Mid Month Playdate - July 2019

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  1. Jul 19, 2019 #1
    mimisgirl

    mimisgirl It's all about ME!

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    Hey All!

    I just got back from a LONG cross country trip and wanted to get this up for you - even though it is a bit late.

    And I apologize, I totally missed last month - things went a little haywire here and I was stressed to the max to the point that it slipped my mind entirely. My apologies!!

    This month I wanted to do something a little different. - I spent the last few weeks in Texas visiting my family and stumbled across a treasure trove in the form of my Grandmother's old photo albums. There were SO MANY pictures in there, and some of them were just fascinating. I had my mother and my grandfather tell me some of the stories, but there were a few that even they did not know.

    I've been watching an artist that I admire put together an art journal using old photos she has found at second hand stores and it inspired me to play a bit.

    So this month, I am going to give you three photos that I found. These actually DO have stories, and I know who most of the people are, but I am not going to tell you that information just yet.

    I would like for you to have a play with at least one of them. You can create a story that goes with it, Match it with an experience of your own, or just have fun being artistic - whatever strikes your fancy.

    The ZIP file is HERE

    And you can find the individual files for those of you who don't do zips HERE

    I can't wait to see what you do!!
     
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    SharLamb

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    "Requested page does not exist" is what I get when I click the link.
    ???
     
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  3. Jul 19, 2019 #3
    mimisgirl

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    hmmm. OK, let me see what i can do -
     
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  4. Jul 19, 2019 #4
    mimisgirl

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    @SharLamb can you give it a try now and let me know!
    Thanks!
     
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    SharLamb

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    YEP! Both worked. Thanks. Sounds like fun!
     
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    mimisgirl

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    Yay! Thanks for helping me out there @SharLamb
     
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    Cherylndesigns

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    I just downloaded mine. How much fun is this going to be????? Glad to have you back Erin and don't worry for a second about being "late" or anything else. We all have lives to lead. My head hasn't been right for the whole last month and I feel like I've just been blundering along. We also went on vacation (to Oklahoma) and I really can't get out of vacation mode. :heartlub:heartlub:heartlub:heartlub
     
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    SharLamb

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  9. Jul 20, 2019 #9
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  10. Jul 20, 2019 #10
    KAPOH

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    So glad there is a play date this month! I made a traveler's notebook and made up a story about the 3 pics:
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    wvsandy

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    Really happy to have this challenge! Thanks!
     
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    wvsandy

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    I combined the Muse and your challenge.
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    mcurtt

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    Thanks for the fun photos. Here is what I came up with:

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    blueberries

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    This is a "you know" piece - looking at the photo all I could think was you know, that sky needs to be blue.

    So here I am a short time later. Would have been here sooner but I kept arguing with myself over adding more. I could have easily but everything seemed to overwhelm the blue sky. Which was the whole point to the piece, right? Sometimes (I can't believe I'm saying this) less really is more.

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  15. Jul 23, 2019 #15
    RJMJ

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    I Just Love The Photos That You Provided...I Love Black & White Photos With Those Wide Borders...I Have Some Of My Mom With The Dates On The Frames Too Circa 1955 & A Bit More...When I Saw Your Photos They Made Me Think Of Perhaps A Special Family Vacation...And Those Tall Palm Trees...Well...They Made Me Think Of Hawaii(All Palm Trees Make Me Think Of Hawaii...Just Saying...)...So I Created A Vintage Vacay Layout With Those Words As Journaling & I Used The Year As 1958 But I Removed The Month...This Was Pure Creative Fun On My Part...Soft Summer Colors...Lots Of Textures,Blending & Paints...Glorious Fun!...Thank You! For Providing The Wonderful Photos & The Mid-Month Play Date Challenge...

    *To Create My Vintage Vacay:Circa 1958 Layout-I Used:

    *Valencia-Bundle-Lynn Grieveson
    *Summerscape-Little Butterfly Wings
    *Paradise-Designed By Soco

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  16. Jul 24, 2019 #16
    Electra

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    Thank you for the (always) fun challenge!
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    Janisn

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    So much fun coming up with a story for an unknown pic
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    marijke

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    AJK

    AJK I plead the 5th ...

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    I had fun with this one. I played with all the photos- painting on them, recoloring. My Grandma and her friends are the subjects. She made the striped outfit sewing it by hand- all hand stitches. Can you imagine???!!!
    Amazing!

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  20. Jul 27, 2019 #20
    Dady

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    Thanks for this challenge and beautiful photos!

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