HOLIDAY TREATS + THE POWER OF FACES

This week's treats plus examples of the faces our eyes are drawn to

I am sure my father found me a most provoking child. Created with “The Blues” collection

YOUR HOLIDAY TREATS AWAIT

Over at The Lilypad, instead of the usual mid-weekly sale, there will be lots of recent products HALF PRICE all through December.

The second batch from Rachel and I has been discounted for the past few days.

On Friday we will swap them out for a new batch of designs (so if you haven’t already checked them out, you need to move fast).

PS if you are not seeing 15 items, it could be an issue with Chrome browsers, in which case you can the ‘Holiday Treats’ store section in the sidebar of The Lilypad store

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FACES

You probably know already how the human brain is wired to detect and identify faces, and our eyes are naturally drawn to them and lock onto them.

In fact, the brain's fusiform gyrus, or fusiform face area, is the region that specialises in recognising faces.

That’s one reason why I believe layouts with photos have such appeal. But also why Rachel and I often include elements with vintage ‘face imagery’ in our collections of creative assets.

So here are just a few creations made with some of the designs that are in this week’s Holiday Treats event :-)

By Aly

There are some really powerful “Hear My Voice” collections this week, along with a couple of my own favourite collections PLUS the photobook template sets that allow me to make travel pages like this:

I notice a couple of face elements in the form of epoxy buttons sneaking in those pages too!

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A FINAL HEADS UP

Just a quick reminder that soon Rachel Jefferies and I will be merging our newsletters to bring you joint content and updates, under the new guise of “Pixels, Paper & Paint: Life in Pictures with Lynn and Rachel”.

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