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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Three Muses - Something Old Something New
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Pink
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Open Theme
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Three Muses - Home Sweet Home
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There was a day when a young couple could get married, and order their home from Sears & Roebuck! From 1908 to 1940, many a young couple chose their home from the pages of a Sears catalog. For $650 to $2500 ($35 to $65 a month), their new home would be delivered via rail, all packaged down to the last nail and ready for construction. Many of these homes continue to be sturdy houses today. In the 90's, while on vacation in Virginia, my friends and I drove down a street of Sears & Roebuck homes, still tidy and welcoming. My collage shows one of the homes and a newspaper ad. The bridal couple are from Flickr Collage Images, but they may well have lived in a Sears & Roebuck home! Thanks for listening, and Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Frosty
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Christmas
Friday, December 18, 2009
Art Creations - 12-19
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Theme Thursday - Legs
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Three Muses - Mail Art
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Holly
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The challenge this week is holly and/or ivy. I love the contrast of a black and white photo with a splash of color, and when I saw this little miss in the pages of Flickr Collage Images (by Sassyart), I knew I had to put sprigs of holly in her basket! May the spirit of the season surround you, all my blog friends!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Three Muses - Blue Bottle Tree
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Sunday Postcard - St. Nick
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Art Creations - Marilyn
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Three Muses - Fun and Games
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I indulged in a bit of flight of fancy on this one, with some old game boards (googled) and a manufactured "thinker". Actually, Chinese Checkers were probably the most popular game at our house when I was small. Pinochle and euchre were popular card games. I still enjoy all three! Can't wait to see yours!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Bedtime Story
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My mother had Riley's "Li'l Orphant Annie" committed to memory in completion. She'd recite it with voice inflection I can hear still, but I was never afraid because she was right there. It's a wonder the childhood tales of long ago didn't scare children silly! The poem was written long before the creation of the Orphan Annie we've come to know today. I scoured the net for an illustration from the original Riley book, and could find none, so I've created Annie as she appeared in my mind's eye all those years ago, when this second verse was my very favorite:
"Once there was a little boy who wouldn't say his prayers
And when he went to bed at night away up stairs
His mommy heard him holler and his daddy heard him bawl
But when they pulled the covers back he wasn't there at all.
They seeked him in the attic room, the cubby hole and press
And even up the chimney flue, and everywhere, I guess.
But all they ever found of him was his pants and roundabouts
And the goblins'll getcha if you don't watch out!"
Thanks for the challenge that brought this memory back to me, and thanks to all of you for listening to my tale!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Let it Snow
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Three Muses - Time
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Swirls
Friday, November 20, 2009
SatWo - Corrugated
Art Creations - Anniversary
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Theme Thursday - Skinny Colors
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Three Muses - Keys
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I chose KEY for the challenge this week, then I couldn't decide if I wanted to do the keys to the kingdom, the key to my heart, the key to knowledge, the key to the puzzle, or the key of C! I finally went with the key of C, and I'll leave it up to our talented participants to see just how many types of keys they come up with. I hope everyone has a good time!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Woman
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I love the women painted by John William Waterhouse. I've used his "Undine" against a backgbround by Lorie Davison of Scrapbook graphics. The quote ("A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.") makes me smile. When my children talk about my parenting skills, they always mention knowing they'd done something to displease me when I emitted a deep sigh. I love teasing them and saying they were abused children because their mother sighed at them! I do believe sighing is a woman thing!! Thank you for listening and looking!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Music
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Art Creations - Gentlemen
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
THREE MUSES - Dreams
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Crackle
Friday, November 6, 2009
SatWo - Altered Bottle
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Thanks to SatWo for a great challenge -- altered bottles. The first thing that came to my mind had to do with the words of one of Jim Croce's beautiful songs....."Time in a Bottle". Thanks to Norma Frances for the background. I put the "time" in the bottle, which I have had for so long I can't remember for sure where I got it...I think from Google. Thank you for stopping by!
ART CREATIONS - SAILOR
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Theme Thursday - Borders
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Three Muses - Couples
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Opposites Attract
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This was such fun! It's a blend of four different photos, with a frame by B. Datema of Scrapbookgraphics. Don't you think the Mallard drake looks as if he's saying "Oh, sigh, she looks just like an angel all in white!" The swan, however, appears to be thinking "Mother always told me to look out for the over-dressed dandies ...... and he looks a bit short......probably has small duck syndrome" ! Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Poe
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Saturday Workout - Altered Cabinet Card
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Three Muses - Fowl Play
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Moustaches
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Marvelous Moustaches, they say, at Mixed Media Monday. My moustachioed guy is from Flickr by Nicci, the background and frame are from C. Bauman of Scrapbookgraphics, with an overlay of a vintage ad from Google. After I look at this, I think it would've made a great postage stamp person! Thanks for looking!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Saturday Workshop - Jewelry
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Art Creations 10-21
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Theme Thursday - Faces
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Three Muses - Long Ago & Far Away
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Mother & Daughter
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Gothic Grunge
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Theme Thursday - Winter
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Brrr! I'd rather have autumn first, Indian summer, Thanksgiving, and pumpkin pie!!! But (sigh) I suppose winter IS coming. Background for this piece is one of my own paintings, and I've added the image of the girl from Flickr Collage Images. The frame is from Flickr Frames to Use. Thanks for looking. Keep warm!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Three Muses - Hair
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Mixed Media Monday - Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Sunday Postcard - Blackbird
Friday, October 9, 2009
SatWo - 9 er ATCs
A BLOG RANT
For the most part, I use my blog for posting the art I create in response to the art challenges I so enjoy. From time to time, however, I feel a need to comment on life as it is today. In the Stone Age (when I was a child), the grocer in our little town had shelves stocked with rural necessities from soda crackers to bag balm. It was a folksy little place where the local farmers gathered to visit a bit before heading home from their errands, and the kids could get a towering ice cream cone for a dime. I was thinking of it this week when I was bumbling about in my ex-favorite grocery trying to find the items on my list. The store is being converted from a medium-sized, easy accessible store to one of those mega-stores where I need a golf cart to get from produce to paper products. Nothing is where it used to be, and the layout, I'm convinced, has been planned by a demented chimp on speed. In the good old days, a pound of coffee weighed 16 ounces, and picking up a box of crackers was a simple thing. Now it gives me a horrendous headache. Do I want regular, salt-free or low salt? Extra crispy or regular? Cheddar, ranch or barbeque? Baked or traditional. Low fat or no fat? It's enough to leave hapless shoppers in a corner in the fetal position, whimpering quietly. My friends and I are in our senior years. We wear out quickly. We have decided to lobby for a first aid station somewhere mid-store!
Art Creations - 10-9
Thursday, October 8, 2009
TGIF - Rain
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