Wizard of Oz Shoot!!

On the last leg of my Oregon coast trip we we're driving between Cannon Beach and Portland. This is a gorgeous stretch of road, everything was budding and green. We came across this old run down house and I just had to stop and take a couple photos. It is part of my Wizard of Oz collection because it reminded me of the farmhouse that the famous Kansas tornado picked up and dropped in the magical land of OZ. 

The next set of photo's was a massive field of these red flowers. 

I decided to add these also to my Wizard of Oz collection.

I know that the flowers were poppies in OZ. 

but seeing this massive field covered in red flowers, screamed OZ to me. 

I kept seeing dorothy, toto, the lion, scarecrow and the tinman waltzing across this field, rejoicing in the fact that the Emerald City would be on the opposite side of the field. almost there.

It was an amazing sight.

I hope you all enjoy this series of photos.

Happy Viewing!!!

Carrie

Hey Honey, I'm Home!!!

I have been missing in action for the last 10 days. 

We'll not really missing but more like melting into nature.

2200 Miles and 8 days and I am finally back home.

One of my passions is taking nature photography.

We'll one of my favorite places to do this is in the state of Oregon.

Everywhere you turn you find beauty.

and a variety of it: waterfalls, lakes, rivers, forests full of lush trees,

 ocean, beach and on and on I could go.

So this next week you can look forward to many exciting posts on my trip.

Here are a few treasures to wet your tastebuds

This is a shot from one of the waterfalls from the Silver Falls State Park.

This one is a shot of clear lake.

Happy sightseeing through the eyes of Me!!!

Couple's Sign

Today I decided to make a "Couple's Sign". I have been wanting to do this for a while and with valentines coming up very soon, I thought this would be the perfect time to finally make it.  So what you do is you print out the state that your born in, the state your spouse was born in and the state you were married in. (now if these aren't 3 separate states no worries, you will just add the info and heart in 2 or possible 3 places on the state.) To find great state outlines to print. I went to google.com and then in the search area typed in state outline and then checked out the images it popped up with. I printed mine onto a brown card stock.

Once they are printed and the size you want them, cut them out, I left a little bit of an edge around the black outline.

 I then applied glue all over the back of each state and then turned it over and applied it to some black chipboard. I placed a heavy book on top for a minute so that they stayed flat and secure.

 Once it is dry. Cut around the state again.

To attach each state to my top sign I punched holes in each state and the sign and attached each one with wire.

 Here is how it looks finished.

 I know you can't read what I put on each of the states. So here is a breakdown. On each of the states that me and my husband were born I placed a heart over the place the city is located. Next to the heart I wrote..
 Line 1. my name
 Line 2. the word born
 Line 3. City and States name
 Line 4. Birthday 00/00/00

Now the state we were married in i have attached to our 2 birth states and again placed the heart where the city is located. On this one I wrote.

Line 1. his name & my name
Line 2. the word Married
Line 3. City and States name
Line 4. Date Married 00/00/00

This was so much fun to make. 

Happy Crafting