Here is the second piece I created for Seven Gypsies. You can read about the inspiration for this piece and how it was made on the Gypsy Journal Blog, but in a nutshell, I wanted it to look like a cabinet of curiosities belonging to a wandering gypsy who had traveled far and wide.
And here are some more gypsy images for you!
So awhile back, Debbie Crouse and Paula Cheney of Seven Gypsies contacted me to ask if I would be interested in guest designing with Seven Gypsies product. (As if they even had to ask!) Those of you who know me from my scrapologie kit club days know that I have a weakness for anything that has the 7 Gypsies logo stamped on it! They sent me a big box of Gypsy treasure, and I was in gypsy heaven creating some new projects. They've featured the projects here on the Gypsy Journal Blog (and there will be more to come in the days ahead). For the next few days, I will be posting close up and detail shots of the projects here on my blog along with some gypsy images, but you can read up on the inspiration for these pieces on the gypsy journal blog. The first piece features this portfolio from Seven Gypsies, as well as papers from their new Barcelona and Victoria collections:
Here are some Gypsy Images for you... more tomorrow!
Thanks so much for your kind comments - it really helped to write that sorrow down and I so appreciated your supportive words, sweet friends! Especially since I've had a particularly rough week. I won't divulge all the details but I will be glad when the week is over. There may just be a few more posts this week -- and then a break while I am traveling next week.
I've been saving these images to share with you for awhile. Sometimes I am inspired by color - the combination of pale aqua, seafoam green and rose is such a romantic, comforting combination. I love its soft rosy, dreamy hues. This combination always brings Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic aesthetic to mind. I was very sad to hear that Shabby Chic was closing its doors. Rachel's blog is so inspiring - and really shows the mettle and courageous spirit of a woman who is going through some tough times right now. I tend to draw strength from the struggles of others - to see that they are fighting through the tough times, and when you see them persisting, it offers you fresh hope and the will to carry on with your own personal struggles. May your spirit be happy and your heart be light today, dear friend. We deserve a burst of sun after the recent spate of clouds and storms.
Can I just share a little sorrow? I recently changed jobs at my company, a move I had to make to stay employed because of restructuring within the company. I have much to be thankful for, for one, that I have a job in this economy and secondly, that I didn't have to take a pay cut or salary reduction. The downside is that there is a good deal of travel involved which I am willing to do, but the very first dose of it happens to fall on the week that Alekha starts first grade. I was pretty heartbroken when I found out. I am not sure who shed more tears over it - me or Alekha. Anyway, I am not one to complain much so I am sucking it up and moving on... but I just had to share. I won't be there to give her a reassuring kiss and a hug on her first day, to pack a note into her lunch and to listen to all her stories after school. I had it all planned out that I would pick her up after her first day in a new school, surrounded by new faces and a new teacher, and take her for a milkshake at the local ice cream shop to share the events of the big day and celebrate the start of her long journey in education ahead. Sadly, it is not going to happen, until I get back. Atleast she will have her Daddy and his parents to help ease her through the week. Thanks for letting me unburden. I imagine many of you are dealing with back to school issues too ---- so I thought you'd enjoy these school themed images. I like to think she will have her own set of guardian angels to watch over her while I am gone, just like in this image. *sigh*
For all of you froggy lovers, and for those who have kissed many a frog in search of a prince...
Some of you may remember that I created this Cinderella Coach from a carveable pumpkin for Alpha Stamps last year, using one of their Cinderella collage sheets. Alpha Stamps puts out some wonderful collage sheets; I especially love their fabric collage sheets. And they have some terrific vintage styled stamps. Here's a quick photo of the coach I created and you can read all about how I created it on this post.
On now to glass slippers and godmothers - more lovely Cinderella images...
I have several Cinderella images to share with you today. Everyone loves a good Cinderella story and the interesting thing is that long before Walt Disney turned her into a sought after princess (and a great marketing vehicle) for little girls everywhere, her story existed in its own right. In France, she was known as Cendrillon. In Germany, as Ashchenputtel. She has appeared in the Arabian Nights, in China as Ye Xian, in Japanese literature, and across Europe in similar forms. The story can be traced in its earliest form to Classical Antiquity; she appears as the Greco-Egyptian girl Rhodopis in a tale from the 1st century BC. She embodies the classic theme of triumph over unjust oppression. Many argue that the tale of Cinderella teaches young women to look to men to rescue them from situations in lieu of taking their destiny into their own hands. On the contrary, what I like most about Cinderella is her perseverance and hope for a better life, in spite of her oppression. The message I like to take away from it is that it was the story of a girl who despite being unjustly oppressed, persevered through her difficulties, and retained the belief that she was deserving of a better life, ultimately triumphing in the end. Because Cinderella is such a popular story, her image exists in abundance in literature and among artists who have attempted to render her likeness. There are so many in fact that it may take a few posts to share all these images. Let's get started, shall we?
Fairy godmother, magical glitter dust keeper, story teller, dreamer, and artist.
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