Sometimes Life Gets In The Way...

Thank you for being so patient with me. The past few weeks have been crazy!

My poison ivy was under control by the time the retreat happened. It flared up again the next week and I had to get some more meds.

In the mean time, I spent that week with David and James doing fun things before David had to have his ear surgery. We knew that once he had the surgery there would be no physical activity for several weeks. So lazer tag, go-carts, bowling and slip and slides were the focus of our week.

My Mom was able to delay the start of her radiation therapy (with the doctor's blessings) so she could be here for the surgery and James' birthday. I spent as much time with her as I could while she was here. She is doing so well and is so brave and wonderful. I am a lucky daughter. She starts her radiation tomorrow.

David's surgery went very well. He has a two inch long incision behind his ear where they took the graft tissue and he still has packing in the ear until the 21st. His Doctor was great and was able to go in through the ear canal instead of cutting the ear all the way in the back and flapping it forward to get to the ear canal. Thank you , Dr. Wyatt!!!! The mere thought of that made my knees weak. Keeping him still and calm and occupied has been a balancing act. The eardrum graft is very delicate until it takes and you have to really baby it. Even blowing your nose can dislodge it. The DS1's (hand held video game players) that Daddy brought home for the boys have been a BIG help:) He has been sleeping with me in our bed. Every time he moves at night I open my eyes to make sure he doesn't roll over on his hurt ear. I am TIRED!

So that's where the past month went. I missed Blogland and all my friends. I have so much to share with you, that I don't even know where to start:)

The paper Cowgirl's Retreat was AWESOME!!! Tina and Cindy really put on a class act retreat! I learned how to solder glass and it is FUN! Above are pictures of the soldered house I created in Tina's class. I can't wait to make more stuff:) Cindy's Altered Journal class was fabulous and I loved seeing every one's take on their journal pages. All the ladies were so fabulous and talented and sweet. I needed a girl's weekend in the worst way. I have not had a true Girl's weekend in over 9 years:) Apparently, I also needed some sleep because I fell asleep after lunch the second day and slept until 8:00 that night. How embarrassing!!! In my defense the hotel room was dark and cold and the spa pillows were heavenly! Everyone was calling me Sleeping Beauty;)




My Sweet James turned the big 06 and he is sooooo proud to finally, in his eyes, be a big boy;) This was the first birthday EVER that he was able to blow out his candles all by himself. Until now, he has not had the lung strength to do it. Such a simple thing. Such a miracle to see. He is doing very well on his new asthma medications. We also have been researching the connection between asthma and eczema. 70% of children with eczema also have asthma. James has had it since birth. We have started aggressively treating his eczema and since it has disappeared he has not even coughed once. Amazing. Not breathing treatments and no wheezing. Dr. June said his lungs sound better than she has ever heard them and we have put the bronchial scoping on the back burner for now:)

I turned 40 yesterday. Bittersweet, for sure. I am so blessed and have a wonderful life. But 40 is still hard to swallow. Above is the wonderful Birthday present Sweet Lori sent me. Isn't my sweet felted bear the cutest bear ever?!!! I love him and his antique popcorn box home:) Her felting talent is amazingly wonderful! She also sent me a beautiful baby tintype (she knows they are my favorite!) and a sweet wee French button card that I coveted from one of her antiquing outings. Thank you Sweet Friend! It was worth all the coffee grounds in the world! LOL!!!

Quotes of the Day:

"To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"
~Satchel Paige

Ya'll...

Let me start out by saying, "I swear I do not make this stuff up." Ok, here it is. I have poison ivy. ON... MY... FACE! I have an art retreat next week and I am going to have to meet over 30 lovely strangers looking like Jo-Jo the Dog Faced Girl. It is swollen and itching and awful. I went to the doctor today and got a steroid shot in my back-side (OUCH!!) and then steroid cream and steroid pills (see photo:) Hopefully, I can keep it out of my eyes. Because that would be bad. It started out as a little bump two days ago and then began to spread all over. I have no idea how I got it. I don't garden. Ya'll know I have a black thumb and can only grow things in the back of my pantry or refrigerator. I was picking up toys in the backyard earlier this week and maybe some was in the grass, but who knows? So bare with me ONCE AGAIN and look for the ambrotype post tomorrow when the steroid cream has kicked in and I don't feel like I want to rip my face off Hannibal Lecter style. Thank you so much for your lovely comments. I am pretty sure I have gotten back to everyone, but if not then let me know.

