tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072218507055949852024-03-13T02:00:26.028-07:00Howling Dog art studioMy artistic endevours .....Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-20931526971474842592014-07-30T06:31:00.003-07:002014-07-30T08:57:27.859-07:00Painting with a magnifying glass<div class="MsoNormal">
I am a very visual person. Somebody tells me something and I
see it in living color. You tell me a name and I immediately see it written (and very
often I get the spelling right too). I read a book and I make my own mini movie
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And my sight was always good. I have needed glasses for work
on the computer or to see far into the distance for years but the past 6 years
my eyesight was excellent and I could ditch the glasses.</div>
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Then a couple of weeks ago I noticed that I had a blurry
vision in my left eye. And that did not go away. In fact, it got worse. I was doing my painting with a large magnifying glass in my left hand.</div>
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Eventually, after 3 weeks I went to the doctor who send me to an eye specialist
in the hospital. Tests were done. Tests that were not fun at all. When the results came back I was shocked. I have cataract. Cataract? Really?</div>
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Geez, suddenly I feel old. I know that I have my fair share of
grey hair (but I will confess, it is dyed a very youthful blonde) but honestly,
cataract… Isn’t that for the old folks? I've only just turned 50. Give me a break will ya!<o:p></o:p></div>
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My left eye has a vision of -3,75 and I see something like
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He gave me an option of an operation or getting glasses. The
way he described the operation made my stomach turn. This time I did not need to use my
own imagination, he had pictures. Very graphic pictures. In color. Very detailed. And It
would be done without <span lang="EN">general anesthesia!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> YIKES! </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Well, I can tell you this for nothing... if anyone coming near
my eye with a scalpel, within a range of 10 feet I would kick his or her ass.
This </span>simply was not an option for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So I am asking about the option of having it with the general
anesthesia, and he told me they would generally do this only with small
children. Trust me on this; I am big very very small child.
He proceeded to tell me all the risks involved with general anesthesia. Not a pretty sum up. And the way he said it...(If you ever need someone to send your guest home after you thrown a party, and the guest linger longer then wanted... THIS would be the guy to have around. 10 seconds of him talking and everyone runs out the door).<o:p></o:p></div>
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He said I could get glasses, and maybe in a couple of months
time I could possibly need stronger glasses and again and again. For a couple of
years I could have joy and vision with the glasses. For a full 100 percent on
both eyes he said, with glasses. But then eventually I would need that operation. No way
around it. Slicing and dicing will come my way. No escape.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fine. In a couple of years time I will be brave enough to
have that operation. But not now. For now I will get glasses and look
intelligent.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, because I need glasses I thought I would buy me a nice
funky frame. Electric blue came to mind. Purple too. Forest green. Fire engine
red. I wanted something eccentric. Because, if you got it, you flaunt it. Right? And I definitely did not want
a black one. I want to stand out in the crowd.</div>
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Last week Thursday I went to the optician and he did tests as well. Pleasant ones this time and very very thorough. Turns out I have not a -3,75 but a -5,25 and also my right eye had a difference. (did my eyes get worse in the two weeks between the hospital examination and the trip to get glasses?, or did the doctor do a not so good job of it...) And the optician said that with glasses I will have a 60 percent vision in my left eye. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Sigh ... just a very deep sigh</span></b> </div>
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I went to try on frames. All the colors that I wanted. And the models that I liked. One after another were rejected because either the frame model did not look on me, or the color did nothing for me. Finally there were two frames left. One was a metallic forest green one that I liked but the optician said I could not have this frame because the glass I need for my left eye would be too thick for that kind of frame. </div>
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And then there was only one. I loved this one. It looked good (I'm trusting my right eye and the girl in the shop who helped me), it felt right.</div>
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And what color is it? ... drum roll please ... Black. </div>
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Say what??????? (insert high pitched voice here) Yes, it is <b>BLACK</b>, but with <span style="background-color: cyan;">turquoise</span> accents:</div>
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I can pick it up Thursday afternoon. Just one more day. Hoping to ditch the magnifying glass but will keep it handy just in case. And for now I return to my painting WITH the magnifying glass.</div>
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Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-18819528912809780122014-02-02T09:51:00.000-08:002014-02-02T10:00:26.198-08:00Burning that wood, and no... it's not a forest fire!<div class="MsoNormal">
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now I have been affectionated with <a href="https://www.google.nl/search?q=pyrography&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=nH3uUtv3MMrJ0QWtpIDwBQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1344&bih=692" target="_blank">pyrography</a>. Love the fact that you can burn into wood, creating deep burned lines and getting a wonderful smell all at the same time. After the burning you can paint it as I am not to keen to keeping it all "woodsy" in all shades of brown. You are creating your own coloring book so to speak. And I love what <a href="http://www.sticks.com/" target="_blank">Sticks</a> does, first
sketch a drawing, then burn the wood and
then color it in with bright colored acrylics. I did try some stuff myself
with a borrowed pyrography machine and that worked out great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then I went
into a long hiatus of art making, but I kept on looking at wonderful samples on
the internet. And unblocking also because of reading The Artist Way by <a href="http://www.juliacameronlive.com/" target="_blank">Julia Cameron</a>. And the urge returned. The urge to make stuff. Stuff that would
be just as pretty as the ones on internet – more precisely … <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. Just
like every one else I have become addicted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So after a
long looooooooong time, I purchased a cheap pyrography machine. And these 2 ravens is what I first came up with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And the cheap pyrography machine was just that. Cheap. It worked. It did what it was supposed to do... burn the wood. But it also burned my fingers. And then Christmas came. And I got a money present. I knew right away what I was going to do with that. I bought my self a "professional" machine. Well, the best I could afford anyway.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And while cruising the Pinterest boards, I
saw this wonderful picture of a tiger. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">LOVE LOVE LOVE the eyes. Totally fell in love with this guy (or girl, who knows)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So I
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<span lang="EN-US">Still have a long way to go before I can call this one finished but I am having fun with it. As far as the professional machine goes, I was hoping it would be the end of burned fingers.... sigh. Nope. But I am loving the process so I will continue. When the tiger is done I have a few more ideas I want to do. I think I'd better invest in some burn salve and plasters.</span></div>
Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-38962889284335210172013-02-04T12:04:00.002-08:002013-02-05T00:33:52.668-08:00My Artist Date at the Museum of Bags And PursesWe have this amazing museum in town called <a href="http://www.tassenmuseum.nl/en" target="_blank">Tassenmuseum Hendrikje</a> or in plain English: The Museum of Bags and Purses. It gives you the history of the bag and purse throughout centuries and shows you hundreds of beauties. How it started, why it started and who would wear them. So pour yourself a cup of tea and browse through the many many photo's I took. WARNING: Long post!!<br />
And before hand I would like to apologize for some of the photo's because they are not the sharpest. Still have to work on my steady hand while taking non flash photo's.<br />
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The museum itself is in a beautiful canal house that belonged to the mayor of Amsterdam of that period.<br />
The house was built in 1664 and has a long and wonderful <a href="http://www.tassenmuseum.nl/en/about-the-museum/history-behind-the-canalhouse" target="_blank">history</a>.<br />
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I was really excited walking in and the entrance is also where the giftshop was. Drool! I showed my annual museum pass which allows me free entrance (!) and was given a little explanation about the museum by a very kind lady. I was to start at the top floor where the oldest bags were and then walk my way down to the lower floors where the more modern bags were she said.<br />
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Standing at the foot of the stairs and looking up I saw this beautiful ceiling painting. But then I saw an elevator and took it to the topfloor (yes, total wuz, that's me!)<br />
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There I got to see a closer look of the ceiling painting and a look down the stairs.<br />
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Can you imagine what effort they must have taken over 300 years ago to do that ceiling painting? Incredible. Further down the post I show you some more beauties.<br />
And then finally.... the exhibit.<br />
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My compliments if you read it all. If you have not, it basically says that bags and purses were invented by lack of pockets in clothes where valuables or personal items could be kept. Items such as keys, combs, mirrors, coins, documents, bank notes, bibles, holy relics etc. Also that men would wear them too and not just the dull ones. The richer you were the more elaborate the bag was, to show off your wealth. Nowadays in the 21st century if you would see a man wearing a "man's purse" he is not being progressive but actually he is old fashioned (wink wink). Below is a purse that would have been worn by a man.<br />
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Below a couple of gaming purses, or purses where coins and gambling games such as cards were held.<br />
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A closeup of one of the bags. Red velvet with gold thread embroidery and gold thread tassels from the 16th century.<br />
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Medieval times:<br />
