Cottage Chic Spring - Beautiful handmade art and home accessories

Etsy......
I love it! In addition to being a great place to showcase my fine art photography, it is also a wonderful tool to find great handmade & home decor! In etsy, "collections" or "lists" are curated by Etsy members based on themes or just personal preferences. This is my newly curated collection of spring beauties! Enjoy!

Apparition - Columbus Ohio Photographer

The grass is always greener where you water.

~unknown

APPARITION

This print may be purchased HERE.

FLOW WITH LIFE

This print may be purchased HERE.

Every Day a Beginning

 The Day Flew Away

Well, I had all sorts of intentions to do a blog post the first of January. You know - a new year sort of thing. Somehow 31 days flew quickly by! But the great thing about beginnings is you can have them anytime! And so today I'm doing what I had planned to do a month ago... talk about beginnings!

This year - no resolutions. Instead I'm focusing on what I want to bring into my life this year & how I want to live this year. And... also I'm thinking of what I want to let go of. The past year saw lots of changes - very good changes and I'd like that to continue. So, I want to live this year healthier - mentally, nutritionally & spiritually. I was already soy free due to an allergy to soy. This year I am gluten free. Already I have fewer headaches & feel better. I am giving myself time for me, to reduce stress. I started doing yoga (why did I wait so long?). I'm including prayer as part of my everyday routine. I have personalized The Prayer of Jabez for my life - and I love that daily focus on God, living well and with intention. And I'm going to do my best to post on my blog 5 times a week!

And - what am I letting go of?

Worry! A friend today said: Worry is a prayer for things I don't want. 

So.... I'm going to banish worry.

What do you want to bring into your life..... & what do you want to let go of?

Celebrities were SMITTEN with Oh Joy! Photography at the Golden Globes Gift Lounge!

 Oh Joy! Photography is delighted to have had our 2012 Poetry of Fog desk calendar featured in the celebrity swag bags at the Golden Globes Gift Lounge held at L'Ermitage Beverly Hills. And our framed Gather Up Your Dreams print won raves! There were so many talented artists who participated through The Artisan Group in conjunction with GBK and all celebrities left with a swag bag packed with beautiful handmade art.

2012 POETRY OF FOG DESK CALENDAR (5x7)

GATHER UP YOUR DREAMS

Several celebrities were so taken with our print, they had their photograph taken with our Gather Up Your Dreams fine art framed print!

Joe Mantegna is an actor, writer and producer. Joe is best known for his role as Joey Zasa starring alongside Al Pacino in The Godfather: Part III . He currently plays the role of David Rossi on Criminal Minds and was the voice of Fat Tony on The Simpsons.

Tony Denison has appeared on The Wise Guy series and in numerous shows and movies. Currently he plays the role of Lt. Flynn in The Closer TV series.

Beau Willimon is executive producer and writer for House of Cards TV series.


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Oh Joy! Photography specializes in beautiful atmospheric nature scenes as well as fine art portraits of children, pets and newborns. Joy's work can be seen and purchased HERE and HERE. To contact us send an email to: joy@ohjoyphotography.com
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Golden Globes here I come!

I've been so busy these past weeks getting my 2012 Poetry of Fog desk calendars printed, packaged and ready to ship to California to be included in the 2012 GOLDEN GLOBE celebrity swag bags!! Today the 100 calendars are shipping and I can breathe a sigh of relief. I'm so over the moon to have my art in the hands of these celebrities, & to be a part of the Golden Globes! The foggy nature photographs were taken at Blendon Woods Metro Park, Franklin Park Conservatory and the Columbus Zoo - all in Columbus, Ohio. Several scenes were taken in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore in northern Michigan. See the individual calendar months and my press release below!! Click HERE to visit my fine art shop. And click HERE to get to the calendar link. I'm so delighted to be a member of The Artisan Group who made this opportunity possible!

 

Day 15 Gratitude Project - Enough {Ohio Nature Photographer}

I am every thankful for the magical world books take me to, & all the knowledge I gain from them. And I am thankful that somehow (through divine providence) I always have enough.

Day 14 Gratitude Project - Friends

I am ever thankful for my friends with such beautiful souls, for the delicious healing chicken soup that one of my friends brought & for the roof over my head (and the fact that it is nestled in gorgeous green space).

Day 13 Gratitude Project - Uncomplicated {Ohio Nature Photographer}

I feel blessed to live a simple and uncomplicated existence. I try to stay in the moment – because it is all the beautiful little moments that make a magical life. It wasn’t always so….. but I’m glad it is this way now.

Day 12 Gratitude Project

Today I feel very blessed to have health insurance & prescription coverage. It is definitely something I don't take for granted in this day & age. I am thankful my doctor has Saturday hours, for my friend who drove me there & for antibiotics. I hope they start kicking in soon.

Day 10 Gratitude Project {Columbus Ohio Photographer}

I feel blessed to have friends check on me when I'm under the weather & to take me out for a big healing bowl of Pho Ga at the North Market.... for my Maggie May to keep me company .. for my fuzzy microfiber comforter.... & for my remote!