 or 3.5x5 loose leaf calendars.  So far,  have a Wine themed one, a Floral themed one and a Food themed one.  Plus, I have one that is "Design your own" where you can pick all 12 photos you would like for the calendar!  I am thinking about also doing a sea shell themed Calendar and a landscape themed one too.  I might even look into doing a more traditional wall calendar where there is space for each date to write in stuff.

Wine Theme

Food Theme

Flower Theme

Design Your Own 

This is just an example of the various photo you can use to design your own calendar, but customers can also purchase this exact calendar if they happen to like it!  :)

The Winner

Thank you so much to all of you who entered in my blog giveaway!

I used a random number generator from random.org and the winning # is 6 - Ondrea!!!  

Yay!  Congrats Ondrea! 

I look forward to seeing of the two photos you pick out!

She Sells Sea Shells

She Sells Sea Shells

As much as I love living here in Colorado, I really miss living by the ocean.  In college, I lived in Norfolk, VA and in Virgina Beach.  I loved living so close to the beach and rivers.  I miss the sound of the crashing waves and the feel of the sand between my toes!  My ideal place to live would be somewhere that has mountains like we have here on Colorado (I love these mountains) and the ocean!

Over the weekend, I was out shopping and found these beautiful shells. I wish I could say I found them on the beach somewhere, but I found them in a store in a land locked state.  LOL

I took a few photos and want to try for a few more.  I love adding to my sea shell photo collection!  :)

Also, today is the last day to enter my 11x14 giveaway.  I will be posting the winner of that giveaway tomorrow!!  Good luck to all who have entered and thank you for taking the time to enter!!

A Not So Lazy Saturday!

Barbed

My husband and I took the kids out this morning on a nice bike ride around the neighborhood.  We took them past a farm that run along side our neighborhood and it has a barbed wire fence running along its property line.  I took the opportunity to see if I could get any artistic photographs out of the barbed wire fence!  It was a great opportunity to take photos of something other than flowers!

Lately, I have been wanting to get more photographs of anything other than flowers.  As much as I LOVE to photograph flowers, I really want to try my hand at something new such as landscape photography, abstract photography and urban photography.  Soon,  hope to head into Downtown Denver to photograph these vintage neon signs that run along Colfax.  I have heard this is a great Urban area to photograph!  I can't wait to see what I can get.  Hopefully something good!  :)  lol

I got a few other barbed wire photos to add to my shop and I will do that over the next few days. 

Plus, don't forget about my giveaway.  Its the post just under this one and it ends Monday night!!

Time For A Blog Giveaway!

Since I took such a long break from my blog, I think its time to pep things up with a blog giveaway! 

I will be giving away one 11x14 (valued at $50) print and the winner will be able to pick one of two photographs I have listed here in this blog post.  The options will be two of my popular prints in my shop:

Loves Whisper:

OR

Aspen Leaves In The Wind:

Here are the rules to enter the giveaway:

1) Get 1 entry for posting your favorite item from my shop - Please leave an e-mail address so I can contact you if you win!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AmeliaKayPhotography

2) Get 1 entry if you become a fan of my facebook page (post here in the comments section that you became a fan so I can count the entry). - Please leave an e-mail address so I can contact you if you win!

http://www.facebook.com/ameliakayphotography

ETA: If you are already a FB fan, let me know and that will count too!  :)

3) Get 2 extra entries for every one item you buy from my shop! Just mention this blog giveaway in the notes to seller section as you check out on Etsy so I can count those entries!

This blog giveaway will be running for one week.  I will pick a winner at random on Tuesday, Aug 9th!

In The Heat Of The Summer

Pastel Pink

Here in Colorado, we are in the really hot part of summer (as I hear much of the country is), so I don't get out as much as I would like to photograph flowers.  But yesterday, the kids and I, along with my sister in law and her son headed out to the Botanic Gardens during the morning.  It was pretty busy since it was Sunday and there were several beautiful weddings going on!   I did manage though to get a few flower photographs before it got too hot for us to be out. 

I am still amazed that there are so many beautiful flowers in the heat of the summer.  I am also very glad to see so many that love this heat so I can photograph them!

I am also starting to get back into textures.  I had taken a  break from adding textures to my photographs, but began to miss them! lol  As you can see, some of these prints in this posting have the texture added to them.

Sweet Cherries

Aside from flower, I have been wanting to take advantage of all the fresh fruit.  My family and I love cherries.  They do not last long around here.  I think these Rainier cherries are so pretty w/ all the different colors on them.  Needless to say, they didn't last much longer after this photograph! 

Just a side note....Today is the last day for my Buy 1 print, Get 1 Free Sale.  The details are in my shop annoucement!  :)

Tiny Pearls

Has It Really Been 6 Months?

Romantic Pink Flower

Wow, I have really fallen off the ball on this one!  But, I have told myself that I will get back on top it and stay on top of it! :)

So, what have I been up to for the past 6 months?  I have been pretty busy here at home with my kids and family.  My daughter turned 5 and lost her first tooth and my son turned 3!  They are on summer vacation right now that ends in a few short weeks!  My son will be starting preschool and my daughter will be in Kindergarten.....where is time going?? 

Photography wise, I have had the opportunity to photograph flowers around town and I have tried to photograph other non-flower items such as fruit or my husbands guitar.  LOL  I have also come out with some new products like postcards (both 4x6 and 5x5 metallic), new magnets (2x2) and I am also working on  2011 Calendars.  Two are listed in the shop and I have ideas for 3 more Calendar themes!  I am also running a Buy One, Get One Free sale through Monday on all reg. priced prints up to 12x18....ACEOs are also BOGO FREE!

For the month of July, my work has been hanging in a local Coffee Pub called Rooster and Moon. Its in Downtown Denver and has been a wonderful experience putting my work in a local shop.

All in all, life has been good! :) 

Water Drop On A Feather II