Love, Jamie

PS-I think I need some of those mittens that you put on newborns so they don't scratch themselves with their finger nails. For Reals.

Quote for Today:

"When the itch is inside the boot, scratching outside provides little consolation."
~Chinese Proverbs

All About Ambrotypes

Ok...I Think I've Got it!...He Did Not Have a FIT...But, You Can...

My patient husband taught me ONCE again about the new scanning uplink and all is right in the world. (see post below) So, I can be trained. LOL!! Here are the FITs for this week. I included some men folk since Father's Day is coming up and a special cutie pie for you all:) Love, Jamie

Remember that tomorrow will be the next installation of the Photo Identification Series: All About Ambrotypes. Catchy, Right? LOL!! See you then!

Who's Your Daddy?

I have to do some research on this photo because this gentleman is not dressed for the cabinet card period. I think this may be a family copy of an older photo or someone in costume. I am going to ask the awesome Flicker photo collectors for their opinion.

This lovely family seems so close. I love how the baby is holding sister's hand. Perfect portrait!

Just LOOK this Sweet Pixie! She needs some wings for sure:)

Quote for Today:

"Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance."
~Ruth E. Renkel

Say Hello To My Little Friend...

This my beautiful Sweet James and he is standing in front of the new toy my sweet husband surprised me with this weekend. It is a Dell 2145cn laser printer. I am in love:) The problem is HE is at work. And I am here left to fumble my way through scanning wireless/directly to the PC in my studio. And, it's not going so well Folks. So. When the Computer Genius gets home he can go over the very precise directions he gave me, countless times, over the weekend on how to scan a photo to my computer. He will pat me on my technologically inept head and sigh. And then maybe weep a little. So, what I am really trying say is that I can't get the FIT up until said weeping occurs. Keep him in your thoughts;)

Quote for Today:

"If you don't know jewelry, know the jeweler."
~Warren Buffet

Art Creations Friday Entry...I Would Like a Do-Over for Last Week!...

"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." ~John Whitehead

Art Creations Friday Entry

Today is the first chance I have had to sit down and post since last Tuesday! Our Wednesday went like this:

7:30- drop off kids at Mother-in-law's house

8:00- Mammogram (great results)

9:30- pick up kids to go to dentist appointments

10:00/12:00- Dentist

12:00- Go through the drive-thru at McDonalds and throw some Happy Meals into the back seat.

12:10/1:00-Drive to Allergy doctor to get the boy's allergy tested.

1:00/3:00- Boys are given allergy tests and Let The Itching Commence! While waiting for the results, Dr. June examines David and while looking in his ears and discovers that he has a fairly good sized hole in his eardrum.

4:00- Dr. June consults with an ENT in the same building and he sees us right then.

4:30- Dr. Wyatt informs me that the hole in David's ear is from his tube falling out in January and that since it is not closed by now David will need a tympanoplasty because it is not going to close on it's own. Our FORMER ENT told me everything looked great and good to go.

5:00-David gets his hearing checked and I meet with the scheduling nurse to set up David's surgery. July 7th. No swimming, no swim lessons and his Rockin' Robots camp is the week after surgery and he can't go. Great!

6:00- Leave just in time to hit evening traffic.

Allergy Test Results-James is allergic to ANYTHING with fur. And that's it. I was hoping to find a dust trigger or mold trigger in there to explain his asthma. Nope. David is allergic to anything with fur and mold and several grasses. Who knew? Dr. June told me that she felt like James would not outgrow his asthma. So all in all it was a FANTASTIC day for all. Not.

And the rest of the week followed suit.