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Below a selection of 16th and 17th purses for valuable documents, bank notes etc. All richly decorated.<br />
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Then, I was so impressed by the workmanship of the following bags. Beaded bags. Not only beaded but knitted as well. And if you just look at the process of stringing the beads first before the knitting could start, and bare in mind the minuscule size of the bead, the candlelight they had to work with I am just wondering how many of those poor workers would have gone blind in their lifespan.<br />
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Just look of the size of those knitting needles. 5 of them!!! Good grieve, I am in awe.<br />
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Needless to say that such bags were so labor intensive they were ridiculously expensive and therefor could only be bought and worn by the very wealthy. In the 19th century a new technique was invented to make beaded bags. The weaved beaded bag. Less labor intensive and also quicker to be made and less expensive. Lesser wealthy ladies could now afford such a purse.<br />
Below some samples of the weaved beaded bag.<br />
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With exception of the Olympic bag which is from Germany 1928 all the other bags are 19th century.<br />
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2 Beautiful embroidered bags with beads. Above is late 19th century, below is early 20th century.<br />
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Having finished this floor, I walked to a lower floor where I entered the bags from the 20th and 21st century. Here is where the fun really starts.<br />
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Travel section below was probably my favorite of everything I saw. I always travel light because I have to carry it all myself. I cannot imagine going somewhere with all of this but doesn't it look fabulous? I was drooling. Loved it all. Oh be still my heart...<br />
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A selection of 1950's bags:<br />
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This actually is a real can of diet Coke, cut in two, hinges and a lock was added and lots and lots of bling.<br />
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By this time I was so tired and seeing this can of coke made me realize I was thirsty.<br />
As luck would have it there was a tearoom. YES, my prayer was answered. I still had one more floor to see, the ground floor with a collection of bags that you could also purchase. And then of course there was the giftshop to visit but first I wanted tea.<br />
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The tearoom with the sunroom in the back.<br />
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A selection of goodies. And do you see those bags on the counter?<br />
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You could buy 3 bottles of wine and you would receive it in this wonderful gift bag. Shame I don't drink wine. I sure wanted one of those bags.<br />
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That front cupcake looked so nice I just had to have it.<br />
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The sunroom and my table in the corner where I overlooked the snowfilled garden.<br />
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My goodies. I choose the lemon and ginger tea. yummmmm.<br />
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And also here I was surrounded by art. I love the second one with the green gloves:<br />
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Spend a nice quiet time drinking my tea and talking with the lady who served me my tea. She is a wealth of information. She ensured me to walk through the morning room and reception hall. (HA, like I would skip that part).<br />
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Walking down the the ground floor there were the bags that were both on display for the exhibit but if you wanted to you could purchase them. Well, even if I wanted to I would never. It is simply the choice between my rent or a bag. They are nice though.<br />
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And this beauty would be 3 months of rent.<br />
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And then I entered the gift shop. Oh my. Bag galore.<br />
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Fun children's books:<br />
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Oh and I really really wanted to buy this one. But the price tag stopped me. This bag has my name on it.<br />
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And all this time while walking through this wonderful museum I was so self conscious about my own shoulderbag. It is not that bad but is is so plain after what I saw. I made a promise to myself that come summer I will buy myself a fancy bright colored bag.<br />
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And this concludes my Artist Date. Did you have fun looking at the photo's? I had a blast taking them. See a bag you liked? Gosh, I saw a few I would proudly wear. What a wonderful museum. I will visit this one again for sure!!<br />
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<br />Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-25999062362209936212013-01-13T10:38:00.004-08:002013-01-13T10:46:34.639-08:00My Artist Date at the Van Gogh, My Dream ExhibitionI am in a book club with some fabulous creative women. We are reading the Artist Way by Julia Cameron which is such an amazing book in so many ways. In the first chapter which we are doing in the whole month of January Julia gave us 10 tasks. 10 Home work assignments. The second task / assignment is to take yourself out on a date. An Artist Date. This you should do every week for the duration of this course. Which in my our case will last 52 weeks. This means I get to go on a date with myself 52 times this year! Yeah me!<br />
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Here is how I got to spend the date with myself. My first date. Of many more dates to come.<br />
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In Amsterdam we have the real deal with Vincent van Gogh.<br />
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The impressionist painter has his own museum here. I have been (of course) and enjoyed it but now we also have a temporary exhibition called Van Gogh, My Dream Exhibition.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"> The Beurs van Berlage. </span><br />
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Because over the years the paintings have fallen to some decay. The bright colors that Vincent van Gogh had used have faded. The brightness is no longer there.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The little square shows how the original painting is nowadays. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The bright colors have faded away.</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span> </div>
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The thought behind this exhibition was to bring the paintings back to the way that he intended (or so they think). As Vincent has written quite a number of letters to his brother Theo describing his paintings in detail, they have taken 200 of his most famous paintings (he did so many many more) and digitally enhanced the paintings with bright colors Vincent might have used. Plus 7 of those paintings are shown in 3D which they say is quite the experience.<br />
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The exhibition is held in an Unesco monumental building that used to be the commodity market or merchants exchange of Amsterdam, the predecessor of the Stock Exchange. In the basement where the ice cellars and vaults are 1400 square meters of exhibition space was created specially for this.<br />
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Armed with my camera I walked up the steps and entered the building. I passed the cafe and bought my ticket, then down the stairs to enter the basement. Classical music greeted me the second I walked into the space but I was also surprised to hear the loud noise of people eating. I admired the first few paintings and the sounds of cutlery on plates grew louder and louder. And I thought geez, this is noisy. They must have the tables of the cafe right next to the walls of the exhibition. How silly. And the sound grew even louder, so much so you could barely hear the classical music playing. Choosing to ignore it I came upon the Potato Eaters. One of his most famous paintings.<br />
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I know, I know!! I make lousy pictures. You were allowed to make snaps but without flash. That bright spot on top of the painting is the spotlight that was on the painting.<br />
I looked it up online and in real life the painting is excessively more darker and more grey so this really is an improvement. Right next to the painting was the first 3D booth of the painting of the Potato Eaters. And still that irritating noise of the cafe was right there behind that wall.<br />
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I put on my special 3D glasses (would have loved to know what I looked like with them on, but there were no mirrors) and entered the booth. WoW. That is all I can say. <b><span style="color: blue;">WOW</span></b>.<br />
Of this painting he did (like all of his paintings) first some sketches, and pre studies with paint and then of course the actual painting. The 3D display showed it all.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"> I tried the capture the 3D magic on photo but failed miserably.</span><br />
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As they played the movie and images I realized that the sound of the cafe was in fact coming from the booth simulating the sound of the forks on the plates of the folks eating the potatoes. Well duh !!!! Slapping myself for this blond moment. Of course it was. Because the cafe is upstairs and the exhibition is downstairs.<br />
I must have been there for 10 or 15 minutes seeing this 3D display over and over again. Moving the special glasses on and off my nose to see how on earth they did this 3D miracle. The 3D perspective is so AMAZING!!! I cannot figure out how they did it. It is like one of those 3D theater displays you used to make at schools with layers and layers to create dept. This was the same. The dept is fantastic. It blew my mind.<br />
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Moving on I viewed the many paintings. Took countless of pictures and entered 6 more 3D booths. These really blew my mind and of everything I saw the 3D was the best bit. Even if there were only 7.<br />
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The Orchard series:<br />
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van Gogh painted the Vase with Sunflowers in several versions. Apparently he made no less then 14!.<br />
In 3D again this was mesmerizing. I. Could. NOT. Leave. the. Booth!! Totally consumes your senses.<br />
Again I flipped the glasses on and off just to see figure out the magic behind this. I swear, I could spend a whole day in these booths.<br />
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The Raising of Lazarus (done after he was send an etching of Rembrandt from his brother Theo). This one shows how it is now, as you can see the colors have faded.<br />
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Because Vincent described in great detail to his brother what colors he used this must be how he intended the painting to look like. Quite a difference.<br />
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We now left the previous ice cellars of this building and entered the vault. Where they kept all the money. This part of the building is beautiful. Seriously!<br />
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Look at those impressive faults gates! And below some of the vaults doors. Wouldn't want to drop those on your toes.<br />
