52 Projects, 52 Weeks

Handmade Overlays…

jwestmorelandphotography — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:30:20 +0000

So, I’ve started to compile my own set of overlays. I still use some from Florabella, but lately I’ve been shooting both textures and out of focus images for color overlays. I used some of the color overlays for these images I shot on Christmas day… Our first white Christmas since I moved to NC.

The overlay concept is fairly easy, and in fact, once you get the layer into photoshop over your image, the only thing you have to do is change the blending mode to ‘overlay’ or play around with the other blending modes.

Here are a few, and I also added some scratches and texture using Florabella’s overlays as well as some textures I’ve shot of cement, stucco, and bark.

Hope your New Years and Christmas were fantastic, and I pray your 2011 is wonderful.

Countdown..

jwestmorelandphotography — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:50:42 +0000

A few last minute wrapping ideas. Got these snowflakes at the dollar store, in giant packs of 8! And the ribbon stuff I already had.

Trying to use what i’ve got on hand. Thank goodness for glue.

And these cute little things are literally from scraps of fabric that I have sewn onto cardstock. Use a little red yarn… you get the idea…

Have a wonderful and happy holiday season.

Make it magical.

Going Green…

jwestmorelandphotography — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:11:14 +0000

So, My mother laughed at me when i told her I was trying to find a use for my used Purex Laundry sheets. One, they are in a wavy shape, which has it’s limitations, and 2… they are small. I put out a call on facebook to get some ideas, and my friend Jen in SC mentioned that I might be able to sew them together and use them as batting.

Since they still smell good, even though they are used, I now have a stocking for my son using ALL scraps (couldn’t bear to part with the dr. seuss scraps!), that smells good. AND, when i put it in with my christmas stuff after Christmas is over, everything in the BOX will smell good!

Ha, ain’t I smart!

lol

I’ve been a busy little bee, with an upcoming silent auction at the Greensboro Roller Derby Bout, as well as TONS of infant photography and product work.

Christmas always takes me by surprise, too, and this year, once i posted the pic of the skirt i made from ZoZo BugBaby, i got immediate orders!!! so not only am i doing photography this holiday season, I’m sewing. TONS!

Here is a link to her site… if you’re a sewer, or even if you just like really cute children’s clothing and bedding, I’d suggest a visit!

I’ll be posting some of my other projects this week, as soon as i can write up the tutorials.

SO MUCH FUN!

Take care

Oh, and here’s a little gift from me to you… hope you enjoy!

hip to be round…

jwestmorelandphotography — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:43:01 +0000

Check this out…

This is one of my girlfriend’s from college, and THIS is her new Etsy page, Ronnie’s Wrist Records.

Ronnie has a degree in photography, and is just like me in that she can’t just stop there! So now she’s making these really great wrist cuffs out of reclaimed Vinyl.

I need to get sewing.

lol

Take a gander and grab something for your stocking before it’s too late!

Thankful for New Fat Quarters…

jwestmorelandphotography — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:09:03 +0000

So I’m starting two new projects this week. Here’s a little teaser of the fabric for one of them…

I’m thinking of using this example for a possible quilt:

Picked up the fabric at my new favorite fabric hangout, the Dragonfly Quilt Shop, in High Point, NC.

Still have to make 3 more of the skirts i made last week, and actually have others asking about ordering some from me, so i don’t know… just not sure i’m motivated, with the mountain of household tasks that is growing around me as I get back into crafting and sewing.

we. will. see.

Take care, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Jenniferd

best pattern ever.

jwestmorelandphotography — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:07:44 +0000

So, told you i downloaded the pattern from zozobugbaby… i literally made a skirt tonight in less than an hour… so much fun!

I started with this:

and ended up with this:

I even threw together a couple headbands for my ‘sibling’ photo shoot tomorrow, using a tutorial i found on youtube on making fabric roses.

So how ya like me now? lol

And special thanks to the lovely Miss Kate, who modeled my new creation today. So cute I could eat her up with a spoon!!!

have a great evening!

Incognito….

jwestmorelandphotography — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:33:57 +0000

So, have been completely swamped with the fall influx my photography business has been fortunate to have this year.

So much so, that I have neglected my projects.

Thankfully, recent events lead me back to my home, where I will hopefully be able to spend more time being more creative and less ‘income’ centric for a while.

I’ve missed a whole lot of projects this year, but it hink it’s about quality, not quantity, and the whole purpose of this blog was to just get me to do anything, so i guess i can’t complain.

I did, however, locate a new source today for fabric, and im off and running again.

Am so excited… they have the greatest groupings of colors and fabrics… I’m going to be in so much trouble if i spend too much time in there!

Picked up some amazing fabric, and then went online to Zozo Bugbaby and got this great pattern to work on this week:

Anyhoo, onto some organizing. I’ve moved a photography studio that encompassed 4000 sq. ft. into my home and a tiny storage unit, so I have my work cut out for me as far as getting re-organized.

We’ll see

See you soon.

At least that’s the plan.

Cool Cool COOL!

jwestmorelandphotography — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:22:29 +0000

The girls over at Love that Shot have an exciting surprise planned for the Love Your Shot! | Link-Up on Thursday, September 30th. There’s going to be a theme, a couple of guest photographer judges (you may know them pretty well), and a fabulous prize for the winner! You’re definitely not going to want to miss this one…

Tell all your friends to join us on Thursday for the Love Your Shot! | Link-Up…because hey, what’s a party without the guests, right! Oh, and if you’re not quite sure how the link-ups work, click here for the FAQ page, or click here for the Link-Up archives. We can’t wait to see “your favorite faces”, so get out there and start shooting!

old dog…new tricks

jwestmorelandphotography — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:06:05 +0000

So, decided that since the past few months have been fruitless, as far as projects that I’ve posted, I would share what I’ve been up to over at LoveThatShot.com, where I am now on the Creative Team of artists.

The Blossom Flower Workshop is going on right now, and in the first week I’m already pushing myself to learn as much as I can.

Here are my first two tries at assignment #1, the ‘Clean Edit’ project.

In the past few months I have been suffering from migraines, so I haven’t spent as much time uploading projects to this blog as I would like, but tomorrow I’ll try to upload my ‘Mad Hatter’ hat project, along with some images of my coffee cozy, which I am going to sell at the coffee shop below my studio!

Thanks all for hanging in!

doin’ his thang…

jwestmorelandphotography — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:03:19 +0000

Quinn has recently decided that when I do a photo shoot in the studio, he’s going to do one as well. And so, even though he swears he’s going to be a ‘robot scientist’, he comes along, tests the lights, and shoots images with his Fisher Price camera, while I do my thing. Even going so far as saying stuff like ‘oh, yeah, that’s the stuff’, and ‘oh, right there, turn the other way’… lol, it cracks me up, but on occasion it gives me pause. He’s going to be 7 this year, and honestly, for some reason, 7 stalls me a bit… 7??? He can’t be 7 yet. It feels too soon. 5 maybe, 6, okay, but 7??? Old enough to pick out his own shirts, and to tell me where he’s going to leave it unbuttoned to (yes, looking a bit like a gigolo lately…just needs a thick gold chain!). Old enough to (against my threats of imminent death) go outside the the building on his own, into the back alley, get spooked, and run back in when they can’t find me out there…Old enough to call the phone number a little girl left in his 1st grade yearbook (yikes) and ‘invite her on a playdate’… Old enough to do a lot of things I don’t want him doing, but that’s he’s pushing towards, edging past that ‘warning’ line, and into the Independance area.

Nope, not ready. Come on back here, baby boy.

I’ll let you know when I’m ready.

Just not yet.