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colour and things4, originally uploaded by Veronica TM.

Summer has gone by so fast; the year is already half gone and so many things have fallen along the wayside. This time a year ago, I was consumed with plans of moving myself and my daughter mainly out of the city to a quieter, safer, more secluded place. I did it, but it all happened so fast and the transition was quite rough, still is. I feel like a hang nail. As parents we most often place ourselves last, especially mothers. So yup, I feel like a hang nail, worn, raggedly and a bit sore. The stress and general self neglect not only keeps me awake when I should be sleep but has resulted in at least 15 extra pounds, too much for my already weighted framed. At times like these, all I can think of is comfort, finding a place to rest and take care of myself. The photo above seems just right, cozy, comfy and with just enough light.

inspired by Beatrice Clay has moved!!!

I am trying my hand at customizing my own blog.  So for now it’s just

www.inspiredbybeatriceclay.com/blog

I still have some formatting issues to work out with CSS but all the words can be read and the pictures can be seen (except my banner) SO COME ON OVER

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back from vacation

i am happy to report that i’ve completed one more thing on my list of 29 things to do before i turn 30 – december 11th…eek.   going on a solo vacation was one of them.  i loved loved loved it!! san juan puerto rico is glorious; it really is a “rich port” full of gorgeous beaches, awe-inspiring forts and castles, and colorful architecture – whoa simply amazing.  the short break served me well, i am seriously tanned and seriously in love with photography (especially polaroids).  here are a few shots to tied us over until i can prepare a proper post. more pictures can be seen in my flickr (more will be added in the coming days as well). oh my old san juan was a colorful explosion of loveliness.

oh before i forget, *****news flash****  i am migrating this here little blog to a more permanent site so stay tuned and if you know any good web designers please let me know. i need a simple opening page designed. thanks.

a few shots from my solo vacation to san juan puerto this past week - top two rows are polaroids and bottom row is digital

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Etsy Artists of Color Treasure Hunt

 

EAOC SUMMER MADNESS TREASURE HUNT June 18 – June 21st. The Summer Madness Treasure Hunt will take place in the Etsy Promotions Forum beginning Thursday, June 18th and ending Sunday, June 21st. Each day the EAOC Summer Madness Treasure Hunt will begin at 12 noon and run until 12 midnight, EDT. The rules are simple. Just search through the participating shops and find special letters that have been hidden in various listings. The letters will be hidden amongst one of the listing’s photos. Take those letters and form a phrase pertaining to the “Summer”. The phrase will change each day. It’s that simple! Starting June 18th, check any of these sites for the phrase of the day:

* http://eaoc.blogspot.com/

* http://twitter.com/eaoc

* http://www.myspace.com/teameaoc

* http://groups.to/etsyartistsofcolor

* http://teameaoc.etsy.com.

Check back daily, you might find a letter at inspired by Beatrice Clay!!!

Come join in the fun and win fabulous prizes including three of my fine art prints – Orange Crush, Pink, and On Beauty. View prints in my Etsy shop:

www.beatriceclay.etsy.com

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my first polaroids

I snapped these with “Billie”  my new polaroid baby.  I really wish I could zoom in a little with this polaroid camera but oh well the slight out of focus blur adds to the charm of polaroids.  the one on the left is already someone’s flickr favorite. {YAY}  I love holding polaroids in my hands too!  I want to have a huge stack of them – the magical ones and the not so magical ones – that I can peruse at my leisure as well as share with house guests. 

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introducing “billie” my new polaroid baby

I recently started dreaming about polaroids.  I began asking my flikr buddies where I could score one and the answer was invariably “Ebay.”  I searched the site for a while before deciding to put my polaroid dreams on hold for the moment and just focus on learning how to use Trixie (my 35 mm pentax k1000 film camera) and Rho (my kickbutt pentax k20d DSLR).  Well my friends, the heavens smiled on me and I happened upon a little yard sale on the upper west side of Manhattan and scored a sweet Polaroid Sun 600 land camera for OMG $10 bucks.  As with Trixie and Rho, with my new polaroid baby Billie I fall way short in taking consistently sharp stunning photos.  So far, I have 5 really blurry polaroid photos or better still 5 really blurry really expensive $2 a ‘roid photos.  Film is seriously $20 for a pack of 10 exposures {*gasp*} With lots of practice, I hope to be taking photographs as stunning as Susannah Conway, Alicia Brock, and Jen Gotch! These woman are amazing and they take amazing polaroids.  

Please stop by my little Etsy shop and partner with me in buying more 600 series polaroid film before all the polaroid film in the world is completely gone forever. Pretty pretty please.

Here are a few of my favorites polaroids taken by Susannah (1-4), Jen  (5-7), and Alicia (8-9)

aaah dreamy polaroids.

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at the moment…

i love love my apple itouch.  i scored it free with my soon to arrive apple imac.  once my new computer comes i’ll be able to pretty up my little blog with all sorts of ribbons + buttons.  in the meantime, check out this cute little app i downloaded last night…it’s beyond dreamy.  now if i could exchange my chubby little fingers for my best friend’s cute slender ones then i’ll be able to type out my gratitudes.

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