Day 19 May Flower Challenge - Letter Love

 Welcome to day 19 of the May Flower Challenge.

I'm fascinated with flowers. They are all over my tiny apartment. I photograph them all the time. I draw, paint, doodle them, create them out of paper... I also see them all over the NYC. Each day I will post flowers and I hope that you will join in. The only rule is that your blog post or flickr photo that you link must contain flowers. Click above on the May Flower Challenge Page to learn more. 

I like to doodle. 

I like good coffee, 

sand between my toes, 

the smell of the earth after it rains, 

hearing a child giggle,

the sound of a cat purring...

Sorry, I got distracted.

I like to doodle.

I have recently fallen in love with pens and markers, again. 

So much so, that during the past few weeks I participated in Joanne Sharpe's Artful Alphabets e-course. Joanne's classes are affordable. 

Her videos are informative and I had a lot of fun. 

I learned 25 different alpha lettering techniques. If you are lettering on your paintings and want to learn how to make it fancier I would recommend Joanne's class.

I love these pink Hydrangea. I can't get over how pink they were.

By the way, I think I want to do the whole alphabet in the daisy lettering that I did above. 

Today Superman and I are venturing to my favorite annual street fair in NYC - Ye Olde Village Fair put on by the Bedford Barrow Commerce Block Association.

 Juried artists, live music, and beer. 

So, if you are in the city go to the West Village and enjoy the day.

We plan to meet up with friends so come join the fun!

Hmmm, I wonder what kind of flowers I will see. 

Participate by linking your blog post to my blog post. Each day during May, starting on May 1st, on my blog post I will have a linkytool available so that you can link your specific blog post (not just your blog but the post itself) to my blog post. And, please remember to link back.

Participate by linking to the flickr group - May Flower Challenge- and adding a photo of your flower creation. Make sure you add your photo to the linky below each day that you post.

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday & A Few Instagram Pics

I am linking in up with Julia at Stamping Ground for WOYWW.

 I am also, still playing catch up in Joanne Sharpe's Artful Alphabet class so that is what I have been working on this past week. This is seriously so much fun!

I am also still playing along with Paper Coterie's April Instagram Photo Challenge. You can find me on Instagram at #lorimoonstudio. Here are a couple of my favorite from this past week.

 Day 19: My Hobby

Day 21: My Favorite Color

Just a reminder that on May 1st my May Flower Challenge begins. I am hosting a link party each day. The only rules are that your blog post or flickr photo that you link must contain flowers. I'm fascinated with flowers. They are all over my tiny apartment. I photograph them all the time. I draw them, paint , doodle them, create them out of paper... I also see them all over the NYC. So, each day I will post flowers and I hope that you will join in. Click above on the May Flower Challenge Page to learn more. 

Letters...I See Them Everywhere

Alphabet NYC         (c) Lori Moon

I have been spending my lunch time walking around the city. I keep seeing letters and I finally have an alphabet that I am happy with...this doesn't mean that I still won't see letters and capture more. 

I have honestly been working on this for about nine months - some letters are easier than others. 

I also created this too...it would make a fun postcard.

I Love NYC - Alphabet                        (c) Lori Moon

It has been a few weeks since I last participated in WOYWW - What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday but hop on over to Julia Dunnit's blog at Stamping Ground and stalk a few desks.

Alphabet NYC

My workdesk this week is still, honestly, cluttered with many of the same projects from last week since I have been sick most of the past week.  I have, however, been doing more work on the computer with my photographs. So, I decided that since I am a photographer this week I would share the results of my computer desk for WOYWW.

Please visit Julia Dunnit's website at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ so you can stalk other artist's workspaces.

I participated in Beth Nicholls' Do What You Love e-course in 2011 and it was one of the best things that I have ever done.  The activities inspired me to capture how I see the world around me.  Beth's course gets you  in touch with yourself, with what you are passionate about and her prompts for taking pictures has helped me immensely.

One activity that she offered was a large list of prompts that I made into cards and she suggested that we draw a few cards, grab our camera and play.  Well, as much as I enjoyed her prompts, all to help us see things differently (circles, the color orange, etc), I went one step further - I started to see letters around the city. I am still working on completing my alphabet but here a few examples.

And here is the letter that I have had the most difficulty finding (and it was so close to my apartment carved upside down into a railing of a mansion on Fifth Avenue).  

Can you see the Q?

As I mentioned, this is still a work in progress but I am having so much fun unconsciously finding letters in the city around me.  I find them without even looking for them.  Crazy what your mind can do when you don't even push it.

LOVE in NYC                                                    (c) Lori Moon Studio

I encourage you to be a little more cognizant of the world around you.

What can you notice in a different way that you normally walk past every day?