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Wheatfield with crows. The 3D version shows you the wheat waving in the wind and with a lot of noise the crows flying in over you. DUCK!!!!<br />
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The last paintings in the vault were a series of self portraits of Vincent van Gogh. But my photo's of those were extremely blurry (bleep!) So therefor a self portrait of me in the giftshop.</div>
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This exhibition was truely something else. One the one hand the colors were yummy. Bright and vibrant. The 3D booths were absolutely AMAZING!!!</div>
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On the other hand I was somewhat disappointed. The reason for this is that they were not real paintings. They were (as I knew) photo's of the paintings and than digitally enhanced. What was lacking were the brush strokes. The sense of reality. To see the canvas and the thick blobs of paints. It was not there. This was a let down (but only a little).</div>
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I resisted the lure of the gift shop although they had some wonderful things but if I am going on a date once a week I better not spend anything in the gift shop. My purse would be empty and my house full. </div>
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All in all this was a fun date. Can't wait for the next one.<br />
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<br />Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-15008197872545899262013-01-03T10:02:00.000-08:002013-01-03T12:15:12.367-08:00My Fairy Art MotherAt the very first lesson of Life Book 2013 we were given a warm up.<br />
Kinda like when you start running. You warm up first. (not like I know anything about that but that is what I see sporty folks do :D )<br />
This is the same thing. An exercise. We are to create our Fairy Art Mother (or father, or familiar).<br />
Her is mine:<br />
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This lovely person will give you encouragement during your creative process. When you start thinking that whatever your making is rubbish and should be filed as such ... in the bin... she (or he, or it) will say things like... "You are good enough" or "Those colors are so vibrant, it makes everything glow".<br />
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You know, the things you actually would say to your creative friend who is not feeling proud of herself to make her see that her art (or her writing or her photography or jewelry or whatever creative thing this might be) does make a difference, that it is awesome, to make her view her art in a better mind set.... but you would never say those words to yourself.<br />
Those words will now come from my Fairy Art Mother.<br />
She already spoke to me and I wrote the words down. As she will speak more, I will write that down too.<br />
And as an after thought.... because she is a loving person... and she has all these hearts around her ....<br />
She should be called my Fairy Heart Mother.<br />
♥Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-1825458460239563132013-01-02T09:44:00.001-08:002013-01-03T10:03:25.318-08:00A new beginning and my Word of the YearThe new year has started. I was looking forward to it for a while. It's like when back in school you're getting to the end of a very messy notebook and you get to start a brand new one just when the last page is all written up. The new one has been lying on the shelve for some time and you grow impatient to use it. And then you make yourself the promise that this new notebook will be kept neat, tidy and organized. A pleasure to look at and something you can show proudly to others.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;">(mine always started so nice and pretty with beautiful handwriting and pretty drawings as line dividers and then after a few pages my handwriting changed because I had to write faster to not fall behind and the end was so totally alien from the first pages I wouldn't believe it if I didn't do it all by myself!)</span><br />
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Well..... This new year thing has the exact same vibe to it for me. I am looking at a brand new book, with blank pages, ready to be written up. And I will be neat. And organized. I have to be.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">Why???</span></b><br />
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Because I already have so many things I committed to and have planned so much more for the new year that I feel I can only handle this if I am organized.<br />
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I am committed to my wonderful Flyer Girls at Facebook. Awesome ladies who are each and everyone of them so goddamn talented I can't hold a candle to them. Some of them are extra special to me.<br />
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My new commitments for this year are 4 things (4 so far. And knowing myself as I do, more will follow).<br />
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<li>The first is the wonderful <b><a href="http://willowing.ning.com/page/life-book-2012-open-for-registration" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Life Book 2013</a></b></li>
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The amazing Tamara Laporte is teaching this year long (!!) internet course. Along with 20 other equally amazing teachers I am hoping they will bring me loads of inspiration, stimulation and joy. 52 weeks of lessons. One lesson every week. Easy peasy you think but each week has more then one asignment which has to be made.<br />
The first lesson started yesterday and I looked at it today. Super exciting stuff. I am so thrilled to be taken this. And again with so many wonderful talented woman around the world. And as the cherry on the pie, also with some lovely girls from my Flying Girls group. I am so happy that some of them are doing this as well.<br />
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When I signed up for Life Book I could choose to buy it just as it is, or with one extra course or with two extra courses. Never one to say NO!!!! ENOUGH!!! to anything, I purchased it with the two extra courses ( YES, I know... I am greedy)<br />
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Because truth be told... I suck at drawing faces. I am a dab hand at Victorian houses. I can do great Folk Art. I do whimsical children's illustrations etchings, my pastels are very realistic. But I could not draw a nice face if my life depended on it. I really need this course.</div>
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As this course is on 9 lengthy video's which I have downloaded plus loads and loads of PDF's I can do this at my own pace. The course is 6 weeks but if I want to do it in 26 weeks I am free to do that as well.<br />
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I can do whimsical. But like I said. I am greedy and this looked like such a fun course using Mixed Media also done by the ever wonderful Tamara Laporte I just wanted to do this one as well. And like the Fabulous Faces this is done on video's. 15 in total and again loads of PDF's. And also it runs for 6 weeks but because you can do it in your own time I can take as long as I want.</div>
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Through my Flyer Girl group I have joined a book club and this is the book that will take us through the year. There are 12 chapters (of course with exercises) and we will tackle one chapter per month. I read the introduction and the first chapter and WOW. This is beyond inspirational. I will enjoy this immensely. I get to have Artists Dates. (yes, made you curious huh?)<br />
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With these artistic commitments I am hoping to become a better artist. To grow.<br />
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I have chosen this word because this fits me. I know how to be creative. I am fairly good at some things. I am completely rubbish at other things. This year I will grow more in a artistic way then I have ever been before.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">I will <b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emerge</span></b>.</span></div>
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I can just feel it. This is going to be my year. I will have to work hard for it and I will have to step out of my comfort zone to make my dreams come true but BY GOLLY ! this will be my year.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">Even if I miss I will land among the stars.</span></b></div>
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Wishing everyone a wonderful, creative, healthy and loving 2013 and hope you too will chase your dreams. <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-87060087332651724972012-10-07T02:58:00.001-07:002012-10-07T03:24:05.870-07:00Trying to have too many balls in the air...This wonderful <a href="http://kellyraeroberts.com/flying-lessons" target="_blank">e-course</a> I am taking along with over 500 other creative minds is on the one hand mindblowingly satisfactory. On the other hand it is so damn frustrating I could scream.<br />
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The lessons are so chuck-o-block loaded with information.<br />
It is such a generous amount of knowledge coming our way. About blogging, websites, social media, marketing, pricing your work, promoting your work and more, much more, so much more is still to come. And did I mention the encouragement Kelly Rae is giving? Invaluable. Priceless!<br />
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And us girls support each other with positive criticism, telling what is great about what we all create and accomplish. Giving information you didn't know. Sharing experiences. The inspiration you get from them from the beautiful things they all create (wetter it be in visual art or the written word) and the energy they're oozing out makes you want to dump whatever your doing and create create create. The community is like a warm coat on a wet chilly day. Gloves, hat and scarf included. You cannot do this without them. Seriously, I mean that.<br />
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<b>Why then do I want to pull my hair out?</b><br />
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Again; The lessons are chuck-o-block loaded with information.<br />
You want to jump and blog. About the things you create. About the things you experience. Any roadblock that might be in your way. And you want to do it regularly, not once in a blue moon. And decisions have to be made. Do I add a widget that allows people to follow me. What if I only get 2 or 3 followers. How pathetic is that. And you want to attract traffic to your blog. So you have to go to other blogs and comment on them. I have always visited other blogs, getting inspired and seeing and reading wonderful posts from like minded creative people. But I rarely comment. So I better start doing that and hoping that a few of those bloggers might want to come to your blog and comment on your posts. What if no one will. Oh the horror.<br />
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Because of the wonderful Facebook group we have I am more active on FB. Encouraged by Kelly Rae I have set up my online albums with Flickr. I Tweet more often and reply to Tweets from the people I follow, planning to fill my Etsy shop and try to add to my collection of Pinterest photo's. And I'm trying to setup my website.<br />
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Doing all this you still have to be creative. You want to create, you need to make art. And that's another thing...Art. I need to remind myself that I AM an artist. Not just a girl with a wonderful hobby. The idea's that are in my head need to come out, need to be put into action. I need to paint on a canvas, burn wood with a pen, create pages in my art journals. Sketch my ideas, at the very least write them down so they are not lost. Because you say to yourself "I don't need to write this down. I will remember this". Ha! That is a big fat lie.<br />
