This photo shows vanilla and orange cream ice cream flattened onto a surface. The picture is taken up close to reveal the frost and ridges from the spoon used to flatten it out onto the surface.

Pass the Plate, Hold the Cone

This photo shows vanilla and orange cream ice cream flattened onto a surface. The picture is taken up close to reveal the frost and ridges from the spoon used to flatten it out onto the surface.

Smearing ice cream on a plate, in a swirly fashion, is like yoga for the inner child who just dropped a frozen treat on the sidewalk but found Savasana instead. Smeared ice cream on a plate, it turns out, is also highly artistic. It creates a textured look for summery-looking photographs, which won’t detract too much from text you might want to place over it.

So, for all of you “live, laugh, lovers” out there who need a summer refresh for the sign your kitchen witch is holding, I got you.

Just take ice cream, smear it on a plate with a spoon, and get up real close and personal with the camera. Then, take a picture. The resulting photograph won’t look like ice cream, exactly. But that’s the point. I love those exhibits in galleries where artists take pictures of ordinary things, but you can’t tell what they are until you read the sign next to them. This could get you into trouble, though. Once, in a gallery, I spotted a beautiful, delicate blue pattern of sorts against a white background and thought to myself, “That would make great wallpaper.” Then, I read the sign next to the exhibit, which said, “So-and-so artist used her rear end, dipped in paint, to make this design.” I honestly had no idea. It didn’t look like that at all, but I digress.

Once you’ve taken your summery ice cream-textured photograph, you can place any words over it in any font you wish—and then print it out and frame it or something.

Ideas for text (italicized for artistic effect):

  • I scream, you scream, we all scream like no one’s watching.
  • Cool the dumpster fire in your mind.
  • If buttons had wings, there wouldn’t be any big holes in the ground to fall into.
  • All things are possible with duct tape and a spoon.
  • Choose your wallpaper carefully.
  • If you can’t find a waffle cone, grab a plate.

Your Turn: What do you like to photograph?

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Author of the DIY blog: Fixin' Leaks and Leeks. Paper/Rock Writing Consultation, Sole Proprietor.

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