the Whatevers

In case you are a new reader to my blog and not sure what the Linky Tool is above, Here's a quick rundown for you, first this is a fun project that two of my sweetest friends and I are working on called The Whatevers.  This is a creative story telling project by Nat Kalbach, Vicki Chrisman and I. 

What all three of us have in common (besides enjoying each others company, creating art and having a blast) is the love for vintage photos, whether it be family treasures or the found ones -- you know the ones that have no story. They are the most intriguing ones to me!

Have you ever been to a flea market and then had this weird sensation of those faces from long ago times looking at you? Sometimes you find a little trace of the history on those photos, the name and city of the photographer, a scribbled note or year on the back of the photo…but that is it. There is no more ….Really…no more? They are forgotten as long as they have no name and no story…

Here is how it works if you want to play along:

Vicki, Nat and I have made a one-year commitment to each other and picked twelve photos with Whatevers whom we will give a story.

• Every month – if possible always on the 15th –  each of us will do a post with an individual story that goes along for us with the same photo.
• If you want you can play along and we will have the photo for you - just right click on it to save it and create something, then show us your version of The Whatevers.
• There are no rules to the story itself- it can be funny, sad, uplifting, breathtaking- WHATEVER
• There are no rules on the length or the form of the story- it can be a short sentence, an essay, a poem or a soap opera – WHATEVER
• There are no rules on the artform you choose – it can be a scrapbook layout, an altered art project, an art journal page – WHATEVER
• Here is a rule though: if you take the photo you have to link back to us and show us your story.
• These pictures are from our personal stash and are for personal use for you only! If you want to use them for a publication whether a book or magazine in print or digital form please ask for permission!
• If you want to participate we’ll have a linky list for each Whatever Post.
• You can also join our The Whatevers -Facebook Page

• You can share you work with us by submitting your page to our Flickr Group or the Linky Tool on each of our blogs. Make sure you share your work with us so we can feature it on the Facebook page!
• You can read Vic's story here, Nat's story here and mine here.

I hope you'll take the time to download the image for June and share what you've created with us.
Thanks for stopping by -- have a GREAT weekend!