Autumn

Howard Tunnel 7, originally uploaded by B.B. Bellezza.

This is one of my favorite autumn photos. I took it last year in autumn on the Rail Trails in York County. The photo is taken from inside the Howard tunnel. The Howard tunnel is the oldest continuously running railroad tunnel in the world.

Autumn

I always feel like autumn is more of a time for the type of fresh starts that most people associate with the new year. I love the colors and I even like the crispness somewhat, although I'm not a huge fan of being cold. I love the pumpkins and haunted hayrides, and I especially love Halloween.

Wednesday is the first day of fall, what do you love about fall?

(by the way, this photo is available as a photography pendant in my shop.)

Cemeteries in Weird Places

Lately, it seems like my boyfriend and I have been fascinated with cemeteries.  I am not sure how it started or why, but we have been to a lot of cemeteries.  And I have been taking a lot of photos at cemeteries.  

I am particularly fascinated by cemeteries in strange places.  This cemetery we found while looking for another cemetery.  It is in Lancaster County's Central Park, right on the outside of the golf course.  Just several very old graves in a wooded area.  Many of the headstones are falling over.

This little area with graves is just off to the side of an off-ramp.  I must have driven by it 100's of times until one day I noticed it.

I guess it isn't really that odd how the cemeteries ended up in these places.  People bury their family on their property and then the area is developed.  I am just glad that people were respectful to the graves.

Don't be surprised to see lots of cemetery photos in my photography scrabble pendant line!  I certainly take a lot of photos at cemeteries and think that headstones have their own special beauty.  There are a few in my latest photography photo line, and there will be more in my next run of them, too.  I am currently working on a coaster set with them that is turning out just beautifully.

Your mom called, she wants this for Mother's Day

Okay, she doesn't want this particular pendant.  This is my adorable mom and dad.  

But think how much she'd love a Photo Pendant of you, her grandchildren or of the whole family for Mother's Day!  She'll love it.  She'll start to tear up and she'll know how much you love her.

You can even give her a few different pendants:  one of you or you and your siblings (I gave my mom one that had a funny photo of my brother and I making faces, she loved it!), one of the grandchildren and one of her and her hubby, one of her favorite pet.  Or niece.  Or favorite vacation destination.  The possibilities are really endless.

For all this happiness, the price is only $15 per Photo Pendant.  Really!

And, it comes in the cute B.B. Bellezza gift box!

Are you thinking, yes!!  I want one?

All you have to do is this:

1.  Send me an email letting me know that you would like to order one.

2.  Have a digital photo(s) ready that you would like to have made into Photo Pendants.  Send them as an attachment to an email to me.  

Tips for photos:  Simpler is better, a close-up is better, and in the form of a .jpg is the best for me, but I can work with other forms, too.  (Note, I can do cropping if necessary when I get the photos)

3.  I will re-size your photo, have it printed and create your pendant(s) and send you a photo of the finished product

4.  You will get a paypal invoice in your email.  ($15 per pendant plus $3 for shipping)  

5.  Pay the invoice and I'll send your pendants.  (Note, you don't need a paypal account to pay through paypal, just a credit or debit card.)

If you live in the Lancaster, PA area, you can personally give me photos you would like me to use if you don't have digital files of the photo.  (Emailing digital files is preferable.)  Note, the pendants are 7/8" x 7/8".  I can also meet you to give you your pendant(s) and receive payment.

The quicker I get your order, the better, Mother's Day will be here before you know it!

Any questions, let me know!