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Sarah is a first name, used as a given name by various cultures in various places. The origin of the name is Hebrew, it's meaning is "princess." Sarah happens to be my name. My mother says she named me Sarah after the actress Sarah Bernardt. Anyhow, Sarah was one of the most popular things to name your baby around the time I was born (you can guess the year)...

So, my name is Sarah Knight. It is a relatively common name. It’s not quite “John Smith” as far as statistics are concerned, but it’s still a relatively common name. In other words: my, there are a LOT of people named Sarah Knight. So, this is my PSA to all you folks (prospective employers, current employers, the generally curious…) out there looking for Sarah Knight: I am a “Sarah Knight”… but I don’t have a myspace, facebook, bebo, or twitter account, nor am I any of the other people on this list…

I DO NOT have a myspace account!

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Sarah Knight (on myspace)

http://www.myspace.com/sarah_rocks_your_world

http://www.myspace.com/sarahknightmusicislife

http://www.myspace.com/sleeping_in

http://www.myspace.com/sarahislittle

http://www.myspace.com/3109037

http://www.myspace.com/sarahknight

http://www.myspace.com/serrapixie

http://www.myspace.com/cchhyyaahh

http://www.myspace.com/8101673

http://www.myspace.com/8796702

http://www.myspace.com/sarahysl

…I could keep listing them, but I think you get the point…

I DO NOT have a facebook account!

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Sarah Knight (on facebook)

http://www.facebook.com/people-index/Sarah%20Knight

I DO NOT have a twitter account!

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Sarah Knight (on twitter)

http://twitter.com/Sarahhknight

http://twitter.com/_sarah_knight_

http://twitter.com/scarerkite

http://twitter.com/sassyjaybabe

http://twitter.com/sarknight

http://twitter.com/SarahKnight312

http://twitter.com/EditorSK

http://twitter.com/sarah_h_knight

http://twitter.com/Sbknight

http://twitter.com/bitshibby

http://twitter.com/snekums

http://twitter.com/SarahKnizight

http://twitter.com/sarahrknight

http://twitter.com/sksays

http://twitter.com/Sarah_Knight

http://twitter.com/sknight142

http://twitter.com/sarahknight87

http://twitter.com/KnightSarah

http://twitter.com/sarah6bugs

http://twitter.com/sazknight

http://twitter.com/sarahwithanH25

http://twitter.com/sarahbabeara

…I could list these for aeons, but I think you get the point: I’m not on twitter.

I DO NOT have a bebo account!

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Sarah Knight (on bebo)

https://secure.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=831809675

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5187227

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=20082623

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=2742339736

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3733452418

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=6344605893

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=7340882

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=7838548120

… again, I could list more, but I think you get the point.

I am also NOT...

Sarah Knight (University of Leicester)

http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/staff/knight.html

Sarah Knight (school teacher)

http://teachers.greenville.k12.sc.us/sites/sknight/default.aspx

Sarah Kemble Knight (historical figure, obviously deceased)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Kemble_Knight

Sarah Knight (on LinkedIN)

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-knight/5/171/371

Sarah Jo Knight

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461072/

Sarah Knight

http://www.google.com/profiles/sarahknight20

Sarah Knight

http://www.google.com/profiles/knightsarah27

Sarah Knight

http://www.google.com/profiles/101431959381079530336

Sarah Knight

http://www.vimeo.com/user1681095

Sarah Knight

http://www.weddingsbysarahknight.com/

Sarah Knight (School of International Service)

http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/cleeland.cfm

Sarah Knight (on amazon)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A8FM7PST9JL3G

Sarah Knight

http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=72874

Sarah Knight

http://www.sarahknight.co.uk/

Sarah Knight

ttp://www.worldservicesgroup.com/members-locations.asp?action=pro&n1=23336

Sarah Knight

http://www.plaxo.com/directory/profile/193275243827/8ace871b/Sarah/Knight

I do use the username "sarahkdesigns"

but I AM NOT

http://twitter.com/sarahkdesigns

http://www.sarahkdesigns.com/

http://www.backtype.com/url/www.sarahkdesigns.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Savannah-GA/Sarah-K-Designs/112139485844?v=info

http://www.sarahkdesign.com/

http://www.sarahkdesigns.ca/contactus.html

http://www.myspace.com/sarahkdesign

Picture Story: black-capped chickadee song — sarahkdesigns

black-capped chickadee song

I have a romanticized notion of birdsongs. Truth be told, I can very seldom actually tell what song belongs to what bird. I grew up the child of birdwatchers, so, this irritates my mother to no end. The only birdsong I can ever discern is robins (well, okay, and crows, and well, red-winged blackbirds), but that’s because they don’t sing so much as they scream…



Anyhow, this picture is the end result of some random comment from a forum thread.
It started with my etsy banner. As you may know, I have an etsy shop: sarahkdesigns. There I sell prints of my illustrations and digital collages, and the occasional watercolor. My work tends to be very colorful and usually incorporates flowers or birds, or both, or some aspect of nature…

So, I made myself a summer banner: something vivid, colorful, and with some summer birds and plants:



To make a long story short, I know the banner is obnoxiously full of bright saturated color, and is visually busy. Graphically, it is literally made out of a scan of one of my paintings and birds & flowers from a scan of another of my paintings. And every once in a while, I’m in need of some attention and post in those critique me threads in the critique forums — and the only thing that ever got any comments was, of course, my banner. I believe someone told me that it didn’t match the items in my shop (to which I thought, hey: click on page 2).