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Doing all the previous mentioned you also have to go to work. Because without that you have no money for rent, food and art supplies. Gotta give that your full 100% as well or the boss will not be amused.<br />
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And then there is your real life social life. Your family, your friends. They want a piece of you too. You call them instead of meeting them, and the phone calls get reduced in length because frankly you don't have the time. My best friend is the only one I see now, the others just have to wait.<br />
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And then there is your home. It needs some attention as well. Dinner nowadays is grilled cheese sandwiches or a take-away. And you tell yourself that all will change once you get the ball rolling.<br />
Ha! Maybe that is not a big fat lie, just a promise that will be fulfilled months or even years from now.<br />
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<b>Enough of the moaning and the self pity.</b><br />
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I make it sound awful, like bloody hard work. It is not.<br />
It is a tremendously fun journey. With some curves and bumps in the road. A learning curve. Over time you evolve. And every moment is precious. I am very glad I am taking this journey. And happy to see where this road is taking me and what wonderful people I will meet along the way.<br />
But I have to be careful not to do too much at the same time. You do not want to drop a ball while juggling.<br />
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Everyone have a wonderful Sunday. Enjoy whatever it is you are doing.<br />
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hugs (( ))Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-6525249586838952142012-09-29T01:12:00.002-07:002012-09-29T01:17:17.293-07:00Cemetery Hill on a Lazy Susan<br />
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For the past couple of days I rushed home from work and sat down at my desk to paint. I didn't clean. Laundry is still in the hamper. I ate bread and snacks all week for I didn't go grocery shopping. Phone was left unanswered.<br />
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The trees are turning golden in the crisp cool air of fall. I added some tombstones around each house.</div>
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Some effective shadowing and a gate to the neighboring cemetery. They say those are the quietest of neighbors.</div>
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And bats are patrolling the sky in search of pesty little bugs.<br />
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I enjoyed painting it but I feel it took me way too long. If I want to do this to make a happier living and reduce my hours at the dayjob I really really need to speed things up.<br />
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It is a shame that there are only 24 hours in a day. From those 24 hours most of it is spend on sleeping and work. But I pledge, I vow that by this time next year I will work less hours at my day job and more hours in my livingroom studio. I just have to.<br />
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And now it is Saturday. Blissful Saturday. I have so many things lined up to do.... but that is for my next post.<br />
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Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Be joyful in whatever you do :)</div>
Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-39560711369565485342012-09-22T22:49:00.000-07:002012-09-22T22:59:26.841-07:00I´m sure I was an......architect in a previous life. Like a good 140 years ago.<br />
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I just love to paint houses. Victorian houses. I only paint the ones I would like to live in. Oh, if only I could...<br />
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The Lazy Susan I started a few days ago is coming along nicely. The houses are build, touch need some touch ups. The landscaping has had it first layer. The trees are grown....<br />
I love trees. I need trees. Trees are amazing. And the road is added too. We do need a road if we are gonna move in.<br />
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And as a reminder... here is how it started:<br />
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Still loads of work to be done. The bushes in the garden have to be added. The trees need more details, and no garden is finished unless it has atleast a handful of tombstones. We also need some bats and some fences. And last but not least .... a moon. A beautiful full moon.<br />
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Thank heaven it´s Sunday today. Not having to go to work and simply spent it with a brush in my hand makes me so very happy, I can´t tell you how joyful I am.<br />
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Time to make myself a nice cuppa tea. I think I´ll have coconut tea this time, gonna brew a large pot. Then it´s back to painting. Yeay !<br />
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Wishing you all a wonderday day, doing the things that you love.Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-73126939824389557502012-09-18T09:48:00.000-07:002012-09-22T22:19:25.265-07:00My creative juices are flowing again.Wow, I am feeling so very much alive. I'm seeing bright colors, and looking at people, buildings, cars etc when I cycle I see the light and shade of each thing I see. I am looking through painters eyes.<br />
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Nooooooo, I have not taking a happy pill. <br />
No, I am not on drugs, nor did I have a drink.<br />
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Since participating in this E-course I am feeling so much wonderful energy of every "classmate", it's just bouncing of my screen. Every one of them is so damn talented, I feel very humble being apart of this amazing group. <br />
And amazing enough, everytime I login to our private Facebook page the group seems to grow in numbers. Right now our group is 414 Flyers strong. <br />
414 people who inspire me! From all over the world. This is an amzing experience!<br />
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Because of this I have started a new Halloween painting:<br />
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The first layer is up and also went in with some details:<br />
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Not by a long shot this is finished soon but I love it that I started it. I have had a creative block for so long, I was worried if it would ever come back.<br />
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I am feeling energized. Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-90302169144356886332012-09-14T23:27:00.000-07:002012-09-22T22:19:43.432-07:00Flying LessonsI'm very excited. Starting Sunday the 16th at 16:00 p.m. PDT (where I live it will be 9 hours later so on Monday 01:00 a.m) I am taking <a href="http://kellyraeroberts.com/flying-lessons" target="_blank">Flying Lessons</a>.<br />
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Nooooo, not those kind. I will not be in the cockpit of an airplane high in the air.<br />
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I am participating in an E-course that hopefully will change my life.<br />
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<a href="http://kellyraeroberts.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Rae Roberts</a> is an inspiration on living the creative life. <br />
She now offers the last ever Flying Lessons. And it is exactly that. <br />
To spread your creative wings, to jump of that ledge most of us are stuck on (I know I am) and fly into your creative life. To learn, to be inspired, to be inspiring to others, to grow, to be the person you are meant to be. To be the pilot of your life.<br />
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I will jump in with a 200% eagerness. <br />
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However, I will <strong><span style="color: red;">NOT</span> </strong>get up at 01:00 a.m. monday morning. <br />
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Also, what I am looking forward to is meeting all the other "Pilots". <br />
I have no idea how many of us there will be but I do know we are an internatonial bunch. Can't wait to bloghop or visit their sites to see the work they make, wether it will be in painting or photography or jewelry making or writing or ..... etc etc etc.<br />
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lets FLY !!!Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-76689827317750820672011-10-12T09:25:00.000-07:002012-09-22T22:19:57.550-07:00Being watched ...Four years ago I did a creative art study and one of the classes was etching. It was a lot of fun to do and despite being with 16 students and only one press we all went home with one finished artwork. I got ink all over my hands that didn't come off for over a week. I hate having my hands get dirty or sticky or something like that (my boss was none too pleased with it either).But the end result was really nice and I really wanted to do more. But we only had the one lesson and that was that.<br />
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For the past few months this art class was going through my mind over and over again and I had so many ideas for etchings that I thought I would search the internet for a second hand press (or with my budget a third hand or even older then that) and saw an ad for a workshop for dry etching in my city. I called straight away for information and got the details on how much, where, how long etc. It was only a 40 minute bike ride from where I live, the price was really acceptable and it would be for 4 hours. Ok, sign me on I said. 3 weeks later I went over, had a really enjoyable afternoon. I took some drawings with me and one of them I etched on a small zinc plate, inked them (and did not get my hands too messy) and in the end went home with one good print.<br />
