To everything there is a season and it is a season to harvest

Let me start off by saying i havent felt well and so I havn't blogged in some time. With that behind me now, i will jump in and say
ITS A SEASON OF HARVEST..........  over the past season(s) what have you planted for good,,,,,,,,, or really even bad. I say this for so often we will be harvesting what we actually planted in the season before......... let me explain.
if you dont confirm, encourage, uplift, edify one another, and then you continually are sick, or it seems you keep hitting a wall in your circumstances, most likely it is because you were selfish, angry (righteous anger is fine, but bitter, and just that UGH anger that makes you sick to you stomach, nope!), frustrated, etc wont help your health or circumstances. I believe friends should be able to let each other vent, blow off steam, just be able to erupt without they themselves getting angry and frustrated themselves.  So back to harvesting, give and then let others help you, bless and let others bless you. I have seen so often GOD trying to bless me, or you, and we say, oh no, thats ok. When someone gives you something , thank them and accept it. THEN i have seen the opposite where some keep taking and taking and hardly ever give....... and i wont elaborate on that, we all know what that is and i pray we are so aware that we arent guilty in that arena.
I end with this...............
I am having 2 sales this next 2 weeks
1.  Freee Shipping
2.  Pick 4 cards out from my website or etsy store and get them for $10
that is $2.50 a card * usually $3.50 a card*
so pick the sale you want (unless you can drive over and then you wont have to pay shipping at all)

3.  Now this isn't a sale just a fact that if anyone buys 20 or more cards they get them for $2 a card.  That is my wholesale cost that most business's purchase them for.

Dont forget to peek at my new book too............................

http://www.photography-by-nicole.net/

Its time to give a gift of joy................

We are entering a season of giving gifts and i would like to take time to share my new book with you. If you like flowers and butterflies and just plain nature, well come with me on a journey and you will be delighted. This coffee table book will be fun whether you are 9 or 90. Really! I entitled it "The Earth Declares" and it certainly does. Our planet has such beauty and whether it is 1200 ad or 2010 ad open your eyes and see declarations abound. Some i have found out arent really into books and would rather just send some cards to friends, and family, and i certainly have learned to create those as well. I share some excerpts here and close with my website and etsy store to ponder and peer into. Ready........... Let's go!

http://www.photography-by-nicole.net/
http://www.photographybynicole.etsy.com/

To everything there IS a season

So what time are you in? So much happens to us in our lives and yep, to everything there IS a season. Usually we can so often go through several UGH times that are pressed close together, and then have "happy" memories made. We have friends and foes, and it is so wise to not isolate oneself in those ugh times. We should

share and even let those emotions out whether it be anger (anger isnt bad, it is WHAT we do with that anger that we should beware of) So many of us have years of anger built up and we all know about volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, etc. Let our that pressure a little at a time, and even MAKE time to be "alone" to hike in the mountains, to run on the beach, to just "BE"

Please take time as well to go to Starbucks and delight yourself in some sweetness! But dont forget that discipline too. The word discipline comes from disciple. Hmmmm

Yes discipline yourself maybe NOT to eat after 7 pm, then soon maybe even 6 pm. Maybe only have 1 cup of coffee or soda daily and then work to maybe 3 times a week. Yes, to everything, EVERYTHING theres certainly is a season. Truthfully, , there is a season, of alling down, being discouraged, but getting back up and going once again. May God bless you as you persevere, overcome, run, and succeed in your life.

Greetings Cards of your choice!

Come see lots of images that can be made into greeting cards to send to your friends! Whether it be feathers, or landscapes, insects or a motorcycle, even some petals of glory! Not much for me to say, but alot for you to see http://www.photography-by-nicole.net/ I'll be waiting for you, then let me know what your favorite(s) are.

Have fun!

$1 Postcards Galore!!!

This is the summertime and its a time to send each other some form of communication! so many of us email, but to have some real handwritten commmunication with some image of beauty on the front would be so fun to both recieve and to send. My postcards are to be written on, on the entire back side and it comes with an envelope so you can write that much more! Just wonderful huh?! Here are a few of the images that i share. Not all the images on my website are in stock as postcards. This line is new and i dont want to get swamped with 1,0000000's of cards before i sell out. Oh and to see what you like...........so you can vote and contact me with you favorite image that would be a delight to have as a postcard or a greeting card........yahoo!
have fun!
nicole

WHAT IS AN ACEO ANYWAY??They come in every surface you can think of, like paper, wood, canvas, fabric, glass, polymer or metal. They can be found painted, inked, penciled airbrushed or collaged. Their prices vary from cents to hundreds of dollars. But most importantly, be wary careful; they seem to gather in bunches! Never think that ONE is enough… Sometimes not even one full album is enough!ACEO is an acronym that stands for Art Cards Editions and Originals.An ACEO is a miniature piece of art, the same size as a playing card, 2.5 x 3.5 ins (65 x 90 mm). The acronym stands for Art Card Edition or Original. They can be a reproduction of an original piece of art, or the original art itself, and can be made using any medium the artist chooses; paint, fabric, embroidery, paper, canvas, etc etc. The only stipulation is the size.ACEO's are wonderful because they are a means of collecting original works of art at an affordable price; a gorgeous burst of colour to cheer any dull day, which won't burst the bank. They can be displayed singly in a frame, grouped in 2's or 3's, or why not make a collection and stick them onto a canvas to create your own original abstract grid painting.
I share this for i now advertise my own ACEO'S, not only greeting cards, matted images and even a book now!
so here you go, an invitation to peek in my shops at the ACEOS, and always an invitation to contact me with a new request.
http://www.zibbet.com/PhotographybyNicole
http://www.photographybynicole.etsy.com/
http://www.photography-by-nicole.net/

INDEPENDENCE DAY COMING SOON

This image i share reminds me of amber waves of grain up close. We have acres and acres across the midwest of amber waves of grain, but here is one acre up close. Such beauty and on this acre blood was shed to acquire freedom. Whether it be native americans or pioneers, blood is blood.

I make this image into blank greeting cards or even a matted image ready to be framed. Just wanted to share what comes to my heart when i think of Independence day. May we live like we are independent and not dependent ever so much of what others have.