I’m not thin-skinned, or easily swayed, but eventually, as the days get shorter and slightly colder (we refer to that as free air conditioning) — it was time for a new banner.

And so, I sat down at the computer and pulled the chickadee layer out of chickadee love song, and the musical notes from bluebird song and played around until I had something that was whimsical and end of summery looking.



And then I thought, hey, that would look cool as a square print with a shadow border… And so, I sat down at the computer again and opened up all the files, and went searching for just the right photo of the sky… did some editing, added some layering effects, toggled some color, and voila: new print!

(Actually, new print series… check out sarahkdesigns this week for other birdsongs)

Outside: summer roadside flora

Photos taken out and about,
because sometimes you see something and just have to stop...

Thank you : )

you blogged about me...

THANKS!
http://etsypapillonjewelry.blogspot.com/ by Tho Dinh
http://etsypapillonjewelry.blogspot.com/2009/07/wednesdays-hidden-gem-sarahk.html

just the morning coffee:
http://justthemorningcoffee.blogspot.com/2009/07/long-overdue-thanks.html

Constant Cravings
http://www.constant-cravings.com/2009/06/rockin-robin-tweet-tweet-tweet.html

Giveaway Winners!!!

The winners of the print giveaway:
Amanda at Just the Morning Coffee

&

Chris C.

Picture Story: lightshine — sarahkdesigns

"lightshine" available at sarahkdesigns



I finished this picture a short while ago (literally, this last Wednesday). I think it will inevitably end up being the “June” graphic for the calendar that I make next year. Unlike all previous years, this time I really am striving to not be manufacturing 10 pictures (because somehow, I always do get 2 of them done on schedule) in the 10 days before Christmas. The calendar, incidentally, is what I give out to my relatives as a Christmas gift.

Anyway, I think this picture nicely encapsulates the month of June. It is a landscape featuring irises, sunshine, American goldfinches, and a colorful summer sunrise. This picture started with those irises. I have them in my garden. They’re called “lightshine” and are from Schreiners (which is a famous grower of irises). The original rhizome actually came as a free gift because I had made such a substantial order. It has since reproduced, so now I get a couple stalks every year. They always have a good amount of blooms, and they’re always full and gorgeous. So, I cropped the blossoms out of my photos, and combined them with stems that I literally cut out of the garden after the bloom season ended. I scanned the stems & some leaves, and combined them through the magic of photoshop.

Obviously, they needed a background, and I wanted something that would coordinate with the colors of the blooms. Conveniently, I have scans of my abstract acrylic paintings on file, and I found the perfect fit. And for a while, the picture sat there on my computer as just irises & a background. I experimented to frustration with the idea of superimposing a photo of a cloudy sky over the background, but nothing was making me happy… and then it occurred to me that I used to make pictures of landscapes all the time with the sun, and it had been like forever since I had done that. So, a plucked a shade of yellow out of the irises and made myself a sun, with rays of light radiating out to compliment my lightshine irises.

And, of course, I need some animal life. I had originally considered doing butterflies, but just couldn’t bring myself to draw them. I apparently just wasn’t in the mood. So, I decided on the goldfinches instead. Many of them flit through our yard on a regular basis. I always see them in flight. So, having them fly over my irises was apt. That, and they’re yellow, so they coordinate with the color scheme of the picture.

All in all, I think it’s a cheerful encapsulation of summer.

Giveaway - sarahkdesigns print

lush ripe roses
(5 X 5 inch image on 6 X 6 inch 2-ply smooth surface bristol)

sarahkdesigns print giveaway
to enter, please send an email to sarkni@live.com
something like "lush ripe roses print giveaway" in the title would be helpful ; )

the winner will be chosen next Sunday, 28 June 2009, at NOON EST (eastern standard time).
the winner will be chosen at random (from some classical analog device like a name drawn out of a container).
the winner will be announced on the blog after I have contacted that person.
: )

Outside: eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

sarahkdesigns

♥ Most-Hearted 8 X 10 Print Sale ♥ (June 14 thru June 20, 2009) ♥ Any open edition 8X10 print with 7 hearts or more will be just $10.00! See something you like? See something you want? Heart it into the sale!♥
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this is in the sale : )

and these are some photos of the male of the pair of Eastern Bluebirds who are currently nesting in the box in my yard.

upcoming sale at sarahkdesigns!

From June 14 to June 20, 2009
sarahkdesigns will be having a "most hearted print sale!"
All open edition 8 X10 prints with 7 "hearts" or more will be just $10.00!

These prints are so close to being included in the sale...

evening iris ________ june blooms


bluebirds and tulips ______________ spa


summer sunset _____ chickadee love song


violet night _______ dragonfly love


sublime spring skies ___ spring sing

if you heart them, then they will be discounted : )

Upcoming sale at sarahkdesigns!

Next week sarahkdesigns is having a sale!
My most-hearted 8X10 prints will be just $10.00!
So, I invite you to check out my shop: sarahkdesigns
and "heart" to your heart's content!

All 8X10 prints with 7 hearts or more will be on sale : )

here are some examples of what will be on sale:


calla lilies and tree swallows


bunnies and puzzles


greener pasture


3 sheets in the wind


eastern bluebirds on a wire


purple martins & purple irises

Outside: pink blossoms

These are photographs I shot this spring around Washtenaw county. The blooms on the trees are always so fabulous and ephemeral in the spring. Every time bloom season begins, the wind comes...

Outside: irises in june

It's June, so the irises are in bloom... these are a few of my favorites...