Spring is Coming

For me, spring is defined by flowers. I realize everyone takes flower photos, but I think I have an extra good eye with this subject and I'm particularly proud of my flower pictures. So with that, here are four of my favorite shots from my collection. You can see more at my store, mollymortphotography.

Macro Red Poppy Flower iPhone 4 Case

Protect your iPhone cell phone with this case featuring a macro photograph I took of a poppy. It was shot with a Raynox 250, so there's a very limited depth of field to this photo. On the other hand, the intensity of the green and the thorns on the stem are amazing and the color in this photo is vibrant and bold.

Red Flowering Quince Stamp

These postage stamps feature a photo I took of the Red Flowering Quince, also known as the Japonica. This flower is actually a shrub and used as a hedge in some locals. The pretty red flowers are so soft looking and like how in this photo the bokeh is really highlighting them. Be sure to look for matching greeting cards and postcards.

Red Zinnia iPad Case

Keep your iPad safe with this case featuring a photo I took of a red Zinnia flower. Zinnias come in many colors and shapes making them a popular garden flower. Many gardeners plant Zinnias because they attract butterflies. This one is red with yellow stamen; the petals look soft and velvety.

Budding Purple Iris Postcard

This postcard features a photo I took of a budding, purple iris. A very spring oriented photo, the grass in the background is bright green and the sun was hitting the bud of the Iris creating sparkles! A very colorful and pretty photo! Be sure to look for matching stamps.

iPhone Sale!

Here's a great way to start your weekend! 50% off iPhone cases - sale ends 4pm Pacific Time! Hurry!!

Reusable Tote Bags

These little tote bags are cute. They are handy as purses, lunch bags, snack bags, you could carry your library books home - there's a lot of things you can do with a recyclable bag! These are all made from 100% cotton, there are seven styles to choose from, and they are all customizable!

Miniature Pumpkins Tote Bag

This 100% cotton, reusable tote bag features a photo I took of a pile of Jack B Little pumpkins. They are very tiny pumpkins, with light orange skin and dark orange ridges. I added some extra saturation in Photoshop when I cleaned up the photo, so the pumpkins are really colorful. This would be a great bag for a child to use at Halloween as a trick or treating bag!

Mortician Antique Lip Adhesive Tote Bag

Shop in style with this reusable tote bag featuring a photograph I took of a mortician's bottle of Lip Lock. Just as the name implies, this dark red adhesive acted as lip glue to seal the mouth of decedents. It's interesting to note that this glue is red, it would have stained lips and skin, making the decedent look odd if their lip color didn't match. Today's mortician doesn't have that problem as modern glues are clear. This vintage, glass bottle is clear with a black lid and it has directions printed on the front of the bottle in red and blue ink. It most likely dates to the late 1940's. This photograph was processed in onOne Photo Suite and Photoshop. A black frame was added and a dirty glass effect, making the photo look more vintage and grunge in appearance. A unique treat for yourself or a great gift for the funeral director in your life that can be customized with text, size, and style.

Red Rose With Bird Bath Tote Bag

This tote bag features a photograph I took of a single red rose bud. This photo was taken in late winter, so everything still looks dead. In the background is a gray, cement bird bath and green and brown grass. There are lots of earth tones in this photo, emphasized with a mottling texture I added in Photoshop and increased saturation. Further, I added a black vignette to the photo to emphasize the focal point. A really nice treat for yourself or a great gift for the rose lover in your life that can be customized with text, size, and style.

Purple Dragonfly Perfume Bottle Tote Bag

Super cute bag for a little girl featuring a photo I took of a purple dragonfly perfume bottle. The dragonfly sits on top of the bottle with swirly, purple wings and a body made of pink rhinestones. The perfume bottle itself is silk glass and circled with more pink rhinestones. The whole piece sits in the middle of a multi purple colored flower. The background is white with photoshopped purple butterflies, pink leaves, and a pink flower swirl motif. It's very pretty and very girly. I added a navy blue handle to the bag, but black also looks nice. Or you can customize it so that it's just plain.