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Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-41064078076474705512010-05-30T10:29:00.000-07:002010-05-30T13:05:25.783-07:00a David Attenborough special - Beautifully Beastly ButterfliesBeautifully Beastly Butterflies. That is what Barb over at <a href="http://www.haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/">Haunted Design House </a>is asking for. These <a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2010/05/hdh040-beautifully-beastly-butterflies.html">Macabre Mondays </a>really keeps your brains working overtime. How on earth do you turn a beautiful butterfly beastly? Simple... you turn to sir David Attenborough for inspiration.<br /><br />So when David Attenborough made his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough#The_.22Life.22_series">LIFE series </a>they decided to not air the last one in the series as not to have a massive panic on hands. If people knew what the average garden variety can turn into.....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">So in a nutshell I will present for you the: </div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">LIFE of BEASTLY BUTTERFLIES</span></strong>. </div><div align="center"><br />click on any of the pictures for a larger view<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxZ4-0IF3Dx-6iNXY6SkKdbLE8X63sPeGUDGv4p4SIFoBdiqT9X-JN8XnPiJ4hOwQX-6AU_eQtiUOdFobxhDPSdaiyos7sRoLpgiW22nF-1etpK36H_D6S7QCgFPs5TPeZT1tTcXZkyw/s1600/1+FRONT.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477123017284508690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxZ4-0IF3Dx-6iNXY6SkKdbLE8X63sPeGUDGv4p4SIFoBdiqT9X-JN8XnPiJ4hOwQX-6AU_eQtiUOdFobxhDPSdaiyos7sRoLpgiW22nF-1etpK36H_D6S7QCgFPs5TPeZT1tTcXZkyw/s400/1+FRONT.jpg" border="0" /></a> Not alot of people know that the day before a full moon the air is buzzing. The ions in the air does something to the innocence of butterflies. Some species grow fangs, others will have their skulls enhanced (yes they do have skulls, funny that), again others will get very aggressive and will pick a fight with birds. But they all do have a thirst for blood. There are those who will hunt alone, and there are those who will hunt in packs. The day after the full moon they have all regained their normal bodies as we all know them. Let us go over a few of them who hunt alone shall we?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdD830mwnFUHf9sMmCkL2XLigc6nJ5evdpgQY1w_SlRnDEs2qX4PiWpqECtA5HoZkstAt9mQlqXU1fT_MJkUbjHqdZwZB1tPaNod4M0k7EmQwp9qXYjLGk-GiKClDiTkWRyRyTY4dOJY/s1600/2+SKY+FIGHT+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477122956357483058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdD830mwnFUHf9sMmCkL2XLigc6nJ5evdpgQY1w_SlRnDEs2qX4PiWpqECtA5HoZkstAt9mQlqXU1fT_MJkUbjHqdZwZB1tPaNod4M0k7EmQwp9qXYjLGk-GiKClDiTkWRyRyTY4dOJY/s400/2+SKY+FIGHT+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> The very common Papilio Camelopardus (aka the Giraffe Butterfly) will turn red and its distinctive markings will turn black and change shape. This is done in a matter of minutes the moments the ions appear. They will go after anything that flies wether it is a bumblebee or something larger like a bird. In this photo the Camelopardus picked a fight with a parrot. The parrot with its large beak is no match for the butterfly.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz2qCzcXTuhIfVBU5ubzVRTRhafvObRujtVz3cm1DHxqnhj7d8xyYSdCAEK_WPG2rxH1X18PvgdbRiAHLoMRl1iL3szqRd1JfGKxwoUvwC4mXB_HI6BDSpj-qx6qpN2vf4UIQ-U7NSvE/s1600/2+fight+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477122861181237538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz2qCzcXTuhIfVBU5ubzVRTRhafvObRujtVz3cm1DHxqnhj7d8xyYSdCAEK_WPG2rxH1X18PvgdbRiAHLoMRl1iL3szqRd1JfGKxwoUvwC4mXB_HI6BDSpj-qx6qpN2vf4UIQ-U7NSvE/s400/2+fight+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Camelopardus is quicker and with its fangs it goes straight for the jugular. Once the jugular is slid the parrot will fall and the feasting begins. Lately it has been known to attack small animals like rabbits, squirrels and cats aswell.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniZikBERPS96CJGVs4go18Hu1jg6UiVArAuMU7xOckAKMsEIMlc6V1kNLGjVDcOrMsIFKAPad7bnZgAqBgz7FVGYqQBZ75IhmOz369detZdfZKxrOMhhno-6UnzPjEJMIRS4S-Hom8Z0/s1600/3+FANGS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477122643555936354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 337px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniZikBERPS96CJGVs4go18Hu1jg6UiVArAuMU7xOckAKMsEIMlc6V1kNLGjVDcOrMsIFKAPad7bnZgAqBgz7FVGYqQBZ75IhmOz369detZdfZKxrOMhhno-6UnzPjEJMIRS4S-Hom8Z0/s400/3+FANGS.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Papilio Albus Crocuta (aka as the Albino Hyena Butterly) will also grow fangs but does not fight. It solely feeds on leftovers that are no longer desired. In fact when you see a Albus Crocuta you better hide your pets because a Camelopardus will be near.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX05W4S4V7DFxBk3SXyM1OVw6aKv403X3ZhP18hRJQcPShSyqNvhp4lk7lOl5fTvsXHEVLE_CmIjk96x3mJt41yuo4XORfDfz5xiOx68fnKrk1Qdw3SbYTyrtmq50dXf_UZyuagxJmDrA/s1600/4+SKULL+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477122495149481458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX05W4S4V7DFxBk3SXyM1OVw6aKv403X3ZhP18hRJQcPShSyqNvhp4lk7lOl5fTvsXHEVLE_CmIjk96x3mJt41yuo4XORfDfz5xiOx68fnKrk1Qdw3SbYTyrtmq50dXf_UZyuagxJmDrA/s400/4+SKULL+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Papilio Calva Caecum (aka the Unseeing Bald Butterfly) is blind and grows a skull. Not being able to see it must rely on other methods to lure a prey. The Calva Caecum buzzes and sprays a odor around himself. The buzz attracts cats and the odor will have them mesmerized long enough for the Butterfly to injects the animal with a poison to temporarily paralyze its victim. He then sucks blood till it is full. The feed will last him a few days.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnmKKGNBiEEIJfuDYETVdPdkMSAUh8p-Cp4eSlZBmIoBmKTby4vWzzS2gd7aKYEB6SEaRwBiBYLCqmf-7FkhIz7Kh8GPxWMQH_M79PhSwDTjYjbb7PwPsiOZM9RyuNQfT0432Ilg1s_E/s1600/5+SIDE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477122295950542642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnmKKGNBiEEIJfuDYETVdPdkMSAUh8p-Cp4eSlZBmIoBmKTby4vWzzS2gd7aKYEB6SEaRwBiBYLCqmf-7FkhIz7Kh8GPxWMQH_M79PhSwDTjYjbb7PwPsiOZM9RyuNQfT0432Ilg1s_E/s400/5+SIDE.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Have you ever noticed how large quantities of cats are missing just before and afer a full moon....?</div><div>Now you know why. </div><div><br />This ofcourse is just a very brief synopses on the Life of Beastly Butterflies. If you want to see the full documentary go and catch a re-run on the <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>BBC</strong></span>. This documentary will also get into the Butterfly families that hunt in packs like the Croseus Chiroptera shown below. </div><div><div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbXx-qnHXgCV1P-G6Vq4DsWpzg8wTqCEdTp9RDautBryt8jIrBxa99JFckysw-2SjytLyI2_atdhj5NSljLFRCtka5OAWARHPTh492sJ1toyjg8D4o_RXSunoMWEchSROiZnHz7DvPVc/s1600/5+side+butterbat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477121922623007106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbXx-qnHXgCV1P-G6Vq4DsWpzg8wTqCEdTp9RDautBryt8jIrBxa99JFckysw-2SjytLyI2_atdhj5NSljLFRCtka5OAWARHPTh492sJ1toyjg8D4o_RXSunoMWEchSROiZnHz7DvPVc/s400/5+side+butterbat.jpg" border="0" /></a> -------------------------------------------------------<br /></div><div align="left">I made a shadowbox out of a cardboard box from the supermarket. I covered the shadowbox with heavy one color scrapbook paper. I used spraymount for this. After a while I got really dizzy. Wow, I mean really dizzy. Oh wait, thats why it says on the can to spray in well ventilated areas only! (note to self: NEVER use in living room again) I then layered it (5 layers) with photo's cut out from a variety of magazines. The pictures I glued on cardstock so they are sturdy. I then mutilated some Jolees to personalize the butterflies. And voila. </div><br /><div align="left">This was a fun challenge to do. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-50060498893076585962010-05-14T13:09:00.000-07:002010-05-15T10:06:47.561-07:00The Jinx Sister - Voodoo WitcheryThis weeks challenge on <a href="http://www.haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/">Haunted Design House </a>is <a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2010/05/hdh038-voodoo-witchery.html">Voodoo Witchery</a>. We are to make something with a medicine man or a witch doctor or a conjure man out of the regions of Louisiana. Well.... this was not the first time I was stumped. I don't have any stamps that would qualify for this. And I mean nothing. Nada. Zilch. Not even something that could be altered into anything usefull.<br /><br />But I didn't want to miss this challenge so what"s a girl I to do. You make your own image. On thursday I had the day off work, I sat down and started drawing and at the end of the day I had about 15 ghoulish gals I can use for all kinds of challenges. I scanned them all and now I have my own set of digi stamps that I can resize. And the first one is here. Because of the voodoo I will call this Creole conjure woman: Dominique LeClairx. Madame LeClairx has some powerful jinxes in her head. Folks come and see her from miles around. They know she will get results in whatever it is they want her to do for them. They nicknamed her Jinx.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshKiaz2Jh4NANV7TzW-O2e5HPGvpFSF70QmCSMpSdt2RUo476c26X413nwVpCa7WkSX-aseqEn24wBuKUnlgvfqrWqjRDqCMR_A1jH_S-T5ailB6L-xuQlX0Z9g4-YZIMu-Zsm_suFQY/s1600/Jinx+Sister+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471223412186066434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshKiaz2Jh4NANV7TzW-O2e5HPGvpFSF70QmCSMpSdt2RUo476c26X413nwVpCa7WkSX-aseqEn24wBuKUnlgvfqrWqjRDqCMR_A1jH_S-T5ailB6L-xuQlX0Z9g4-YZIMu-Zsm_suFQY/s400/Jinx+Sister+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Madame LeClairx has this cabinet with little drawers. Each of the drawers is filled with ingredients that help her with her jinxes, hexes and other spellbound conjurers. She has hundreds of jars filled with insects, fingers, shrunken heads and what more.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQdxuOofZ99vDoe3oByqn5fB8MPzIn8U248hB-Kqf5xWcREZo1wgMUouBCwy_wOb-VYk5bd0B-WfFmfs-4TQuYETiKlHvPnpO5pxlpJGHHhVpvaPzlXlQv-hGqAEVUsiZcQ0P5OVbUy4/s1600/Jinx+Sister+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471223335134528962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQdxuOofZ99vDoe3oByqn5fB8MPzIn8U248hB-Kqf5xWcREZo1wgMUouBCwy_wOb-VYk5bd0B-WfFmfs-4TQuYETiKlHvPnpO5pxlpJGHHhVpvaPzlXlQv-hGqAEVUsiZcQ0P5OVbUy4/s400/Jinx+Sister+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>I dressed madame LeClairx in a purple irridescent dress. It's made specially for her by a grateful village woman. In a certain light the dress is purple. When viewed from another angle the dress is blue and sometimes it is green.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVDHIcbClNIEXRv2MvjMgKdiPf4xexhcEzZ9T-4KCm4zslM2rQKTbeDDTl5eKOOHxL8vglcrGC3ZZy73P5-6_x1Enb6OVRr-2a_ywmVUzFZXEOf1WHTIBX0cFlgQiTqgmDejZXgAV66M/s1600/Jinx+Sister+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471222940898576466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVDHIcbClNIEXRv2MvjMgKdiPf4xexhcEzZ9T-4KCm4zslM2rQKTbeDDTl5eKOOHxL8vglcrGC3ZZy73P5-6_x1Enb6OVRr-2a_ywmVUzFZXEOf1WHTIBX0cFlgQiTqgmDejZXgAV66M/s400/Jinx+Sister+3.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>When seeing folks she chalks her face white and her eyes black. This she does so the spirits regonize her when she commands them to do something.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDG1YgZ0VCcVMJ_-3DR6bqJNGxQXRSu7YDe4XJzOsZb0HFwEMPxmHEvgg6LBS-PnYqlBIAt5uEiDDqjirCcdsZK1nn2piqPXG8ty1kKs7Liy0QKoJZTaY7FNr8EFpmbJTDoBMR7tqW08/s1600/Jinx+Sister+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471222753591261410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 345px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDG1YgZ0VCcVMJ_-3DR6bqJNGxQXRSu7YDe4XJzOsZb0HFwEMPxmHEvgg6LBS-PnYqlBIAt5uEiDDqjirCcdsZK1nn2piqPXG8ty1kKs7Liy0QKoJZTaY7FNr8EFpmbJTDoBMR7tqW08/s400/Jinx+Sister+4.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>But when she is on her own the chalk comes right off.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc-gyq9Bij5mroH5GGxGLEnELtp6MtNMSZWFGLXnGPJZMWJDN-6QbUDxX95bP58UiIb76v5KJbfxilLj0Jj4WWdMCcPvDNhjl1V2gKFxhM9nH40yAD4gMjNwm0N39UH4Hq4ktHOFBi4U/s1600/Jinx+Sister+5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471222638751519250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc-gyq9Bij5mroH5GGxGLEnELtp6MtNMSZWFGLXnGPJZMWJDN-6QbUDxX95bP58UiIb76v5KJbfxilLj0Jj4WWdMCcPvDNhjl1V2gKFxhM9nH40yAD4gMjNwm0N39UH4Hq4ktHOFBi4U/s400/Jinx+Sister+5.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>Jars full with shrunken heads and eyes are on top of the cabinet.