From Lynda’s Journal

by Lynda McKinney Lambert

September 22, 2024

Welcome to Colorful Autumn

I begin to create this week’s post cards.

I will mail them, one-a-day,  to Carol Farnsworth,

in Ada, Michigan.

Today,  I am working this week on Pantone Color cards.

I discovered  these cards at Dick Blick and they are also sold on  Pantone Official Store

I purchased  a box of 100  cards and each one is a different Pantone color.

Each card features a large paint sample and the paint color number is listed on each card. +

WOW. They are gorgeous.

The cards are published by Chronicle Books. They arrive in a nice box that holds the cards perfectly.

See Pantone Cards  Here

This week’s  series is a group of Self-Portraits – one on each colored card.

I selected some actual photo portraits of me, at various times in my life. I also use some photos of my dogs, Miss Mitchell and Rocco walking through a deep snowdrift,  because the photo is on the cover of my poetry chapbook_first snow_.  This collection of wintry-themed poems  is sold by the publisher, Finishing Line Press.

See Lynda’s Books.

I also included a fall photo of the sunlight on a  pathway through the woods behind our home.  I walk this pathway every day with my dog. A walk in the woods along the creek is special any day of the year.

Note:

A Self-Portrait can be anything that you love,  like your pets, your hobby, something you do at your work place, or a picture of yourself.  You can make post cards to send to friends, family, and other folks and make them personal and unique  by adding your own photo or artwork.

I use Elmer’s Glue to mount the pictures on the cards. You can buy Elmer’s Glue at  any grocery store or dollar store, or even art supply stores.  This white glue  dries transparent, and is usually invisible.

I love Elmer’s Glue so much I buy it by the gallon!

+The photo below is one of the cards  for this week’s mailing.

After applying the glue on the  back of the pictures, I put wax paper around the card to keep the glue from touching anything while drying.  I place the packet of card and wax paper under weights that  keep them  flat and  bond the pictures onto the post cards. This is EASY to do!

Pantone Series_Self Pprtrait_Photo of Lynda McKinney Lambert on Pantome Color # 152.

What’s Next?

My next job is to write a short poem that will be placed on the  reverse side of the card, and to address this card to send in the mail to  Carol. Come back to see  a poem and a photo of how it looks on one of the cards I am making this week.

BONUS

Please visit  Carol Farnsworth at , Traveling Up and Down the Blind Highway to see what she is thinking about today, too.  Maybe you can see some of her new  writing and art. You might like to subscribe to her blog.

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Blessings are Always

in my NEWS!

“Blessings”  often arrive in my rural mail box on River Road.

Some come via  telephone calls from friends, family and clients.

In addition, blessings can arrive  through my computer when readers leave me a comment or reflection.

Some blessings are financial gifts  that I did not know were coming to me, or when someone buys a book or a work of art from me.

Some days I am invited out to lunch, or simply  go for a walk in the park with a friend.

Blessings come to us all the time if we are open to them. I love to give and I love to receive.

©Lynda McKinney Lambert, September 22, 2024. All rights reserved.