Tuesday, August 3, 2010

A morning read...

This week I set out to get some pictures for the "around the house" theme over at mortal muses and decided to get some pictures of this little red book I found at a flea market. It has no special meaning nor is it a famous or classic book, I just like it.


I love its faded red color...


I love how the corners are  starting to fray...


I love that it smells old ...


and I just love how it looks setting on the self of my curio cabinet among the other books. 


If you want to join in on the fun over at Mortal Muses head on over, its a wonderful site! They also have a group pool over on Flickr!

I also sent this on over to Sweet Shot Tuesdays, since I just happen to love how these turned out and so far, they are my favorite this week!

Have a great day!
Brooke

24 comments:

  1. Love the texture and colors. Great shots!!

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  2. I love the textures too - and I can almost smell that old, library book smell coming through the photos :)

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  3. There is noting better than beautiful old, full of character, books :)

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  4. great photos for "around the house"! love the textures you applied too.

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  5. Great shots...I love the aged look of the photos.

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  6. I too love all of these! There's so much character in old books!

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  7. oh yeah... where are your textures from?? love them!!

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  8. Oooh, I can see why you love the book ~ and these eXcellent shots! I'm digging those teXtured actions too.

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  9. Love the texture on these shots!!

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  10. beautiful images... i love the faded, worn-ness of it... thanks for stopping by! :)

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  11. Mercy! I love that book. I love those pictures. Just perfect!

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  12. Call me dorky, but old book scent is on my top five favorite smells list. I only wish I were kidding. :)

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  13. wow, you all are way too kind! Thank you so much for your wonderful comments and stopping by my blog! Oh and to answer the question about the textures, I used two, one is from Kim Klassen, and the other I'm not sure where I got it from...I'm bad about keeping up with my textures. There are more great ones over at shadowhouse creations! I'll add a button for them both on my sidebar!

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  14. Hyacynth...me too! It's my favorite!

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  15. OMGracious! This post is chocked full of awesomeness! I adore your book shots! You
    REALLY have a great eye for interesting compositions and beautiful post processing!
    LOVE these!

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  16. Just found you the Feathered Nest, love your photos!

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  17. What a beautiful series! Beautiful colours and processing!

    Erika B

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  18. Love these! I have a thing for vintage books...their pages often end up in my art pieces.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  19. Thank you to all for stopping by my blog and your encouraging words! Hope you keep coming back!

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  20. I love these photos! I can't wait to see you in my challenge!

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  21. These are simply wonderful photos! I am booky (I have shelves and shelves full of books) and I love photographing them, especially the old tattered ones. Your textures lovely.

    (Here by way of Sweet Shot Tuesday)

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  22. Paper Mama- I can't wait to participate! Thanks for stopping by!

    Lizzi- Thank you so much for you comment!

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  23. I agree, you really do have an eye for composition and processing. Each shot is better than the next. Love them. So glad you are playing along at with the Muses.

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  24. Thank you so much...I love the Muses and enjoy the oppurtunities to search for the shot to fit the theme, it was a great idea!

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