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97R-jac3YiTyy23sXZspTyvwXHBX6kEfSkc_k6tnNMcyswUlH54Tl9mWQcJITXSShtrqHJxE9S56aua9Zt0cNhFiPjN09WMcqXTVFKhpOWGETEzOPz3VDj9oUGq2wc_txOhKS78U9BB4/s1600/Jinx+Sister+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471222558012014354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97R-jac3YiTyy23sXZspTyvwXHBX6kEfSkc_k6tnNMcyswUlH54Tl9mWQcJITXSShtrqHJxE9S56aua9Zt0cNhFiPjN09WMcqXTVFKhpOWGETEzOPz3VDj9oUGq2wc_txOhKS78U9BB4/s400/Jinx+Sister+6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And jars filled with bones, fingers, insects and other ingredients are in front of the cabinet. </div><div> </div><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDgJu8gxg8Vv81wrqeCLy7aYr9DSGTMj19qGNDm7dt3qMojLTYoeB3amrRwsDSKYx9DKQvKvm9ce9_2eIf4tOkR8AyohECcAl14vxnNXcN70w4yxUuSJZWXTbNlxKliqXlpq-4dWO4-vE/s1600/Jinx+Sister+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471222151238140770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDgJu8gxg8Vv81wrqeCLy7aYr9DSGTMj19qGNDm7dt3qMojLTYoeB3amrRwsDSKYx9DKQvKvm9ce9_2eIf4tOkR8AyohECcAl14vxnNXcN70w4yxUuSJZWXTbNlxKliqXlpq-4dWO4-vE/s400/Jinx+Sister+7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The background paper is form Basic Grey's Eerie collection. Madame Leclairx was drawn, scanned, resized, printed , colored with watercolor pencils and dressed by me. The letters on the sign are from Making Memories. Everything else I got from browsing the internet. I'm pretty sure I could have drawn a shrunken head myself but I wanted to finish this card so I took a shortcut. </div><div></div><div>I am really pleased with how my ghoulish gal turned out. And I love the paper I made her dress from. Really magic paper indeed.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3EypT1fC5XNnWPcr261oXkAeaFBGZUwx169yUOFr1UrYSMTXjTlNtP0HduSl68mDdLFC_7SfXU3mRm-zLmdUy13_PViJA4vKxcS9ptDsFZEiuM4aJulxVOK_hHaLodcC5HWO28nJ3xI/s1600/Jinx+Sister+8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471221957200346978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3EypT1fC5XNnWPcr261oXkAeaFBGZUwx169yUOFr1UrYSMTXjTlNtP0HduSl68mDdLFC_7SfXU3mRm-zLmdUy13_PViJA4vKxcS9ptDsFZEiuM4aJulxVOK_hHaLodcC5HWO28nJ3xI/s400/Jinx+Sister+8.jpg" border="0" /></a> This gal will definitaly come out and play on more challenges.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471223737304268002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC4p4g0hRfwxnPZE57KkcFpPKsEqpudCnSoDmbRwIFYsFESJj-t82rdNsb0F3VBLd86414ow0NcM4nQ8165wOKAWWPs839JT6r29QfXnMzZug8enwV-XlyeQSEvg_xOoyrcHmAb3I0_Y/s200/Jinx+Sister+3b.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-34455121336985343972010-05-05T10:20:00.000-07:002010-05-10T07:19:03.779-07:00A Tough Date - Ode to the BruiseThis weeks challenge on <a href="http://www.haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/">Macabre Mondays </a>is : Ode to the Bruise. We're to use colors like <span style="color:#6633ff;"><strong>purple</strong></span>, <span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>teal</strong></span>, <span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong>yellow</strong></span> and <strong>black</strong>. And again I misunderstood a challenge ...... I thought we had to make something showing off atleast one or more bruises and scarrs. Nope.... just the colors that those bruises produce. (wow, try saying that really quick 10 times).<br />I also enter this piece in the first challenge of <a href="http://theburtonesquedolls.blogspot.com/">the Burtonesque Dolls </a>which theme is stripes.<br /><br />What can I say ... even though I didn't read it right I went through with it anyway and here is Gladys. Gladys had a tough date last night. Can you tell?<br /><br />Gladys is like the rest of us girls and don't we all like to have a dinner companion looking like eye candy?<br /><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">So Gladys invited this yummie looking guy over for dinner and unfolded her plans for that evening.... and he didn't agree. And he gave her a shiner (yes I know, he looked like a feast but he was no gentleman). But Glady's is one tough broad and she beat him fair and square.</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAB6Z_5TKKRTWKbrZwrCJVPdXc6fexF-hPPa2cVydOQX2xoUDEvR3R3k-sd4bB5RyJJWF1tiIol2ud6-lazI2eBaIbPuYEYTiL72x_0sVvlwh6kMa3jbNOFL661TuQ_JHktvcYdalipj8/s1600/Tough+date+-+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467841167972575218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 335px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAB6Z_5TKKRTWKbrZwrCJVPdXc6fexF-hPPa2cVydOQX2xoUDEvR3R3k-sd4bB5RyJJWF1tiIol2ud6-lazI2eBaIbPuYEYTiL72x_0sVvlwh6kMa3jbNOFL661TuQ_JHktvcYdalipj8/s400/Tough+date+-+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> I got a piece of really think watercolor paper and gave it a wash with light blue. Then I took my beloved acrylic paints and took my metallic (!) teal blue and scraped that over the light blue - not with brush but with an old bank card. I used metallic because of the shiner on her eye.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHDKPPCu8U47gOUZWKMfo-37Nr1OTWKiHQGM2tM9M4bJ31AvlnhPbc_hU7ehLMC9CiwYMG403aI8-E63vzSdqqp-7-V-uPfhGCkWNUZKrlJyI2epvKT4_nVAzdqb0woiGDUy6RYAqKn0/s1600/Tough+date+-+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467837985264873026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHDKPPCu8U47gOUZWKMfo-37Nr1OTWKiHQGM2tM9M4bJ31AvlnhPbc_hU7ehLMC9CiwYMG403aI8-E63vzSdqqp-7-V-uPfhGCkWNUZKrlJyI2epvKT4_nVAzdqb0woiGDUy6RYAqKn0/s400/Tough+date+-+2.JPG" border="0" /></a> Above you can (hopefully) see the scrapes made by the bank card. (get it? scrapes and bruises? yeah, sorry. My bad)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MNRbJw8whlAiBfUWpfFbruQPhQnrUMXqil-XFFttSm1Aui3UEEbslWzMdbYS5vRnY3e487D5v28ccMDCpr8Gt0OT7VBsDBE_FrjwjVUdH0qgrf6tCCJ3aDD70K9Ca52EAuWAu2NERfs/s1600/Tough+Date+-+3+Bruise+and+scars.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467837747138849090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 355px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MNRbJw8whlAiBfUWpfFbruQPhQnrUMXqil-XFFttSm1Aui3UEEbslWzMdbYS5vRnY3e487D5v28ccMDCpr8Gt0OT7VBsDBE_FrjwjVUdH0qgrf6tCCJ3aDD70K9Ca52EAuWAu2NERfs/s400/Tough+Date+-+3+Bruise+and+scars.jpg" border="0" /></a> Gladys is an image I have in my computer. I love Gladys. She lets me do anything to her. She is so easy.... except when it's dinner time. Gladys is colored in with watercolor pencils and her eye I gave a wash of purple, blue and yellowish green. The white of her eye is now red as you get when your hit in the eye. As she overpowered her dinner she got a scar over her eye and also one on her arm.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobWtrpL2YxCZlLWgELSnj3mPozguBPgltQNUXuJDpmWUKKb0ZUqx8RfG-Zvg54laPdIT8_0mSyJFDs5lRGFyUPAgUFcoSgfF1CTgvJu93-r4UCrUXd32QGVNGf4IlkFh95e6tAR3J3vQ/s1600/Tough+date+-+4+Scrapes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467837644390429186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 378px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobWtrpL2YxCZlLWgELSnj3mPozguBPgltQNUXuJDpmWUKKb0ZUqx8RfG-Zvg54laPdIT8_0mSyJFDs5lRGFyUPAgUFcoSgfF1CTgvJu93-r4UCrUXd32QGVNGf4IlkFh95e6tAR3J3vQ/s400/Tough+date+-+4+Scrapes.jpg" border="0" /></a> Her dress is a light purple also done with watercolor pencils. Here you can see the scrapes more clearly.</div><div>I got another piece of thick watercolor paper and cut it into shape and painted it a metallic yellow (it's actually gold but I won't tell if you don't). The edge I gave a stripey black and white lining to match her hair.</div><div><br />I then put some star shaped strass shapes around her face and a blue strass stone on the text on top.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLv2i-UJSZrzHGlr16TVX34jcgps3ZPCa8K0rfTtdgmjX7WlYj5kB5PRIieGS0Vw1PxWU9_V-A3VgQliuSryN_OCpUqpeDRnFljLdTHaHuQWZwRAqUkxWdSob9x8YHm8G6ZrRtgD8cK8/s1600/Tough+date+-+5+Last+night%27s+dinner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467837561533075234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLv2i-UJSZrzHGlr16TVX34jcgps3ZPCa8K0rfTtdgmjX7WlYj5kB5PRIieGS0Vw1PxWU9_V-A3VgQliuSryN_OCpUqpeDRnFljLdTHaHuQWZwRAqUkxWdSob9x8YHm8G6ZrRtgD8cK8/s400/Tough+date+-+5+Last+night%27s+dinner.jpg" border="0" /></a> And a yellow strass stone on the text on the bottom.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrrVVnfhYXSH62VqWAVNZWCfHzWE3fvYgDtqLw0Xpbza4YcopCxQFJMMIhzHniHiEBT2_1WMOnVPbF6h6YWoCUPhdY3s1sU4JdtyEfPNh2NzxNyexOD7sTP7bkqZSTeXh6zHfNu12JnA/s1600/Tough+date+-+6+was+delicious.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467837497401067474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrrVVnfhYXSH62VqWAVNZWCfHzWE3fvYgDtqLw0Xpbza4YcopCxQFJMMIhzHniHiEBT2_1WMOnVPbF6h6YWoCUPhdY3s1sU4JdtyEfPNh2NzxNyexOD7sTP7bkqZSTeXh6zHfNu12JnA/s400/Tough+date+-+6+was+delicious.jpg" border="0" /></a> And this is the story of Gladys's date. I don't think she'll see him again.....</div></div></div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-73186821885853853972010-05-01T07:28:00.000-07:002012-09-22T12:17:42.679-07:00Lazy SusanLast year I went to Ikea and purchased 10 Lazy Susan's with the idea to paint them with halloween images. I started with one and only worked on it in the beginning. Then other projects got my attention and the lazy susan was left in the cupboard ....forgotton and alone. Till in the first days of March of this year I told myself to finish the thing or get rid of it (basicly I needed more space in the projects area). So I did finish it and I want to show you the finished product form start to finish:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJttdrc0JrEXENTvuiHKopiT6F3iuPl5vGpK-koFGj9mAZEltCdrWHpC-5QG_x_MEdSHW4APl8XO7oX1bzQ6-BDCD03nSIT8qjR0oKiY9wBi27HlVL2uWtFxczIYgM9dppPCw_LZYc-WI/s1600/Finished.jpg"></a>I first selected 5 of my favorite houses and put them together on a sheet to have the details with me while I painted.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrZ8haJzSsZOeb9qCtEYa2sV9n7pZCQL6qk1P1YcIRT6HzVqdmWREU3Y1qKtlWz4iQK7CbnbGWlljHdkslO0slfjGpbOVBfpB06dni35jptz-pi8bXdh-q8En5kKDPE8WmTclWI3gpR8/s1600/IMG_2623.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466312378745791586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrZ8haJzSsZOeb9qCtEYa2sV9n7pZCQL6qk1P1YcIRT6HzVqdmWREU3Y1qKtlWz4iQK7CbnbGWlljHdkslO0slfjGpbOVBfpB06dni35jptz-pi8bXdh-q8En5kKDPE8WmTclWI3gpR8/s400/IMG_2623.jpg" border="0" /></a> Then I sanded the top of a lazy susan and gave it a background of warm yellow and orange. I then sketched the 5 houses with more or less the same distance between them.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8uVDG-2_sVN80CEOBVLoN4Jgz97aJmvMXJlFnpqGg7PHovV1MAE09OCJkseO45g23g2HGc_huGe9UI4T4Ihahflnqm57V7NJ-1cGs2GQ8gmqlQMDuLOk2S3xvP1kDxxJtjcHVMYj32Y/s1600/IMG_2060.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466312292993843074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8uVDG-2_sVN80CEOBVLoN4Jgz97aJmvMXJlFnpqGg7PHovV1MAE09OCJkseO45g23g2HGc_huGe9UI4T4Ihahflnqm57V7NJ-1cGs2GQ8gmqlQMDuLOk2S3xvP1kDxxJtjcHVMYj32Y/s400/IMG_2060.JPG" border="0" /></a> Next in line was to add color to the houses. I never paint the houses the original color, I like to add a personal touch. And in my mind on this block (circle) the houses have these colors.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-ULhbRNSFI4z2vHepKrhMzOlfkhTNQ_zxamoV51J0ABcD4cDdksZCeLiYASAIGvBjilT-kVpgQyHjDysR-BU4fWkE3UBoHlI9YSrdYhSVyOYEnzE8aITAX8SChwyl3CbLhJSj6CvY94/s1600/IMG_2062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466312202361475762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-ULhbRNSFI4z2vHepKrhMzOlfkhTNQ_zxamoV51J0ABcD4cDdksZCeLiYASAIGvBjilT-kVpgQyHjDysR-BU4fWkE3UBoHlI9YSrdYhSVyOYEnzE8aITAX8SChwyl3CbLhJSj6CvY94/s400/IMG_2062.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then I added some roofs. Very essential item to have on a house. And I decided that they'd all have a low stone wall.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeWI0g3-3eTiDbOdYzdjMVl9brKxlQPH-RY8PcAF6cKnnlNN7AkVx8wjhBbOCtjhd7_Y8TYbeJGidQXFSrw7ZNLlhP3ho4SdXPuRzSkuZ-3f9Lnd7AV84Qk16Xqp7HJYrCyYpOckbLHA/s1600/IMG_2064.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466312107143860098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeWI0g3-3eTiDbOdYzdjMVl9brKxlQPH-RY8PcAF6cKnnlNN7AkVx8wjhBbOCtjhd7_Y8TYbeJGidQXFSrw7ZNLlhP3ho4SdXPuRzSkuZ-3f9Lnd7AV84Qk16Xqp7HJYrCyYpOckbLHA/s400/IMG_2064.JPG" border="0" /></a> I then landscaped the gardens and forests behind the houses. Also the road and steps were added.