operation: alphabet!

I know I'm post-crazy right now and should definitely space these out a bit, but I can't help it. My weekends [ones without travel or work] are when I become most inspired. I guess it's either feast or famine around here.....numerous consecutive posts or nothing for days. Oh well, you'll forgive me, won't you?

Back in January, when I got my camera, I saw something online that appealed to my creative side. Flickr, the ever-inspiring photography site, has done it again my friends. If you go to this site called 'Spell with Flickr' you can type in any word and voila.....a personalized piece of artwork appears instantaneously. So of course, I immediately decided to embark on a 'letter project' of my own and began snapping away. I stuck to actual letters on signs at first and found that it was kind of boring, actually. It forced me to look at lettering around this city in a whole new way but after awhile, I got kind of sick of font-analyzing:)

Nevertheless, I used my own little alphabet collection to make this as a wedding gift:



Then a few days ago, Darci's posted here, spotlighting Art of Whimsy. Something clicked and I finally got it: it's WAY more fun to photograph things that are not technically letters. Talk about stretching your brain a little bit.....the possibilities were endless!

I did a little more research for inspiration and found lots of awesome sites: Alphabet Photography , A to Z Illusions , and Taylan Art are just a few that tickled my fancy. And with that I was off to take approximately 150 this morning.....things around the house and outside our house were my subjects for now. I have a list of places I want to visit soon just to get more images. But really, I'd say I'm off to a great start, wouldn't you?


Ah, my little letter project. How you make me so happy. Just when I was itching to make a new blog header, too. Please observe if you dare.

Some of my letters are fabulous and some are pretty crappy. I'll admit that a few of them are a stretch, but I can always delete some later as my collection grows. Just look at the fun words I've spelled.

My nickname, Julia Goolia:


One that I think would be perfect to frame for our living room---Love: made in metals.

The E made from our toaster is a fave:)




This isn't my favorite collection of letters, but work with me here---Family:



And although it's very non-traditional, wouldn't this be cute in a nursery?----Baby:

It definitely helps to live in a house built in the 1920s...so many fun bits-o-character. Like the B above---it's from one of the vintage keys we use for our porch door. And you'll find plenty of 'health care paraphernalia' in my alphabet----ie the stethoscope [Y above], reflex hammer [an A and also a P in my collection], and goniometer [an A].



I think these are some of my absolute favorite letters---Q R and S:


So I ask you dear readers, you likey?

This is a project that is totally doable. Just think of the gifts you could give [engagement, wedding, baby, etc], the artwork you could make, and the time you can waste playing with your letters. You could have an 'all nature' collection, an 'around the house' collection, an 'all metal' collection....I could go on but I won't. Have fun letter hunting!