Reasons to blog...

Someone asked me not long ago why I blog...

That's easy to answer...

Because it inspires me.

Because it helps me to look at objects from a different angle.

Because it has pushed me to learn and try new techniques.

Because it has allowed me to connect with a lot of creative people.

And of course...
because blogging is fun and addictive!!

If you would like to be inspired, connected and entertained
visit Kathleen at Faded Charm
and all the White Wednesday participants!

"Home is where you hang your @"
~Author Unknown~

White Wednesday

Some things...

live inside old drawers...

and dusty boxes...

for a very long time.

Until one day,

they find each other....

and you realize

that they are

meant to be together.

"If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found"
~Author Unknown~

Stop by Faded Charm and enjoy all the White Goodness this White Wednesday has to offer!

White Wednesday

Sometimes my "out of the box" thoughts, need to be back "in the box"
This is what I mean...

At only 6 1/4" square, my little shadow box is big enough for a sweet collage.

Vintage lace, tiny buttons...

antique doll shoes...

a gold frame and lovely words...

"These are just few of my favorite things....!"
are you singing yet?...

Thank you Kathleen for another White Wednesday!

TGIF....

Today is one of those big, juicy, best kind of Fridays...Friday with no school, no alarm clocks, no lunches to be prepared. A Friday with dinner plans, maybe a movie, followed by a romantic Saturday (Valentine's Day), a relaxing Sunday and to top it all off...a Monday with yes, no school!!!

To celebrate this wonderful week end, two digital collages in a romantic theme...

the two following images are actually the front and the inside of a card I made for my Friday Challenge Group...

Have fun with them!...Have a very Happy Valentine's Day and remember....

"Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners.
Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway. "

~Judith Viorst, Redbook, 1975~

Just a little bragging!!

It's Sunday morning, the family is sleeping, is raining and I feel like bragging a little....just a little...

Friday night I received an email that took me totally by surprise and made me very, very happy at the same time. It was from Chel, the founder of ZNE. She told me that SHE loved and picked one of MY digital collages to be on the front page of the ZNE site....and I'm sooo touched!

First, because ZNE is full of wonderful, talented artists and I always thought that I was not really good enough to belong to that group, I joined just because it was an on line group and I didn't have to talk or show my work in person....easier this way to take a No, sorry!

Second, because I just started playing around with digital collages. My son Mathias is teaching me the basics, and I love it so much that I'm seriously considering taking a class. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!

This is "Take your wings..." the collage Chel picked

Until a couple of years ago, I couldn't even spell the word computer, and here I am Sunday morning, in pyjamas, drinking some coffee and "posting" on a "blog", on my "HP", waiting for the "wireless printer" to "scan" so I can "upload" images and create!!, I guess I'm taking my wings and flying!

If you never visited ZNE before, click here. You can also meet Chel here, you'll be inspired...after all, you never know where your wings will take you!

Things are only impossible until they're not.

~Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation

TGIF Freebie!

It's time for another TGIF Freebie....This week a sweet Fairy:

And some fun Hats...

Have a fun and creative week end and don't forget to share pictures of your art work with us!

If you have a moment, check out our store site http://www.niceandeasyantiques.com/, lots of new-old furniture and accessories came in this week, all so cottage and oh so charming!.. also, a lot of furniture has sold, so if you see something you like, don't let it go! Remember that Layaway and Delivery in Orange County are available.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

~Dr. Seuss~

TGIF Freebie!

Who doesn't like Fridays and who doesn't love a Freebie????...Well, we certainly do! To celebrate the beginning of the week end, we will be posting free images every Friday. Feel free to use them in your digital collages, print them, copy them, but please, don't sell them (individually or as part of a set). Not too many free things these days, so let's keep it that way!

This week two vintage images of two very different Ladies....

Don't forget to sign and follow our blog, if you haven't done it already, and stop by every Friday for your TGIF Freebie!

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift.

That's why we call it the Present."

~Babatunde Olatunji~