I haven’t done a link sort of post in a long time, not since Veggie Chic became part of Blisstree Food and Nutrition.  Here are some links that may be of interest to vegetarians or veggie-interested folks……..
If you have a Twitter account, then you might consider following vegetariandeals. Their plan is to share links to “vegetarian coupons, samples, affiliate deals, discounts, and freebies.” So far I see links to samples of Aveda hair product, Luna cookies, and a free Vegetarian Times subscription.
The sister site to vegetariandeals is Groovy Vegetarian. Groovy Vegetarian covers a multitude of veg subjects including vegan clothing, …read more

Make Art Monday
I use photo images in so much of my work that my camera has become my most essential tool, as I shared with you on the Question of the Month post. Even when we went to Italy, I spent a certain amount of time just simply shooting things that would make interesting texture shots. Most of these are less interesting as compositions than they are in terms of how they can be used in the future: backgrounds or elements of a collage, a layer in a digital piece, warped and Photoshopped into something else…
Do you spend …read more

What’s Up Wednesday

Image: MorgueFile
Although I’m a big advocate of taking your own photos, there are times when it’s not practical, possible, or desirable. I use a lot of antique images in my mixed media work, and I also frequent the free stock photo sites for my food blog, Busy Family Meals. Why not take my own photos for that? Because shooting food is a real art form or else it looks really unappealing My friend Marye shoots beautiful pictures of her own food. I struggle.
So, where do you go for pictures, and what do you do to …read more

Once more, one of the projects posted here has managed to distract a dear reader from what she was supposed to be doing…

Timaree, who writes Freebirdsings sent me pictures of this adorable photo journal that she made after she read a post on making them. Here’s what she said about it:
The one with the blue girl is me so that half of the book is plain paper for artwork. Flip it over and upside down and you have my daughter with ruled paper for writing. The other books were made for practice …read more

My copy came the other day, and I had almost forgotten about it since it takes months to put each one together. One of my photos was accepted and appear in this issue:

It’s another gorgeous issue, but can I confess something? I’m a teensy bit disappointed about how tiny my image was reproduced in the magazine. I know you probably can’t see it on this screen either, but there is a second boater beyond the reeds that didn’t show up at all in the magazine. I expect you to not be able to see it here onscreen with the 72 …read more

You’ve already heard me blabbing about getting two of my photos into Stampington & Company’s new magazine, Life Images. Well, they’ve sent me an extra copy that I’m allowed to give away here on Layers Upon Layers!!
I’m excited, because I think you’ll love this magazine. It combines art photography with storytelling, quotations, poetry, and journaling. It has both black-&-white and full-color shots, and also digitally and manually manipulated ones. It’s a totally beautiful issue, and I’m really proud to be included.
***Free Magazine Alert ***
If you’d like to have a free copy of Life Images, simply leave me a comment …read more

Seems like we’re always talking about taking the color out of your photos, so let’s take a look at a way to put some back in For a special gift, you could think about doctoring up some old family black and whites with just a touch of color! Show & Tell Graphics shows us how to do it in Photoshop. If you don’t have PS, you can probably adapt these simple directions easily enough to your own photo editor. Here is Show & Tell’s example. Neat, huh?

Life Images is a photography publication by Stampington & Company.   The next deadline is March 15, 2008:
Life Images will feature the very best of your most artistic, emotionally moving, or expressive photos along with a few of your words. These photos should be of people, places and things important in your life, whether for a fleeting moment or a lifetime. We are interested in your journal entry that would accompany these photos – whether it be a heartfelt short story, expressive comment, or emotional poem. All original or copies of photographs submitted must be clearly identified with the artist’s name, …read more

I’m so excited! I had two pictures chosen to be included in the premiere issue of Life Images, and now another of my photos has been chosen for the second issue. This is one that I took when we were visiting my son in Guatemala.

The next deadline is coming up in March, so think about what you might want to submit to this gorgeous publication.

Back in October, I shared with you that two of my photos had been chosen for inclusion in a brand new art photography magazine called Life Images. Well, I received my copy this week, and I am thrilled with the entire issue. I’ve been posting the calls for submissions for Life Images, and although one deadline just passed, there will be another chance coming up in a few months. So gather up your best shots, and in the meantime, think about getting ahold of this issue…it’s beautifully done! Don’t say that your work isn’t “good enough” either. I submitted 5 …read more