Monday Mugshots Collaboration May 15th

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 Shooters can share their pictures from this prompt on Facebook 05.20 

PROMPT: What if?
SHOOTERS: Shoot your mug with one of your what if's.
BOOKERS: Create a page about something you always think "what if" about.... use thought bubbles.

RACHEL
Most days, I am happy to be married to a police officer. Other days... when I hear so much thanklessness, (is that even a word?) and see the lack of appreciation for the fact that EVERY TIME my husband goes to work, he might not come home... I wonder... what if he wasn't a police officer any more...? What if?

GLENDA
I don't know about you but I have always wondered what I would have been and where I would be today if I would have gone on to University and taken something that I would have enjoyed doing every day. I had alot of fun with this page and think it will be fun to look back on.

AMY
What if? This is a question I try not to ask as I have spent a lot of years learning to live in the present, not the past. When given this prompt I started to think of some what ifs in my life...What if I were skinny? What if I were rich? Etc, etc, none of those things REALLY matter though. But with Sunday being Mother's Day there was one "What if?" that really got me thinking...What if my Mom were still alive? She has been gone several years now and with each year it gets closer to me spending more years without her than I did with her. I got to thinking of the things she has missed, the biggest being my marriage to Jason. What would she have thought of him? What would she think of me? Would she be proud of me? Would she understand some of the decisions I have made. What if?

My Mom's favorite flowers were dianthus/carnations so for this prompt I shot my "mug" (my mason jar of homemade sangria) in front of some that I bought and planted the day before Mother's Day.

BETH

 What if... about a year into my tenure at Boyd Coffee Company...

What if... I had taken that job offer in Colorado...

Would he have hunted me down as he says?

Would my last name start with a "T"?

Would my interest in antiques, papercutting, stitching have been encouraged?

Would those two Littles (see their silhouettes on the mantle) be mine?

Would I be ever grateful to a coffee company for playing matchmaker?

What if...

The rules

1. Use all or just part of the prompts.
2. MAKE THEM YOURS. These prompts are IDEAS. They are not set in stone. I encourage you to stretch yourself. If you find a prompt doesn't speak to you, think on it. Find a way to MAKE it speak to you, and go with that. 
3. You do NOT have to be a coffee drinker to play along! Tea, Water, Beer or the Hard Stuff. WE DON'T CARE!! Make the prompts work for you and your mug. (or lack there of)
4. There is NO right or wrong.
5. Share your feedback positively. ABSOLUTELY no judging of what others share. (If I find that people aren't following this rule, I will remove links left by that person.)
6. This is a place for you to explore! It doesn't matter if you've just gotten here in the middle of the year, or if you've gotten "behind" and don't create every day. It doesn't matter if you don't create at ALL... (although we'd love it if you do)  
7. Add your link to what you book or shoot in the comments here for easy visiting and sharing!! Be sure to add a DIRECT LINK. (you can get this most times by clicking on the title of your post, and then copying the URL.) General links to websites will be deleted (because they make it hard for people to follow behind and find the post pertaining to this prompt) ALSO, links leading to posts that do not make it clear how they are related to the prompts will be removed. 
8. If you would like to "officially" sign up to be listed in our participants list, visit the sign up page, by clicking on GOT BADGE at the top of the page. (this is one area where direct links are not needed!)

~rachel
All images and content on this blog is copyright to Rachel Whetzel and Guest Hosts. Please give credit when sharing your art that is inspired here! Thank you so much!!

Monday Mugshots Collaboration Apr 30th

If you're new here, you can take a moment to see how the prompts work this year by clicking HERE.
 Shooters can share their pictures from this prompt on Facebook 05.01 
PROMPT: Must HAVE IT? Take it, or LEAVE IT? Are you a MUST HAVE MY COFFEE (or tea or whatever your poison is...) kind of person, or an "I am able to start my day with it or not" kind of person?
SHOOTERS: Take a picture of your coffee near a visual indication of your time line. (calendar, clock, newspaper, lunch)
BOOKERS: Create a page using "all or nothing" in your embellishments and/or texture. Use THIS PAGE as inspiration.

RACHEL
I love my coffee... I'm not really a MUST have it... but it sure does make my mornings nicer... 

GLENDA
I was inspired by the strips of paper in the pinterest example so I made my page using strips of washi tape. I first painted my journal page with white paint and then layered all the strips of washi tape on it and used a gazillion stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps! to make this page. This was a fun page to make!

LINDA
I've used gesso, Dylusions and markers to get the look of the page. Not sure why I put a man on the page, but the left side was so empty and I thought I could use it to practice my drawing skills. I was inspired by some drawings I found on the net and I love the way he turned out.

SUMAIYAH
I had a blast with this challenge! Texture/Embellishments -- all or nothing... Of course I went all out:

Recipe

Gesso

Alcohol Ink

Silks Acrylic Glaze

Paper Towel (used)

Button

Metal Findings

Colored Hot Glue

Fabric Tape

Washi Tape

Feathers

Newsprint Paper

Zing Embossing Powder

VersaMark Ink Pad

Heat Gun

I gesso'd the pages first for strength, then I just went at it. Threw whatever I could get my hands on! I was after creating a bit of texture on top of embellishing the heck out of the page spread. I left the brush strokes from the gesso apparent to help with texture. The colored hot glue (white) was fun!

The rules

1. Use all or just part of the prompts.
2. MAKE THEM YOURS. These prompts are IDEAS. They are not set in stone. I encourage you to stretch yourself. If you find a prompt doesn't speak to you, think on it. Find a way to MAKE it speak to you, and go with that. 
3. You do NOT have to be a coffee drinker to play along! Tea, Water, Beer or the Hard Stuff. WE DON'T CARE!! Make the prompts work for you and your mug. (or lack there of)
4. There is NO right or wrong.
5. Share your feedback positively. ABSOLUTELY no judging of what others share. (If I find that people aren't following this rule, I will remove links left by that person.)
6. This is a place for you to explore! It doesn't matter if you've just gotten here in the middle of the year, or if you've gotten "behind" and don't create every day. It doesn't matter if you don't create at ALL... (although we'd love it if you do)  
7. Add your link to what you book or shoot in the comments here for easy visiting and sharing!! Be sure to add a DIRECT LINK. (you can get this most times by clicking on the title of your post, and then copying the URL.) General links to websites will be deleted (because they make it hard for people to follow behind and find the post pertaining to this prompt) ALSO, links leading to posts that do not make it clear how they are related to the prompts will be removed. 
8. If you would like to "officially" sign up to be listed in our participants list, visit the sign up page, by clicking on GOT BADGE at the top of the page. (this is one area where direct links are not needed!)

~rachel
All images and content on this blog is copyright to Rachel Whetzel and Guest Hosts. Please give credit when sharing your art that is inspired here! Thank you so much!!