Milton's Roses

So after I worked on my Bee's Knees collection on Spoonflower yesterday, I worked on a collection devoted  to digital pictures I took of the surprise Mother's Day bouquet of red roses that my husband gave me this past Sunday.   Also included are digital photographs, manipulated, of roses that grow in our garden.

I call this new collection "Milton's Roses."  The designs are dedicated to my paternal grandfather.  His passion was for roses and  mums. He entered . . . and won . . . contests sponsored by the flower clubs  in Oklahoma City.  I have many memories of my grandparents walking toward our house with a bucket load of blooms for us to enjoy.  Growing up, my brother and I could walk through my grandfather's garden and greenhouse, but we had to keep our hands to our side.  My grandfather's love of flowers was a serious avocation.

There are two photo editing/manipulation web sites that I enjoy using.  One is PicMonkey.  Once you have a Spoonflower account, the photos or scanned images that you upload there can be edited on PicMonkey by clicking on "Actions" above your uploaded image.  A drop down box will appear and one of the choices will be to edit with PicMonkey.

Another great editing site is Sumo Paint.  The learning curve on this site is nice and gradual.  A photo can be enhanced and then turned into mosaic tiles or a kaleidoscope.  It's fun to use.  When the picture is uploaded to Spoonflower, wonderful designs appear. Below is a design I did  using Sumo Paint.  I scanned rose petals and uploaded the scan to Sumo Paint.  I uploaded another layer of the same scan and outline some of the petals with black ink.  The top layer was manipulated with "kaleidoscope" on Sumo.