Mindi Leatham http://www.MindiLeatham.com Mom de Plum Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:13:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Rabbit Sketch http://www.MindiLeatham.com/rabbit-sketch/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/rabbit-sketch/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:20:45 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=722 Hope everyone had a happy Easter!

 

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/rabbit-sketch/feed/ 0 Cut Paper Butterfly Wings http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-butterfly-wings/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-butterfly-wings/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:25:27 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=715 Made these monarch wings out of hand cut scrapbook paper for a family shoot with photographer Brittney Williams. You can see more from this session at http://www.brittneywilliamsphotography.com/?p=1256!

 

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-butterfly-wings/feed/ 0 Last of the Pirate Photos http://www.MindiLeatham.com/last-of-the-pirate-photos/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/last-of-the-pirate-photos/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:39:24 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=695 Here are all the rest of the photographs by Brittney Williams from our pirate photo shoot, starting with little Captain Jack Sparrow and his Black Pearl…

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/last-of-the-pirate-photos/feed/ 0 More Pirate Photo Styling with Captain Jack Sparrow http://www.MindiLeatham.com/more-pirate-photo-styling-with-captain-jack-sparrow/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/more-pirate-photo-styling-with-captain-jack-sparrow/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:40:42 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=686 I can remember being a kid, combing the grade school library shelves, searching for something magical to read and coming across a cloth bound book with the words “Treasure Island” embossed in gold along the spine. I had no idea what it was about or how famous it was; the title alone inspired me to immediately start reading. The excitement I felt when Jim (just a kid like me!) left home for adventure, the terror when he hid in the apple barrel and discovered Long John Silver’s plot, and the thrill of discovering the treasure in Ben Gunn’s cave are all a huge part of why I’m such a voracious reader to this day.

I hope to pass that on. Superboy and I spend a lot of time together with our favorite books and I love when he runs off after a particularly good story and comes back in some kind of costume he’s rigged to look like the illustrations.

We both absolutely loved these old books that Brittney brought to our pirate photo shoot! These pictures of Superboy reading are some of my favorites…

This one reminds me of the dirty pirate feet you pass under in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney Land…

Captain Jack running from Blackbeard, aka Daddy…

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/more-pirate-photo-styling-with-captain-jack-sparrow/feed/ 0 Arizona Photography Styling: My Little Pirate http://www.MindiLeatham.com/arizona-photography-styling-my-little-pirate/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/arizona-photography-styling-my-little-pirate/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:25:04 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=630 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!

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/arizona-photography-styling-my-little-pirate/feed/ 0 Hello Kitty Mermaid Art in 3-D Cut Paper http://www.MindiLeatham.com/hello-kitty-mermaid-art-in-3-d-cut-paper/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/hello-kitty-mermaid-art-in-3-d-cut-paper/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:15:34 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=619 Hello Kitty as my favorite mythological creature! She’s currently framed in my office next to her sister. She’s all hand cut scrapbook paper with foam board in between her layers to make her 3-D. I bent some of the paper to give it a rounded effect before I glued it together.

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This is Reggie the cut paper buffalito…and if you don’t know what that is you must get Buffalito Destiny by my favorite psychologist/author/Klingon expert, Lawrence M. Schoen. My Reggie is hand made from watercolor paper. Lawrence’s Reggie comes from another planet, keeps company with a hypnotist, can eat anything and farts oxygen.

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-buffalito/feed/ 0 Cut Paper 3-D Hello Kitty Art http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-3-d-hello-kitty-art/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-3-d-hello-kitty-art/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:39:41 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=585 My favorite childhood character now in cut paper! Believe it or not, this is the first cut paper art I’ve made with the intention of keeping just for me. Hello Kitty and her apple is currently framed and keeping me company on the wall of my office. She’s all hand cut scrapbook paper with foam board in between her layers to make her 3-D. I bent some of the paper to give it a rounded effect before I glued it together.

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-3-d-hello-kitty-art/feed/ 0 Arizona Maternity Photo Styling http://www.MindiLeatham.com/571/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/571/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:11:37 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=571 Here’s a maternity photo shoot I worked on with Brittney Williams (I did the styling and she, as always, did the beautiful photography). This first photograph is of the tent I put together for the Mommy and Daddy-to-be under the Pecan trees…

and here is the cut paper doll chain I made of them and their baby girl…

and the clothes line I put together…not even born and this kid already had an amazing wardrobe!

And last is one of Daddy reading my 1977 A Book of Fairy Tales to the baby bump.

]]> http://www.MindiLeatham.com/571/feed/ 0 Cut Paper Reindeer http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-reindeer/ http://www.MindiLeatham.com/cut-paper-reindeer/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:18 +0000 admin http://www.MindiLeatham.com/?p=566 Two of the cut paper reindeer Christmas ornaments I made for Pay It Forward 2011:

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