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Project 365 – Day 152

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31st May 2012 – “Green Man”

25% discount this weekend…

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Get 25% off all orders in my Etsy shop this weekend by using coupon code DIAMONDJUBILEE during checkout. Code is valid until 10pm on Tuesday 5th June.

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Crafty Photo Scavenger Hunt: May

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If you’re new to the Scavenger Hunt then please visit Kirst’s blog to see how this all began. I’m acting as guest host again this month, and I hope you find everything to your liking!

I’ll start off with a list of those people who are taking part – please do visit their blogs and have a look at their entries for this month. If they haven’t posted their photographs yet then please be patient and check again later!

Rachel at The Awesome Lady
Jenna at Timballoo
Ruth at The Goldhawk Project
Margot at Tulsi Crafts
Sally at Diario

Inspiration

I was a bit stuck for what to photograph for this month’s inspiration, because it’s been one of those months where pretty much everything I’ve seen has triggered my imagination. I have particularly enjoyed drawing new designs to try out on my Gocco though, so I’ve stuck with a simple photograph relating to that. It’s a bit dull, but I’m hoping the rest of my photos will make up for that!

Something I made

The topics this month are all on a similar theme, relating to cities and towns. Earlier this month I made this funky fox, and as foxes are so prevalent in London I thought he’d be a good choice for this photo.

Urban

There was something I really wanted to take a photograph of for this topic, a fabulous graffiti mural of scenes from Sin City… but when I went to take the photo it had gone! Ok, it’s been a while since I last saw it, I don’t pass that way often, but it was a bit of a shock nonetheless. Instead we have a photo of the stereotypical block of flats.

Transport

I was spoilt for choice in this category, so many good photo subjects cropped up this month. After much dithering I’ve chosen this snap of boats at the Canal Cavalcade in Little Venice a few weeks ago.

Motifs: Graffiti

Despite my favourite Sin City graffiti having been replaced by something inferior, I’ve seen quite a lot of graffiti this month. Surprisingly most of it was at the Chelsea Flower Show!