A Burst of Sun

 As I sat in my office today it struck me the last few days have been...sunny! Yes, sadly I'm inside most of the day, but luckily I have a huge window from which to enjoy the bright sun, especially in the afternoons, as it faces west. Lately, I've been addicted to sun bursts, flares, and generally either shooting right into the sun or enhancing the effect in Photoshop.

When there's snow on the ground, that sun is nearly blinding..but still beautiful. And now that the snow around here has (mostly) melted, the sun is peeking through the trees again, now unburdened with snow blankets, and shining light through windows, cleared of frost. Yum!

Above: "Sunlight after the Rain", for sale on Etsy here. This print was featured on the front page of Etsy earlier this week- yay!

Above: "Sewing Room" for sale on Etsy here

Above: "Someday", print for sale on Etsy here

So, here's to much more sun and more sunny days to come.. Enjoy your week!

Front Page! and Jerry the Owl

My Monday morning was made a little brighter when I saw my "Picnic" on the front page of Etsy! Here 'tis:

Thank you so much to the lovely SisandBro all the way from Cyprus for creating this awesome picnic treasury! xo

Also, Mary of ArtTales let me know she featured my "Beach Calm" on her Managing Monday blog post (it's beautiful, I'm really adoring that raining lemonade)...Mary's line of recycled Stuffies with one eye recently was featured in the July issue of "Stuffed" published by Stampington. My fave Leftz stuffie is this one:

Meet Jerry,  a stuffed owl with one eye made of repurposed/ reclaimed materials (including stuffing made from old plastic bags!) According to the shop: "Jerry the Owl is a vegetarian. Mostly because his best friend is Hardy the rat. He enjoys eating fruit and carrot sticks."  You can shop Jerry and his friends on her shop here!

And here is a new blog, Let's See Etsy, which featured two of my Orchid prints taken at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida in a lush, tropical-inspired gallery.

In the next few days, I'll be posting some pics from Preeti's visit to Rhode Island! Preeti is on our team for the Female Photographers of Etsy and hails from New Jersey, she came to visit friends and we met up for a day in Newport! ;) Here is a preview:

Newport Bridge, from the Jamestown Windmill.

Front Page of Etsy!

YAY!! Finally, after all my lusting after that seemingly unreachable goal of the front page....thanks to the ladies in my flickr group for letting me know about it!

Here was the lovely treasury created by Apothicaire, featuring my sepia-toned Beach Path print:

I just love the items in this one! Particularly photography of Irene Suchoki, the engraved beach stones, and awesome little journey necklace. :)