Filed under: Photography by ramune

The Knife – Christmas Raindeer

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Finally we got a good dumping of snow! It will never cease to amaze me how this area freaks out when it snows. You would think we never get snow around these parts and yet every year we do and every year everyone rushes to stock up in case they get stuck for months. I have a question that perhaps you can answer for me. Why is it that I see trucks with their plows down when it’s barely snowing, but when it is seriously snowing I either don’t see any plows or the trucks I see have their plows up? Am I missing something?

All of that aside, I had a lovely day watching the snow come down, shoveling, drinking cocoa with marshmallows, making popcorn and of course let us not forget going outside for a walk to threaten my cameras in the snow. Here are some photos I took on my wanderings.

My car is in there somewhere.

Obligatory snow moose bokeh

Filed under: Card, Commission, Design, Favorites, Holiday by ramune

Ultrafox – Ice Skating

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Ultrafox – Ice Skating (Glacier Mix)

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Firstly, I posted two versions of the same song because I still can’t decide which version I like better, so why not share them both . . . Secondly, I present to you this week’s project. I wish I could say these are the cards I am mailing out this year, but they are not. They are actually an office holiday card I was asked to design. They were pretty specific about what they wanted (lone tree in a snowy field with the company logo as an ornament hanging off the tree), and I was pretty excited to do it since this is something I’ve had in my mind for a a few years. They chose the top version (all white) over the version with the black trees. Normally I don’t post “work” stuff, but I like how this came out, and it’s a look I want to continue to develop. Enjoy!

Filed under: Family, Friends, Holiday, Photography, Sewing, Silliness by ramune

Kasabian – Secret Alphabets

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I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was as delicious and fun as mine was. It’s taken me a while to go through all of my photos from Thanksgiving weekend (and actually I am still not completely done) . . . but here are some of my favorites from the silliness I was up to with the family. When in doubt, go to Carderock.

Sidenote: No one was hurt in the making of these photos . . . except for a few missing limbs by the cleaver (that my great uncle made).

Filed under: inspiration by ramune

Along with my weekly project posts, I have decided to post work by other artists, photographers, designers, musicians, creative types that inspire me. Here is a lovely video by Emmanuel Ho. It makes me want to start animating again. Now I just need to make the time to do it.