So forgive the lack of commenting and the missing next installment of the photo series. I will be around to see you all! And we will be learning about ambrotypes on Thursday:) Love, Jamie



Quotes for Today:

"When tempest tossed, embrace chaos."
~Dean Koontz

"Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it allows the opportunity for creativity and growth."
~ Tom Barret

"Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish."
~Chuck Palahniuk

FITS...Have We Had Some FITS?!!

Botanical Print from 1822

Oh Boy! Yes we have!! I am in the process of uploading all the FITS (Free Image Tuesdays) to Flicker. It will make it easier for everyone to keep track of them, download them, etc. I LOVE Flicker. I don't know why it took me so long to jump on board. There are so many photo enthusiasts out there! I love connecting with them and all of your wonderful artwork and the wonderful new artists I am finding:) So here are the FITS for today:)

These Sisters seem so close. I love the looks in their eyes and the pose that they took in this photo. I would love to see what you make with this image.

This beauty is full of promise and all of her future endeavors. I cleaned her up quite a bit for you. She had lots of water damage. Bless Photo Shop and it's ability to erase the marks of time:) Now if they only made one for my face. LOL!!!

I would like to thank all of the ladies at The Three Muses! We had an overwhelmingly fantastic first challenge and I can't wait to share more with you!!!! All the ladies who participated made such wonderful Mona art. I am getting back to everyone who left such sweet comments. You guys are awesome!

Quote for Today:

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
~unknown

http://ilkasattic.blogspot.com/

Three Muses Challenge...Summer Break...

Three Muses, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

This is my entry to The Three Muses Challenge. The theme was Mona Lisa and you can choose any type of art medium to create the challenge piece. I used digital art today:) Thank you for a wonderful new challenge Ladies!!

Summer break has started and I may lose my mind!! The boys can't seem to keep their hands off of each other!! And the boy noises are so loud and constant.

To start it all off, on Thursday, the last day of school, James fell asleep in the car on the way home. I carried him inside and he slept for 3 hours. When he woke up he thought it was the morning and he asked for breakfast and then announced loudly that it was, "The first day of summer!!!!!!". David then said, "No James, you slept through summer and today is the first day of First Grade." James then began to cry. Help Me!!

Quote for Today:

"Also, since art

is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa.

~Sol LeWitt

The Botanist...Art Creations Friday Entry...

The Botanist, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

I finally got around to scanning in some of my botanical prints this weekend. This grouping includes prints from 1790, 1812 and 1820. It just amazes me that I have these wonderful pieces of history in my hands. The paper is thick, strong and the strokes and indents of the engravings are deep. Spectacular. So I had to use them with this sweet cutie:) Thank you for a wonderful image once again Ladies!! Love, Jamie

Quote for Day:

"I wandered away on a glorious botanical and geological excursion, which has lasted nearly fifty years and is not yet completed, always happy and free, poor and rich, without thought of a diploma or of making a name, urged on and on through endless, inspiring Godful beauty."

~John Muir

Art Creations Friday Entry...

Photo Identification Series: Part One...Daguerreotypes: Who, What, When and How...

Daguerreotypes

These two are my only daguerreotypes and I love them. The beauty that shows through after all these years is still life-like and breathtaking to me. Daguerreotypes are the oldest form of practical and popular portrait photography.

The process for creating daguerreotypes was invented by a French artist named Louis-Jacques-Mand'e Daguerre. The country of France made his process a gift to the world and distributed a manual in 1839 that gave instructions on performing the process. The popularity of this new art form quickly spread and there were 100's of daguerreotype photographers in America by the early 1840's.

Inventive photographers refined Daguerre's process to less than 30 minutes per sitting for personal portraits. This allowed the popularity of the daguerreotype to grow and the industry to blossom. It reigned the most practical form of portrait photography until the 1860's when Ambrotypes and Tintypes came into favor.

Unidentified Male, scanned daguerreotype from personal collection, dated approximately early to middle 1850's.