Yellow & Green Toolbox Tote Bag

This reusable tote bag features a photo I took of my dad's toolbox. I think he uses this one to hold his welding tools. I'm not for sure, you'd have to call him. At any rate, it's yellow with green trim and I shot with a vignette for effect. This would actually be a handy bag to have in the garage; a person could keep odds and ends in it such as nails, screws, small tools, and stuff.

Thank you for your business and feel free to check out my whole store, mollymortphotography. There are customizable gifts for everyone for every occasion :)

Laptop Sleeves

Zazzle has a great collection of sleeves for protecting your laptop. These sleeves are made with 100% neoprene, are lightweight, and water resistant. They come in 3 sizes: 10", 13-14", and 15-17".

Blue Graffiti Cat Sleeve

This sleeve features an awesome photo I took of local Portland graffiti. This photo was taken downtown, off of the side of a building. I like that the cat is reddish orange and on a blue background. Particularly, I enjoyed the tagger noting "kitten" on it. It's a solid photo in that it has something of an HRD look to it; it's bright and vibrant - just a fun piece of art.

Three Toed Sloth Sleeve

This sleeve features an amazing painting my dad did of sloths! I have a fixation for all things three toed sloth and he captured them perfectly in this portrait. From the brown streaks of their eye coloring to the playfulness of the baby hanging in the tree, the world would be a better place with more sloths.

Antique Mortician Suture Needles & Arterial Tubes Sleeve

This sleeve features an awesome photo I took of an embalmer's set of suture needles and arterial tubes. Using my personal collection of antique and vintage embalming equipment, I have made a collection of gifts. My collection has everything from scalpels to an embalmer's hand pump and ranges from the turn of the century to the 1960's. This is a truly unique case for the funeral director, mortician, embalmer - it's perfect for anyone in the funeral industry! It's also perfect for anyone living on the macabre side of life!

Japanese Lucky Cat Sleeve

This sleeve features a photo I took of a Japanese Lucky Cat, or Maneki Neko. It is also known as Lucky Cat, Cat Swipe, Money cat, or Fortune Cat and is sometimes mistaken as Chinese Lucky Cat. In processing the photo, I saturated the colors and added some glow highlights. I hope you love the colors in this photo as much as I do!

I sold a Japanese Lucky Cat Sleeve today! It was my first laptop sleeve sale ever, I was very excited!

Puzzles

Today I am featuring puzzles! I have approximately 100 designs in my Zazzle store, mollymortphotography. I do wish the puzzles were larger, as it is they are 8x10 with 110 pieces. They are made of cardboard and mounted on chipboard. And Zazzle's printing is gorgeous, so you know these will look great and make wonderful gifts or a nice treat for yourself!

Ocean Beach & Grass Puzzle

Have fun doing this puzzle featuring a photo I took of the beach on the coast in Washington State. I believe I was near Pacific Beach. In this particular photo I liked how the blue, green, and yellow of the sand blended together for a soft photo, the colors resemble sunset. There were only a touch of clouds in the sky, making this a pretty landscape photograph.

Olympia, Washington Graffiti Puzzle

Have fun doing this puzzle featuring a photo of graffiti I took in Olympia, Washington. In downtown Oly, there's a lot of graffiti covering the back walls and alleys of downtown. I liked this piece because it's bright and colorful and it says beer. And who doesn't like beer?

Pumpkin Puzzle

Have fun doing this puzzle featuring a photo I took of a pile of Jack B Little pumpkins. They are very tiny pumpkins, with light orange skin and dark orange ridges. I added some extra saturation in Photoshop when I cleaned up the photo, so the pumpkins are really colorful.

Doodle Speakers!

From Zazzle: Doodle by OrigAudio™ is a light and durable hard-plastic speaker with a vibrantly printed fabric face cover and kickstand for easy propping. Powered by USB cable (included) to power via your computer or 2 AAA batteries (not included), the Doodle speaker has a 3.5 mm. headphone jack that is compatible with any standard music device. I've also been reading the Doodle Speaker reviews and everyone has been raving about the printing - it looks great! At some point I'd like to get with it and order the sloths!

