1/23/11: Blue

BLUE:

• Introduced in 1903
• Ranked #1 out of America's Top 50 Crayons
• Personality traits: calm, relaxed, loyal, soothing, tranquility, peace, confident, serene, purity, gentleness, infinity, strength, reliability, healing, patience, truth, devotion, honor, sincerity, wisdom, security

Got Mail?
Mailbox on Union & Pearl Street Manchester, NH

Fresh Falling Snow at Dusk
Hanover Street, Manchester NH

1/16/11: Black

BLACK

• Introduced by Crayola in 1903
• Ranked #34 out of America's Top 50 Crayons
• Personality traits: mysterious, powerful, sophisticated, dormant, chic, cool, in control, conventional, conservative, serious, mournful, heavy, secrecy
• Is the absence of light and the absorption of all color

Antique Typewriter
The Woodstock Station Lincoln, NH

Fresh Ink
Luke Mokkosian's newest tat

Ready for Action

1/9/11 Bittersweet

BITTERSWEET

• In the color family of orange
• Introduced by Crayola in 1949

Spare Time Bowling Alley
Corner of Maple and Valley, Manchester

Used Tire Store
Lincoln, NH

Used Tire Store
Lincoln, NH

1/2/11: Aquamarine

AQUAMARINE
Here are some fun facts about the color, courtesy of the Crayola website

• Introduced in 1957
• Ranked #5 out of America's Top 50 Crayons
• Personality traits: tranquility, peace, gentleness
• In Feng Shui, interpretted as "heaven's laughter"
• The color blue causes the brain to secrete calming hormones

Windows of the Manchester Public Library
Since moving to the big city, I frequent here often for books, books on tape, and people watching.

My Mother's assortment of jewelry
My Mother has A LOT of jewelry, most of it costume style but I find her brave to wear the things she does. I am also impressed in her ability to wear it well! She can dress up any outfit with the sparkle and color splashes.


An extra special piece of jewelry.
This belongs to my Nana, who gave it to my Mother recently. It was a given to my Nana from my Grandpa when he proposed to her. He presented her with a necklace and a ring. What a guy! They've been happily married over 60 years!

The challenge at hand...

Box of 64 count Crayola Crayons - $2.39 on a rollback
DSLR Nikon D3100 - $700+
Taking photos for a year = priceless

So the challenge has begun! We've had to revamp our color choices as Crayola has retired 13 colors. So here is the updated, new, and improved list of colors we'll be capturing:

1. Aquamarine
2. Bittersweet
3. Black
4. Blue
5. Blue Green
6. Brick Red
7. Brown
8. Cadet Blue
9. Carnation Pink
10. Cerulean
11. Chestnut
12. Copper
13. Cornflower
14. Dandelion
15. Forest Green
16. Fuchsia
17. Gold
18. Gray
19. Green
20. Jungle Green
21. Lavender
22. Magenta
23. Mahogany
24. Maroon

25. Melon

26. Midnight Blue
27. Mulberry

28. Navy Blue
29. Olive Green
30. Orange
31. Orchid

32. Periwinkle
33. Pine Green

34. Plum

35. Red

36. Red Orange
37. Red Violet

38. Royal Purple

39. Salmon

40. Sea Green

41. Sepia

42. Silver

43. Sky Blue

44. Spring Green

45. Turquoise Blue

46. Violet (Purple)
47. Violet Red

48. Vivid Tangerine

49. White
50. Wild Strawberry

51. Yellow

52. Yellow Green

One color, once a week, for one year...

Clearly, I'm not the best at blogging or keeping up with blogging. I don't have the best track record with this sort of thing. But as one my new year's resolutions I will work hard to change this. Having said that... For Christmas, my boyfriend of a million years (in cat years- and no I'm not kidding) gave me a DSLR Nikon D3100. I have to admit that I am in awe of it and am scared of it all at the same time. There is something about exploring new technology that can be bittersweet. I want to embrace using the new camera, but feel discouraged that I won't be able to operate or take the photos that I know I can take with my other cameras. I'm hoping that me and my Nikon can settle into a long, ever lasting friendship that will capture people, places, and events.

In an attempt to get to know one another, my good friend Molly has shared a photography challenge that she is sharing with her Nikon D3100, and friends Cyrena and Sarah. I asked if I could join them in this experience and see where it takes me and my Nikon. Here is the scoop:
They took a 64 box of Crayola Crayons and have selected 52 colors to locate, photograph, and post. One color, once a week, for one year. I'm excited for this journey and hope that you'll share this with me and my Nikon.

Recharged and Energized

Over the weekend, my Stampin' Up team of demos, New England StampInkers, got together at the Cape for a retreat. It was an awesome experience. I have come back from the weekend getaway recharged and energized.. hence the blog! As a group, we decided to bring a shoe box swap to share with everyone who attended. There were 8 of us total, so we each went home with 8 new card samples and endless ideas. We sampled many tasty homemade recipes from one another and had a great time sharing ideas, experimenting with SU products, and making projects together. I love my team of demos and always have a fun time creating with them. Here are some pictures of the projects we made. - Lindsay