Close-up of scanned image

I believe that this gentleman dates from the early 1850's to middle 1850's. I can only base this on the clothing he is wearing. His white, crisp, starched collar is turned up and extends to his jawbone. His kercheif is tied asymmetrically which was the style in the late 1840's into the 1850's. His vest appears to to be a black wool matching his jacket. His face is clean shaven which was the style in the early 1850's. I love his piercing eyes and his haphazard hairstyle.

Unidentified female, scanned daguerreotype from personal collection, dated approximately middle to late 1850's.

Closeup of scanned image

I believe that this daguerreotype dates from the middle to late 1850's based on the lady's outfit and hairstyle. Her hair has a beautifully set coronet braid. This is wrapped around the entire crown of her head rather than rolled into a bun or knot. This was the style in the later 1850's. Her black silk dress could mean she is in mourning. But because of the presence of the white lace collar and white lace under sleeves it would not be her first year of mourning. The large sleeve openings and lace under sleeves help to date the clothes to the late 1850's also. Earlier styles favored tight sleeve openings and no undersleeves.

How Daguerreotypes Are Created

Creating a daguerreotype was dangerous work. The daguerreotype image is exposed onto a sheet of silver plated copper. This sheet was dipped in an acid bath and then put into a closed box and covered with iodine vapor. This process made the sheet ready to be exposed to light for the portrait. Once the exposure was completed the sheet was fumed with heated mercury which developed the image. Soaking the plate in hyposulfate of soda made the portrait permanent.

The plates were sized before development and came in these approximate measurements:

Whole plate : 6.5 " x 8.5"
Half-plate : 4.25" x 5.5"
Quarter-plate : 3.25" x 4.25"
Sixth-plate (My dags are this size) : 2.75 " x 3.25"
Ninth-plate : 2" x 2.5"
Sixteenth-plate : 1 3/8" x 1 5/8"


Daguerreotype portraits are reversed left to right images and each one is unique with no negative created. The silver plated sheet was highly polished before processing and is what gives the daguerreotype it's mirror-like surface. You must look at these photos at the correct angle to see the image clearly. As you can see from the photo above if the angle is wrong you will only see a silver negative. This is also how you can tell a daguerreotype from a cased ambrotype or tintype image. The mirror quality is a true test of a dag's authenticity.

You should never try to clean or touch the actual surface of the photo plate. They are easily destroyed and any scratch is permanent. There are people who restore daguerreotypes, but it is a pricey undertaking.


Daguerreotype images are very fragile and are usually taped to a cover glass with a brass mat sandwiched between them. You can still see the original tape wrapped around the back of my female portrait. The entire packet was then placed in a protective case that could close and keep it safe. The cases that my images are housed in are separated from their covers. They are still residing in their original bottoms. Cases could be made of wood covered with leather or paper and they could be made of thermoplastic (a mixture of sawdust and varnish) referred to as Union Cases. My cases are wooden cases. The designs on the back are beautiful also.
I hope this has helped you and answered some of the questions you have about dags. I am certainly no expert, but it is so much fun learning about the history of our treasures:) Love, Jamie

This last photo is just plain ole' bad photography, but I like how grainy and dark it turned out. And none of these pictures where manipulated in Photoshop. No matter HOW badly I wanted to do that. LOL!!!

Quotes for Today:

"In after ages, when these images on the silver plate have become an olden theme like the sublime creations of the painters' skill of a former age, then indeed their true value will be known and appreciated."
~N.G. Burgess, daguerreotypist from the 1850's

"All of the people who stare back at us from the old daguerreotypes, so direct and so dignified, are now dust. Dead and gone for generations. But somehow the brilliance, clarity, and depth of their surviving daguerreotypes, unmatched by even the most modern of photographs, almost brings them back to life."
~ Kenneth E. Nelson from his article, "A Thumbnail History of the Daguerreotype"




Reference Sources:

"Collectors Guide to Early Photographs" by O. Henry Mace

"Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans & Fashion, 1840-1900" by Joan Severa

What Are You Looking At?! FIT...

