Alan’s clown nightmare speaks of a deep sibling bond
Alan and Bette are siblings, 15 months apart, living just blocks from Coney Island Amusement Park. A clown nightmare they both experience as small children—
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A birth mom’s gift to her biological daughter
It took 10 minutes for Therese’s biological daughter Liz to find her birth mom on the Internet. Now for her daughter’s 35th birthday, this Dreamscape
The All Stars under a softball moon
At her next softball reunion, Loretta wanted to surprise her All Stars with a photo gift keepsake that combined Then and Now. I grabbed the
Carolyn and Doug choose a bell over mistletoe
In this custom digital photo collage stitched together from various vacation photos, Carolyn is partial to green tea (albeit, the tea bag that hangs from
Baker & Dana Bike-crazy Honeymoon
Baker and Dana had just returned from a triumphant bike tour of northern Italy. Baker’s mother Pamela had all the secret codes to their vacation photos,
Deep doggy slumber on a photo bag
This custom digital collage bag was created all from Ginny’s pet photos. For a fanciful photo purse idea, I transported Ginny’s two dogs – while fast
Gayle’s boys playing in the world’s sandbox
On a recent family trip to Europe, Gayle’s sons had seen the gargoyles at Notre Dame; the Arc de Triumphe and the Eiffel Tower. They’d
A Chicago bubblebath with the neighbors
Total images: 7 This send-off gift from good Chicago neighbors to their friends relocating back to New Jersey was inspired by a bubble bath. JoAnn
Mushrooms travel better on a photo purse
Say you’re a weekend photographer with a passion for nature shots. How much wall space is your significant other really going to let you have
The funniest guy in the room is the Drummer
When the family patriarch remarried at 75, he added two more adult daughters to the mix, and two more grandsons to his “Praetorian Guard.” To
One stumble with nitro-glycerin, and it’s dasvidanya for Vitaly
Total images: 10 This laboratory scene was completely created from scratch; all I had was a head shot of the subject, Vitaly G. The lab
A baby activist and a mother dreaming of being a revolutionary
When Vitaly was about 4 years old, he disappeared. His mother Eva Ovseyvena could not find him anywhere. She raised a big panic and half