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Cinderella - Happily Ever After

Here are the final Cinderella images for now... you haven't seen the last of her though, as I will probably post more down the road. Here's to magical, happy endings!

 

and finally, an image for Bobby and Alekha (and for every other little girl who has a daddy wrapped around her finger...)

Glass Slippers, Godmothers & a Cinderella Coach

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...

 

A Cinderella Story

 

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?