What Are You Looking At?, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

Oh, how I love the look on this little girl's face!! She has the sweetest little pouty lips too. It is most likely a girl because her hair is parted down the middle, which was reserved for little girl hairstyles. Boy's hair was historically parted on the side:) Sorry I was late getting the FIT up today. It's the last week of school and we had awards ceremonies today and will have some tomorrow.

The boys are so excited for summer to start! We are going to have so much fun. Friday is our official first day and we have a new slip and slide to try out in the back yard:) I'll take pictures of my sweeties and share with you. Thanks for the continued concern for James. He is still needing asthma treatments every few days, but we get our big allergy testing done next week. So, cross your fingers that it can be of some help to us:)

Tomorrow starts the photo identification series. I am so excited that so many of you are interested! We will have lots of fun and hopefully help you know more about your treasures:) Love, Jamie

Quote of the Day:

"To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt. "

~Susan Sontag

Their Roots Run Deep

Their Roots Run Deep, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

This is my Art Creations Friday entry. I LOVE the background for this week and had so much fun playing with it to make this collage. Thank you Gals!!! Love, Jamie

Daily Quote:

"We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies."

~Shirley Abbott

Hunting and Gathering

Hunting and Gathering, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

Lovelies that caught my eye today. My favorite is the old rusty clock housing. I picked that up at Canton last month. I can't wait to go back:) I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thursday!!!! Love, Jamie

Quote for Today:

''Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."
~ Henry Ward Beecher

Dude Looks Like A Lady FIT...Antique Photo Dating...

I don't know Ya'll. I think this "Lady" looks like a man. What an amazing photo this would be if that were true. The face has masculine features. The hands are very manly. This person is sitting with their legs spread open wide under that skirt. Something a lady of that time period would not do in a photo or public. Am I crazy, far off on this one? I am interested to know what everyone thinks about this. There is no identification on the back of the cabinet card so all I really know about it is that the photograph was taken in Shelburne Falls, Mass. I love a good mystery! LOL!!

That bow is almost as wide as this child's shoulders!!! Talk about crazy fashion fads. LOL! It is a really sweet photo and I like her relaxed pose against the table. I cleaned her up quite a bit. The original is horribly torn and water stained.

Next week I am starting a series on the dating of antique photos. So many times we buy or receive photos with no family names or date taken written down. I have been studying and collecting photos for a long time now and I think it really adds more to your art when you know a little about your images. I have lots of examples of different types of photos and clothing prompts to help date the time period. I would love to share those here with you all. The photo above is part of my ambrotype collection.

Quote for Today:

"Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly."
~Sam Keen

Art Creations Friday...Late...Really Late...

I know it's Thursday and tomorrow is Friday and these images are from last week and the week before, but I couldn't make my Art Creations Fridays while all the yucky stuff was going on and I missed it! So here is an image made from the last two challenges.

I used the girl from last week and the hand painted background from the week before. Vintage Wil made the beautiful hand painted background.

When I looked closely at the background I found a section that looked like hydrangeas to me.

Then, I found one single, yellow rose bud and then I made a bouquet for her:)

Quotes for Today:

"People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves."
~Salma Hayek

"There is hidden beauty everywhere."
~Me

Under Construction!! Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid!...

I am fiddling around with the blog layout. I have NO idea what I am doing. So if you see any weirdness at Art-e-ology (which I know you will! LOL!!) just ignore it and know I am somewhere lost in cyberspace ranting and raving;) Love, Jamie

Quote for Today:

"Remember to use positive affirmations. I am not a dork is not one of them."

~Brian Andreas (Story People)

Sweet Baby Mine FIT...

I love this little one sitting up so big in his or her chair. Those chubby little hands and chubby little cheeks. I've been having baby fever for a few weeks. I can't have anymore babies, but knowing that almost makes it worse. My husband is having it too and walks around saying, "We don't have any little babies in the house anymore." He only says that because he didn't get up for night feeds:) I'm sure having the summer with the boys home all day will cure me pretty quick! LOL!!!!

I've Got The Voodoo In Me!...Random Acts of Kindness...

The Voodoo is MINE!!!!! All MINE!!!!!

