scrapologie : La Princesa del Pirata (The Pirate Princess)

Being a Disney lover and especially enthralled with the Pirates of the Caribbean, I love anything related to pirate lore. We have gone a few times to Disney during Halloween and enjoyed all the special Halloween activities at Disney, particularly the Pirates of the Caribbean ride which is just my degree of spooky without being overly scary for Alekha. Wouldn't this be a fabulous Halloween costume? I'm not sure if she is supposed to be a pirate or not, but she certainly looks like a pirate captain with that feather in her hat (should have been a plume!) and that ruffled blouse. With the right pair of boots, she could easily command the high seas!

I have a lot of things to share today -- so let me jump right in here. We'll do the drawing tomorrow but won't post until Saturday. I have family from out of town in for the weekend and we'll be attending the Circleville Pumpkin Fest (a pretty big deal here in Columbus) to watch my nephew play in a band (he has mean drummer skills!) so I won't have a lot of computer time until Sat. night. And I have decided that the prize will be a scrapologie vintage halloween kit (these were sold at full value of $70.00 last October and they are packed with gorgeous halloween goodies for creating some fabulous things!)

I have a project to share -- love these Cosmo Cricket photo boxes with the diecut bracket frame window. There are so many possibilities for these. You can adhere a piece of clear acrylic on the inside and fill up the box with candies for a gift. I am using mine to store Christmas photos from this year, but I want to make another one for Xmas recipe cards -- this would be a great project to do at a Cookie Exchange for example! The patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket's new Oh Joy! Collection. The glittered flourish is from K&Co. The image in the window is a fabulous Marcel Schurman greeting card I cut down to fit in the box - I'll put them in the store before the end of the week in case you want to pick one up and will post the full image this weekend. It's a gorgeous, glittered Christmas card.

Something else I want to share with you that I came across while hopping around blogland... I love this blog. The author writes beautifully. This excerpt in particular, moved me so, and it was a message I really needed to hear today. Hope it helps you to hear it too:

On this day, you read something that moved you and made you realise there were no more fears to fear. No tears to cry. No head to hang in shame. That every time you thought you’d offended someone, it was all just in your head and really, they love you with all their heart and nothing will ever change that. That everyone and everything lives on inside you. That that doesn’t make any of it any less real.

That soft touches will change you and stay with you longer than hard ones.

That being alone means you’re free. That old lovers miss you and new lovers want you and the one you’re with is the one you’re meant to be with. That the tingles running down your arms are angel feathers and they whisper in your ear, constantly, if you choose to hear them. That everything you want to happen, will happen, if you decide you want it enough. That every time you think a sad thought, you can think a happy one instead.

That you control that completely.

That the people who make you laugh are more beautiful than beautiful people. That you laugh more than you cry. That crying is good for you. That the people you hate wish you would stop and you do too.

That your friends are reflections of the best parts of you. That you are more than the sum total of the things you know and how you react to them. That dancing is sometimes more important than listening to the music.

That the most embarrassing, awkward moments of your life are only remembered by you and no one else. That no one judges you when you walk into a room and all they really want to know, is if you’re judging them. That what you make and what you do with your time is more important than you’ll ever fathom and should be treated as such. That the difference between a job and art is passion. That neither defines who you are. That talking to strangers is how you make friends.

That bad days end but a smile can go around the world. That life contradicts itself, constantly. That that’s why it’s worth living.

That the difference between pain and love is time. That love is only as real as you want it to be. That if you feel good, you look good but it doesn’t always work the other way around.

That the sun will rise each day and it’s up to you each day if you match it. That nothing matters up until this point. That what you decide now, in this moment, will change the future. Forever. That rain is beautiful.

And so are you.

Blessed Weekend, friends.