~ She Walks In Beauty ~

~ She Walks in Beauty ~

   She walks in beauty, like the night

        Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

    And all that's best of dark and bright

        Meet in her aspect and her eyes:

    Thus mellowed to that tender light

        Which heaven to gaudy day denies. 

 One shade the more, one ray the less,

        Had half impaired the nameless grace
    Which waves in every raven tress,
        Or softly lightens o'er her face;
    Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
        How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. 

   And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,

        So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
    The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
        But tell of days in goodness spent,
    A mind at peace with all below,
        A heart whose love is innocent! 

~ Lord Byron ~

 ~*~

As I was Working on this Collage Piece,

~ She Walks in Beauty  ~

 (One of my Favorite Poems)

kept Popping into my Head.

It Just Seemed to Fit.

My Love of the 

Regency- Jane Austen Time Period

 also Played a Role I think.

It is My Go Too Theme for Creative Play !

I Hope you Don't Mind too Much!

 ~*~

~ She Walks in Beauty  ~

 is My  New Tutorial 

for Paper Whimsy Inspire .

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Felicitous ~Among the Roses~

~Jane Austen and the Regency Period~

Who can Resist this Romantic Time.

Ackermann's Repository or Ackermann's

 Produced many Gorgeous Illustrations 

for their British Publication.

In its Day, 

Ackermann's Greatly Influenced  

English Taste in Fashion, 

Architecture, and Literature.

~*~

More Playing with Layers 

and Photoshop...

Oh My I can't Help Myself !

I am Having Way too Much Fun!

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

~ Signs of Spring ~

I have been playing around with
 Digital Collage and Layering a Bit.
I am still Learning about
 the Vast Program
known as Photoshop.
I finally had to just Jump Straight In.
This is what I came up with.
What I have Learned thus Far
 has surely  made my
Digital Collage Work
so much Faster & Easier
to Create.
In the Past it would Take Hours
to Create a Piece Like this
 using the Program I used before.
The Beautiful Images I used Here are
 Hybrid Images from
 Paper Whimsy.
I am Looking Forward to doing more!
Have a Wonderful Day Everyone!

~Won't You Be Mine~

~The best and most beautiful things in the world 

cannot be seen or even touched. 

They must be felt with the heart.~

~Helen Keller ~

 

~Won't You Be Mine~

With Valentines Day just around the corner 

I was Inspired to make a Banner!

And if You Feel Inspired 

you can make one too!

 

 A Banner? 

Is it a a Banner, Bunting or a Festoon?

Maybe a Pennant?

I am Not Sure!

I am still Learning.

 You can Learn how to make one for yourself
if you would like by
having a look at my Tutorial on
Paper Whimsy Inspire

A Few of My Favorite Things

I Love  Knowing That I am Holding 

a Small Piece of the Past.

It wasn't until I got Older 

that I started to

 Appreciate History .

I some times Wish 

I could take All of my 

High School History Classes

 Over Again 

Because I Think Now 

I would Actually Pay Attention!

  

Do you ever Wonder About 

the History of an Item?

The Journey it made

 to find its way t you?

  

I Wonder if in 1852 

this Godey's Lady's  Book

Was Read by an 

Elegantly Dressed Lady

Sitting in Her Morning Room Sipping Tea.

I am Always Amazed 

at the Beauty 

 and the Details

 of some of these

 Hand Carved

Pieces .

 Hope you All have a Wonderful Weekend!

Thank You for Letting Me Share a

 Few of my Favorite Things!

An Oldie but Goodie..

 I am Dusting off an 

Oldie but Goodie Banner 

thinking about Valentines Day 

Just around the Corner

Valentines Day.....Valentines Day?!

Oh My How time Flies! 

Remember when you were Little 

How time seemed to move as 

Slow as Molasses in January!

 (I can Hear my Grandpa 

Saying that in my Head!

He had so many 

Wonderful Metaphors

 like that.)

 

Well just in case I haven't already,

 Wished you a 

Happy New Year 

Well Then...

~ My Wish for us All 

in this Bright New Year

is that We are Always Surrounded 

by the People We Love 

and Hold Close to our Hearts;

And that we Find 

Peace & Happiness 

in the Everyday 

and that 

 Good Health & Prosperity

 Always Finds Us~

 Have a Wonderful Year!

Victorian Christmas Paper Cones

Crepe Paper, Glass Glitter, 

Ribbon and a Garland of Tinsel!

 

Just Laying these Materials

together on my Work Space

is Inspiration in Itself!

I have Always Fancied 

Victorian Paper Art!

These are My Version 

of a Victorian Paper Cone.

 Not to Long ago I Bought My First Feather Tree 

and an Antique Shop.

 I was Thinking How Pretty it would be

 to Make Up a Few of these 

& Use them on My Tree!

 

 If You Would Like to Learn How 

to Make these for Yourself,

Have a Peek at my Tutorial 

on Paper Whimsy Inspire!

 Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!

Christmas Flights of Fancy Balloons

Fantastical,

 Flights O' Fantasy

Christmas Fete Balloons

Oh My Goodness,

I had so Much Fun Making These!

 

 I Loved being Challenged

to Try New Things.

These are part  an Art Swap

through Paper Whimsy

 I am Thinking these would be Great

 with an Easter Theme!

Hope You are all having  a Wonderful Week!