this being human is a guest house

for three muses challenge: "illustrate a quote" (or perhaps a whole poem?)

this is possibly my favorite poem, by rumi. images from itKuPiLLi, holliewood studios and tumblefish studios, all at mischief circus.

and another by rumi that i also love.

images from miles beyond the moon at mischief circus, open clip art and with wild abandon.

love to all.

the owl and the pussycat

the theme at tag tuesday this week is nursery rhymes.  at the cheeky challenge we are to use "ocean shades."  my tag is for both challenges; i chose "the owl and the pussycat" by edward lear and made a digital tag.

the background is from the isla bonita paper pack by gecko galz, the design is called "starfish."  i typed the poem onto the background.  the rowboat is from open clip art.  owl and pussycat are by dezinaworld.

i love this poem.  have a great day; love to all.

she asks, what does the future hold?

she asks, what does the future hold--
can it be divined from board or ball?
or is the key, may i be so bold,
deep in my heart where love is all?

here is my DT creation for week two of "witchery" at lunagirl moonbeams.  while creating this piece i was inspired to write the poem above.  you have one more week to link up a creation on our theme.
i'm also linking this to the "goth/hallow e'en" challenge at drunken stampers.

love to all.

pink saturday + pink and orange journal journey

i am happily celebrating PINK SATURDAY as well as Crafty Dawn's journal journeys pink and orange challenge for the month of July.  it was such a gift to be at the crafting table again after a long stressfully busy time in life when i just didn't have the energy.  i am so grateful for scissors and glue and all of our goodly tools!


i knew i wanted to do some kind of collage for the journal page.  i used my 8x8 journal book and gathered lots of pink and orange papers of a variety of textures and patterns.  i began laying out to my heart's content.  i had already stamped a wonderful stampsmith image -- a face with flowers which i'd already colored in with pinks and oranges so i wanted to include that. 

i embellished with a lot of additional goodies.  the butterflies are from a moonlight journeys collage sheet.  most of the rest are from either k & company or are random stash items. 

since the pink and orange theme was an homage to summer i found a short poem online that seemed fitting.  in photoshop i created a background in the color orange and i used the gradient tool on it.  i typed the poem on to that and then with some cutting and tearing i had my centerpiece.  i am so glad that Dawn is doing this journal challenge and i look forward to joining again in August.  meanwhile i guess i'm getting to be a full-fledged pink saturday devotee as well!

by the way special thanks to Linda at scrappinbears studio.  a lot of the lovely papers came from her.  she was giving away from her excess and i was a lucky recipient.  she sent me a huge box of gorgeous papers and many of them are a part of this journal page.  thank you Linda!

peace and love to all.