Three Toed Sloth Doodle Speakers

These fun speakers feature an amazing painting my dad did of sloths! I have a fixation for all things three toed sloth and he captured them perfectly in this portrait. From the brown streaks of their eye coloring to the playfulness of the baby hanging in the tree, the world would be a better place with more sloths.

Vintage Radio Doodle Speakers

What a fun way to listen to your music with these portable speakers featuring a photograph I took of an old radio in my dad's garage. I'm guessing, but I'd say this aged yellow radio is from the 70's. I shot the photo to look vintage and added a vignette. The radio is missing a couple dials, it's covered in bird poop, there are lots of creepy spiderwebs around it. The photograph has a nice retro feel to it. These high quality Doodle speakers fit any 3.5mm headphone jack. Examples include iPhones, MP3 players, iPads, and cell phones. A really nice treat for yourself or a great gift for the rock and roller lover in your life.

Welding Coat & Tools Doodle Speaker

These speakers feature a photo I took of my dad's welding equipment. There's his jacket and helmet and some other tools. If you called my dad, he'd tell you welding is cool.

Happy Blue Heeler Doodle Speaker

What a fun way to listen to your music with these portable speakers featuring a photograph of a happy Australian Cattle Dog. Australian Cattle Dogs are also commonly known as Blue Heelers and this is a great photograph of a mostly gray female with additional black and white coloring in her fur. Her red collar lends the perfect amount of bright color to this photograph taken on a black background. These high quality Doodle speakers fit any 3.5mm headphone jack. Examples include iPhones, MP3 players, iPads, and cell phones. A really nice treat for yourself or a great gift for the dog lover in your life.

Japanese Lucky Cat Doodle Speakers

These speakers feature a photo I took of a Japanese Lucky Cat, or Maneki Neko. It is also known as Lucky Cat, Cat Swipe, Money cat, or Fortune Cat and is sometimes mistaken as Chinese Lucky Cat. In processing the photo, I saturated the colors and added some glow highlights. I hope you love the colors in this photo as much as I do!

Pink Bead & Ribbon Doodle Speakers

These speakers feature my mom's crazy, colorful lamp shade covered in glass beads. This particular shot features one of the pink beads with a pink ribbon strung through it, backed by pink and orange ribbon. I processed the photo in Photoshop to give the bead a borderline HDR look. I really wanted to bring out the detail of the glass, and the texture of the ribbon. The original photo was taken with a Raynox 250 lens, giving this piece a macro feel. With so much detail and color, this will print beautifully on everything.

Weekend Roundup!

These three items were my most looked at items this week. A great mix!

Pink Bunny Rabbits Flexible Magnet

I love that these magnets are vinyl laminated and stain and water resistant! I also love the sizes they come in! Decorate your fridge in style with this flexible magnet featuring a photo I took of three pink, ceramic bunny rabbits sneaking about in green grass! Perfect gift for an Easter basket!

Sleep Gray Chinchilla Blank Greeting Card

This blank greeting card features a photograph I took of a sleepy, gray chinchilla. This is a close-up photo featuring his face, especially his black eyes, long black whiskers, and gray nose. He even has some glitter in his fur from his dust bath. A super cute photo! This card is available in two sizes and can be customized with over 300 fonts in a wide assortment of colors. Be sure to look for matching postage stamps.

Antique Flower Vase with Bird Blank Greeting Card

Send some love with this postcard featuring a photo I took of a gold bird sitting in an antique, French vase. I took the photo as a closeup with a broad depth of field. I wanted the bird's feathers and the roses on the vase to be in focus. It's a little gothic, a little Victorian, an odd and slightly dark piece. There are matching postage stamps too!

That's it - hope your weekend is great!

2012 Mortician Calendar

Here it is March and I'm still selling copies of my 2012 mortician calendar! That seems to crazy - but AWESOME! So, I suppose if you still haven't bought a calendar yet, you have time. Especially if you'd like a unique, creepy calendar that focuses on antique embalming equipment :) Still working on the calendar for 2013. It's going to be sooooo super SWEET!

