Retro Vacation Photos {Scandinavia B&W}

I'm not sure how many rolls of film that I went through on this trip, but I have so many amazing photos that will never be seen if I don't share them with you here. As much as I love to shoot in color, using black and white film is so exciting.

The Viking Ship museum in Copenhagen, Denmark was incredible!

To see Scandinavia in color click here.

Friday Five

Here are 5 inspiring things around the internet. I read LOTS of blogs...and I keep track of my favorite things via Bloglovin'. Here are a few things that inspire me! (P.S. If you use Bloglovin' to follow your favorite blogs, please add mine to your feed)

Izziyana Suhaimi via Booooooooooom!

Flower Mandalas by Kathy Klein via Free People

 {Henry Rousseau} Fantasy Pants via Sea of Shoes

From High Fructose Magazine

Allison Krumwiede via Supersonic Electronic

Scrabble Tiles: 4 Cool Ideas

Last week, I showed off my Prinstagram order and even though I thought perhaps I could save those tiny little stickers inside the sticker book as a mini album, there was really no way that I could NOT use them for a craft project. If you decide to order stickers from Printstagram, you might consider making something crafty like this to show off your favorite photos...if so, please share a link, I would love to see!



 *Note: I was a little bit addicted to creating scrabble tile pendants last week....and I guess new ideas form from obsessions....

IDEA #1 Best Friend Necklaces
The stickers come in duplicates. Such a perfect way to make matching necklaces and share one with a friend. TIP: even though the stickers are sticky....I would still recommend putting a bit of tacky glue under the corners before adhering it to the tile so that it doesn't peel off.

Scrabble tile pendent tutorials are all over the place. Here is the one I referred to when I created these pendants: http://www.makeandtakes.com/links/scrabble-tile-pendant-tutorial

IDEA # 2 Show off your child's artwork!
When my students create a cool drawing, I love to take a photo of if it to share on instagram.  This is another cool way to show off some of my favorites. I will be transforming these little scrabble tiles into pendants for a necklace. I can interchange the tile to match my mood or color scheme for my outfit while showcasing a roaming gallery of my student's artwork. I am an art teacher so I have tons of favorites.....but if you want to share your kid's artwork beyond the refrigerator, this is one way to do it!

IDEA #3 Wear your heart on a string. 
Show off your favorite cell phone photos using the Prinstagram stickers. You can show off your favorite places, people or things. I made a few to keep...and a few to sell in my friend's shop. If you don't think you would ever actually make necklaces yourself, let me know, I made a bunch and I would love to share!

 P.S. If you have ever seen Glass Photo Magnets, I used a couple of my Printsagram stickers as the images....I'm giving them to a friend soon, so I can't share a photo yet.

IDEA #4 Use an old Atlas instead of scrapbook paper.
Most of the pendant tutorials encourage you to use scrapbook paper. There are many Etsy stores that sell digital files of mini images for tile pendents, but I love the idea of slicing up an old atlas to map out my favorite cities. The bottom photo shows how I used vintage stamps to create one-of-a-kind necklace pendants.

Thanks for reading!

Happy 4th of July

Here is a shot of my Holga....I painted a red+white+blue chevron design on it.....Hope you are having a happy day with your family!

Hometown Appreciation

Just before school got out, I went down to Granby to visit my family. My dad doesn't live more than 30 miles away, but if I don't make a point to drive down and see him, we just don't ever see each other.

While I was there, I started thinking about a lot of things that reminded me of my childhood....we went to JJ's for dinner and I started taking pictures of things around town that probably won't mean anything to anyone else, but they are things that may not be around forever (as I learned from the Joplin tornado) and they are special to me, for whatever reason.

If you are interested here are few photos around town with my Holga way back in 2009. 

After a big storm we would go out to the road and look to the top of this hill to see if we could see a rainbow....if there was a rainbow anywhere, it would be at the top, just where those clouds are in this picture. 

Eagle Bluff

Sunday night marked the end of Old Mining Town Days with a fireworks display. I haven't been to the carnival/concert/firework reunion in years....but this year as we walked around and I saw people that I haven't seen in 10+ years, so many memories came rushing back. Some of these photos I took just so I could send them to my brother, because he lives in Arizona and we share the same love for our hometown.

Retro Vacation Photos {Scandinavia}

Spending 6 weeks abroad meant that we had a chance to see so much art and so many cities that at times it was difficult to process it all. I don't think I realized how big the world is and how little I knew about life, beyond my little corner of Missouri.

The photos in this post are random shots from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. I could've taken the time to figure out which photos are from where....but in the grand scheme of this whole photo series, meh....it doesn't really matter. 

I can tell you that this is the Olympic ski jump used in the Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

If you went to East Newton, YES this is Barbie K. She was on the Sweden trip with me! ;-)

To see the first of my photos from Sweden click here.