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LfGiteocWpgEKf5LfVqPkn17kVImiBNxsgl5mRM79APT9S3gYeJjhdSQnL138B8kZECYbqEJQ18sLe9vQ3Wx7VLzcSVO15q-kuj5AfCwhY2RRtlMGM24QqCd3fXIoGzWGUNKdSGsJ8s/s1600/IMG_2066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466312028751061842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LfGiteocWpgEKf5LfVqPkn17kVImiBNxsgl5mRM79APT9S3gYeJjhdSQnL138B8kZECYbqEJQ18sLe9vQ3Wx7VLzcSVO15q-kuj5AfCwhY2RRtlMGM24QqCd3fXIoGzWGUNKdSGsJ8s/s400/IMG_2066.JPG" border="0" /></a> I then added a few more coats of paint to the houses and did some more layers of landscaping... added some rocks to the walls and gave it some real lawns and some trees that really stand out.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCAjABIPH1yEG8bBJa9KTMDQ-JMqTrvRIzWWp22MvosgQdXuWAQooCDONcUbw1nzFhQURO_7E8exDKQpe9cCR2dChAta8Z-MBiRip6yJ3gwhpsdKXlL26xOQ7kCAe-I6PUuZHCWMwUjQ/s1600/IMG_2584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466311921739111682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCAjABIPH1yEG8bBJa9KTMDQ-JMqTrvRIzWWp22MvosgQdXuWAQooCDONcUbw1nzFhQURO_7E8exDKQpe9cCR2dChAta8Z-MBiRip6yJ3gwhpsdKXlL26xOQ7kCAe-I6PUuZHCWMwUjQ/s400/IMG_2584.JPG" border="0" /></a> Some more detailing to the houses, and added some fences, some pumpkins, gravestones, bats and outside lights. And voila..... one painted Lazy Susan. I still need to give it a couple of protective coats of clear varnish but when that's done.... pass the ketchup please.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29UpA4MCesOlvnfDftdG3jq5WtWTMBjRGwX5sQlOEAgTtk9vau9zWZWvXYq1mXCZY0jtVx7bheYI6WkgSnG8JEPREiq3786Ai221ss9SHok51wSU8wGTm5bY78aSn1QWuP32QAHiwGy8/s1600/IMG_2928.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466311789391055042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29UpA4MCesOlvnfDftdG3jq5WtWTMBjRGwX5sQlOEAgTtk9vau9zWZWvXYq1mXCZY0jtVx7bheYI6WkgSnG8JEPREiq3786Ai221ss9SHok51wSU8wGTm5bY78aSn1QWuP32QAHiwGy8/s400/IMG_2928.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-76718871037787629152010-05-01T06:48:00.000-07:002014-08-02T10:24:10.118-07:00Victorian housesFor as long as I remember I have had a fascination with Victorian houses (the architecture that is. Most certainly <strong>NOT</strong> the interiors).<br />
I love all the styles but my heart especially goes out to the:<br />
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This fine example is in Yonkers, NY and still standing beautiful to this day!<br />
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My passion for these lovely Victorian homes goes hand in hand with my other passion: Halloween. Whenever I see a "normal" Victorian house I immediately transform it in my mind to be this haunted house. In my imagination I will add a fallen shutter or two, broken windows, cobwebs, lack of paint, lurking eyes, a shadow, some ghosts and if the garden is wild enough some tombstones. </div>
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I also like to search for the history of the houses I find and get as many pictures per house as possible. So for some houses I also have details of who lived there, what they added to the house or maybe had removed. Or maybe the house was burned down or demolished or even still standing today. Some houses changed hands many a times with as many name changes. Some houses have stayed within the same family to this day (amazing when you think of it).</div>
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Over the years I have bought many books about these styles, whenever I saw a magazine with a gorgeous photo of a Victorian home I just had to have it and my computer is packed with images I downloaded over the years of beautiful victorian homes. The ones in my computer I have categorized by continent (only America, Australia and Europe), by country, by state, by city / town / village and finally per neighbourhood and street. </div>
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And yes, I was forewarned by some to burn them on a CD Rom - just in case my computer would crash (aaaaaghhh). This ofcourse is a nightmare scenario and I hope this will not happen to me. Some months ago I did however burn the images I had then on a CD Rom but since I have added so many more homes that I think I have to do some more burning. </div>
Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-16226408377027966442010-04-25T07:05:00.000-07:002010-04-25T07:23:26.501-07:00Bewitched bookmark and challenge gone wrongStupid stupid stupid.<br /><br />Me that is.<br /><br />I wanted to enter a challenge from <a href="http://darknessinspiration.blogspot.com/">Darkness Inspiration </a>and the theme was "Bewitched". I didn't have a lot of time but wanted to enter, so I thought I'd make a little collage. And as I didn't want to make yet another card I decided on a bookmark. I always can use bookmarks.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464077861138285666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvo3hdQY9QpvNKE9bPVvzBsE1wGG4j7e9X38onW03DUDM6KH4Q3quYcSVjDtItn_ObzB8Fy0-XJOfIdH0zpxAySFdWIbIe12HZoHngsbHCm-UO5yO3LzbG5PjP_9ClidzrdMpfWtxFjI/s400/Bookmark.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><p>So I took some pictures of it (that actually took me more time then it took to create the bookmark) and wanted to post it. But then... what is that?... excuse me??... When did it say that! </p><p>Supposedly it has to be an ATC. Well duh... I totally missed that when I read it. So I will NOT enter this challenge but at least I got me a bookmark. Now where is my book...</p>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-15149076626479599692010-04-22T06:49:00.000-07:002010-04-22T08:06:28.698-07:00She's on the prowl....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLVxZn5IGtbNBsVwl-0oQ7z-sppvvMM1K_0tLJHbz4C8zlFDHsgnvBuZIbeV_MYeYnhd754WipRrFHoo1stAjbae4tG-HT9EsDujQnOqd7-KwLW7cLsG2fdJvaQxBEKNeaJltIauFVm4/s1600/Macabre+Mondays+035+a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462961233865557330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLVxZn5IGtbNBsVwl-0oQ7z-sppvvMM1K_0tLJHbz4C8zlFDHsgnvBuZIbeV_MYeYnhd754WipRrFHoo1stAjbae4tG-HT9EsDujQnOqd7-KwLW7cLsG2fdJvaQxBEKNeaJltIauFVm4/s400/Macabre+Mondays+035+a.jpg" border="0" /></a> This weeks challenge at <a href="http://www.haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/">Haunted Design House </a>was to create a <a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/macabre-monday-035-walking-dead-divas.html">walking dead diva</a> .... a zombie girl... a girlie girl without the table manners. My first thought was '' where the bleep am I gonna get a zombie girl from''. I don't have any zombie stamps and I didn't want to download a dead flesh munching girl from the internet. So I went through my stamps and there I found my forgotten Vampira rubber stamp from <a href="http://www.sideshowstamps.com/SideshowStampsSciFiMonstersandFreaks.html">Side Show Stamps</a>. Her eyes are hollow so I thought she could double as a zombie. I gave her a dress of some pink paisley scrap of paper I had as a leftover (don't you just love all those tiny teeny bits-they always come in so handy).<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462965938423140402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 363px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxNH0eNJIomwhvphIQU4ZcpeKEuOi1ORoGBfga6xhsyR0usPc-oZ0GrbT_sWfuOc_g22Hdj8HF8KkxU9T8EZ8jVtILVVd7bl4ylkoZqT8Q18babM1nF07y6ck8jTRZsWgXqtP9T9aX_8/s400/Macabre+Mondays+035+b.jpg" border="0" /><br />The moon is a rubber stamp from <a href="http://cherrypie.theshoppe.com/plates/plate35.html">Cherry Pie Art Stamps</a>. I inked it with purple ink and stamped it on silver cardstock. Then added embossing powder and gave it a treatment with the heatgun.<br />The tree and tombstones I cut out of a scrapppaper I had in a kit bought some years ago. I really have this thing for tombstones. Can't put my finger on it but I am smitten with them. In all varieties. Last year I went back to Edinburgh (where a long time ago I have lived for 2 years) and they have these marvelous graveyards scattered through town. Many many of them. Often overlooked by the people living around them. I think that is so cool. I visited quite a few of them and took like a gazillion photo's. Anyway... rambling on... the houses are from my never ending stash of architecture I have in my computer.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462965700786347858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Hvs7nNvXpHwrxmZA0mwqfzSmTj5GzeZCI-iS0V0tRCv533DWUaGzHkgR3NT18oHwPZIf2rIoNtYkH4ewawHYH7oOHFSiVtjsRgk1JxNRxQeu4F4gKmwyOpppNarqBWiLGLZtUITefZk/s400/Macabre+Mondays+035+c.jpg" border="0" /> <div><div>Her hair is electric blue from a gelpen. With a silver gelpen I gave her highlights. Added a silver belt and at the bottom of her dress I added red sparkles from yet another gelpen. And finally with a black fine liner I added tiny branches to the tree. </div><div></div><div>She is ready to hunt for food now.... so if you don't want to be dinner you'd better hide.</div></div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-85011560211932860992010-04-19T19:11:00.000-07:002010-04-22T05:45:41.607-07:00Join in the fun .... A Papercrafts Blog Hop!I found this great link to meet and greet other paperthusiasts at <a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/fun-new-perpetual-blog-hop.html">Haunted Design House</a> and like her and so many others (hundreds!!) I had the link up and running but found that each day it grew. Weeds in your garden pale in comparison. So I adjusted this post and put the link up in my sidebar.<br /><br />If you do want to meet likeminded people with a firm paperholic addiction go visit some (or all) of them. When I posted this there were 182 but by tomorrow it could well be near 250 or 300.<br /><br />Explore and have fun.Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-57627291372452128092010-04-18T03:27:00.000-07:002010-04-25T07:22:05.158-07:00Grim Gift Box .... At Death's Door<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidw_cRr1hxB2t6UTPQu0cw-RaRvTSjQ8aEQTXT7LPZcC7jOjpjZDKAtGUcF4RK5DKm4k0QkzmgITCt4M6jWw2xodL-3tS1TJ7f5OzAhhbyyCNc52iDG6nw9YBxM0zjNSOvMi-Esml_toA/s1600/Box+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461439731704111586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidw_cRr1hxB2t6UTPQu0cw-RaRvTSjQ8aEQTXT7LPZcC7jOjpjZDKAtGUcF4RK5DKm4k0QkzmgITCt4M6jWw2xodL-3tS1TJ7f5OzAhhbyyCNc52iDG6nw9YBxM0zjNSOvMi-Esml_toA/s400/Box+1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Aaaaaghh..... I am so late with this but I think I'm still on time with my box. The challenge this week ( actually last week as it is almost over, I really am cutting it close) at <a href="http://www.haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/">Haunted Design House </a>was to make a <a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/macabre-monday-034.html">Grim Gift Box</a>. And it must have a flower also. Al week I had the greatest ideas but just lacked the time to make it. So yesterday, on saturday afternoon and this morning to early this afternoon I did my box. Well it at least gave me time to finish what was in the box I wanted to use. So here it is.<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>At Death's Door...</strong><br /></span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl3R0s3TW_AQn78vSjws582mWO7iN3ekuXvFNoVbM1NaK1vJOm5xoQnH60reT2MN5wwYRxWWn_eBd1vly5byd0G7kycocAJisYYWmjOZzqjoNsl7CBU2hATRlsXaFJn2psml-IF9qeyk/s1600/Box+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461439673990555522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl3R0s3TW_AQn78vSjws582mWO7iN3ekuXvFNoVbM1NaK1vJOm5xoQnH60reT2MN5wwYRxWWn_eBd1vly5byd0G7kycocAJisYYWmjOZzqjoNsl7CBU2hATRlsXaFJn2psml-IF9qeyk/s400/Box+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> I thought this would make a nice gift for someone who has the flu or maybe just the sniffles.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs9-YSdjbhMy6SczBid18vRimADuYcHRzotgsFy0Uv6j2F-KzwQR-yqwU8p32ur-cuWywWQEJkU5kZwHhe9BKyqqHwwtiVLQrxbHGCQXML-I0iaGZ0_rjkC1-7skkgqxHkTG2hf7hUEs/s1600/Box+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461439538837872018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs9-YSdjbhMy6SczBid18vRimADuYcHRzotgsFy0Uv6j2F-KzwQR-yqwU8p32ur-cuWywWQEJkU5kZwHhe9BKyqqHwwtiVLQrxbHGCQXML-I0iaGZ0_rjkC1-7skkgqxHkTG2hf7hUEs/s400/Box+3.jpg" border="0" /></a> And the skully on top becomes a stirring stick. With a little flower.