Product Spotlight: Beautiful Zinnia Tote Bag

Today's product spotlight is this Beautiful Zinnia Tote Bag.

I'm totally in love with this zinnia photograph. Steven, Izzy and I routinely go to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens because it's such a relaxing place. Every time we go something new is in bloom.

I've been giving Izzy photography lessons and it's so fun taking her because she wants to take so many pictures. We go around and find different flowers and take lots of pictures.

Zinnias are a very beautiful flower. They tend to have color gradients. This particular floral photograph starts out a dark red, softens into a rich orange and then ends in a bright yellow. What I like especially about this flower is that zinnias seem especially favored by butterflies and for this reason many gardeners add zinnias specifically to attract them.

I like the decorative border or mask that surrounds this photo because it gives it a polished look. I recently ordered this item for myself and can't wait for it to come in.

To purchase unique zinnia shirts and gifts don't forget to shop Spencer Photos. We carry beautiful floral photography that is perfect for gifts.

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Cool Coffee Mugs

This mug's design is called Miscolored Flowers. I'll tell you a little bit about how I made this. I took 9 of my very favorite flower photographs and cut them out of their picture using Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006's magic wand tool and the edge finder. Once I had only the flower head left I put them all together in this arrangement.

I converted all the flowers to black and white. You can see what the black and white flowers look like with my field of flowers mug. I then took each flower and adjusted the color balance using different levels of cyan-red, magenta-green, and yellow-blue until I had a color that tickled me. I love having a purple daisy, a blue zinnia and daffodil and just off the wall colors for the flowers. I was really happy with how the zinnias, roses, daffodils and other flowers turned out.

The final thing that I did before applying this floral design to the 3 different mugs was add a quote. Gardeners and nature lovers are sure to appreciate this quote. "Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul." - Luther Burbank. I love this quote because just thinking about flowers makes me happier, better and more helpful.

Miscolored Flowers Large Mug can be purchased along with several other designs on our mugs. Cool Coffee Mugs is a newer section in my online store: Spencer Photos. I really enjoyed making these mugs. All of the designs in this section was made especially for mugs. We offer three different sizes. The featured image is our large mug. It's a beast of a mug at 15 oz. We also offer a regular sized mug and a stein.

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Remember: Smile, shoot, print and you will be happier for it.

Photography t shirts and photographic gifts are available for purchase at Spencer Photos: our online store.

More product spotlights coming soon.