Day 158: Artified Butterfly

just like yesterday, i've used my iPhone's Artify app to create this little digital painting.

Day 157: Artified Katydid

okay, so i used the picture i took on day 152, played with it on my iPhone using Artify and created this!  it looks like the katydid is part of a fancy impressionist painting!  :)  i'll have to do more of these!

Day 156: Paper Wasp Rubbing

My husband and i spent Saturday night at the Orange County (OC) Fair in Costa Mesa.  we saw lots of farm animals and ate lots of fair food!

the fair had a great giant robotic bug exhibit.




i took pictures of all the giant bugs and did a crayon rubbing! :)



here's my paper wasp.


i love county fairs! i always have a wonderful time! i can't wait for the Los Angeles County Fair! 

Day 155: Bees in a Jar Notecard

made this notecard to send with the bee stuffie i made for Day 153.



the bee stamps are from Paper Trey Ink's honey bees set and the jar is from Crescendoh's Little Miss Mason set.  i stamped everything in black and watercolored the lid and bees using my water pen and a couple of Stampin' Pads.

Day 154: Katydid loves Roses Photo

i took this picture on July 19th.  kept forgetting to add it to the blog.  so, here it is! 

this big guy was very happily munching on some flowers in front of an apartment building in my neighborhood.  i hope he's enjoying his lunch!

Day 153: Felt Bumble Bee Stuffie

i made a stuffie for my partner for the "OTT: BuzZz Bumble Bee" Swap-bot swap in the One Tiny Thing group.  the requirements were to make something less than 4x4 inches.  the bee is WAY BIGGER than life size, but i wanted to make it big enough to fit a squeaker! 
the pattern is my own simple sketch (it's egg shaped).  and the stripes are on the top and bottom of the bee.  i didn't add legs because i thought it was pretty cute as is.

Day 152: Baby Katydid Photographs

i see a lot of bugs while taking the dog for her morning walks. On August 8, a baby katydid just standing in some dried leaves on the sidewalk. talk about deathwish!  nobody looks down while they're walking... i picked him up and put him safely on a nearby bush.... then took a couple of pictures of the little guy.  he's pretty cute!

Day 151: Little Butterfly on Lantana Flowers Photos

AGGHHH...
so i'm over a month behind on this project. i don't know if i'll ever catch up, but i can keep going until i hit 365. it might take me an extra couple of months, but i think i can catch up. i just have to keep blogging. i seem to have a problem making the time to blog properly. extra effort will be required to finish the 365!



anyway, i took these photos a couple of weeks ago (July 25th) while taking my dog for a walk around the block. my neighbor has a beautiful garden with lots of butterflies dancing around. a few of them were landing on the lantana flowers up on the retaining wall and let me get pretty close to take pictures. i think it's mating season. they seem to be very happy.