2012 Mortician Calendar

25% Off Greeting Cards

Just a quick post today featuring some cards I like. I leave them all blank so that my customers can customize them with their own message. Plus, there's 25% off when you use code CARDSINSTYLE at checkout.

Ocean Beach Card

This blank greeting card features a photo I took of the beach on the coast in Washington State. I believe I was near Pacific Beach. In this particular photo I liked how the blue, green, and yellow of the sand blended together for a soft photo, the colors resemble sunset. There were only a touch of clouds in the sky, making this a pretty landscape photograph. Be sure to look for matching postage stamps.

Pink Graffiti Elephant Card

This blank greeting card features a photo I took of local Portland graffiti. This photo was taken on Belmont Street, off of the side of a building. I like that the elephant is pink and black on a gray background. I further processed the shot in Photoshop giving it a grunge quality, black texture with some vignetting. It's a solid photo in that it has something of an HDR look to it; it's bright and vibrant - just a fun piece of art. Be sure to look for matching postage stamps.

Rose Greeting Card

This blank greeting card features a photograph I took of a single red rose bud. This photo was taken in late winter, so everything still looks dead. In the background is a gray, cement bird bath and green and brown grass. There are lots of earth tones in this photo, emphasized with a mottling texture I added in Photoshop and increased saturation. Further, I added a black vignette to the photo to emphasize the focal point. This card is available in two sizes and can be customized with over 300 fonts in a wide assortment of colors. Be sure to look for matching postage stamps.

Is it creepy in here?

Creepy little me has been working on my Mortuary line of products. I was so excited to launch these items, I didn't really dress up any of the photos. I've since gone back and started reworking the pictures for this line. I'm making them creepier and spookier!

Mortician Antique Lip Adhesive Keepsake Box

Store your tiny things in this decorative, felt lined, wood box featuring a photograph I took of a mortician's bottle of Lip Lock. Just as the name implies, this dark red adhesive acted as lip glue to seal the mouth of decedents. It's interesting to note that this glue is red, it would have stained lips and skin, making the decedent look odd if their lip color didn't match. Today's mortician doesn't have that problem as modern glues are clear. This vintage, glass bottle is clear with a black lid and it has directions printed on the front of the bottle in red and blue ink. It most likely dates to the late 1940's. This photograph was processed in onOne Photo Suite and Photoshop. A black frame was added, and a dirty glass effect, making the photo look more vintage and grunge in appearance. These small boxes are available in four finishes and are great for holding little things such as earrings, rings, necklaces, and miniature keepsakes. They also come in two sizes and can be customized with text. A wonderful gift for yourself or the funeral director in your life.

Mortician Antique Liquid Rouge iPad Case

Keep your iPad safe with this protective case featuring a photo I took of an embalmer's bottle of liquid rouge. The bottle is clear glass and the blush inside of it is bright red. The label is orange and yellow with black and yellow writing. Using my personal collection of antique and vintage embalming equipment, I have made a collection of gifts. My collection has everything from scalpels to an embalmer's hand pump and ranges from the turn of the century to the 1960's. This is a truly unique case for the funeral director, mortician, embalmer - it's perfect for anyone in the funeral industry! It's also perfect for anyone living on the macabre side of life!

In 2012 I created a Mortician Calendar. Again, I was so excited to get it in the Zazzle marketplace, I took all the photos on a white background and called it good. Now that I've got a little time, I'm dressing these photos up for the 2013 calendar. Below are two photos that will be used. The TV show American Horror Story has been a huge influence in how I process these pics. If you haven't seen it and you like a good spooky story, do check it out!

The photo above features sewing needles and tiny aspirators as used by morticians. Needles are obviously used for sewing up; the aspirators are used for sucking things up.

This scalpel photo was the cover of last year's calendar, sans processing. This version will be the cover for the 2013 calendar. This scalpel is all one piece. Modern scalpels use disposable blades.

So, that's it for today. Just busy working on dressing up some photos so I can make the Mortuary line even better and trying to get next year's calendar done!