Arizona Photography Styling: My Little Pirate

My little Superboy takes playing pretend so seriously it’s more like method acting. His favorite character to be is, of course, Superman, but sometimes he hangs up the cape for this hilarious Captain Jack Sparrow hat with hair!

I just had to document the way he plays so I collected all the pirate gear he likes to use and brought it to a field of palm trees. Photos by Brittney Williams

Here Superboy is holding the map he drew and he was so excited when I suggested burning the edges to make it more authentic! The Jolly Roger flag is made from cut paper and the “treasure chest” on the right is a tool box that belonged to my husband’s grandpa.

Cut paper telescope…

And after finding the treasure…

I have a lot more from this photo shoot that I’ll post later in the week!

Cut Paper Art: Dancing Cupcakes

New cut paper wall art in progress today for a little girl who loves to dance. Here is the scrapbook paper I’m thinking of using along with the sketch:

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Win a Cut Paper Prize!

Here’s another chance to win one of my cut paper prizes: Just be the next person to follow me at http://Twitter.com/WriteMinded! In the future I will also be twittering more contest opportunities, cut paper works in progress and uncommon quotes from what I’m currently reading…

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Cut Paper Bow

Use your scrapbook paper scraps to make a pretty present bow:

1.Cut long strips (You can experiment with thin or fat strips or put both together!)
2. Curl with scissors the same way you would poly ribbon or curl by wrapping paper around a pencil
3. Tape together and arrange

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Ribbon Trees and Beaded Bugs

I made these ribbon trees with plain black sculptures from Ikea and Martha Stewart scrapbook ribbon from Michaels. Directions for making the beaded butterfly and flower are at http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/beaded-hair-ornaments. I used the trees last weekend to display my business cards and my sister Brooke made some that she uses to display her pretty jewelry on…

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