What is she rambling on about now? Here's a link to an old post when we first got the Voodoo," That Ole' Black Magic". So, my techno geek husband upgraded his computer to a new, better, faster one (also from Voodoo) and I got the old Voodoo for myself:) My new baby is SLICK and FAST and Wonderful! The liquid coolant system makes sweet, relaxing sounds while I work. Like a bubbling mountain stream, only better! LOL!! I love it and I got a new 23 inch monitor. I love my laptop ya'll, but the big monitor makes Photoshop editing so much easier! And bigger. And awesomer. So pardon my absence of late, but I was transferring files and setting up my baby;)

Look at what loveliness came in the mail for me!!! This is from sweet Terri at Blooming Ideas. The minute I saw this on her blog I knew I loved it and imagine my giddiness at finding it in my mailbox last week! I signed up for The Random Act of Kindness project on her blog and this is what she sent me. I LOVE it Terri!!! She has been so patient with me waiting for my post;) Your assemblage piece looks so wonderful on my desk Sweetie!

So. Since I posted under her Random Act of Kindness blog giveaway, I now need to hold a Random Act of Kindness giveaway myself. The first five folks to sign up stating that they would like to participate will receive a gift in the mail from me. It will be something I create by hand, not digital. It will arrive as a surprise one day this year in your mailbox. If you sign up of the giveaway then you need to hold one on your blog for five other folks also. It can be anything you wish to send and you have a year from the day you post the Giveaway to send it.

I have posted Teri's rules here so you can read more about it!

Give Away & Pass It On - Random Acts of Kindness Alert - my turn to pass this on after participating with Lori at http://lorianderson.blogspot.com/ Pretty things.
The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations so please read carefully:
* I make no guarantees that you will like what I make. but I think you will.
* What I pick will be just for you.
* It'll be done this year (2009).
* You have no clue what it's going to be. It will be something made in the real world and not something cyber. It may be a handmade card, or jewelry, something lovely made out of paper, beads, or a random treasure. Who knows?
* I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. (That's my favorite one Terri! LOL!!)

It's Easy and Fun!!!! So sign up and get in some blog love today! It's good for ya!! LOL!!


I want to say think you to all of you that have been sending such wonderful thoughts my way lately. It's been a crazy month or two and things are settling down finally. James had a follow-up with the specialist. She tested his lung function and that monkey is at 76% lung function right now. Yuck! So no procedures just yet. She said she likes to see her asthma kids at 85% or better so we are holding off until we see if his new medications improve the function.

Mom is brave and wonderful and amazes me with her awesome attitude. She starts radiation this week and I told her I was sending her some stripper tassels to wear on her 1st appointment. LOL!! Love you Mom!

Quote for Today:

"Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable and fall asleep and miss your life." Brian Andreas

He Will Grow Into Them

He Will Grow Into Them, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

Photoshop is the perfect laundry avoidance. LOL!!!

Elisha is FIT for You...

I love this sweetie!!! I know that you can make wonderful art with her and I want to see it!!! She has such sweet, expressive eyes and chubby cheeks:)

This is my take on her, but I know that I will use her over and over. She is too cute not too!

This next photo is for my Mom. She found out last week that she has breast cancer. She had surgery yesterday to remove the tumor and biopsy the lymph nodes. The nodes came back clean and the surgeon feels very confident that he removed all the cancer. Now, after her incisions heal, she will have radiation 5 days a week for 7 weeks. We feel very thankful that things are looking so good. So this photo is for her. This is how I see you Momma. Kickin' cancer's ass with your sleeves rolled up. I Love You.

The Bride and A FIT That's Fit for a Thursday...

The Bride

Sorry!!! The week has slipped away from me. Thank you so much you sweet, wonderful friends for all of your support and words of kindness. James is doing better and hopefully they will get him in quickly to check out those lungs. And THEN hopefully we won't need so many "breefment treatments" any more. He melts my heart every time he says that! LOL!! The FIT this week is a lovely, young lady who I am posting twice. I am giving you the original photo and then a cleaned up photo so you can choose which one to use. I also used her in a digital collage. She has such lovely eyes.