The two sets above were "failures," not because the images were poor, but because they are too busy. Well, the Lilac Bush set is too busy, with the dozens of twigs and branches. It wasn't pleasing to my eye, so I presumed it wouldn't please anyone else's either. Photos were processed with Kim Klassen's "Violet" texture (from her Downtown II collection); 12x4 template created in PSE11.
The Kitchen Window set is fun and colorful, but the images just didn't flow with the kind of look I was trying to achieve for this assignment. Photos processed with Kim's "Anna" texture, also from her Downtown II collection and the 5x7 template was created in PSE11.
TFL -- kimB