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTzGS6VDXDetBPPMAj7lhimjLN1-9yJ0vrbTQ3hRjPOKyXbpoXfJdy2JwUojaC6OZQhNEnumpL54VkWadkhYNFPHRUuopTUsL-v0jQu1VIsI2cJ1Fwq1P274m20ZMgs6RvX3EBJdze6w/s1600/Box+3b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461439469888044482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTzGS6VDXDetBPPMAj7lhimjLN1-9yJ0vrbTQ3hRjPOKyXbpoXfJdy2JwUojaC6OZQhNEnumpL54VkWadkhYNFPHRUuopTUsL-v0jQu1VIsI2cJ1Fwq1P274m20ZMgs6RvX3EBJdze6w/s400/Box+3b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">You’re sick and feel like knocking at death’s door<br />I’ve brewed you some soup to heal your core</span></strong></div><span style="color:#3333ff;"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">If that doesn’t work I’ll bring you a medicine man<br />If he cannot help you, nobody can</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">When that is no aid<br />Not much else will help I’m afraid</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">But I know of some nice stones<br />To lay to rest your tired bones</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br /></span><span style="color:#33ccff;"><strong>Then you can dance for eternity long</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#33ccff;"><strong>To the tunes of your favorite song</strong><br /></span><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIsN0IKYLRQ382D6fVjsbbI3MOeg9KH87dWHiwXpSTe_9rBJr9OWG941zh13v08J-IlF_uGt8EV6IPBwHE5-4N0I4cdKTqa9rpR2h6p6LEB5n6h5pxHXmUKrF69X1so-7IrK_U01bIzc/s1600/Box+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461439393384116562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIsN0IKYLRQ382D6fVjsbbI3MOeg9KH87dWHiwXpSTe_9rBJr9OWG941zh13v08J-IlF_uGt8EV6IPBwHE5-4N0I4cdKTqa9rpR2h6p6LEB5n6h5pxHXmUKrF69X1so-7IrK_U01bIzc/s400/Box+4.JPG" border="0" /></a> The blue paper I used was a sheet of very course mulberry paper. I so love the texture on it.</div><div align="left">I measured the sides and cut the paper into pieces. The edges where the box was shining through I inked and then poured embossing powder over it and put a heat gun to it. The embossing powder is a mixture of silver and a lot of black to give it a aged look. The image of the door I have had for ages and can't remember where I got it from. The witch stirring the soup I found on internet. The witch doctor is a rubber stamp from <a href="http://www.sideshowstamps.com/">Side Show Stamps</a>. I colored it with watercolor pencils.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXxd9_XuKKekmGWV0bC4SmyNbuBFbFYysLPScxVBsUX4gtn9m3ZYs5Cl87bHlTLy6eMH9v4XUa_r4k97LgiWBtzQ1Oopuv6RLpuZvFZD1BN6d4N7w9MLiGLaZHH2afH598wS7O5D91xE/s1600/Box+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461439137369246658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXxd9_XuKKekmGWV0bC4SmyNbuBFbFYysLPScxVBsUX4gtn9m3ZYs5Cl87bHlTLy6eMH9v4XUa_r4k97LgiWBtzQ1Oopuv6RLpuZvFZD1BN6d4N7w9MLiGLaZHH2afH598wS7O5D91xE/s400/Box+6.jpg" border="0" /></a> The headstone with the grim reaper was another find on internet, I gave it a wash in watercolor pencils. The second headstone I found some time ago on the internet and with Paint Shop added a <a href="http://www.mtworld.com/odds%20n%20ends/grave_epitaphs.html">epitaph</a>. The dancing skeleton is a rubber stamp from <a href="http://www.cherrypieartstamps.com/plates/plates.html">Cherry Pie Art Stamps</a>. I printed the words on off white paper and aged it with distress ink and then rolled the top and bottom to gave it a scroll effect. The skeleton on the stirrer is from <a href="http://www.pepinpress.com/catalogue/search?query=skeletons">Pepin Press</a>.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Now all I have to do is wait for a friend to sneeze or cough. </div></div></div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-15963834725499567702010-04-05T05:06:00.000-07:002010-04-09T22:41:24.058-07:00Freaker's- Free-For-All<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEM5bACgV94W29RWgbOE7y5pvLsWWzkNC61eJUFlkFT5qb-tqyvNkByrqHLfRuSr38-oA8Omk8MRz2iuTCvA6K1jy1KDAcmu2oOa_cqtY0R-n6-ORuL8uhvY5wyUs25wIb0vYWGEXWwYk/s1600/Macabre+Monday+033+b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456634960889058162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEM5bACgV94W29RWgbOE7y5pvLsWWzkNC61eJUFlkFT5qb-tqyvNkByrqHLfRuSr38-oA8Omk8MRz2iuTCvA6K1jy1KDAcmu2oOa_cqtY0R-n6-ORuL8uhvY5wyUs25wIb0vYWGEXWwYk/s400/Macabre+Monday+033+b.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Tears cannot restore her ...</strong></span><br />This weeks <a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/macabre-monday-033-freakers-free-for.html">Macabre Monday's</a> challenge is Freaker's Free-for-All. Meaning it is left to our desire to create whatever we want. Yay!<br /><br />I have had this image of this wonderful house in my evergrowing collection of victorian architecture for ages, just waiting for this exact opportunity. I added a fence from a rub-on sheet (can't remember who from). The bats flying around is a PSX stamp. I found this very nice looking tombstone surfing the internet and with the help of Paint Shop added a funny grave <a href="http://www.mtworld.com/odds%20n%20ends/grave_epitaphs.html">epitaph</a>.<br /><br />Put it all on to black cardstock and voila. I would love to live here. </div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-38639679010230293812010-04-01T14:13:00.000-07:002010-04-01T14:20:42.636-07:00Oh I wished I was in Copenhagen today...<div><br /><br /><div>April's Fools Day in Copenhagen today. The original Little Mermaid left this week for a working holiday of 6 months to China so as a prank the Natural History Museum of Denmark placed this in her place:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-LstPaFR5OOc_w5So9dLkw0nPMbgOywSRLgEyqe1RkEfdsbrBiDU8WDqlrl0m6A_HvJRoYwPU2s2D2vprF7Q9SDt11dQnmCAamQfuPICsJCFB0FfbtDtr_eSP2WwVRuULvF6-_dEz64/s1600/Little+Mermaid+in+Copenhagen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455281496938674530" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-LstPaFR5OOc_w5So9dLkw0nPMbgOywSRLgEyqe1RkEfdsbrBiDU8WDqlrl0m6A_HvJRoYwPU2s2D2vprF7Q9SDt11dQnmCAamQfuPICsJCFB0FfbtDtr_eSP2WwVRuULvF6-_dEz64/s400/Little+Mermaid+in+Copenhagen.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Don't you just love it!</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQ0XKp7c6qIcQwwu3DyShb4-8jUOQSsISkxYLu0GrAyw0FFeYnmGo08TeNR1Ja-V69MUnlVc3KTp9gMZegPS_GUca4_a1IVesTcKNQ1t3tTS5j3LKk_t93BvpUT6rImkpwCePDSH3vFY/s1600/little+mermaid+skeleton.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455281917647379634" style="WIDTH: 301px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQ0XKp7c6qIcQwwu3DyShb4-8jUOQSsISkxYLu0GrAyw0FFeYnmGo08TeNR1Ja-V69MUnlVc3KTp9gMZegPS_GUca4_a1IVesTcKNQ1t3tTS5j3LKk_t93BvpUT6rImkpwCePDSH3vFY/s400/little+mermaid+skeleton.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-54527885695718125352010-04-01T13:07:00.000-07:002010-04-22T08:07:02.211-07:00Dark Lady Sonnets and Yorick's Skull<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBa7UFXxBJQFgUK6d12mFQQQSfVLFm7cpajK8krEHVbntLBuTSg9RaMvIRZtZKKe8_pceCr9LmNAsbynEqJY9ZrlS9t_HpChAC_ZpC5iMWvSbDQWgPTC9fO1ANY34piKAPbhTGX-5lSs/s1600/Dark+Lady+Sonnets+and+Yorick%27s+Skull.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455264975863690898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBa7UFXxBJQFgUK6d12mFQQQSfVLFm7cpajK8krEHVbntLBuTSg9RaMvIRZtZKKe8_pceCr9LmNAsbynEqJY9ZrlS9t_HpChAC_ZpC5iMWvSbDQWgPTC9fO1ANY34piKAPbhTGX-5lSs/s400/Dark+Lady+Sonnets+and+Yorick%27s+Skull.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6600;">So shall thou feed on death, that feeds on men,<br />And death once dead, there's no more dying then.</span> <div></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">I decided to finally play and take part in a card challenge. I have been a fan of </span><a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#6633ff;">Macabre Mondays</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ffffff;">for ages and played along for fun but never posted any of the cards. Being lazy I guess.</span></div><br /><p>But this weeks challenge I could not pass up. <a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/2010/03/macabre-monday-032-somber-shakespeare.html">Somber Shakespeare</a>. I love Shakespeare and love the <a href="http://hudsonshakespeare.org/Shakespeare%20Library/sonnets/sonnets127thru154.htm">Dark Lady Sonnets</a>. For a twist I added Yorick's skull to it, even though Yorick the Jester never appeared in the sonnets. Just thought the two of them would make a lovely macabre couple. Now there's a oxymoron for ya.</p><p>I took some paper from my scrap draw (thousands of leftover pieces of all kinds of papers) and cut and pasted this on a whitestock card. Then I added some Basic Grey rub-ons from the Eerie collection - the orange spiderwebs and 3 spiders. I had the perfect dark lady image in my stash of prints and colored her with watercolor pencils. I don't have any Copic's. Guess I have to save up for them. I added the Jolee's cauldron because the words had the word ''feed'' in it. I thought this would give the impression of maybe soup.... from a stock of bones (of Yorick ... or is this getting to sickly). Yorick's skull was a brad I had laying around and the looking glass skeleton text, bottom right is from the Spooky Alley series from Making Memories. (the skeleton ofcourse is in the soup!) Finally the sentiment are the last two lines of the <a href="http://hudsonshakespeare.org/Shakespeare%20Library/sonnets/sonnets127thru154.htm">146 sonnet</a>.</p><p>Well, this is my take on Somber Shakespeare. Not really somber. Not really macabre. It turned out more cutesy then I would have liked but it is what it is. It was fun playing along. </p>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507221850705594985.post-13438462989297802712010-03-15T12:22:00.000-07:002010-03-15T13:15:14.163-07:00Raven Inn Collage<div>Last year I decided to redo our bedroom. It was a terracotta orange but that color was on the walls for 5 years and I was in the mood for something new. So I decided on a nice granny smith apple green. After a enthusiastic start, a doubtful moment in the middle (cursing myself because why the bleep did I start do do this again?) and finally a long awaited finish the room was done. </div><br /><div>But even though the room was done and beautifully so if I say so myself, it lacked something. </div><br /><div>It needed some umph. Ididn't want to bring out the paint brushes so I decided to make a collage to hang opposite the bed.<br /></div><div>I found this wonderful image of this really nice old Victorian. In my mind it was infested with crows and bats hence the name Raven Inn. I found this great banner from an old Dover book, added some chipboard letters, stamped a spider and some bats and last but no least printed an image of a raven, added it at the bottom and voilla. Hung it opposite the bed and yes, I'm liking it. Although.... It's a bit on the small side though so maybe I'll do a bigger one. First have to find a larger frame.<br /></div><div>So this is the result of two happy afternoons:</div><div> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMfVBUlQQ09Y07euOgcXVgBS9VnfyfUcau9ESViWNUk0ue1J3Af4ycVy1wI4VAeRdiv8oruewjBEAL7BASVbb6SA1kCYOzP2xIirvZUJpLV5cgsVmlRqYI-anzl2KpJgF4LNkDRZSxzQ/s1600-h/Raven+Inn+Collage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448954568274263314" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMfVBUlQQ09Y07euOgcXVgBS9VnfyfUcau9ESViWNUk0ue1J3Af4ycVy1wI4VAeRdiv8oruewjBEAL7BASVbb6SA1kCYOzP2xIirvZUJpLV5cgsVmlRqYI-anzl2KpJgF4LNkDRZSxzQ/s400/Raven+Inn+Collage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>I love this house. Such a shame the house has been demolished decades ago. I would have loved to wander around in it.</div>Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02141897605415262800noreply@blogger.com0